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Today’s Headlines:

• Grok gets a vision update - In addition to its strong text capabilities, Grok can now process a wide variety of visual information, including documents, diagrams, charts, screenshots, and photographs. Grok-1.5V will be available soon to our early testers and existing Grok users.

• Google Deepmind Robots Play Soccer - Google recently used its DeepMind AI-powered learning to teach some Robotis OP3 humanoid robots how to play soccer. The robots are trained using deep reinforcement learning, an artificial intelligence technique that allows them to respond and adapt much quicker than robots trained using scripted lessons. Using this technique, robots quickly learn what actions are more likely to lead to positive outcomes and implement them more often.

• Adobe explores OpenAI partnership as it adds AI video tools - Adobe said it is in the early stages of allowing the use of third-party generative artificial intelligence tools from OpenAI and others inside of its widely used video editing software.

• Adobe releases Acrobat AI assistant starting at $4.99 a month - The assistant can help users understand the contents of digital documents. Adobe is also launching a free mobile version of the tool in beta that can respond to voice commands, and is bringing the service to extensions on Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome.

• Altman promises Fortune 500 that OpenAI won't use customer data gathered by APIs to train LLMs - OpenAI is holding a series of events to introduce itself to corporate clients. They also assured attendees that customer data obtained through ChatGPT Enterprise would not be used to train future iterations of the model.

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Fintech Market is expected to reach a revenue of USD 70.1 Bn by 2033, at 17.0% CAGR: Insights by Dimension Market Research - Fintech is now using artificial intelligence to automate financial services, like it’s one of the most noteworthy uses is in fraud detection. Growing consumer preference for digital-first banking experiences fuels the adoption of AI-powered fintech solutions.

• Billionaires Are Selling Nvidia Stock and Buying 2 Supercharged Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Instead - Goldman Sachs thinks software and services companies could be the biggest beneficiaries in the long run, with several Wall Street billionaires thinking along the same lines. The hedge fund managers listed below sold down their positions in Nvidia in the fourth quarter and reinvested capital in AI stocks that fit more neatly into the software and cloud services categories.

• Golf Fans, the Masters Has AI Ready to Go - New gen AI capabilities this year enhance course insights, improve highlight reels and help bring the mobile experience to Apple Vision Pro. Learn what's been added.

• AI Stock HubSpot Near Buy Zone After Google Buyout News - The AI stock got a lift on news that Google-parent Alphabet was interested in acquiring the company. HubSpot uses AI in its website generator, content and email writer, meta description generator and social media blog writer. Analysts project a 25% rise in earnings growth for the first quarter then 17% growth in the second quarter.

• Apple is nearing production of powerful AI-focused M4 chips for Mac - The big focus will be supporting on-device artificial intelligence, which requires a hefty amount of processing power.

• State tax officials are using AI to go after wealthy payers - NY state is sending out hundreds of thousands of AI-generated letters looking for revenue, many of them focused on remote work or a change in tax residency. High earners who moved, and took their tax dollars with them, are now being challenged by states who claim the moves weren’t permanent or legitimate.

• Has AI oversaturation already killed the opportunity to stand out? - Every marketing agency in the land, it seems, has added ‘AI’ to its list of capabilities. So is it already too late to use AI to stand out? Here's what 8 leading marketers had to say.

• HumanX Raises $6M to Launch the Premier Community for AI, Setting Agenda for Inaugural Gathering in March 2025 - With Funding from Primary Ventures, Foundation Capital, FPV Ventures and a16z, HumanX is Focused on Distilling AI Complexity into Actionable Insights, Strategy and Tactics for the Decisionmakers in Corporations and Governments.

• Investors are growing increasingly wary of AI - Gartner analyst John-David Lovelock says that he sees AI investing “spreading out” as the largest players — Anthropic, OpenAI and so on — stake out their ground. The initial wave of enthusiasm has given way to the reality, he says: that AI is beset with challenges — some technical, some go-to-market — that’ll take years to address and fully overcome.

• OpenAI opens Tokyo hub, adds GPT-4 model optimized for Japanese - The new hub will be OpenAI's first office in Asia and fourth globally. It underscores the opportunity the company sees to court business in the country, and highlights how OpenAI will likely need to localize its technology on different languages as it expands.

• Adobe’s working on generative video, too - Adobe’s model — a part of the company’s expanding Firefly family of generative AI products — will make its way into Premiere Pro, Adobe’s flagship video editing suite, sometime later this year, Adobe says.

• Paraform raises $3.6M seed round to connect startups with recruiter networks - Paraform, a recruitment platform aimed at startups, feels there’s an opportunity in tapping the pool of laid-off recruiters who have since branched out to start their own business, and helping startups source talent and access a broader talent network.

• Lawhive raises $12M to expand its legal tech AI platform for small firms - U.K.-based legal tech startup Lawhive, which offers an AI-based, in-house “lawyer” through a software-as-a-service platform targeted at small law firms, has raised £9.5 million ($11.9 million) in a seed round to expand the reach of AI-driven services for “main street” law firms.

• Generative AI is coming for healthcare, and not everyone’s thrilled - Some experts don't think the tech is ready for prime time. In a recent Deloitte survey, only about half (53%) of U.S. consumers said that they thought generative AI could improve healthcare — for example, by making it more accessible or shortening appointment wait times. Fewer than half said they expected generative AI to make medical care more affordable.

• Exciting Updates From Stanford HAI’s Seventh Annual AI Index Report - With today’s release of HAI’s seventh annual AI Index Report, Stanford’s researchers are hoping to give decision-makers the knowledge they need to responsibly and ethically integrate this technology into their routines. This article has some of the most important points gleaned from the full report.

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