Hello and welcome to IndyAI,

You deserve the best. That’s why we deliver the top 1% of AI insights, handpicked for your consumption.

Welcome to the IndyAI experience - For AI enthusiasts, By AI enthusiasts. 

Join our community of AI aficionados and stay ahead of the curve. Subscribe now and unlock a world of AI possibilities.

Welcome to this week's pulse of the AI world 🌍️

Don't Get Left Behind: Stay Updated on AI. In this issue, we explore the implications of OpenAI's soaring valuation, delve into the groundbreaking capabilities of AI-generated games, and examine the potential of AI in healthcare and beyond. Join us as we navigate the exciting and rapidly evolving landscape of AI.

Ready to explore the latest in AI? Let's get started!

Table of Contents

• AI in Spotlight

• AI Shorts

• Decoded: AI's Latest Moves

• Top AI Tools of the Week

• AI Learning Lab

  • Enjoying the AI ride? Let's keep the momentum goin …

🚀 AI in Spotlight

California's AI Bill: A Watershed Moment 

• Landmark Legislation: The passage of SB 1047 in California marks a significant step towards regulating AI development.

• Increased Oversight: Developers will be required to monitor their AI's usage and face fines for harmful outcomes.

Industry Impact: The bill has garnered both support and opposition from major tech companies.

AI Race Heats Up: OpenAI and Meta Lead the Way

• User Growth: ChatGPT has surpassed 200 million weekly active users, and Meta's AI assistant has reached 400 million monthly active users.

• Corporate Adoption: 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using OpenAI's products.

• Safety Measures: OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to government evaluation of their AI models before public release.

• Potential Investments: Apple and Nvidia may be considering investments in OpenAI.

🗞️ AI Shorts

AI in Action

• Space Race: Hungary's 4iG aims to be a European space leader with its own satellites.

• Crypto Crash: Cryptocurrencies faced a downturn as investors awaited Nvidia earnings and liquidations increased.

• Gaming Updates: COD: Next 2024 revealed new features for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, including zombies, multiplayer, Warzone maps, and gameplay changes.

• Linkin Park Reunion Rumors: Fans were teased by a website countdown, but no confirmation yet.

• Google's New Bot: Google quietly launched a new AI bot for commercial customers and provided documentation for site owners to track its visits.

• Alexa's Comeback: Amazon is releasing a revamped Alexa assistant in October, but users will need to pay for AI features.

• AI Chip Battle: IBM developed a new AI-enabled chip to compete with Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.

• Anthropic's New Feature: Claude's Artifacts feature allows users to experiment with prompts and save them.

• Meta's Mixed Reality Device: Meta is reportedly developing a bulkier device than smart glasses but sleeker than a traditional headset.

• AI Proficiency Gap: A report found that 93% of the modern workforce is not getting the most value from AI.

• Gemini Updates: Google released Custom Gems for Gemini Advanced users and improved image generation with Imagen 3.

• AI in Healthcare: SoundHound AI partnered with MUSC Health to streamline patient appointment management.

• AI Inference Tool: Cerebras Systems launched a new tool challenging Nvidia's dominance.

• AI-Powered Customer Service: Klarna reduced employee needs and query resolution time using AI.

• Advanced AI Infrastructure: CoreWeave launched Nvidia H200 Tensor Core GPUs, becoming the first cloud provider to offer them.

• Midjourney's Hardware Launch: The company teased an upcoming hardware launch, but details are not yet available.

• Shopify's AI Hire: Shopify has hired Mikhail Parakhin, a former Microsoft AI expert, as its new chief technology officer.

Don’t know why cats are trending!

🔎 Decoded: AI’s Latest Moves

🤖AI & GAMING: AI Creates DOOM in Real-Time  

• GameNGen: Google's new AI system can simulate the classic game DOOM in real-time.

• High-Quality Gameplay: GameNGen produces playable gameplay at 20 frames per second with visually indistinguishable clips.

• Training: The AI was trained on 900 million frames of gameplay data.

• Efficiency: GameNGen runs on a single TPU, handling complex 3D environments without traditional game engine components.

• Implications: This breakthrough paves the way for AI-generated, personalized games.

🪙AI & Economy: OpenAI's Soaring Valuation  

• New Funding Round: OpenAI is seeking to raise funds at a valuation exceeding $100 billion.

• Thrive Capital and Microsoft: Thrive Capital is leading the round, with Microsoft expected to participate.

• Revenue Growth: OpenAI's annualized revenue has surpassed $3.4 billion.

• Financial Losses: The company is projected to lose nearly $5 billion by the end of the year.

🧪 AI & Research: AI Detects Cancer Cells at Nanoscale Level  

• AINU: Researchers developed an AI tool called AINU to analyze high-resolution images of cell nuclei.

• Early Detection: AINU can detect structural changes in cells as small as 20 nanometers, including early stages of viral infection.

• Applications: AINU can identify stem cells and accelerate stem cell research without animal testing.

• Medical Breakthroughs: This AI tool joins other recent AI advancements in healthcare, such as early dementia detection.

🛠️ Top AI Tools of The Week

This Week's Standouts:

Conversational AI

• PolyAI: A platform for natural, human-like conversations with customers.

• TheySaid: A conversational AI survey tool for driving customer value and revenue.

• Spinach AI: An AI assistant for running daily standups and project meetings.

AI-Powered Analysis

• GoMarble Ads Analyzer: A tool for analyzing video and static ads for performance insights.

AI for Developers

• Mimrr: Automates code documentation and provides fixes for bugs, performance, and security issues.

• NVIDIA NIM Agent Blueprints: Helps enterprises build their own generative AI apps.

AI for Content Creation

• PackPack: Manages bookmarks and online content with AI.

• Viggle: Brings characters to life with AI motion transfer.

AI for Productivity

• SpeakHints: A real-time AI speech copilot for any situation.

💡AI Learning Lab

🤝 AI conferences

14th-18th October: GITEX Global,

Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour

💡AI Tutorial of the Week: Automate LinkedIn Outreach with AI

Using Zapier Central to Create Personalized Outreach

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Create a New Assistant: Go to Zapier Central and create a new assistant.

2. Set Up Instructions: Provide instructions for drafting emails based on LinkedIn profiles.

3. Install Chrome Extension: Install the Zapier Central Chrome extension.

4. Activate Assistant: On a LinkedIn profile, click the Zapier Central icon and select your assistant.

5. Generate Draft: Type a brief instruction (e.g., "Create a draft about my product for this user"), review the generated draft, and customize as needed.

Pro Tip: Experiment with different instructions to refine your assistant's outputs and personalize your outreach.

💡See you on the flip side!

Previous Poll Response!! 

 Which area of AI development are you most excited about?

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Generative AI

⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Autonomous Systems

🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ AI in Healthcare

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AI for Climate Change

Thanks for this overwhelming response. We will surely come up with AI and its development in climate change in our coming issue.