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Top AI News Headlines for Friday February 2nd
Arc is building an AI agent that browses on your behalf
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Today’s Headlines:
Arc is building an AI agent that browses on your behalf - Arc Browser is on a quest to change how people browse the internet by building an AI that surfs the web for you and gets you the results while bypassing search engines.
Tim Cook confirms Apple’s generative AI features are coming ‘later this year’ - The Apple CEO says his company is putting “tremendous time and effort” into integrating AI into its software platforms.
Meta to deploy in-house custom chips this year to power AI drive - The chip, a second generation of an in-house silicon line Meta announced last year, could help to reduce Meta's dependence on the Nvidia, opens new tab chips that dominate the market and control the spiraling costs associated with running AI workloads as it races to launch AI products.
Amazon announces Rufus, a new generative AI-powered conversational shopping experience - Rufus is an expert shopping assistant trained on Amazon’s product catalog and information from across the web to answer customer questions on shopping needs, products, and comparisons, make recommendations based on this context, and facilitate product discovery in the same Amazon shopping experience customers use regularly.
Google Maps experiments with generative AI to improve discovery - Google Maps is introducing a generative AI feature to help you discover new places. The new feature is meant to feel more conversational than the ordinary search experience.
EU’s AI Act passes last big hurdle on the way to adoption - Ambassadors from all 27 countries reached a deal on the landmark AI Act today. In terms of adopting the draft law, the baton now passes back to the European Parliament where lawmakers, will also get a final vote on the compromised text. Once adopted, the Act will enter into force 20 days after publication in the EU’s Official Journal.
AI in the classroom? How a Florida school takes advantage of the latest technology - He said most students are using artificial intelligence as more of a prompt. “And what we’re working on with them now is, once you’ve sort of primed your writing or your research, or your understanding with something that’s been generated, what are those next steps?”
3 areas where AI can help staff-strapped infusion centers - Artificial intelligence can help infusion centers lower patient wait times and reduce staff overtime while supporting growth, says Ashely Joseph, vice president of infusion centers client services at LeanTaaS.
AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge - AI-related lobbying reached new heights in 2023, with more than 450 organizations participating. It marks a 185% increase from the year before, when just 158 organizations did so, according to federal lobbying disclosures analyzed by OpenSecrets on behalf of CNBC.
As Podcastle raises $13.5M, its founder credits AI-driven growth in Armenia’s ‘Mini-Silicon Valley’ - Podcastle offers Revoice, a generative AI voice cloning tool; Magic Dust AI, to improve audio quality; the Podcastle Hosting Hub; and Podcastle for Teams.
China tech is running to stand still in AI race - China's technology giants are keeping up in artificial intelligence, but they may not be able to maintain their position for much longer. That's exactly the outcome that Washington is looking for.
Should we make our most powerful AI models open source to all? - An open source approach democratizes AI, restricts the power of censorial governments, and lets crucial research continue without corporate interference. It also makes it completely impossible to prevent the use of AI models for deepfake pornography, targeted harassment, impersonation, terrorism, and lots of other things you might, ideally, want to prevent.
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