Bard Can Help You Code Now and Humane Made an AI You Can Wear

⚡ Today’s Highlights

• 📰 News: Bard can help you code now and Humane developed an incredible wearable AI assistant

• 💰 Funding: Halcyon, Weaviate, Certn, and Consensus

• 🦾 Tools: The AI assistant for automating phone calls you never knew you needed

• 📅 Events: Semantic Layer Summit 2023 is on Wednesday!

📰 Today's Top Stories

Bard now helps you code

(5 min read) (Source: Google)

TLDR: Google's AI tool Bard can now help with programming tasks such as code generation, debugging, and explanation.

• Bard is available in more than 20 programming languages, including C++, Java, and Python, and can export Python code to Google Colab.

• Bard is an early experiment and may sometimes provide inaccurate, misleading or false information, and users should double-check its responses and carefully test and review code before relying on it.

Watch the first demo of buzzy startup Humane’s wearable AI assistant in leaked clips

(5 min read) (Source: The Verge)

TLDR: Humane CEO Imran Chaudhri demoed a wearable device developed by his AI-powered startup during a TED Talk. The screenless device uses a combination of voice and gestures for input and can project information onto nearby objects, eliminating the need for a smartphone to operate.

• During the presentation, Chaudhri demonstrated the device's translation capabilities, showing the device translating his voice into French. He also answered a phone call from his wife, with the call information appearing as a green image projected onto his hand. According to Chaudhri, the device is a new kind of wearable platform built entirely from the ground up for artificial intelligence.

• Humane has raised $230 million, including $100 million in March, from investors such as Microsoft, LG Technology Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, and OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman.

Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor

(5 min read) (Source: Financial Times - via archive.today)

TLDR: British semiconductor and software design company, Arm, is developing its own chip to showcase its designs, aimed at attracting new customers and fueling growth following a blockbuster IPO later this year.

• The company traditionally sells its blueprint designs to chip manufacturers but hopes that the prototype will allow it to demonstrate the power and capabilities of its designs to the wider market.

• Arm has formed a bigger team to execute the effort and is targeting the product at chip manufacturers more than software developers. It has built a new “solutions engineering” team that will lead the development of these prototype chips for mobile devices, laptops, and other electronics.

US Homeland security chief creating artificial intelligence task force

(3 min read) (Source: Reuters)

TLDR: Homeland Security will create an AI task force to protect critical infrastructure and prevent disinformation and criminal activity.

• The task force will explore the use of AI for screening cargo, securing electric grids and water supply systems, and defending against malicious use.

💰 Funding Alerts

• Halcyon, the first cyber resilience platform designed to defeat ransomware attacks, has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round led by SYN Ventures (Jay Leek, Managing Partner), with additional investment from Dell Technologies Capital and Corner Capital, among others.

  • The platform combines proprietary AI/ML engines and advanced prevention engines to detect and block ransomware.

  • The funding will accelerate the development and adoption of Halcyon's platform to make ransomware unprofitable and enable resilient enterprises globally.

• Weaviate, the developer of the AI-native Weaviate vector database, has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Index Ventures (Erin Price-Wright, Partner) and Battery Ventures (Dharmesh Thakker, General Partner).

  • Weaviate's vector database is essential to the growth of AI applications, including generative AI, allowing developers to generate, store, share, and search millions or even billions of vectors in real-time.

  • Weaviate aims to expand its team and accelerate the development of its open-source database and new Weaviate Cloud Service to meet the growing demand for AI application development.

• Certn, a background screening company that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to create predictive applicant profiles, secured $30 million USD in Series B funding, with $29.5 million USD coming from Export Development Canada (EDC), bringing its total funding to over $114 million USD.

  • Its platform offers faster and easier background checks with 24/7 customer support and fast results from global databases.

  • Certn plans to use the money to expand its online background screening technology to global markets and move from a Series B startup to a Series C startup.

• Consensus, a search engine that uses AI to provide accurate and unbiased scientific research results by prioritizing sources' authority, raised $3 million in a seed funding round, with backing from Tim Draper of Draper Associates.

  • They have also partnered with OpenAI to develop a customized version of GPT-4 to generate plain-language summaries of their results.

  • The company plans to use the funds to continue improving its platform and revolutionizing scientific web search by disrupting the $200 billion global industry.

🦾 Trending Tools

• Gnbly is an AI assistant that automates phone calls, from making restaurant reservations to interacting with customer service. It can also handle incoming calls for businesses as a CSR or sales agent. Say goodbye to the frustration of phone menus and IVR!

• Chatdox simplifies document interaction with AI. Instantly import and ask questions to receive answers within seconds. No more manual document searches. Upload any format and access an encrypted library, with notable features like getting answers in your native language and unlimited storage.

• GPT Driver lets AI do mobile app QA, with automated end-to-end tests from simple prompts. It adapts to changes in your app and tests on multiple devices, with full control and transparency.

• OwlyWriter AI by Hootsuite guides you through a menu of options to gather an idea of your desired outcome and then turns your answers into the perfect social posts. Instantly generate captions, get viral post ideas, and repurpose your top-performing posts. Free for a limited time to all Hootsuite users.

• Video Editor AI lets users edit or create videos using AI. The intuitive interface allows you to tell the AI what to do in natural language, and "let your imagination flow."

👀 More Reading

• AI Simply Needs a Kill Switch (Wall Street Journal)

• The New Risks ChatGPT Poses to Cybersecurity (Harvard Business Review)

• What is Auto-GPT and why does it matter? (TechCrunch)

• AI Can’t Solve this Famous Murder Mystery Puzzle (Scientific American)

• Large, creative AI models will transform lives and labour markets (The Economist)

• It’s Not the End of Work. It’s the End of Boring Work. (The New York Times)

• The Secret History of AI, and a Hint at What’s Next (The Wall Street Journal)

• We all contribute to AI — should we get paid for that? (TechCrunch)

🌎 Fresh Content

1. Manolis Kellis, a professor of computer science at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group, joins Lex Fridman on his podcast to discuss the evolution of human civilization and the incredible task of aligning a superintelligent AI system. (YouTube)

2. AI + Computer Vision is going to revolutionize visual media. @bilawalsidhu created this video with an iPhone 7 and publicly available AI image/video software. Imagine what a movie studio could do in just a few years with cinema cameras and a Hollywood budget 🤯 (Twitter)

📚 Research

• Human–AI team halves cost of designing step in microchip fabrication (Nature)

 📅 Upcoming Events

1. Semantic Layer Summit 2023 (April 26th, 2023, 10:30 AM - 05:00 PM EST / Virtual) is a free one-day virtual event featuring 50+ Enterprise Data Leaders & Top Industry Technologists. Hear advice and best practices from top data leaders, AI & BI technologists, & industry experts in Enterprise data analytics.

2. EmTech Digital (May 2-3, 2023 / In person on the MIT campus or Virtual), MIT Technology Review’s signature AI conference, provides CIOs, CPOs, and IT decision makers with the technical insight and business expertise to implement AI systems that enhance products, improve customer experiences, and ensure market success. This year’s conference focuses on the game-changing power of generative AI and how it will impact creators and clients alike. We’ll explore the models behind the technology and the legal implications of generated content. We meet leading researchers and explore hands-on case studies of amazing applications of all forms of AI.

🧠 Resources

These prompts are designed to help you leverage the power of ChatGPT to optimize digital product conversions, enhance credibility, and create effective scarcity marketing strategies. By transforming ChatGPT, you'll be able to develop plans that leverage key principles to increase conversions, build trust, and drive demand. Don't worry if you're not an 'AI Whisperer,' give these prompts a try and let us know what you think. We're excited to hear your feedback! Remember, these prompts are just a starting point. Tailor them to fit your needs and carefully review the outputs to ensure their accuracy and effectiveness. Let's get started!

Conversion Optimization

• Transform ChatGPT into a conversion optimization tool that leverages the principle of reciprocity to improve conversion rates for digital products.

• Prompt: "Your new role is to optimize conversions for a digital product. Use the principle of reciprocity to encourage conversions by offering a bonus or trial. Develop a plan that outlines the most effective way to implement this principle in the digital product. Please confirm that you're ready by saying 'Ready to optimize conversions.'"

Credibility Enhancement

• Use ChatGPT to enhance the credibility of digital product offers by leveraging the principle of specificity and detail.

• Prompt: "Your new role is to enhance the credibility of digital product offers. Use the principle of specificity and detail to make the digital product offer more credible and trustworthy. Develop a plan that outlines the most effective way to implement this principle in the digital product offer. Please confirm that you're ready by saying 'Ready to enhance credibility.'"

Scarcity Marketing

• Utilize ChatGPT to create a scarcity marketing strategy that leverages the power of exclusivity and scarcity to increase the desire for digital products.

• Prompt: "Your new role is to create a scarcity marketing strategy for a digital product. Use the power of exclusivity and scarcity, such as limited-time offers and limited quantity availability, to increase the desire for the digital product. Develop a plan that outlines the most effective way to implement this strategy in digital product marketing. Please confirm that you're ready by saying 'Ready to create a scarcity marketing strategy.'"

That's all for today's email! If you want more please follow us at the social channels linked below, or check out our website!

Share our newsletter: If you like our work please share/forward this email with your friends, colleagues, and family. It's the best way to support us!

If this email was forwarded to you please sign up here to continue receiving them.

Want your content, product, jobs, or event featured in our newsletter? Reply to this email with the details, and our team will reach out to you.

Do you use AI for work? Tell us how, and you could be featured in our newsletter!

Check out our website for more resources, including a list of AI investors, products, events, and twitter follows.

For an archive of all our posts, click here.

We'd love to hear from you! You can always leave us comments or feedback by replying to this email!

Powered by AI. Curated and edited by Humans.