The Best AI Innovations Of 2023 Part I (January-July) ??

The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) is a captivating domain where the advancements in technology blend seamlessly into our everyday existence, echoing the core of human interaction.

The unfolding story of last year was one of pioneering breakthroughs that elevate AI beyond the realm of complex code, drawing it nearer to the fabric of our day-to-day experience with a sense of intimacy.

Embark with me as I explore the standout moments and developments in AI that marked the year 2023.

January saw many amazing healthcare breakthroughs:

Researchers at 美国麻省理工学院 collaborated with the Mass General Hospital to develop a deep-learning model that could assess a patient’s risk of lung cancer based on CT scans.

In another revolutionary move, researchers developed an AI that can create artificial enzymes or proteins from scratch.

Amongst a lot of other innovations, artificial intelligence was also integrated into walking sticks to help the visually impaired find groceries.

微软 announces $10 Billion investment in OpenAI ??

February saw the start of the announcements race!

OpenAI announce they already have 100 million unique users

Meta announce LLaMA Model

谷歌 announce Bard

微软 announces Bing Search Engine integrated with ChatGPT

Amazon Web Services (AWS) joined forces with Hugging Face

In a groundbreaking achievement, researchers from 英国牛津布鲁克斯大学 demonstrated RealFusion, a state-of-the-art model capable of reconstructing a full 360° photographic model from a single image.

The world of AI also ventured into the realm of music generation in February 2023 with two distinct models.

Google Research introduced MusicLM, a transformer-based text-to-audio model, capable of producing tracks across various genres, instruments, and concepts.

On the other hand, Baidu researchers unveiled ERNIE-Music, the first text-to-music generation model in the waveform domain, using diffusion models. Both models mark significant strides in the fusion of AI and creative expression.

March saw a lot of new and interesting announcements!

Adobe stepped into the game with their Firefly model and a range of AI-backed image-generating and editing tools.

Meanwhile, Canva introduced AI-powered virtual Design Assistants and Brand Managers for its users via it's Magic Studio.

OpenAI launched APIs for ChatGPT and it's text-to-speech model called Whisper.

OpenAI also released a bunch of plugins for ChatGPT and officially launched its most advanced AI model - GPT-4

HubSpot launched two new AI-powered tools for its users: ChatSpot.ai and Content Assistant.

Zoom introduced its smart companion, Zoom IQ.

On the educational front Khan Academy launched it's AI platform, where virtual bots work as counselors, curriculum designers, and teaching assistants.

In the world of automobiles, 福特 launched Latitude AI accelerating its autonomous driving project.

While 谷歌 integrated Al into the Google Workspace to help with writing on Docs and Gmail, Microsoft launched its AI-powered 365 Copilot and then announces Bard it's own ChatGPT competitor.

In competition, even GitHub launched its AI-powered coding assistant, Copilot X.

All of these diverse developments got us worried that AI was growing out of hand.

The fierce pace of AI development awakened tech leaders and researchers to call for a pause.

April saw many firsts...

Snap Inc. announces My AI and within 1 month has a staggering 363 million users mostly consisting of Gen Z and younger audiences get mass exposure to Generative AI for the first time.

Pika art announces release of new text-to-video and image-to-video models.

Google Brain & Deepmind join forces to create Google DeepMind

An AI-generated song titled “Heart on My Sleeve” featuring Drake and The Weeknd went viral, with over 20 million views in a day!

A photographer’s AI-generated artwork won the World Photography Award.

TikTok debuted AI-generated profile pictures for its users

美国斯坦福大学 researchers created an AI-powered village in the Sims-inspired Sandbox, using ChatGPT. What made it to the news, was that all of the 25 AI avatars created, developed their own identities, and communicated with each other, more like humans do.

AutoGPT and Autonomous AI Agents are first talked about and then later released they are being discussed as the near future of Generative AI.

May saw advancements in robotics take centre stage

Sanctuary AI 's Phoenix Robot became the world’s first commercially available general-purpose humanoid robot

Tesla announces its Optimus Bot

Neuralink makes major announcements on break-throughs in brain implants and received FDA approval for human trials within the same month!

ChatGPT mobile app was launched expanding even further its user base.

Spotify expanded its AI-powered DJ features to the UK and Ireland.

Midjourney 5.1 was announced introducing significant updates to AI image creation and leading the way in the Image generation space.

Stability AI released StableStudio the open-source version of its image generation toolset Dreamstudio.

Adobe introduced generative AI features to Photoshop.

DragGan introduces a photo-realistic image manipulation through a simple drag-and-drop interface.

谷歌 launches PaLM 2 a versatile language model that integrates into its products directly.

Google DeepMind ’s AlphaFold achieved a significant milestone by predicting protein structures with unprecedented accuracy

June was a very mixed bag...

The biggest tech news was Apple’s Vision Pro to be released in early 2024.

OpenAI also made headlines, as it began plans to open its first non-U.S. office in London.

In the realm of AI governance, the EU’s AI Act entered the final phase of the legislative process.

The global consulting powerhouse, McKinsey, predicted that generative AI has the potential to add up to $4.4 trillion in value to the global economy.

Adobe integrates Firefly into Photoshop.

Runway announces Gen-2 Image-To-Video the most powerful video multimodal AI system to date that can generate novel videos with text, images or video clips.

July also saw significant new additions and upgrades to platforms

The first major upgrade was Claude 2.0 from Anthropic

But then Llama 2 also dropped from Meta

Google Cloud reinforced its commitment to advancing AI capabilities by expanding generative AI in the Vertex AI platform. Meanwhile, Google DeepMind announced its ongoing work on a new version of Gemini, a Multimodal Large Language Model.

Stack Overflow announced its foray into AI with offerings tailored for developers.

On the creative side, Clipdrop made a mark by introducing Stable Doodle, a Sketch-to-Image tool.

In healthcare, Daniel Ek , the creator of Spotify , co-founded Neko Health. The AI-based health tech startup had secured a remarkable $65 million in its first external round of funding.