Meta Is Revolutionizing Computer Vision With DINOv2

⚡ Today’s Highlights

• 📰 News: Meta is revolutionizing computer vision with DINOv2

• 💰 Funding: Capitola, Oblivious, SwithchOn, and Makila AI

• 🦾 Tools: Browser based autonomous AI agents to revolutionize the way you work

• 📅 Events: The Future of Chatbots and Conversational AI Summit is today and the Stable Diffusion AI Hackathon continues today!

📰 Today's Top Stories

DINOv2: State-of-the-art computer vision models with self-supervised learning

(10 min read) (Source: Meta AI)

TLDR: Meta AI has open-sourced DINOv2, a computer vision model that uses self-supervised learning to achieve results that match or surpass the standard approach.

• Unlike many recent reconstruction-based self-supervised learning methods, DINOv2 requires no fine-tuning and provides high-performance features that can be directly used as inputs for simple linear classifiers.

• The model can learn from any collection of images without needing associated metadata, making it flexible and suitable for use as a backbone for many different computer vision tasks.

• Additionally, DINOv2's self-supervised learning approach avoids the limitations of image-text pre-training, making it more effective for tasks requiring detailed localized information.

• The release of DINOv2 comes at a time when the performance of joint embedding models that train features by matching data augmentations is plateauing.

Adobe is adding video editing tools to the Firefly suite

(4 min read) (Source: Axios)

TLDR: Adobe is planning to introduce new AI features to its video editing software that will enable video editors to change the lighting in a shot or generate background music using simple text.

• The tools build on Adobe Firefly, which the company recently introduced for generating still images and text. The system can read a script and generate a storyboard for the finished piece, and generate different background music and scenery for advertising in different countries.

• Adobe is promising its customers that the output from its Firefly system will be on safe legal ground for commercial use. The tool will be released later this year.

Elon Musk says he will launch rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT

(3 min read) (Source: Reuters)

TLDR: Elon Musk plans to launch an AI platform called "TruthGPT" to rival Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google. Musk criticized OpenAI for training the AI to lie and claimed that the firm has now become a closed-source, for-profit organization closely allied with Microsoft.

• He also accused Google co-founder Larry Page of not taking AI safety seriously. Musk believes TruthGPT will be unlikely to annihilate humans and could be the best path to safety.

• The move comes after Musk and a group of AI experts called for a six-month pause in developing systems more powerful than OpenAI's newly launched GPT-4, citing potential risks to society.

💰 Funding Alerts

• Capitola, a smart digital marketplace for brokers and carriers in the insurance industry, has raised $15.6 million in Series A funding, led by MunichRe Ventures. 

  • Their platform leverages AI and machine learning to automate the placement process and match risk appetite. 

  • Capitola aims to empower insurance professionals with efficient tools to provide personalized service to their clients and plans to use the funding to expand its product offerings and reach new markets globally.

• Oblivious, a confidential computing start-up, raised €5.35 million in seed funding led by Cavalry Ventures, with participation from Act VC, Atlantic Bridge, Firestreak Ventures, Expeditions Fund, Hustle Fund, and others. 

  • The company uses privacy-enhancing technologies, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to build tools that allow data scientists and machine learning models to work on sensitive data while enforcing confidentiality constraints and brokering trust between businesses. 

  • The funding will be used to develop and scale its "Eyes-Off Data Science" tools, which aim to change the way users broker trust in the data economy and ensure data sovereignty and confidentiality.

• SwitchOn, an AI startup, has received $4.2 million in Series A funding led by Axilor Ventures and Pi Ventures, along with prominent angels Anuj Bihani and Laxmi Narayan among others.

  • SwitchOn uses a unique field-trainable AI-powered visual inspection quality control system called DeepInspect to help precision manufacturing industries reduce defects and customer complaints through AI-on-the-Edge. 

  • The company plans to use the funds to continue growing, expand globally with large enterprises, make key hires in Sales and Technology, and invest in research and development.

• Makila AI, an AI-powered predictive analytics and simulation platform, recently closed its second round of financing, led by Crédit Mutuel Equity, to expand its international operations and develop innovative technological solutions.

  • The company uses machine learning models to optimize data lifecycles for organizations in various sectors. 

  • Makila AI plans to use the funding to strengthen its sales and R&D teams to conquer new markets, expand its ecosystem of strategic partners, and enhance its offerings in areas such as defense and security while maintaining a focus on diversity and inclusion.

🦾 Trending Tools

• AutoGPT, powered by GPT-4, is an open-source application revolutionizing the AI game. Let AI "agents" operate autonomously to complete tasks for you. From research to task management, experience the power of AutoGPT with its browser implementation. Join the community and train your own AI agent in just three easy steps!

• Feedbird helps users create, plan, and schedule LinkedIn content quickly and easily with an AI-based content creation tool. Schedule posts in advance and use feedback to improve content. Features include AI content creation, post scheduling, and content calendar, with upcoming features such as content analytics, content repurposing, and audience-oriented content recommendation. Save time and increase engagement rates with Feedbird.

• Looking for an easy way to create web sections and mini-apps? Look no further than Builder.io AI! This innovative tool generates fully functional mini web apps and website sections with ease. Just tell the AI what you want, and it does the rest. With features like section generation and content editing, you'll have everything you need to create stunning web experiences.

• Gatherly AI is an event planning platform that uses AI to design engaging events from start to finish. With custom agendas, pre-built virtual venues, and unique, customizable landing pages for each event, Gatherly AI enables anyone to host an amazing event. 

• KROCKIO's Storyboard AI generates visually stunning storyboards in multiple styles from text or CSV files. With an Online Storyboard Creator, users can upload images and text descriptions and interactively manipulate the board. Save time and eliminate the need for manual storyboarding with Storyboard AI.

👀 More Reading

• Alphabet loses $55 billion in market value after Samsung reportedly considers replacing Google with Bing in its phones (Markets Insider)

• How AI Is Building the Next Blockbuster Videogames (The Wall Street Journal)

• Developers are looking for creative ways to build AI-powered chatbot assistants (TechCrunch)

• At TED2023, AI Takes Center Stage (Forbes)

• AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms (WIRED)

• Humans have to get in the way of AI to make it more responsible (Business Insider)

🌎 Fresh Content

In this episode of “Artificial Intelligence and You”, author Peter J. Scott is joined by Missy Cummings, one of the US Navy's first female fighter pilots and now professor researching AI in safety-critical systems at George Mason University and director of Duke University's Humans and Autonomy Laboratory. Together they discuss Tesla, ChatGPT, and Boston Dynamics; the truth behind that dogfighting AI, the possibility of complete automation of air travel, how AI would handle air emergencies, and more. (Spotify)

📚 Research

• Astronomers create AI to better communicate their stellar research (Phys.org)

 📅 Upcoming Events

1. The Stable Diffusion AI Hackathon starts today (April 14 - 21, 2023), a 7-day hackathon in which participants must develop a product that leverages the power of Generative AI to solve real-world problems. To participate in the hackathon, you must create the solution using Stability.AI API and Vercel software. 1st place wins $5000 USD, 5000 API tokens, and a virtual coffee chat with @hardmaru!

2. The Future of Chatbots and Conversational AI Summit (April 18, 2023, 9:00 AM BST / Doubletree By Hilton London - Kingston Upon Thames, London, UK) is a networking event featuring groundbreaking keynotes, innovative case studies, and panel discussions. The unique industry forum is made up of senior representatives from leading organizations, innovative startups, governments, and universities worldwide who are key decision-makers. It aims to discuss issues and explore best practices, including artificial intelligence platforms, natural language processing, and speech-optimized responses.

3. Check out the AI in Finance Summit New York (April 20-21, 2023, etc.venues - New York, NY) and discover unique insights and technical use cases from AI specialists and data scientists across Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance sectors.

4. 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.

5. 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 technology 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

Our goal is to make difficult tasks easier and more efficient for you. 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!

The Butterfly Effect in Marketing

• Explore the concept of the Butterfly Effect in marketing by creating a campaign that targets a specific customer persona while anticipating potential impacts of small changes. 

• Prompt: "Develop a marketing campaign outline that takes into account the Butterfly Effect when targeting {insert ideal customer persona} with {insert product/service}. Your outline should consider how small changes or actions can have large and unpredictable impacts and how to anticipate and manage these potential impacts."

Persuasive YouTube Ad Script

• Create a persuasive YouTube ad script that hooks your ideal customer persona with a strong headline and convincing evidence, leading them to take a desired action. 

• Prompt: "Write a YouTube ad script that effectively hooks {ideal customer persona} with a strong headline and hook, and then persuades them to {desired action} with compelling evidence and persuasive language."

R Programming Interpreter Challenge

• Test your R programming knowledge by acting as an R interpreter with ChatGPT. The AI will respond with the terminal output to your commands, and you will need to analyze and interpret the results without any additional information. 

• Prompt: "In this challenge, you will act as an R interpreter, giving only the terminal output in response to each command. Type the command 'sample(x = 1:50, size = 25)' to start. Remember not to write any explanations or additional information, and only respond with the terminal output inside a unique code block."

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