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THE SUNDAY RECAP — NEWS
THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN AI THIS WEEK
Source: Anthropic’s Responsible Scaling Policy
Anthropic just did a big update to their Responsible Scaling Policy, which allows the company to adapt it’s safety measures depending on the AI model’s capability. TLDR: They redefined what AI safety levels mean, introduced a checkpoint for autonomous AI capabilities, added a threshold for “AI systems that can significantly advance AI development and they’re moving away from prespecified evaluations and prescriptive methodology to test AI’s capabilities. All in all, the policy update suggests Anthropic has big things in the works—perhaps a new model release, a big funding round.
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Google’s buzzy tool NotebookLM is officially out of its experimental phase, and is getting some hot new features. They just added customization for the Audio Overviews feature, and also rolling out a pilot with NotebookLM business. NotebookLM is turning out to be a massive success for Google, and it’s finding applications way beyond just entertainment. The ability to steer the output and the additional privacy of the business plan makes it an even stronger candidate for businesses looking for easy and effective ways to apply AI.
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Google announced a deal with nuclear startup Kairos Power to build seven small modular reactors in the US for its AI data centers by 2030. With goals of cutting emissions while energy usage increases, big tech is looking towards nuclear power. Microsoft is restarting the Three Mile Island energy plant. Amazon paid $650 million for a nuclear-powered data center in Pennsylvania earlier this year.
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Perplexity is taking yet another stab at Google, with some impressive new features for financial research. When you search for a stock e.g. Nvidia, you now get an interactive dashboard with real-time stock quotes, detailed financial statements, and of course, you can customize charts by typing in plain English. It also works for company financials, so you can check out revenue, profits, tax, etc. and also view financial data of multiple companies side by side. I think professional analysts, traders, etc will still use other tools but for quick analysis and the casual investor – this is probably very helpful.
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Perplexity also launched launched two features aimed at enhancing research and collaboration for businesses and teams: Internal Knowledge Search (teams can securely search their own internal knowledge bases, in addition to the web) and Perplexity Spaces, a collaboration hub that reminds me a lot of Claude’s Projects but with the ability to choose AI models from different providers. Despite being sued left and right (this week they got a cease and desist from NYT), Perplexity is shipping solid features. I think they could quickly become the go-to for SMBs looking towards AI that need accuracy and depth in their research.
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OpenAI has released Swarm, a framework that explores ergonomic, multi-agent orchestration. It showcases how developers can manage interactions and handoffs between multiple AI agents. OpenAI is exploring more modular and collaborative ways to let developers build such systems – something which could make AI way more useful across various industries.
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THE SUNDAY RECAP — REAL-WORLD USE CASES
MY BREAKDOWN OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL REAL-WORLD USE CASES OF AI
Each week I’m highlighting fresh, real-world AI use cases from different industries. Here’s the ones I’ve showcased this week:
LEGAL
Harvey, an AI platform for law and professional services firms, partnered with OpenAI to build a custom-trained case law model
Ironclad uses OpenAI’s tech to power their AI assistant, which allows legal teams to reduce contract redlining time from 40 minutes to 2 minutes.
Steno uses Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus to power its Transcript Genius platform, enabling attorneys to quickly search, analyze, and extract insights from legal transcripts.
Justicia Lab uses Google’s AI technology for an assistant that helps immigrants and asylum seekers by analyzing legal documents. Users can upload photos of important documents and the AI extracts key information.
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SALES & MARKETING
Clay has used both OpenAI and Anthropic’s models to power it’s AI sales tool, which automates outreach by identifying leads, enriching data, and generating personalized email messaging.
Copy.ai uses Claude for its GTM AI tool which helps with things like creating content in your brand’s voice, and gathers statistics to back up and fact check content claims.
Wedia, a platform for companies to store and manage digital assets, leverages Claude via Amazon Bedrock to automate the creation of metadata for images and videos.
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EDUCATION
FoondaMate, a study helper for middle & high school students in emerging markets, uses Meta's Llama to power its AI study buddy available on WhatsApp and Messenger.
Arivihan, an online learning platform in India, uses Meta’s Llama to generate personalized answers, as well as lectures, for students.
Arco Educação, a Brazilian company focused on educational solutions, uses OpenAI's GPT models to reduce administrative workload for teachers – allowing them to focus more on each student.
Upeo Labs, a Kenyan AI startup, leverages Meta's Llama 3.1 for Somo-GPT, a teaching assistant that digitizes Kenya’s national curriculum, with conversational assistance across subjects like biology, history, and mental health.
Zelma, powered by OpenAI’s GPT models, makes education data accessible to parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers across the U.S. It integrates standardized test data, giving insights on student performance in ELA and math.
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