In today’s edition:

• Meta’s VoiceBox: A game-changer in speech generation AI.

• Humans & Technology: Mercedes Implementing AI model ChatGPT for enhanced voice commands.

• Simulating Jet-Engines: Rolls-Royce and Nvidia advance in quantum simulations for greener jet engines.

• 10+ Quick Bytes, Research papers, Guides & Resources, and tools.

AI & Machine Learning

1) Meta VoiceBox: AI for Speech Generation (3 minute read)

Meta's newly announced AI model VoiceBox uses machine learning to generate human-like speech. This system can create new voice assistants or characters for video games with distinctive personalities and speech patterns, providing a more immersive experience for users.

Humans and Technology

2) Mercedes-Benz Adding ChatGPT to Cars for AI Voice Commands (3 minute read)

Mercedes-Benz plans to integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into their vehicles. This will provide drivers and passengers with AI-powered voice assistance, enabling complex queries and commands to be performed easily while on the move.

3) Virtual try-on with Google’s Generative AI (2 minute read)

Google is bringing the dressing room to your living room with its new Generative AI feature for virtual try-ons. With the objective to make online shopping a more personalized experience, the tool leverages machine learning to generate real-time animations of clothing items fitted on a virtual model, personalized based on your body shape, size and movement. The virtual model matches the shopper's real-life movements, allowing them to see how the clothing would look in real life. This way, Google aims to help online shoppers get a clearer idea of how a garment might fit before making a purchase, reducing the chance of returns.

Quantum Computing

4) Nvidia Spools Up Quantum Jet-Engine Simulations (8 minute read)

Rolls-Royce, Nvidia, and Israeli quantum-software company Classiq have teamed up to leverage quantum computing to improve jet engine designs. They've recently simulated the largest ever quantum circuit for computational fluid dynamics (CFD), a critical step in developing more powerful and efficient engines. Given the aviation industry's increasing focus on reducing its environmental impact, these advancements are crucial. Quantum computers could provide the much-needed speedup to tackle the immense complexity of jet engine modeling, despite the limitations of today's quantum processors.

Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

5) BlackRock May Have Found Way to Get SEC Approval for Spot Bitcoin ETF (4 minute read)

Investment management company BlackRock may have discovered a method to gain SEC approval for a spot Bitcoin ETF thanks to the promise of a “surveillance-sharing agreement” between exchanges.

Funding and Startups

6) Navina Raises $22M Series B Round to Advance Its Rapid Transformation of Primary Care with AI (2 minute read)

Navina, an AI-focused healthcare platform, has raised $22M in a Series B funding round. The funds will be used to further develop its AI platform designed to help healthcare professionals in diagnosing and treating patients, with the goal of making primary care more effective and accessible.

7) Improbable Partners with Google, NVIDIA to Expand M-Squared Tech Stack (4 minute read)

Metaverse company Improbable has partnered with tech giants Google and NVIDIA to expand their M-Squared tech stack, enhancing their simulation technology. This collaboration will offer developers more resources to create hyper-realistic virtual worlds and simulations.

Ethics

8) We should all be worried about AI infiltrating crowdsourced work (8 minute read)

As artificial intelligence technologies become more advanced and integrated into daily life, the question of AI personhood arises. Can, and should, AI entities be granted certain rights or responsibilities? This thought-provoking piece delves into the philosophical and legal aspects of this growing debate.

Quick Bytes

• Neural Networks in the 90s (link)

• Apple’s VisionOS Sessions: Haptics (link)

• One software product from every year since 1977, in chronological order. (link)

• A multisensory simulation platform to train and test home robots. (link)

• Doctors Are Using Chatbots in an Unexpected Way. (link)

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