🗞 OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Canvas: Edit AI Outputs with Ease 🎨

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Canvas: Edit AI Outputs with Ease 🎨

• Musk's AI Talent Hunt: xAI's Vision Unveiled at OpenAI's Former HQ 🚀

• AI Pioneer Fei-Fei Li Expresses AGI Uncertainty 🤔

• Nuclear Power for AI: Three Mile Island Seeks $1.6B Loan ⚛️

• Google Introduces Ads in AI-Generated Search Results 💻

• Meta's Movie Gen: New AI Video Creator with Sound and Editing 🎬

• Airlines Leverage AI and Quantum Computing for Smarter Gate Allocation ✈️

• Other news you might find interesting 👀

🎨 OpenAI launches ChatGPT Canvas, a new feature for easy editing and modification of AI outputs. Link

• Allows users to see, edit, and modify selected portions of ChatGPT's responses in a side-by-side panel view.

• Built on GPT-4o model, Canvas offers suggestions and implements changes without generating entirely new responses.

• Currently rolling out to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users, with plans to make it available to all ChatGPT users after the beta.

🤖 Elon Musk hosts AI recruiting party at OpenAI's old HQ, outlines vision for xAI. Link

• Musk aims to create "digital superintelligence that is as benign as possible" and open-source xAI's models ~9 months after release.

• He predicts AGI in a few years, with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI as main competitors for the next 5 years.

• xAI has raised $6 billion, valued at $24 billion, but faces fierce competition for talent and resources in the AI race.

🧠 AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li admits uncertainty about AGI, highlighting the complexity of advanced AI. Link

• Li, creator of ImageNet, doesn't know what AGI means, suggesting ambiguity even among experts.

• California's governor tapped Li for a task force to develop AI guardrails post-SB 1047 veto.

• Li's startup, World Labs, aims to develop "spatial intelligence" for more advanced AI understanding.

⚡ Three Mile Island owner seeks $1.6B federal loan for Microsoft AI power deal. Link

• Constellation Energy pursuing taxpayer-backed loan guarantee to restart shuttered nuclear plant, with Microsoft as sole power customer for data centers.

• Plan aims to provide zero-emissions electricity for AI operations, but faces scrutiny over potential risks and subsidies.

• If approved, deal could save Constellation up to $122M in borrowing costs, on top of ~$200M annual tax credits from 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.

💰 Google introduces ads in AI-generated search summaries, blending AI and commerce. Link

• AI Overviews will now include sponsored product suggestions for queries with a "commercial angle."

• The feature is currently rolling out to US mobile users only.

• Google is also enhancing AI Overviews by displaying cited webpages more prominently, which has increased traffic to supporting websites.

🎥 Meta unveils Movie Gen, a new AI video generator with sound and editing capabilities. Link

• Creates realistic 16-second videos at 16 fps with matching audio from text prompts, outperforming rivals like Runway and Luma.

• Features text-based editing and camera movement commands, but excludes voice generation to prevent potential misuse.

• Not publicly released due to safety concerns, with Meta emphasizing its status as an "AI research concept."

✈️ Airlines tap AI and quantum computing to optimize gate allocation, cut tarmac time. Link

• Gate allocation is complex, with billions of possibilities even for small airports, impacting passenger wait times and airline fuel consumption.

• American Airlines' new AI-powered "Smart Gating" system at Dallas Fort Worth Airport reduced aircraft taxi times by 20%, saving 1.4 million gallons of fuel annually.

• Lufthansa is exploring quantum computing solutions, with early trials showing potential to reduce average passenger transit times by almost 50%.

More news you might find interesting:

• 💼 OpenAI's rapid growth brings major changes as valuation hits $157 billion. Link

• 🛡️ OpenAI's GPT-4o model introduces advanced features to combat the rising threat of AI-generated deepfakes. Link

• 🧠 AI-powered brain implant helps paralyzed man regain movement and sensation a year after surgery. Link

• 👨🏻‍🏫 Carnegie Mellon professor outlines key principles for responsible AI in healthcare. Link

• 🚴 Strava launches AI-powered "Athlete Intelligence" feature for subscribers. Link

• 🎮 Nvidia RTX 5080 rumors point to significant upgrades, early 2025 launch. Link

• 🔍 Perplexity AI developing new Collections UI for custom instructions and file uploads. Link

• 🔊 Apple fixes iOS bug that could read passwords aloud via VoiceOver. Link

• 🎥 Tim Brooks, co-lead developer of OpenAI's Sora video generator, joins Google DeepMind to work on "world simulators." Link

• 🌪 AWS shares best practices for building robust AI agents with Amazon Bedrock. Link

• 🧤 Finnish startup Saidot mailed grotesque 6-fingered gloves to AI leaders as a symbolic reminder of AI image generation errors. Link

• 🕵️ Austrian activist wins case against Meta for using his publicly disclosed sexual orientation for targeted ads without consent. Link

• 📱 Gen Z writer begs for TikTok ban, citing addiction and mental health concerns. Link

• 🤖 Engineers teach quadruped robot to climb ladders with 90% success rate. Link

• 🛰️ Musk: FCC's decision to revoke Starlink award for rural broadband could have impacted hurricane response. Link

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