JPMorgan Created an AI Model to Predict How the Fed Will Act

⚡ Today’s Highlights

• 📰 News: JPMorgan created an AI model for detecting trade signals

• 💰 Funding: Pinecone, DeepHow, Levitate, Ctrl

• 🦾 Tools: AI tools to help any business grow

• 📅 Events: EmTech Digital, MIT Tech Reviews signature AI conference, starts next Tuesday (March 2)!

📰 Today's Top Stories

JPMorgan Debuts AI Model to Uncover Trading Signals From Fed Speeches

(4 min read) (Source: BNN Bloomberg)

TLDR: JPMorgan has developed an AI-powered model, based on OpenAI's ChatGPT, that can detect the tenor of Fed policy signals and give off tradeable signals.

• The model analyzes Fed statements and central-banker speeches from the past 25 years to rate them on a scale from easy to restrictive, with the resulting Hawk-Dove Score potentially predicting changes in policy.

• The tool is one of the earliest adoptions of ChatGPT technology on Wall Street and is expected to expand to more than 30 central banks worldwide, providing investors with a trading edge.

Exclusive: Progressives press Biden to issue an AI executive order

(4 min read) (Source: Axios)

TLDR: The Center for American Progress is calling on the Biden administration to enforce its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights through an executive order, including creating a White House Council on Artificial Intelligence.

• The non-binding blueprint provides principles for deploying AI technology, including preventing algorithmic discrimination and protecting data privacy, but AI continues to flourish unregulated.

• Lasting AI regulations will require congressional action, but the American Data Privacy and Protection Act already includes AI language and could be a feasible pathway for guardrails. BSA The Software Alliance is proposing updates, such as clear thresholds and an enforcement system for consequential decisions.

EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI

(2 min read) (Source: Reuters)

TLDR: The AI Act is being drafted by the European Commission to regulate the use of AI technology. The act is expected to classify AI tools based on their perceived risk levels, ranging from minimal to unacceptable. The areas of concern include biometric surveillance, discriminatory language, and spreading misinformation.

• An early EU agreement mandates that companies that use generative AI tools, including ChatGPT, must disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems. This provision was a late addition that requires transparency, rather than an outright ban on copyrighted material.

• The act is meant to protect citizens' rights while fostering innovation and boosting the economy. Despite concerns, high-risk AI tools will not be banned, but companies using them will need to be highly transparent in their operations.

💰 Funding Alerts

1. Pinecone has raised $100 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, along with participation from ICONIQ Growth, Menlo Ventures, and Wing Venture Capital. The funding brings the valuation of the company to $750 million.

   1. Their vector database enables engineers to work with data generated by Large Language Models and other AI models, making it an essential infrastructure technology for building scalable, reliable, and accurate AI products.

   2. Pinecone plans to use the funding to build long-term memory for AI and further revolutionize the way AI applications are built.

2. DeepHow, the AI company that turns technical know-how into smart, how-to training videos, has raised $14 million in Series A funding. Owl Ventures (Ian Chiu, Managing Director) led the round, with participation from LG Technology Ventures (Anshul Agarwal, Managing Director) and existing investors.

   1. Their AI-powered knowledge-capture and learning platform bridges the skills gap in the manufacturing, service, and construction industries, streamlining the transfer of technical skills and know-how.

   2. DeepHow plans to use the funding to invest in go-to-market initiatives, ramp up product innovation and engineering, and fast-track the development of product enhancements that leverage generative AI to accelerate SOP video creation and more.

3. Levitate, the SaaS Happiness Platform, has raised an additional $14 million of growth capital, bringing total fundraising to $40 million. The funding round was led by Bull City Venture Partners (Jason Caplain, General Partner), with participation from Tippet Partners, Protagonist, and Duke Capital Partners among others.

   1. The company aims to help small relationship-based businesses nurture authentic connections with their clients, referral sources, and prospects.

   2. They plan to use the funds to launch their AI Assistant, which helps customers write, reword, and edit emails and social media posts.

4. Ctrl has raised $9 million in a new round of funding led by LocalGlobe and Earlybird (Dr. Andre Retterath, Partner), to expand its scaling and expansion plans and release the complete Beta version of its platform.

   1. Ctrl is an integrated workspace that brings together all the pieces required to complete a workflow, freeing revenue teams from spending hours on repetitive manual tasks around clients.

   2. The startup uses AI to allow teams to quickly change CRM fields, tasks, notes, and follow-up emails, and empower them to spend more time with customers and prospects.

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👀 More Reading

• Tech giants aren't just cutting thousands of jobs — they're making them extinct (Business Insider)

• The future of generative AI is niche, not generalized (MIT Technology Review)

• How to Deal With ‘AI Grief’ (Wall Street Journal)

• Why you shouldn’t tell ChatGPT your secrets (The Washington Post)

• It’s Time to Protect Yourself From AI Voice Scams (The Atlantic)

• NSA Cybersecurity Director Says ‘Buckle Up’ for Generative AI (WIRED)

🌎 Fresh Content

📚 Research

1. Synthetic data could be better than real data (Nature)

2. Exploring the role of AI in the ICU (Medical Xpress)

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🧠 Resources

ChatGPT can assist with various tasks to help businesses make better decisions. From sentiment analysis of customer feedback to developing referral programs and customer surveys, ChatGPT can provide data-driven solutions to help businesses grow and improve. Utilizing ChatGPT's expertise can save your business valuable time and resources.

Sentiment Analysis of Customer Feedback

• ChatGPT will analyze a body of text or web page to determine the sentiment from customers regarding a certain product.

• Prompt: "As a language model, can you analyze a body of text or web page and determine the sentiment from customers regarding a certain product? Please ask me for the product name and any additional information you may need to complete this task."

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