?? Tsunami of AI advancements. Once again ... ?
Branislav ?midt
Accelerating businesses into ?? AI-era | AI adoption | Business transformation | co-founder transformio.ai ?? | AI enthusiast
?? Meet the Future: Boston Dynamics Unveils New Electric Atlas Robot! ??
Boston Dynamics has turned a new page in robotics history by introducing its next-generation humanoid - the Electric Atlas Robot. ??
This marvel of engineering was showcased in a riveting 26-second video that highlights its smoother, more efficient electric capabilities.
?? Catch Your First Look! Witness the incredible capabilities of the new electric Atlas that truly rocks the world of robotics. Combined with power of Generative AI a whole new era of smart robots is coming. More details Electric Atlas Robot.
What’s Your Reaction?
Inspired or intimidated? Seeing similar advancements, my feelings are always somewhere in between. ????
Either way, Boston Dynamics continues to push the boundaries of what's possible.
?? Bringing Your Photos to Life! Microsoft's VASA-1 Introduction.
??Possibly groundbreaking innovation from Microsoft that's setting new standards in video creation. Meet VASA-1, an advanced AI model capable of transforming a single photo into a fully animated video, complete with speech!
What Can VASA-1 Do?
VASA-1 isn't just about adding motion to still images; it revolutionizes how we create videos. By inputting a single photo and a corresponding audio clip, VASA-1 meticulously generates videos where the subjects move naturally and sync their lip movements with the audio. Imagine bringing a portrait to life, making them nod, smile, or speak as if they were right in front of you!
Why Is This Relevant for SMBs?
For small and medium-sized businesses, this means:
?? Enhanced Engagement: Create compelling video content that captures and retains customer attention.
?? Cost Efficiency: Reduce the need for extensive video shoots, lowering production costs dramatically.
?? Customized Content: Easily produce personalized videos for marketing, training, or customer service with minimal effort.
?? Note of Caution:
While VASA-1 offers incredible opportunities for creativity and innovation, it also raises concerns regarding the potential for creating 'deepfakes'. It's important for users to utilize this technology ethically, ensuring content authenticity and transparency.
?? Meta's Breakthrough Llama 3 AI Models ? Users will decide. ?
Meta just announced the launch of its most advanced AI series yet – the Llama 3, featuring the 8B and 70B parameter models. These powerhouse versions set unprecedented benchmarks in the realm of generative AI, offering a leap in performance and precision over their predecessors. Meta claims Llama 3 is the most capable openly available LLM to date.
The Llama 3 models are designed to excel across a variety of tasks, showcasing their robust capabilities through stellar benchmark scores. This launch positions Meta at the forefront of AI innovation, directly challenging industry leaders such as Google and Anthropic with superior steerability, accuracy, and comprehensive data integration for enhanced user experiences.
Initial promising benchmarks indicate a game-changing advance in AI technology. Yet, practical usage among end users will show how this new model perform in real life use cases.
As AI continues to evolve, the competition between Meta’s Llama 3 and OpenAI’s ChatGPT promises exciting developments in the LLMs field.
?? How to choose customers′ facing AI-powered ChatBot wisely?
?? How to choose, train and deploy the best possible customers′ facing AI-powered Chatbot for SMBs? And don′t get mad in the process. ??
Apparently, there is more than one option to choose from. Actually, there is more than 100+ options ??… There is no one-size-fits-all approach. Every Chatbot use case is slightly different and unique.
I suggest to focus primarily on following areas ...
?? What is the main business purpose? ?(Customer Support & Service, Sales & Lead Generation, Booking & Reservations, Personalized Marketing ...)
?? What are core Chatbot functionalities and nice to have features? Which channels are in/out of the focus?
?? Is AI-powered Chatbot already industry standard or are you one of the front runners in your industry?
?? Preference for off-the-shelf (pre-ready) solution or development of fully custom solution. Decision typically depends on budget possibilities, development capabilities, time constrains.
?? Decision regarding no-code, low-code, custom development, and related costs and complexity is critical.
?? Low-tier, mid-tier, high-end solution – depending on company maturity, volume & complexity of transactions, language mutations, sensitivity of data & specific company's needs.
?? Does the considered solution allow to train the model with company's specific data and use case details. Are training data available or easily attainable internally?
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?? LLM(s) support: Open source, Closed source LLMs. It has direct impact on development/coding requirements and related costs.
?? Integration with other customers-related systems (e.g. Ticketing, CRMs…).
?? What is the running cost (one time, recurring, hidden)?
? Overall business value and affordability: Consider the Chatbot's features, limitations, pricing, and potential impact on customer satisfaction and sales. If done well, it can be invaluable business tool.
? Whatever approach and solution is decided for deployment, the most important part is: testing, testing, testing... fine-tuning, fine-tuning ... before production.
Here are some of the powerful options to consider:?
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???? Slovak AI updates ... yes, there are promising AI projects happening also in Slovakia! ??
There are not many Slovak AI products that are ready for the real-world deployment. ??
? Given the strong development and engineering potential in Slovakia, we tend to over-engineer things often. ?
In the fast-paced AI-powered era, this can be a blind street. You need to build fast and iterate/adjust (ideally with real users) on the go. ??
Thus, I?support solutions for emerging use cases with the potential to become a?valuable business tool with scaling potential.
???? Slovak startup that aims to improve HR/Managerial workflows in enterprises ?? TEAM AIdvisor. I?believe there is a?strong use case for this sort of AI-powered application in the existing enterprise HR workflows.
This solution is specifically designed for managers and leaders to enhance their managerial skills and capabilities. The advice and guidance is highly relevant and applicable to specific managerial roles and challenges.
Thanks to leverage of powerful LLMs and custom training data with expertise and insights from real-world experiences it acts as a true AI-powered managerial advisor. ??
Team provides free test / POC for early adopters and helps with on-boarding. If this sounds interesting reach them directly.
Another promising ???? startup innovating creation of aiavatars video ChatBots.
The team has come a long way since the foundation and iterated the portfolio. Besides original bot.media they managed to create and launch https://scena.ai/ an AI-powered platform with possibility to create engaging, interactive videos and learning experiences just from a text in more than 70 languages!
Worth to have a ??
Plus platform can help creating aiavatars video chatbots ?- I may leverage for specific use cases in the future as well. And time to consider my own digital avatar has come. ??
?? Their currently focus on digital avatars and use case within L&D (Learning & Development) e-learning for companies. It presents an immense potential and growing market. ??
If you find this topic interesting, don′t miss opportunity to approach them directly. ??
"Sofia Wagner RIP" fake ???? AI-powered profile exposed!
We have had local turmoil regarding the fake AI-powered profile: Sofia Wagner ... ?former raising Slovak Linked star, nobody heard of before. ??
Local ???? LinkedIn community left no stone unturned on this fake case.
Long story short, this profile started to follow and comment literally thousands of people and posts, very authentically and passionately. It also started to create content - even sort of podcast. "She" started as virtual assistant and soon become LinkedIn strategist, quickly gaining attention and thousands followers.?? Apparently, all with the significant help of AI. ??
Frankly, I?also had one or two communication exchanges with “Sofia Wager” on some posts - as she massively commented many Linked posts (mine included). Until certain point I?was not aware it′s whole fake. ??
This case is worth to mentioned as it illustrates well the power of AI if (mis)used by professionals. It can mimic humans and human interactions and emotions very well.
??After the exposure the fake Sofia Wagner profile was immediately deleted. Yet, it serves as illustrative example of the power of AI manipulation. It also clearly showed how vulnerable we can be. From now on we need to be even more cautious. ??