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Hey Edge Family, good morning! Huge news in the AI world today.
The Breakdown:
๐ย ๐ Tools to Give You The Edge
๐จย ๐ย AI Updates: AI doctor & Microsoft AI changes
๐ป ๐ Practical Use of AI: Dual Palette
๐ย ๐ Tools to Give You The Edge
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๐จ Breaking AI News ๐จ
Source: Tech Crunch
Big Takeaway: Forward Health launched CarePods, a standalone medical station that provides basic care without doctors. ๐คฏ
CarePods offer tests like blood draws and throat swabs, powered by AI diagnosis and remote doctor oversight. They aim to scale healthcare access, starting with 25 units and expanding to thousands in a year.
CarePods bring together the tech from Forward's doctor's offices and remote monitoring tools.
Users unlock pods with phones, are guided through self-service testing, and get results. The $99 monthly fee buys unlimited pod use and Forward's app, care team, and doctor access.
Poll Time! Would you be comfortable with an AI Doctor? |
Source: Bloomberg
Big Takeaway: Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled 3 new Copilot offerings: Copilot for Azure, Service, and Dynamics 365 Guides.
Copilot for Azure is an AI assistant for cloud configuration and troubleshooting, similar to Google's Duet.
Copilot for Service integrates with CRMs to answer customer service questions and suggest next steps.
Copilot in Dynamics 365 Guides uses AR on HoloLens to guide frontline workers through maintenance.
Copilot Studio launched to let companies connect data and build custom Copilots.
๐Extra Insights๐
๐กย Airbnb joins the AI frenzyย
Airbnb acquired stealth AI startup GamePlanner.AI for $200 million. Founded by Siri co-creator Adam Cheyer, GamePlanner will aim to accelerate Airbnb's AI projects. (Full article here)
๐๏ธ Microsoft Offers AI-Powered Customer Service For Blind Users
Microsoft is using an OpenAI-powered tool from Be My Eyes to improve customer service for visually impaired users. It uses GPT-4 vision to describe photos and provide guidance on tasks and problems. (Full article here)
๐ฆพย xAI is rolling out API support for Grok
Earlier this week, xAI introduced API support for Grok, currently only available to a select group of partner accounts. (Tweet here)
๐ป Real Life Use Cases
Dall E-3 Prompt: Dual Palette
Use this AI image prompt from Umesh to create cool AI-generated minimalistic photos.
๐ Copy and paste the prompt below โฌ
A top-view, minimalist image of a [COLOR1] [OBJECT] on a [COLOR2] [CONTAINER] in the centre with [COLOR1] background Hereโs my take โฌ๏ธ
๐ผย Whoโs hiring in AI
OpenAI AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose AI benefits all of humanity. (84 job listings)
Rewind provides a personalized AI that remembers what youโve seen. 8 job listings
Character AI is an AI research company focused on custom character chatbots. 17 job listings
Hugging Face largest open-sourced AI community. 12 job listings
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company. 45 job listings
Perplexity is an AI research company that focuses on search engines. 4 job listings
Replit is a company that provides online IDE software for developers. 20 job listings
C3 AI provides enterprise AI applications that meet business-critical needs. 100+ job listings
Runway is an applied AI research company focusing on art. 13 job listings
๐ฎ AI Inspiration
Which picture is AI generated?(Select one) |
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