📱Will We Have an AI Phone Soon?
Plus: Social Media are the New News Outlets.
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Things are getting even more exciting! If you're using Google Workspace, you'll be happy to know that Gemini is being integrated into the service. We've been testing it, and it's noticeably faster and more efficient. On another note, more people are turning to social media for news, and WhatsApp seems to be taking the lead. Meanwhile, AI's growing energy demands are raising concerns, and no clear solution is in sight. What’s next? Let’s dive in, team!
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Will We Have an AI Phone Soon?
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📰 AI News and Trends
China’s Alibaba launches over 100 new open-source AI models, releases text-to-video generation tool (CNBC)
Cloudflare’s new marketplace will let websites charge AI bots for scraping (TC)
Anthropic reportedly in early talks to raise new funding on up to $40B valuation (SA)
Meta and Mistral will decline to voluntarily comply with parts of the European Union’s recently enacted Artificial Intelligence Act that won’t go into effect until 2027 (Bloomberg)
Google’s Gemini chatbot app available to paying subscribers of Workspace, its collection of work software including Gmail and Drive, replacing the need to purchase a separate add-on at a cost of $20 or more per user per month and potentially boosting Gemini usage among enterprise customers (Google)
James Cameron Called His ‘Terminator’ Film A Cautionary Tale About Artificial Intelligence; Now, Joins Stability AI Board Of Directors (Deadline)
Microsoft to invest $1.3 billion in Mexico to “enhance AI infrastructure” (DataCenters)
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U.S. to ban Chinese and Russia tech in driverless and connected vehicles citing risk of spying and sabotage (WP)
Caroline Ellison Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison in FTX Case (Reuters)
TikTok is shutting down its music streaming app TikTok Music on November 28 (Yahoo)
After CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France, Telegram announced that it would start sharing data on users involved in criminal activity (BI)
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Will We Have an AI Device Soon?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and former Apple design chief Jony Ive are collaborating on a new AI device, with investor Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs’s widow) leading the funding. The project, confirmed by Ive in a NYT profile, could deliver AI’s "iPhone moment" due to the pedigree of those involved. While details on the device remain unclear, it’s expected to feature a touchscreen and could become a must-have alongside smartphones. With nearly $1 billion raised and a team of 10, including ex-iPhone designers, the product is under development but won’t be rushed.
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Social Media are the New News Outlets.
As social media traffic declines for publishers, many are turning to WhatsApp Channels to directly engage with readers. Introduced in late 2023, the feature allows media outlets to share links and headlines with followers. Notable news organizations like CNN, The New York Times, and BBC News have amassed millions of followers. While the traffic generated is still small compared to Facebook and Google, it’s one of the few sources growing.
In 2019, the market of social networking platforms was evaluated at $192.950 billion. The research states that the market doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. The market is projected to grow $939.679 billion by 2026.
Over half of Americans (59%) either got their news "sometimes" or "often" from social media. WhatsApp is especially popular outside the U.S., where outlets like Noticias Telemundo have seen substantial growth. Meta sees Channels as a more personal way to share news, with potential future monetization through paid subscriptions.
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AI's Energy Demands Complicate Carbon Commitments.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged that the AI boom is making it challenging for the company and for others as well to meet its carbon emissions goal of operating on carbon-free energy by 2030. Speaking at a Carnegie Mellon University event, Pichai explained that the current race to develop AI models, especially with inefficient pre-training, is increasing energy demands. However, he expressed optimism that AI's energy needs will drive more investment in renewable energy in the long term. Google, like its rivals Amazon and Microsoft, is building large-scale data centers that require up to 1 gigawatt of power, over 10 times the size of past facilities.
Lots of fun news today. I saw some of it earlier and some in here. My very quick thoughts on a few of them:
James Cameron joining Stability - "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" :)
Anthropic funding piece - good for them if they can get that amount or more - they still seem the biggest competition for OpenAI
An AI phone - I would scoff at this, but Jony Ive makes it interesting. I'm also very interested to see what Nothing's next gen phone will bring in terms of AI integration.