Applied AI Weekly News

Justin Grammens

Woot! Welcome Applied AI Weekly Readers to the latest issue. I'm thrilled to once again share with you the most interesting articles I've found this past week on Artificial Intelligence. You'll notice several videos from YouTube this week. I would highly recommend taking the time to watch those videos as they are packed with awesome content.

Before we go there, here are a few things I wish to share.

I will be speaking at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice on Sept 11th. I'm extremely blessed to have been asked to come to Austin, TX, and share my thoughts on how Artificial Intelligence is already impacting Home Care & Hospice!
I will be doing two speaking sessions at the Midwest Health Promotion Conference on Wednesday, September 25th. The theme this year is Memories, Milestones, Momentum. I'll be speaking on "Weaving Artificial Intelligence into Wellness". If you are in St. Paul, I hope you can attend!
If you haven't heard already the Fall Applied AI Conference is scheduled for Nov 15th. The call of speakers is open and tickets are on sale. THIS WILL SELL OUT - so hurry and get your tickets today!
I'm continuing to offer free consultations and workshops with many business leaders on how AI is changing the landscape of how you will run your business today and into the future. Connect today and book a meeting with me.

Now that we have that covered, please enjoy the articles and videos I have spent time finding and curating for you this past week. The videos provide a much more interactive and real-world experience of the applications.

Finally, please do reach out if there's anything you feel I might have missed. Enjoy!

News

Overarching Narrative on Artificial Intelligence

CC has released a four-pillar narrative on business considerations for the trustworthy, responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI). In addition, real-life examples illustrate the effectiveness of voluntary business approaches in responding to existing AI guidelines and addressing emerging policy challenges.

Surprisingly, Google Is Thriving In The GenAI Era

If not dead, Google was supposed to be in a tailspin by now. The rise of generative AI promised new, improved ways to seek and investigate information online. And the old keeper of blue links was meant to be on borrowed time.

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Healthcare

What Computer Vision Models Reveal About Human Brains

AI models designed to identify objects offer surprising clues about how we see and how we learn. About 10 years ago, as computing power and the increasing availability of digital images led to major advances in computer vision models that use artificial intelligence, scientists like Talia Konkle noticed something strange: the models were working like human brains in surprising ways.

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Early Detection of Lung Cancer

Predictive models developed by an interdisciplinary U-M research team have improved early lung cancer detection beyond traditional measures, with the potential to save lives.

Video

YouTube Shorts adds TikTok-style artificial voiceovers - The Verge

YouTube has announced a set of new features for YouTube Shorts, some of which are available now, like a new text-to-speech video narration that lets you add an artificial voiceover. On TikTok, those are the sometimes startlingly robotic voices that you hear a lot on videos with something to promote.

Watch Google vs. Apple: How Gemini AI Is Pushing Android Ahead

Google’s Gemini Live AI voice assistant on Android and Pixel 9 phones sounds almost human. Apple Siri and OpenAI’s ChatGPT have similar advanced voice capabilities on the way but if you have an Android phone, you can get the Gemini app now.

Linus Torvalds: Speaks on Hype and the Future of AI

Linus Torvalds Speaks on the Hype around AI / LLM and what the future of AI looks like on Linux. Will things like ChatGPT and other AI bots help the Linux Kernel get developed? We'll listen to the Creator of Linux.

Development

Gemini AI: Updates to Android and Pixel at Made by Google 2024

For years, we’ve relied on digital assistants to set timers, play music or control our smart homes. This technology has made it easier to get things done and saved valuable minutes each day.

Now with generative AI, we can provide a whole new type of help for complex tasks that can save you hours. With Gemini, we’re reimagining what it means for a personal assistant to be truly helpful. Gemini is evolving to provide AI-powered mobile assistance that will offer a new level of help — all while being more natural, conversational and intuitive.

The Llama 3 Herd of Models

Modern artificial intelligence (AI) systems are powered by foundation models. This paper presents a new set of foundation models, called Llama 3. It is a herd of language models that natively support multilinguality, coding, reasoning, and tool usage.