Robot dogs knocking on your door

Monday - October 30 2023 

In this week’s newsletter :

• Robot dogs with AI personality

• Google maps getting a huge AI update

• AI Startup pays users to help create AI influencers

• 2 handy tools

• Browsing the web with ChatGPT & Bing

HEADLINES

Boston Dynamics AI robot dogs
Summary:
Boston Dynamics has posted a video of its robot dog, Spot. The bot uses ChatGPT API and large language models to train its responses and mimic speech.
Spot also assumes different personalities, including a 1920s archaeologist, teenager, and Shakespearean time traveler. The team gave Spot a brief script for each room and combined it with imagery from its cameras to generate a response.
Its ability to open doors and spy on people is useful for the police and military.

Google Maps getting huge AI update
Summary:
Google is adding new AI-powered features to its Maps, including Immersive View, Lens in Maps, Search and EV charging stations locations to help users plan their travel and make driving easier.
The new features will be available on Android, iOS, and cars with Google Built-in in in the coming months.
The update will also include more detailed maps with new colors, more realistic buildings, improved lane details on highways, HOV lane information in the U.S., Canada, and Germany.

AI Startup 1337 pays users to help create AI influencers
Summary:
1337, a startup, is using generative AI to create a community of AI-driven micro-influencers with hyper-personalized interests and diverse backgrounds. The company is paying users to suggest what they do and say, and they can interact with the influencers through Instagram comments and direct messages.
The startup emerged from stealth today with $4 million and will officially launch in January 2024.
The vision is to combine human interaction with early-stage AI to redefine social media engagement and how people interact with each other online.

TOOLS

EDUTAINMENT

Browsing the web with Bing
Summary:
OpenAI has updated its chatbot, ChatGPT Plus, to allow users to browse the internet using Bing.
The article provides six example prompts to help users get started.

One of the examples :
🤖Finding commonalities between articles on the same topic, comparing & contrasting text on web pages.
 
> My prompt: What are the main similarities and differences between the reviews for Baldur’s Gate 3 on Kotaku and IGN?

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