Chief AI Officers on the Rise, StealthGPT - latest AI tool, Horizon Worlds & Virtual Influencers

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A lot happened this week! So , get ready for a whirlwind tour of this week's most exhilarating tech stories.

Hold onto your seats as we zoom through the latest developments this week. Grab a refreshing beverage and join in!

Here’s what I’ll be covering today:

?? The Birth of the Chief AI Officer

?? StealthGPT: Your New Favorite AI Tool

?? Amazon's AI-Powered Listings: A Game-Changer or a Gamble?

?? Meta's Horizon Worlds: Expands to Web and Mobile

???? Apple launched a new film to showcase progress on its sustainability goals

?? Pinterest: Unveils new ad formats and features to enhance user experience

??TikTok introduces in-stream shopping

???The Rocky Road Ahead for "X" with legal hassles and policy reforms

Latest in the world of AI

1] Rise of newest role - Chief AI officer

• The new C-suite role, Chief AI Officer (CAIO), is increasingly being recognized globally with 183 professionals holding this title in companies with more than 50 employees, according to LinkedIn data.
• CAIOs, who report directly to the CEO, are tasked with integrating AI strategically into business operations and culture.
• Their role is multifaceted, involving visionary leadership to steer AI investments, ensuring alignment with business objectives, and adhering to legal and ethical standards.
• The responsibilities and focus areas of CAIOs vary across industries, ranging from enhancing customer experiences in retail to automating repetitive tasks in manufacturing and preventing fraud in financial services.

But what does a Chief AI office do?

Well the role covers wide areas from advocating for ethical AI to fostering AI literacy within the organization.

• Discovering Potential: Identifying new opportunities for AI to boost productivity and redefine operational models
• Advocating for Ethical AI: Ensuring AI systems uphold ethical standards and operate without bias, maintaining the credibility of the organization?
• Overseeing AI Investment & Compliance: Navigating the evolving regulatory landscape and technological advancements, such as Large Language Models, to develop a tech stack that meets current and future compliance requirements.
• Promoting AI Fluency: Fostering AI literacy within organizations to prepare teams for an AI-enhanced workplace, including establishing training programs for effective collaboration with AI tools.

2] StealthGPT: A new AI tool is everyone’s fav:

StealthGPT, a Tool for Generating Undetectable Artificial Intelligence Text, Has Recently Been Crowned the Best Undetectable AI Tool in a Recent Study.

3] Amazon's AI Endeavour: Boom or Bust?

Amazon is using the latest advancements in AI to dramatically improve the listing creation and management experience for sellers. A new set of generative AI capabilities will simplify how Amazon sellers create more thorough and captivating product descriptions, titles, and listing details.

Amazon unveiled generative AI tools to assist sellers in crafting product descriptions, leveraging large language models potentially trained on its vast product data.

While this innovation parallels eBay's and Shopify's AI-focused shifts, concerns arise over potential misleading information and associated liabilities from AI-generated content.

Latest in the world of Digital & Social Media

?4] Horizon Worlds Breaks Free: Meta's VR Playground Expands to Web and Mobile"

Meta's Horizon Worlds is broadening its horizons, venturing from headset exclusivity to early access on web and mobile platforms, aiming to engage a larger user base with enhanced features including more lifelike avatars. Despite prior low population reports and a 47.5% cut on user sales, the platform promises an enriched virtual social space, fortified with safety features for teenage users.

5] Pinterest introduced various new ad formats and enhanced features

Premiere Spotlight ads for increased visibility, interactive showcase ads, and personalized quiz ads, alongside improvements to the Business Manager for agencies and a preview of the upcoming Creative Studio for generating brand imagery. Additionally, the platform has incorporated mobile deep links, ecommerce integrations, and the new Collages feature to facilitate a more shoppable and user-curated experience.

6] TikTok introduces in-stream shopping for all U.S. businesses

Offering native listings with features like product showcases and in-app secure checkouts, while also incentivizing creators with commissions. Following its triumph in China and expansion from the U.K., TikTok hopes its immense popularity will captivate Western audiences and attract more U.S. retailers to its shopping platform.

Latest in the world of Tech?

7] Apple launched a new film to showcase progress on its sustainability goals.

It features mother nature and doesn’t bog you down in numbers, yet still manages to reel off a lot of great sounding sustainability metrics. Apple has unveiled its upcoming OS updates, iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, bringing a slew of enhancements including new in-call controls and recurring Apple Cash payments for iPhone users, and a revamped desktop experience with improved security features for Mac users. The iOS 17 will be available from September 18, followed by the release of macOS Sonoma on September 26.

8] Google is updating its Shopping tab in the Search Console

To notify merchants of product visibility issues and to help them enhance product rankings through optimized shipping and return policy information. To take advantage of these improvements, which aim to bolster Google's ecommerce infrastructure, merchants must link their Search Console property to their Merchant Center account, with a phased rollout of the features anticipated in the upcoming weeks.

9] X's Rocky Road Ahead: With Legal Challenges and Policy Reforms

Despite efforts to reform the platform using a "Freedom of Speech, Not Reach" approach, X finds itself engulfed in mounting legal troubles, including a recent subpoena in Amsterdam regarding data misuse from 2013 to 2021. The ongoing legal issues and potential advertiser backlash, owing to the platform's non-compliance with content removal orders, threaten to tarnish its image further under Elon Musk's stewardship.

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