Intelligent Automation Newsletter #142

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This week’s 5 top stories we don’t want you to miss:

1?? [Device] Samsung is now shipping the Galaxy S24 with new AI features, aiming to boost sales and compete with Apple.

• The S24's advanced AI, including real-time translation and image search, is Samsung's strategy to overcome decreasing smartphone sales and keep up with rivals. This is the first #AI phone!
• The company is set to release the AI-enhanced S24 soon, hoping to outshine the next iPhone.

2?? [AI race] Apple has ramped up its AI strategy by acquiring 21 AI startups since 2017, including WaveOne, and actively recruiting AI talent to enhance on-device AI capabilities in iPhones.

• The company is focusing on developing generative AI, optimizing large language models (LLMs), and utilizing its advanced silicon chips for better AI performance in mobile devices.
• Analysts expect Apple to introduce AI-driven features in upcoming iOS updates and iPhones, potentially revealing significant AI advancements at the WWDC in June and launching new AI features in iPhones by late 2024 or 2025

3?? [International] Despite trade tensions and differing approaches, the U.S. and China are exploring collaboration on AI system safety, focusing on risk assessment and cybersecurity in AI development.

• Recent secret meetings between Chinese experts and top U.S. AI firms, including OpenAI, highlight this potential cooperation.
• The partnership aims to establish global technical and safety standards for AI, navigating the field's rapid advancement and demonstrating that U.S.-China communication can yield constructive results.

4?? [Sustainability] AI is set to halve the time it takes to develop new battery materials, with Umicore and Microsoft aiming to cut research time from six years to two.

• Their partnership focuses on using AI to discover advanced battery materials, improving electric vehicle batteries.
• This approach, demonstrated by Microsoft's rapid material selection algorithm, could boost the U.S.'s competitiveness and reduce reliance on China.

5?? [Ethics] Pope Francis emphasized the need for stricter AI regulations to prevent harmful and unjust consequences, highlighting concerns over deepfakes that distort reality and relationships.

• He described AI as both promising and unsettling, advocating for global collaboration to establish an international AI regulatory treaty.
• The Pope also cautioned against convincingly realistic but fake images and audio deepfakes, referencing a viral deepfake photo of himself in a white puffer jacket.

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The 2 posts you can't miss this week:

?? This coffee shop uses #Al to track the productivity of Baristas and how much time customers spend in the Shop

?? This surgical #Robot can separate raw quail egg shells from their membrane with high precision

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