Persuasive AI, $3/Min Videos, AI Heart Transformer
11 April 2024: Anthropic Persuasive AI, OpenAI's Global Infra Push, TSMC Sales Surge, Spotify's Gen Playlists, AI Funding, Meta's AI Chips, AI Heart Analysis
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Anthropic's AI's persuasive capabilities match human-written arguments
Adobe offers $3/minute for AI video training data to compete in generative AI
PETE secured $2M for an AI-driven workforce training platform
Auradine raised $80M for blockchain and AI infrastructure solutions
Alethea raised $20M for AI-powered disinformation detection and mitigation
Mode received $8.75M for IoT and generative AI in factories and construction
Sapien AI raised $5M for blockchain data labelling platform
Andesite AI launched with $15.25M for AI-powered cybersecurity analytics
Oden Technologies secured $28.5M for AI in manufacturing
PVML raised $8M for a secure AI-powered data access platform
FloQast Inc. secured $100M to enhance its finance platform with AI capabilities
OpenAI CEO seeks global support for AI infrastructure and energy needs
Meta unveils new AI chip to reduce dependence on Nvidia
TSMC's Q1 revenue surges 16% amid global AI chip boom
Spotify introduces AI-generated playlists based on user prompts
BeatProfiler AI software transforms heart cell function analysis and drug testing
Texas replaces thousands of human exam graders with AI to save millions, sparking educator concerns.
Headlines
Scaling Persuasion: Measuring the Persuasive Capabilities of Anthropic's Language Models
Anthropic's study measured the persuasiveness of their language models across three generations and two classes, involving 3,832 participants, 28 topics, and 56 claims. Claude 3 Opus produced arguments as persuasive as human-written ones, with a clear scaling trend of increasing persuasiveness across generations.
Why it Matters: Measuring AI models' persuasive capabilities is crucial, as persuasion is widely used and may be tied to potential misuse, such as generating disinformation or persuading people to act against their interests. It is a proxy for AI's ability to match human skill in this critical domain.
Adobe Offers $3/Minute for AI Video Training Data.
Adobe is procuring videos from its network of contributors to build an AI text-to-video generator, offering $120 for submissions of people engaged in everyday actions and expressing emotions.
Why it Matters: This move highlights Adobe's efforts to compete with rivals like OpenAI in the generative AI space and the increasing pressure to develop advanced video-generation technology to maintain its position as a creative software leader.
Big Picture: The listing underscores the vast amount of data required to build AI models for content creation products and the ongoing debate surrounding the source of this data. Adobe aims to differentiate itself by training its models on its extensive stock media library and directly procuring images and videos from contributors.
AI Deals
PETE, an AI EdTech startup, secured $2M in seed funding led by Cofounders Capital to advance its AI-driven learning platform for workforce training.
Auradine secured over $80M in Series B financing and plans to use the funding to drive revenue growth and advance its blockchain and AI infrastructure solutions.
Alethea, a leader in disinformation detection and mitigation using AI, secured $20M in Series B funding led by GV (Google Ventures).
Mode secured $8.75M in Series B funding from investors like SBI Investment Co., Ltd. and True Ventures to expand its IoT and generative AI solutions for digital transformation in factories and construction sites.
Sapien AI raised $5M in seed funding to expand its blockchain data labelling platform to enhance its infrastructure and provide better data for enterprise customers.
Andesite AI launched with $15.25M in initial funding. It offers an advanced AI security analytics platform to aid cybersecurity teams in identifying and mitigating advanced persistent threats (APTs).
Oden Technologies secured $28.5M in Series B funding led by Nordstjernan Growth to accelerate the launch of AI products for manufacturing.
PVML raised $8M in seed funding for its secure AI-powered data access platform. The company aims to democratise access to enterprise data through differential privacy and AI, address security threats, and streamline data access across multiple sources.
FloQast Inc., a finance and accounting operations startup, secured $100M in Series E funding.
Others
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Seeks Global Support for AI Infrastructure
Altman has been meeting with government officials and investors in the UAE, Western countries, and Washington to discuss boosting the supply of chips, energy, and data centre capacity needed for AI development.
OpenAI views the need for vast energy to power AI systems as one of the biggest infrastructure challenges facing the tech industry. Altman has previously emphasised the need for an energy "breakthrough" to support the technology.
Meta Unveils New AI Chip to Reduce Dependence on Nvidia
Meta has announced a new version of its custom AI chip, the Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), which will help rank and recommend content across its platforms.
As part of its increased focus on AI services, Meta plans to spend up to $35 billion on infrastructure in 2024, but a significant portion of that will still go towards purchasing Nvidia's H100 graphics cards.
TSMC's Q1 Revenue Surges 16% Amid Global AI Chip Boom
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported a better-than-expected 16% rise in March-quarter sales, driven by solid demand for high-end chips used in AI development.
Despite concerns about the sustainability of AI chip demand and geopolitical tensions, TSMC is investing heavily in new plants across the US, Japan, and Germany to meet the growing demand from internet giants like Amazon and Microsoft.
Spotify Introduces AI-Generated Playlists Based on User Prompts
Spotify is expanding its AI features by adding a new AI-powered playlist generator that creates personalised playlists based on user prompts.
The new AI playlist feature will initially roll out in a few countries. Spotify will expand to more markets over time to differentiate itself from competitors like Apple Music and Amazon.
AI-Driven BeatProfiler Transforms Heart Cell Function Analysis and Drug Testing
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed BeatProfiler, an AI-powered software that automates the analysis of heart cell function from video data. It integrates various indicators like contractility, calcium handling, and force output into a single platform.
The open-source AI software is designed to be user-friendly and accessible to investigators and clinicians. It enables rapid and objective testing of drugs affecting heart function, distinguishing between diseased and healthy heart cells, and classifying different cardiac drugs based on their effects.
Texas Introduces AI-Powered Exam Grading System, Replacing Human Scorers
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is implementing an "automated scoring engine" that uses natural language processing to grade open-ended questions on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams.
The TEA expects to save $15-20 million annually by reducing the need for temporary human scorers. Still, some educators have raised concerns about the accuracy and reliability of the AI-powered grading system based on initial trials.
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