Business and Enterprise 

Excited to share what I’ve been working on! Introducing Matrices, AI-native (not AI-enabled) spreadsheet

800-Flowers replaced 3000 human operators with a chatbot.

As per Apple Insider, Apple Podcasts is offering AI-powered transcripts in its iOS 17.4 beta for nearly all of its shows.

Apple Podcasts offers transcripts for all shows in iOS 17.4

Sam Altman posts about Polaris, a magneto-inertial fusion project by Helion Energy which aims to produce electricity from fusion. It has strong magnets and will pulse up to 100x faster.

Yelp releases a series of new discovery, contribution, services and AI-powered features

Starlink’s Laser System Is Beaming 42 Million GB of Data Per Day

Sam Altman says a one-person company can now hit a billion-dollar valuation thanks to AI

AI companies lose $190 billion in market cap after Alphabet and Microsoft report

TED founder Chris Anderson creates an AI extension of his book. “You’ve heard about the book. But now, here comes the AI. This is SO MUCH FUN to play with. And just possibly it will inspire you to do something cool. Head on over to http://ai.infectiousgenerosity.org, and let me know what you think of TIGG (as of now, desktop only)  btw, that voice is a deepfake of me.”

Excited to launch Reducto (YC W24) with Abraham Adit

Reducto converts complex, unstructured documents into structured outputs that are perfect for LLMs, process automation, and more.

Ex-Cloudera CEO Bearden Raises $30.5 Million for New AI Startup

California restaurant incorporates kitchen robots and AI

Microsoft New Future of Work Report 2023

Why the AI Boom is a Windfall for Tiny Anguilla The Caribbean island is reaping millions from .ai website registrations

Farmers in India are using AI for agriculture – here’s how they could inspire the world

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Be Sure To Read “This Week In AI”

This week’s executive overview and top links are here:

AI News #18: Week Ending 02/02/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 12 Stories

The post you just read is an extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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