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Today we will discuss-

• 🤝🏻G7 agree to align rules on AI

• 🌐EU queries big tech about managing AI election risks

•  🥳AI helps discover 430K new galaxies

• ⚙️9 amazing AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom?

G7 countries agree to cooperate on AI, supply chains

☕News - Yesterday, industry ministers from the Group of Seven major democracies reached an agreement to coordinate regulations for the advancement of artificial intelligence and to strengthen supply chains in crucial sectors such as semiconductors, according to the Italian presidency.

Industry Minister Adolfo Urso informed reporters after the meeting in Verona, Italy, that countries fully agreed to align rules to promote equal advancement of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

🥸What's more? Urso also mentioned that the ministers plan to promote joint investments in AI, with a focus on ensuring the participation of small and medium-sized businesses.

He noted that the G7 industry ministers have also agreed to establish a permanent working group to examine strategies for addressing policies aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production.

Urso added that in light of recent conflicts, there's a heightened need to achieve strategic independence. He stated that in line with this, the G7 plans to collaborate with the European Commission on semiconductors to safeguard their economy and industries.

EU asks major platforms how they're addressing GenAI risks ahead of elections 

📬News - The European Commission has sent formal requests for information to Google, Meta, Microsoft, Snap, TikTok, and X, seeking details on how they manage risks associated with the use of generative AI technology.

👀What exactly are they looking for? The Commission has asked these companies to provide more information on how they are addressing risks related to generative AI on their platforms. This includes concerns such as "hallucinations" or AI generating false information, the dissemination of deepfakes, and the automated manipulation of services that may impact voters.

Additionally, the Commission is seeking information and internal documents regarding risk assessments and mitigation strategies related to the influence of generative AI on electoral processes, dissemination of illegal content, protection of fundamental rights, gender-based violence, safeguarding minors, and mental well-being.

🤔What will they do with this information though? For those who don't know, the EU has been seeking input on election security regulations for Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs) and is in the process of developing official guidelines. In line with this, the Commission mentioned that the information it gathers from its requests to the companies will partly contribute to shaping the EU's guidelines.

AI helps astronomers discover, classify 430,000 new galaxies

🔭News - With the help of AI, astronomers have discovered about 400,000 spiral galaxies and 30,000 ring galaxies using data from the Subaru Telescope. This builds on the work of the citizen science project "GALAXY CRUISE," which aims to classify the vast number of galaxies that remain unclassified, with the help of volunteers.

🙄How did AI help? Galaxies exhibit diverse shapes reflecting their evolution, making manual classification overwhelming for astronomers analyzing data from telescopes like the Subaru Telescope. For context, in the GALAXY CRUISE project, over 10,000 citizen astronomers volunteered to do the classifications. But even divided among thousands of volunteers, the process remained time-consuming. 

In this recent study, led by Rhythm Shimakawa from Waseda University, the AI was trained on 20,000 galaxies classified by humans as part of the GALAXY CRUISE   project. The AI classification process was remarkably quick, taking less than an hour even for the vast dataset of 700,000 galaxies. Within this short timeframe, it successfully categorized 400,000 galaxies as spiral and 30,000 as ring galaxies, significantly expediting the process.

Additionally, despite ring galaxies constituting less than 5% of the total galaxy population, the 30,000 ring galaxies identified by AI as part of this study provided a sample size large enough for meaningful statistical analysis.

🙆🏻‍♀️What else is happening?

• Mercedes begins piloting Apptronik humanoid robots

• Nvidia offers developers a peek at new AI chip next week

• CBP wants to use AI to scan for fentanyl at the border

• Apple buys startup DarwinAI, adds staff to its AI division

• No smartphone or internet? No problem; AI-backed phone has the answers

🍿AI-based series

• Mrs. Davis (2023) - In the darkly comedic and action-packed series "Mrs. Davis," Sister Simone, a nun living a quiet life in a remote convent, is unexpectedly contacted by Mrs. Davis, an all-powerful artificial intelligence. Mrs. Davis enlists Simone on an epic quest, tasking her with finding and destroying the Holy Grail.

• Humans (2015 - 2018) - It is a sci-fi television series set in a parallel present where humanoid robots known as "Synths" have been developed to assist humans with various tasks. The series explores the social, ethical, and emotional implications of living alongside these synthetic beings and the consequences of creating sentient machines.

• Altered Carbon (2018 - 2020) - It is an American cyberpunk television series based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan. The show is set in a futuristic world where technology has advanced to the point where human consciousness can be transferred between bodies, allowing individuals to essentially live forever.

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4. BaruaAI - An AI-powered platform that generates personalized, high-converting sales emails ($39/month)

5. Ugcscripts - An AI-powered copywriting tool that generates UGC scripts for videos, allowing creators to save time and overcome creative blocks ($9/month) 

6. 60sec.site - A no-code website builder that allows users to create a landing page in just 60 seconds ($10/month)

7. AIGIFYAI - An AI-powered GIF service that provides over 100 styles, characters, and mods to choose from, enabling users to create unique, eye-catching GIFs for their website, social media, or blog posts ($20/month)

8. Video2Recipe - A tool that allows users to convert cooking videos into recipes by pasting the video URL (Fee up to 3 recipes/month) 

9. PDF Candy - Allows users to convert files to and from PDF format ($3.60/month)

🌞Technical jargon simplified

• Natural Language Understanding (NLU): It is a subset of natural language processing that aids machines in grasping the intended meaning of human language, while also considering its slight variations and potential grammatical errors. 

• Natural Language Generation (NLG): It is the process through which machines transform structured data into text or speech that is understandable to humans.

• Deep learning: It is a type of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks to learn from data. Artificial neural networks are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain, and they are made up of interconnected nodes that can process information and learn from experience.

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