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Driving Tomorrow - Conversations with AI Leaders: Jimmara Scott, NoCode4Change

Join us for an inspiring conversation with Jimmara Scott, a No-Code AI Specialist & Certified Consultant, in our latest 'Driving Tomorrow: Conversations with Industry Leaders' episode! 🎙️✨

🔍 Explore how Jimmara is democratizing AI through her groundbreaking work at NoCode4Change, making technology accessible and empowering diverse communities.

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• Vision for a more inclusive and equitable tech industry

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Today’s Headlines:

• Meta Unveils SAM 2: Advanced Real-Time Video AI Segmentation - Meta has introduced the Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2), an advanced AI model designed to identify and track objects in real-time across video frames, representing a significant advancement in video AI technology. This allows for the segmentation of any object and the creation of cutouts with just a few clicks. A free demo of SAM 2 is available for users to try out.

• Runway Gen-3 Alpha Transforms Still Images into AI Videos - Runway has announced that its popular AI text-to-video generation model, Gen-3 Alpha, can now create high-quality videos from still images allowing users to generate incredibly realistic videos in seconds. This significant enhancement marks another leap forward for the startup’s realistic generative AI video platform.

• Meta Launches AI Studio for Creating Custom AI Characters - IMeta has introduced AI Studio, a new platform that allows users to create, share, and discover custom AI characters without the need for technical skills. Built on Llama 3.1, AI Studio is designed to make AI creation accessible to everyone. AI Studio empowers anyone to create AI characters that can entertain, provide advice, generate memes, and much more. Creators can also design AI characters as extensions of themselves to handle common DM questions and story replies, helping them engage with more people.

• Amazon Unveils AI Chip with 50% Performance Boost, Rivals NVIDIA - Amazon has introduced its newest AI chip, claiming a performance increase of up to 50%. This development is part of Amazon's efforts to reduce its dependence on NVIDIA’s expensive chips and provide cost-effective solutions for AWS AI cloud services.

• Canva Acquires Leonardo.ai to Enhance Generative AI Capabilities - Canva has acquired Leonardo.ai, a generative AI content and research startup, to expand its AI technology offerings. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it includes a mix of cash and stock. Leonardo.ai’s entire team of 120 employees, including the executive team, will join Canva. The platform stands out by offering users a high degree of control, such as the Live Canvas feature, which combines text prompts with quick sketches to create photorealistic images in real-time.

• Perplexity AI to Share Ad Revenue with News Publishers - Perplexity AI has announced a plan to share advertising revenue with news publishers when its chatbot references their content in user queries. This initiative aims to address criticism of plagiarism and unethical web scraping leveled against the startup. The primary motivation is to ensure the continuous availability of accurate information by supporting journalists financially.

• Commerce Department Backs ‘Open’ AI Models, Calls for Risk Monitoring - On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department released a report supporting “open-weight” generative AI models like Meta’s Llama 3.1. The NTIA emphasized that open-weight models make generative AI accessible to small companies, researchers, nonprofits, and individual developers. It suggests that the government should not impose restrictions on access to open models without first investigating the potential market harm such restrictions might cause.

• UK Watchdog Scrutinizes Google-Anthropic AI Partnership - On Tuesday (July 30), the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it is investigating whether this partnership constitutes a merger situation under the Enterprise Act 2002. The CMA will examine if this potential merger situation might result in a significant reduction in competition within any UK markets for goods or services.

• AI to Reach Human-Level Intelligence Within 5-15 Years, Says OpenAI - Artificial intelligence (AI) could achieve human-level intelligence within the next five to 15 years, according to Adam D’Angelo, an OpenAI board member and CEO of Quora. His comments come on the heels of OpenAI’s announcement of a new five-level classification system to track progress toward AGI.

• Could AI Pilots Be the Future of Warfare? Experts Weigh In - The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to five developers of AI systems for its unmanned jets, marking a significant shift from ground-based AI technology to airborne applications. These AI-powered, unmanned aircraft, known as “robot wingmen,” will fly alongside human-operated fighter jets as part of the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. The goal is to have 1,000 of these robot wingmen in the sky by 2030.

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