📰 December 19, 2024: AI in Everyday Life, Education, Society and Business -- A Summary of the Latest News and Trends in Artificial Intelligence

This edition contains 31 news items covering a wide range of topics related to Artificial Intelligence. I've noticed that AI is increasingly integrated into daily life, from smart glasses with live translation to image recognition tools for online marketplaces. There are also discussions about AI's impact on education and careers, including concerns about creativity and job displacement. The societal implications of AI are also being examined, with topics ranging from data privacy to the potential dangers of powerful AI. In the business and technology sector, there are many advancements, such as new AI models, tools for image and video generation, and the use of AI in automation. Finally, there are some interesting news about AI applications in other fields, like art and archaeology.

Highlighted News:

• AI in Daily Life: The integration of AI into everyday devices is becoming more apparent, with Meta's smart glasses gaining live AI and translation capabilities, and Ray-Ban Meta glasses receiving futuristic AI updates. Depop is using AI image recognition to speed up selling, and TECNO is using AI to improve photography.
• AI in Education and Career: There are concerns about AI potentially hindering creativity in science, and a new AI model aims to address the "sameness problem" in generative content. Companies are also looking to monitor AI-powered job searches, and some companies are even halting hiring due to AI capabilities.
• AI and Society: The importance of human-sourced data in preventing AI model collapse is highlighted, and there are discussions about wage theft accusations against AI companies. The potential dangers of powerful AI are also being discussed, along with the need for AI defense strategies.
• AI in Business and Technology: There are new AI models being released, such as Microsoft's Phi-4, and new tools for image and video generation, like Google's Whisk and DeepMind's video model. The AI race is on, with startups competing against big tech companies, and AI agents are revolutionizing automation.

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__ AI in Daily Life:

🤔 Surprise, Surprise: No One Is Buying an iPhone for Apple Intelligence

🎙️ You can now talk to AI podcast hosts in Google's NotebookLM

👓 Meta's Smart Glasses Gain Live AI and Live Translation

🕶️ Ray-Ban Meta glasses just got their most futuristic AI update yet

🖼️ How Depop's AI image-recognition tool speeds up selling for 180,000 daily listings

📸 TECNO is using AI and other tricks to address major photography pain points

__ AI in Education and Career:

🤔 AI Could Be Making Scientists Less Creative

🎙️ Writer’s new AI model aims to fix the ‘sameness problem’ in generative content

👓 Companies want to crack down on your AI-powered job search

🕶️ Klarna CEO says the company stopped hiring a year ago because AI 'can already do all of the jobs'

🖼️ You might want to have your next job interview in the morning

__ AI and Society:

🤔 Synthetic data has its limits — why human-sourced data can help prevent AI model collapse

🎙️ San Francisco Unicorn 'Scale AI' Accused of Wage Theft

👓 Fox News AI Newsletter: Chatbot's deadly prompt

🕶️ Eric Schmidt Says AI Is Becoming Dangerously Powerful as He Hawks His Own AI Defense Startup

🖼️ Bill Gates Recommends Four Books That 'Make Sense of the World'

__ AI in Business and Technology:

🤔 Nvidia’s New $250 ‘Jetson Computer’ Lets Hobbyists Play Around With AI Locally

🎙️ The opportunity for AI formbots

👓 ChatGPT Search Goes Wide, Now Available to Free Users

🕶️ Google launches 'Whisk' for fast AI-generated imagery and updates Veo 2, Imagen 3

🖼️ Gemini Advanced subscribers can now use Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental in latest Gemini app beta

📸 Microsoft Announces Phi-4 AI Model Optimized for Accuracy and Complex Reasoning

🧑🔬 The AI Race Is On. Do Ambitious Startups Like OpenAI Stand A Chance Against Big Tech?

✍️ We’ve come a long way from RPA: How AI agents are revolutionizing automation

💼 Cloud security startup Wiz turned down a Google takeover. Now, it plans to ride the AI boom to an IPO.

🏢 Google DeepMind Unveils a New Video Model To Rival Sora

📅 Sora's dazzling AI could democratize filmmaking for the next generation — but it still has lots of limitations

__ Other:

🤔 The Morning After: What to expect at CES 2025

🎙️ AI Helps ID Paint Chemistry of Berlin Wall Murals

👓 Geopolitics and AI will affect the chip industry in 2025 | KPMG

🕶️ The Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2024

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