Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 09Aug2024
Best business article(s) I read this week…
Top AI Use Cases in Marketing, Healthcare, and Finance
This is a compilation of several articles and survey data describing how companies are using AI to improve performance. Some articles referenced cover topics that may be familiar to regular readers, but overall, the articles provide a lot of useful information.
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
Achieving Human-Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis
This article is related to the coolest thing I saw this week. It describes in detail how Google DeepMind researchers trained a robot to play ping pong. I thought it was fascinating.
Other items I found valuable/interesting…
A Scientist Says Humans Will Reach the Singularity Within 21 Years
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts that by the middle of this century, humans will achieve a “millionfold increase in intelligence” aided by brain interfaces formed with “nanobots non-invasively inserted into our capillaries.” This may sound far-fetched, but as the article points out, there is active research in these areas, and Kurzweil previously predicted an AI breakthrough at the end of the 2020s.
The AI tech aiming to identify future Olympians
This is a topical story that also demonstrates another interesting AI application. It describes how data generated from interactive children’s games in the Olympic visitors area is being used to identify prospective future Olympians. The technology, which is portable, eventually will enable access to advanced sports science anywhere in the world.
Generative AI Has a 'Shoplifting' Problem. This Startup CEO Has a Plan to Fix It
This Wired article introduces ProRata, a company that recently raised $25M. ProRata is focused on getting companies that train LLMs to pay for the data they scrape from websites and other sources. ProRata is one of a number of start-ups entering the burgeoning field of “training data licensing.”
Novel AI Model May Enhance Health Data Interoperability
Northwestern Medicine has trained a new large language model (LLM) to convert clinical data in electronic health records into Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) format, greatly enhancing the ability to share data across organizations.
Coolest thing I saw…
DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph
Researchers at Google’s DeepMind announced an AI-powered robot that can beat amateur, not expert, players at ping pong (the article contains a video). As the author points out, “the system demonstrates the potential for machines to master complex physical tasks that require split-second decision-making and adaptability.”
A company that caught my eye…
The company, which provides AI to help employees interact with company data, is reportedly close to securing a $250M funding round that would value it at $4.5B, double its valuation from six months ago.