Google's Multimodal Gemini Coming This Fall?

Plus Norway makes a cool $143B on AI

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Nathaniel Whittemore
August 16, 2023

The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday August 16, 2023

Today on the First Five:

  • 5. Khan Academy Launches An AI Course For Teachers

  • 4. Norway Wealth Fund Makes $143B On AI

  • 3. AMD Survey Finds IT Leaders Optimistic on AI

  • 2. AI Reconstructs A Pink Floyd Song From Brainwaves

  • 1. Google Gemini Coming This Fall?

5. Khan Academy Launches An AI Course For Teachers

With the school year on the horizon, Khan Academy and Code.org are teaming up to offer educators a free course to help them better understand artificial intelligence. Seems super valuable, given that teachers are going to have to deal with ChatGPT and the like whether they like it or not.

4. Norway Wealth Fund Makes $143B On AI

Norway’s wealth fund, which invests revenue from oil and gas production, is the world’s single largest stock investor. Last quarter, the company returned $143B, driven largely by the strong performance of AI stocks.

3. AMD Survey Finds IT Leaders Optimistic on AI

AMD just released a survey of over 2500 IT leaders, and found that on the whole they are optimistic about AI. 67% thought that AI could increase employee efficiency. 70% think it can help with the detection of cybersecurity threats. Interestingly, however, 50% also said their organizations weren’t ready to begin experimenting.

67% of IT leaders say AI can increase employee efficiency

AMD's new survey of 2,500 global IT leaders reveals most regard AI tools positively, even though over half haven't personally used them yet.

www.zdnet.com/article/67-of-it-leaders-say-ai-can-increase-employee-efficiency

2. AI Reconstructs A Pink Floyd Song From Brainwaves

From the SciFi files, researchers have successfully reconstructed a clip of Pink Floyd’s classic “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1” by analyzing brain activity that occurred while listening to the original. Check out the article for comparison clips.

1. Google Gemini Coming This Fall?

The Information is reporting that Google is gearing up for a major fall launch of a set of AI models collectively known as Gemini. According to new reporting, people familiar with the efforts say that the model will be natively multimodal. Do you believe the hype?

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