Intelligent Automation Newsletter #169
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This week’s 5 top stories you can't miss:
1️⃣ [AI funding] After mounting rumors over the past few weeks, it’s officially been confirmed that OpenAI has raised $6.6B in its latest funding round:
It doubles the value of the company at $157B, which is around 40x its reported revenue, and marks the biggest VC funding round ever seen, out-doing Elon Musk’s xAI, which raised $6B earlier this year, but on a $24B valuation, post-money.
As expected, investors included NVIDIA, Softbank, and Microsoft, but the round was led by Thrive Capital, which got a unique deal, enabling them to invest $1B more, at the same valuation, in 2025, if OpenAI hit revenue goals.
The funds will enable OpenAI to become leaders in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and “increase compute capacity,” with its projects expected to bring in $100B by 2029 — matching the current annual revenue of Nestlé. Is it a positive news? The future will tell us, but I am skeptical.
2️⃣ [Cargo Drones] Autonomous Drones Reinvent Air Freight Delivery. This is the future of commerce: the backbone of a more inclusive, efficient global supply chain:
Europe's first full-scale autonomous cargo drone airline is using its Black Swan drones to carry 350kg over 2,500km.
The Black Swan autonomous cargo drones cut air freight costs by 50% and reduce CO2 emissions by 60% due to their lighter design, efficient flight paths, and lack of pilots.
Although Europe has over 2,000 airports, less than 1% can handle cargo planes due to short runways. The Black Swan drone changes this with its ability to land on runways as short as 400 meters, unlocking access to many more destinations.
The real disruption will happen when this technology reaches Africa and India, where poor infrastructure slows progress. Just like wireless phones leapfrogged landlines there, this new cargo system could transform logistics in these fast-growing regions.
3️⃣ [AI Augmentation] A recent study by different universities, including Stanford demonstrates the importance of knowing HOW to augment ourselves with AI:
The study showed doctors working alone diagnosed 73% of cases correctly, while those using GPT-4 improved slightly to 77%. However, GPT-4 alone nailed 92% of the cases, outperforming both groups.
The study highlights a key issue: doctors hesitated to trust AI's recommendations, which suggests a gap in understanding how to collaborate with AI effectively. My point of view is that this issue is not only with doctors but with most of us.
With only 20% of people knowing how to use AI properly (according to a recent study), learning to augment ourselves with AI is crucial to unlocking its full potential. My book IRREPLACEABLE offers a proven approach to mastering this skill, and our Academy provides hands-on learning alongside 2,000 members focused on thriving with AI.
4️⃣ [VR Innovation] Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the Orion AI glasses—an impressive technological leap, but they come with a significant privacy risk.
These glasses seamlessly blend holograms with reality, recognize objects, and provide real-time insights, while also allowing hands-free video calls and messaging.
Weighing just 100 grams, they are wireless and highly advanced, offering a sleek and innovative user experience.
However, the glasses automatically capture and upload photos to the cloud for AI training. Meta has yet to clarify how these images are being used, raising serious concerns about privacy and the potential misuse of personal data.
5️⃣ [AI Genetics] We're witnessing the dawn of a new era in genetic medicine that could fundamentally transform human longevity and health. A new AI-enabled gene-editing tool called “OpenCRISPR-1” has been released by Profluent Bio researchers:
OpenCRISPR-1, trained on over 1 million CRISPR operons, reduces errors by 95% compared to SpCas9, matching cutting efficiency and potentially revolutionizing personalized genetic treatments.
By open-sourcing the gene editors but not the AI behind them, Profluent accelerates innovation while protecting the core technology, sparking new possibilities in genetic engineering.
AI-generated gene editors like OpenCRISPR-1 pave the way for more precise treatments, offering hope for curing previously untreatable genetic diseases through custom, DNA-tailored therapies.
AI-trained models have outperformed natural evolution, creating gene editors that are faster and more powerful than those developed over billions of years.
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The 2 posts you can't miss this week:
👉The amazing progress of technology in agriculture
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