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Happy Sunday my AI fanatics. Another mind-blowing week with several huge announcements from tech giants. Luckily, you’re reading Sunday Signal where I filter > 500 pieces of AI-related content and deliver them straight to your inbox. I’ve just brewed a fresh cup of Earl Grey (accompanied by some biscuits), so sit back, relax & let’s get stuck in.

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🤖 AI Summary

This week’s newsletter, summarised with humour, by ChatGPT in 3 sentences:

Microsoft's new Copilot promises to do the tedious work for you, meanwhile, Google's PaLM API & MakerSuite brings AI to the masses, making it easy for developers to create groundbreaking technology—or, you know, just another app that helps you find the nearest taco truck. And if you thought AI was only good for law and business, think again—‘Ask Your PDF’ turns your boring old PDF into an interactive chatbot. Who knew your tax return could be so chatty?

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⛏ 5 News Nuggets

• 🔗 Link: Microsoft launches Copilot, an LLM integrated into its 365 apps that promises to do the drudgery work for you. Now you can sit back and let Copilot unleash your creativity, while you spend more time on the important stuff—like scrolling through cat videos on YouTube.

• 🔗 Link: Google introduces PaLM API & MakerSuite, bringing its breakthrough generative AI models to developers and businesses through new APIs. This includes instant draft generation in Gmail and Google Docs by typing in a topic, streamlining the writing process.

• 🔗 Link: PwC announces global partnership with AI startup Harvey, gaining exclusive access to the platform among the Big 4 for their Legal Business Solutions professionals. Harvey is backed by OpenAI’s Startup Fund.

• 🔗 Link: GPT-4 scores in the 90th percentile for the Bar exam. OpenAI released GPT-4’s results from various standardised tests—it also performed well in medical exams, LSATs & more. Could we see and AI lawyer representing clients in the near future?

• 🔗 Link: Meta announces 10,000+ layoffs amidst an increase in AI integration. Zuckerberg says “Our single largest investment is in advancing AI and building it into every one of our products.”

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😎 4 Cool Creations

• 🔗 Link: Reid Hoffman uses GPT-4 to write an entire book titled “Amplifying our Humanity through AI”. Should the Cambridge dictionary use this case study as the definition of irony?

• 🔗 Link: You can now speak to your PDF’s with Ask Your PDF. No, that wasn’t a typo, you really can transform your PDF into an interactive chatbot through AI.

• 🔗 Link: Milo is a ‘copilot for parents’. It organises family life through SMS reminders, scheduling & text summaries. Maybe I won’t forget about Mother’s Day this year?

• 🔗 Link: Headshot Pro takes professional headshots for your entire organisation using AI.

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🔦 3 Startup Spotlights

• 🔗 Link: Adept raises $350M Series B at a $1B valuation. Adept is developing a digital assistant that can execute complex tasks for users by turning text commands into actions, aiming to become the "synthesizer" of computing. David Luan, an ex-VP at OpenAI, founded Adept with the vision of creating an AI that goes beyond one program, integrating seamlessly to execute commands across multiple disciplines.

• 🔗 Link: Typeface raises $65M with ambitions to create an enterprise content creation tool. Funding came from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund) and Google Ventures.

• 🔗 Link: Magic announces a $23M round of funding to build an ‘AI colleague’ for developers. They are developing a code-generating platform similar to GitHub's Copilot.

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🐥 2 Top Tweets

• 🔗 Link: MidJourney is now able to recreate hands perfectly. This development is a key milestone in AI imagery becoming more realistic and almost indistinguishable from real life. The tech is < 4 months old & has already produced pieces that have sold at auction for $432,500. Could Midjourney break the $1M price tag?

• 🔗 Link: Anthropic releases Claude—a state-of-the-art AI chatbot already integrated by Notion, DuckDuckGo & more.

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😮 1 Media Marvel

• 🔗 Link: Lerf.io superimposes 3D objects to your physical environment. The open-source project uses ground-breaking technology to capture and enhance your imagination. First things first, I’ll be superimposing sunny skies over London (sometimes you’ve got to live vicariously, even if it is through AI).

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