AI Predicts Pancreatic Cancer

And one company is asking people not to give up on the real world

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Nathaniel Whittemore
June 19, 2023

The AI Breakdown First Five - Monday June 19, 2023

Today on the First Five:

  • 5. Meta’s New Speech Synthesis Model to Powerful to Release

  • 4. Nikon Says “Don’t Give Up On the Real World”

  • 3. AI at the Grammy’s?

  • 1. AI Predicts Pancreatic Cancer

  • 1. Ian Hogarth to Head British Taskforce

5. Meta’s Voicebox Generative Speech Model

A couple times a week, Meta’s AI group releases some new model or project. The latest is Voicebox — an extremely powerful general purpose synthesized speech model that can perform tasks it wasn’t trained on. In fact it’s so powerful and the potential for misuse so high that Meta is going against its normal open source approach and not releasing the code.

4. Nikon Says “Don’t Give Up On The Real World”

We’re officially at the point where companies whose business models are threatened by AI are creating advertising campaigns about or even against AI. Camera producer Nikon for example has released a visually stunning campaign that overlays a Midjourney prompt with a real world image.

3. The Grammy’s Make New AI Rules

The Grammy’s have announced new AI rules. Songs that are fully generated by AI will be banned from consideration, but artists who use AI as part of their creative process can still submit their work. Between this and Paul McCartney finished the last Beatles song with AI, it kinda feels like the music-AI train is headed in just one direction…

Grammys OK AI Use in Music—But Ban Fully AI-Generated Songs

The new Grammy Award qualifications come after more recent advancements in AI have led to generative AI.

time.com/6288131/grammys-ai-rules

2. AI Predicts Pancreatic Cancer

A recent Harvard study demonstrated that an AI tool with only access to patients medical records was effective at predicting who would develop pancreatic cancer within 6 months to three years. The results have scientists excited about the possibilities for advanced AI screening for problematic diseases.

AI Predicts Future Pancreatic Cancer

An AI tool identified people at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to three years before actual diagnosis.

hms.harvard.edu/news/ai-predicts-future-pancreatic-cancer#:~:text=An%20artificial%20intelligence%20tool%20has,Copenhagen%2C%20in%20collaboration%20with%20VA

1. Ian Hogarth to Lead British AI Alignment Efforts

A few weeks ago, British PM Rishi Sunak announced a 100m pound UK task force to look at AI risk and research AI safety. Tech entrepreneur and AI investor Ian Hogarth has been selected to lead the AI Foundation Model Task Force. You can read some of Ian's thoughtful previous writings about AI risk here.

BONUS: AI QR Code Maker

Have you seen those AI QR codes going around? Well now you can make them yourself. You’re welcome!

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