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• 👨‍⚖️Biden administration takes first step to write key AI standards

• 👨‍🏫Alphabet imposes limits on election queries for Bard

• 🎲AI masters classic Labyrinth game, leaving humans puzzled

• 😱9 fantastic AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom?

U.S. government makes the first move towards writing key AI standards

📰News - The Biden administration is taking significant steps to ensure the safe and responsible deployment of generative artificial intelligence. Seeking to maintain American leadership in the rapidly evolving field, the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling for public input by 2 February on building crucial safety standards for generative AI systems.

The agency's request for public input specifically targets AI companies and the general public, seeking insights into generative AI risk management. It aims to gather suggestions for reducing the risks associated with AI-generated misinformation.

🧐What’s more? On a side note, on Tuesday itself, Senators Mark Warner and John Kennedy, from different political parties, proposed a new law to mitigate AI risks. This law is about punishing businesses that use fake videos (called deepfakes) or other computer tools to illegally mess with the stock market or commit financial fraud. Lawmakers want to make sure that using these artificial intelligence tools in a harmful way can have serious consequences for companies.

The Senators' proposal includes giving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the power to impose three times the usual penalties on companies that break the SEC's rules using AI.

Alphabet restricts election queries for Bard and search tools

📻News - Google, part of Alphabet Inc., announced on Tuesday that it plans to limit the types of questions its chatbot Bard and search tools can answer regarding the 2024 elections.

These restrictions are expected to be in place by early 2024. The tech company recognizes the significance of the 2024 elections not only in the U.S. but also in other countries, such as India and South Africa.

🤔How is Google preparing for these elections then? In preparation for these elections, Google intends to focus more on understanding the role of artificial intelligence and how it can best serve voters and election campaigns. This decision aligns with a broader effort to ensure the responsible use of AI in the context of elections and political information.

Similarly, Meta announced in November that it would prevent political campaigns and advertisers in regulated industries from utilizing its new generative AI advertising products. Also, in the case of an advertisement that uses AI, Meta would require advertisers to disclose the use of the technology by the watermarking system.

These moves by major tech companies reflect an increasing awareness and commitment to addressing potential challenges associated with AI and its impact on elections.

AI beats human in labyrinth game that requires mental and physical stamina

🗞️News - For the first time, artificial intelligence has taken the crown in a game that tests both brain and brawn. CyberRunner, a robot created by researchers at ETH Zurich University in Switzerland, has learned to win the classic labyrinth game - and it did it faster than any human has before.

🤔What’s special about this robot?

• CyberRunner didn’t just strategize its moves; it physically navigated the maze using its robot hands to tilt and turn the playing board, guiding a marble through a treacherous path filled with dead-ends and pitfalls.

• One interesting point about the robot is - it doesn't just play, it learns. Using a special algorithm called "model-based reinforcement learning," the robot analyzes its past attempts, remembers its mistakes, and constantly improves its strategy.

• Not only did CyberRunner complete the maze faster than the best human player, but it also discovered clever shortcuts on its own, even trying to "cheat" the game at times.

• The researchers behind CyberRunner are committed to sharing their creations with the world. They plan to open-source the project, making all the code and learning algorithms freely available online. This means anyone with an interest in AI can delve into the inner workings of CyberRunner and perhaps even build upon its achievements.

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👩🏼‍💻What else is happening?

• India working on creating a global framework for Artificial Intelligence: PM Modi

• Microsoft Copilot gets a music creation feature via Suno integration

• EU to expand support for AI startups to tap its supercomputers for model training

• OpenAI suspends ByteDance's account over use of GPT for training its own AI model

• American Telemedicine Association publishes principles of AI

🎃AI life hacks

• AI-powered customer analysis - Analyze online conversations to understand customer sentiment, identify trends, and inform your marketing strategies. AI tools like Brandwatch and Sprout Social can help you stay ahead of the curve.

• AI-powered market research - Use platforms like Sentient.io and Quid to analyze vast amounts of data and identify profitable market opportunities. This can be invaluable for startups and businesses looking to expand.

• AI-driven sales and marketing automation - Tools like HubSpot and Pardot can automate tasks like lead scoring, email marketing, and social media engagement. This can free up your time to focus on building relationships and closing deals.

👩🏼‍🚒Discover mind-blowing AI tools

1. AiHuman - An AI Avatar solution that enhances customer engagement with cost-effective 24/7 services

2. TutorAI - Share a prompt of something that you want to learn and it will generate a course for you

3. Pixelcut - Allows users to quickly and easily create professional-quality product photos

4. Kittl - Helps users create stunning designs with AI-generated images and clipart

5. Human or Not? - A social Turing game that allows users to chat with someone for two minutes to figure out if it was a fellow human or an AI

6. bardeen - AI tool that automates manual workflows, saves time, and boosts creativity

7. Scenario - Enables users to quickly and easily generate high-quality, proprietary assets for their games

8. The Fy! Studio - Turn your ideas into unique wall art by entering a description

9. Vocaloid - Helps users add lyrics and vocal melodies to their musical compositions

📜Historic moments

• 1952 - Arthur Samuel developed Samuel Checkers-Playing Program, the world's first program to play games that was self-learning.

• 1964 - Daniel Bobrow developed STUDENT, an early natural language processing (NLP) program designed to solve algebra word problems, while he was a doctoral candidate at MIT.

•  2017 - The introduction of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) revolutionized art and technology, enabling highly realistic AI-generated images. This sparked profound discussions about creativity and AI's role in shaping artistic vision, blurring the lines between human artists and AI collaborators.