Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 26Jul2024
Best business article(s) I read this week…
Designing a Successful Reskilling Program
I haven’t mentioned this topic in a while, but as this Harvard Business Review article argues, it is a strategic imperative. The article shares survey results from more than 1,200 organizations and highlights reskilling best practices.
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
Anonymization: The imperfect science of using data while preserving privacy
The authors discuss the limitations of traditional de-identification methods in the era of big data and explore modern approaches like data query systems, synthetic data, and differential privacy. They emphasize that no perfect solution exists, but combining formal methods with empirical evaluations of robustness against privacy attacks is the best current practice.
Other items I found valuable/interesting…
OpenAI announces SearchGPT - a direct attack on Google
OpenAI has announced SearchGPT, a conversational chatbot that helps users gather links and answer questions in response to their queries. The company did not demo the service but said it is undergoing beta testing with a select group of users and publishers.
Diageo launches generative AI bottle for Johnnie Walker
Diageo has created an app that allows visitors to their Princes Street location in Edinburgh to create their own labels for Johnnie Walker Blue. The company is using AI to enable its customers to create unique product enhancements, which they hope will spur engagement and brand loyalty.
Welcome to the digital twin baby boom
The article details the prospective growth of the digital twin market and the expanding number of applications and then dives into how LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is using his digital twin, which he created to understand “how interacting with it might help me think differently, express myself in new ways, or connect ideas that I might not have otherwise.”
New Google AI weather and climate model improves accuracy
Google’s new NeuralGCM model “has proven to be more accurate than other purely machine learning-based models for one- to 10-day weather forecasts.” Will AI ever be powerful enough to predict the weather? I hope so.
Coolest thing I saw…
Stability AI’s new Stable Video 4D
Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion, has released a new 4D model on HuggingFace for research evaluation (it is not yet available as a commercial product). It takes a 2D or 3D image or video as input and generates eight new videos from different perspectives. The company expects initial applications to be in film production and video game design.