a sunny day with blue skies. an apple orchard. a wooden office desk with a computer on it. a wooden sign says “Business” –ar 4:3 –style raw –personalize 9zxyhz8

“I wonder how many Apple users know that iCloud isn’t fully managed by Apple? 🤔 Surprise! It’s actually a ‘hybrid cloud’ that leans heavily on Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services. Rivals in the streets. Lovers in the sheets. That’s just how it goes in Silicon Valley. 

I wonder how many Apple users know that iCloud isn’t fully managed by Apple? 🤔

Surprise! It’s actually a ‘hybrid cloud’ that leans heavily on Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.

Rivals in the streets. Lovers in the sheets. That’s just how it goes in Silicon Valley. pic.twitter.com/M9p3ySC8dX

— Bilawal Sidhu (@bilawalsidhu) June 12, 2024

Introducing Shutterstock ImageAI, Powered by Databricks: An Image Generation Model Built for the Enterprise – Databricks

https://www.databricks.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/introducing-shutterstock-imageai-powered-databricks-image

Generative AI can boost Estonia’s GDP by up to 8%

https://e-estonia.com/report-generative-ai-can-boost-estonias-gdp-up-to-8

“6 of the top 8 corporate R&D spenders are American tech firms 🇺🇸 Cc: @erikbryn @Noahpinion @JTLonsdale @ElbridgeColby 

6 of the top 8 corporate R&D spenders are American tech firms 🇺🇸

Cc: @erikbryn @Noahpinion @JTLonsdale @ElbridgeColby pic.twitter.com/wsw1X7N4lf

— Science Is Strategic (@scienceisstrat1) June 14, 2024

“Today we’re announcing the $6M seed round for @brightwaveio led by @DecibelVC and with participation from @p72vc and @Moonfire_VC. We are building an AI research assistant that generates insightful, trustworthy financial analysis on any subject and have customers with assets 

Today we're announcing the $6M seed round for @brightwaveio led by @DecibelVC and with participation from @p72vc and @Moonfire_VC.

We are building an AI research assistant that generates insightful, trustworthy financial analysis on any subject and have customers with assets… pic.twitter.com/a9CGbZqBIQ

— Mike Conover (@vagabondjack) June 11, 2024

Flyhomes Launches World’s First AI-Powered Home Search Portal | Business Wire

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240611336129/en/Flyhomes-Launches-World%E2%80%99s-First-AI-Powered-Home-Search-Portal

Morgan Stanley CEO says AI could save financial advisers 10-15 hours a week | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/morgan-stanley-ceo-says-ai-could-save-financial-advisers-10-15-hours-week-2024-06-10

Michael Kors first to debut Shopping Muse, the AI-powered shopping assistant from Dynamic Yield by Mastercard | Mastercard Newsroom

https://www.mastercard.com/news/press/2024/june/michael-kors-first-to-debut-shopping-muse-the-ai-powered-shopping-assistant-from-dynamic-yield-by-mastercard

LinkedIn leans on AI to do the work of job hunting | TechCrunch

LinkedIn leans on AI to do the work of job hunting

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AI News #37: Week Ending 06/14/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 7 Must-Read Links

The post you just read is an deep dive 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.

• Agents/Copilots
• Amazon
• Apple
• Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
• Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
• Autonomous Vehicles
• AI Audio
• Business and Enterprise AI
• Chips and Hardware
• Consumer Products
• Education
• Ethics/Legal Security
• Google
• Images/Photos
• International AI News
• Locally Run AI Models
• Mobile
• Meta
• Microsoft
• OpenAI
• Open Source
• Podcasts/YouTube
• Publishing and News
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) News
• Robots and Embodiment
• Science and Medicine
• Video
• Vision/Multimodality
• X/Twitter/Grok
• Tech and Development

Credits/Sources

Most of these weekly links come from just a few prolific oversharing sources. Please follow them, as they work hard to find the news each week and they make it a lot easier for me to compile.

• Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer 
• Ethan Mollick:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/ 
• Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/ 
• Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia   
• The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/ 
• Bilawal Sidhu:  https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/  
• TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai  
• Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang  
• Nick St. Pierre: https://twitter.com/nickfloats  
• Dr. Jim Fan: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan 
• All About AI: https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutAI   
• Marshall Kirkpatrick:  https://aitimetoimpact.com/
• AI News (Smol Talk): https://buttondown.email/ainews/archive/
• Andrej Karpathy: https://x.com/karpathy
• Brett Adcock: https://x.com/adcock_brett
• Florent Daudens: https://x.com/fdaudens
• Ate-a-Pi: https://x.com/8teAPi
• Francesco Marconi: https://x.com/fpmarconi
• Charlie Beckett: https://x.com/CharlieBeckett

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