Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 24May2024

Best business article(s) I read this week…

• Leveraging AI, Digital Twins, and AR/VR for Enhanced Aircraft Maintenance and Repair

  As the title indicates, this article describes how combining AI, 3D digital twins, and augmented/virtual reality devices can improve aircraft design and maintenance. I often write that collaborative intelligence technologies are much broader than generative AI. This article provides a good example of how to blend such technologies to enable more effective and efficient processes.

• Five Ways Criminals are Using AI

  This MIT Technology Review article makes the point that “AI has brought a big boost in productivity—to the criminal underworld.” It is helpful to be aware of how criminals are using AI to reduce your chances of falling victim to their scams.

• The promise and the reality of gen AI agents in the enterprise

  McKinsey & Co. published this interview with some of its practice leaders regarding the economic value that companies can gain by deploying AI agents in their organizations.

Best technical article(s) I read this week…

• The Risks and Opportunities of Open-Source Generative AI

  A broad cross-section of researchers from Oxford, Berkeley, and other prominent universities conducted this study. It compares and contrasts closed generative AI models (such as ChatGPT and Gemini) and open-source models (such as those available at Hugging Face) to identify the short-, medium-, and long-term benefits and risks of using an open model.

News items I found interesting…

• Chatbot ELO Visualization

  This visualization, published on the Flourish platform, shows how the power of various chatbots has changed over time. It uses the ELO leaderboard data from LMSYS.org (run by students and faculty from UC Berkeley).

• Interview with CIA Chief Technologist regarding the agency’s use of generative AI

  This US News & World Report interview with Nand Mulchandani, the Central Intelligence Agency’s Chief Technologist, asks specific questions about the technologies, use cases, and development timelines for generative AI at the CIA.

• Generative AI for legal professionals

  This summary of a survey by Thompson Reuters describes the top use cases for generative AI at different categories of legal services firms. Even if you’re not a lawyer, some applications may spur your thinking about use cases at your company. The full report, which includes some interesting survey data, can be viewed by clicking this link.

Coolest thing I saw…

• Eye-tracking contact lenses for human-machine interaction

  Scientists from Nanjing, China, have created eye-tracking content lenses. The lenses have many applications, including healthcare and augmented reality (AR). They are imperceptible, do not require a battery or conventional silicon chips, and are not harmful to the eye.

A company that caught my eye…

• H

  This Paris, France-based startup was founded by a former Stanford AI researcher and a group from DeepMind. The company’s goal is to build “frontier action models to boost the productivity of workers.” The company caught my eye because it raised a $220M seed round from a who’s who of tech billionaires and VC firms.