I bought a couple of Chinese microphones, I wear them and turn them on all day recording everything I speak, at the end of the day the files are processed with OpenAi’s Whisper and transformed into text files from which the information is extracted.
Since the early days of the iPhone and Android, the smartphone has reigned supreme. Now, entrepreneurs and tech giants are racing to deliver AI in new devices and gadgets to challenge the dominant device.
Companies race to make AI you can wear
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/ai-wearables-meta-humane-tab-rewind?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Companies race to make AI you can wear
https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/ai-wearables-meta-humane-tab-rewind?utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Axios
The race for AI you can wear
Meta and others are shipping glasses, pendants and pins to harness the power of generative AI.
https://flair.ai/
커머스에서 사용하는 디자인들을 쉽게 사용할 수 있게 도와주는 AI Tool인데 백만 유저가 넘었다고 하네요.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1708340444546109820
커머스에서 사용하는 디자인들을 쉽게 사용할 수 있게 도와주는 AI Tool인데 백만 유저가 넘었다고 하네요.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1708340444546109820
Flair.ai
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Today we're officially opening applications for Llama Impact Grants.
Full details & application ➡️ https://bit.ly/45lqz7z
From now until November 15, organizations across the globe can submit proposals for how they'd like to utilize Llama 2 to address challenges across three different tracks: education, environment & open innovation. The goal of the program is to identify and support the most compelling applications of Llama 2 for societal benefit.
Following a two-phase proposal review process, three $500,000 grants will be awarded to winning teams to implement their solutions.
We can't wait to see what you'll build!
Full details & application ➡️ https://bit.ly/45lqz7z
From now until November 15, organizations across the globe can submit proposals for how they'd like to utilize Llama 2 to address challenges across three different tracks: education, environment & open innovation. The goal of the program is to identify and support the most compelling applications of Llama 2 for societal benefit.
Following a two-phase proposal review process, three $500,000 grants will be awarded to winning teams to implement their solutions.
We can't wait to see what you'll build!
AI at Meta
Llama Impact Grants - AI at Meta
We are launching a challenge to encourage a diverse set of public, non-profit, and for-profit entities to use Llama 2 to address environmental, education and other important challenges.
Last week, Canva hit 150 million monthly active users, according to an internal investor deck viewed by The Information—a 50% jump over the 100 million MAUs it reported last October. While the vast majority of users opt for Canva’s free tools, the number of paying users is growing rapidly as well, up 60% from last year to 16 million. The company now has $1.7 billion in annualized revenue and a cash balance of $800 million; it claims to have been profitable for the last six years. Though Canva’s valuation was slashed to $25.5 billion earlier this year, down from $40 billion in September 2021, Perkins expresses unbridled confidence in its future. “We’re in a very strong position,” she said. “People are turning to Canva, not away, in times of economic uncertainty.”
In keeping with the times, the company this week debuted a suite of artificial intelligence products. Some AI-powered features, like a background remover and text generator, have existed on Canva for several years. But those offerings have now been joined by Magic Studio, a collection of AI-powered design tools that work in concert.
The new features include Magic Media, an AI image and video generator powered by generative AI company Runway’s Gen-2 model; Magic Switch, a tool to automatically convert a document’s design style or translate it into another language; Magic Write, a text generator powered by OpenAI’s Chat GPT; and Brand Voice, a text generator that can produce a specific tone. Other outside tools, like OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 and Google Cloud’s Imagen, can be accessed within Canva’s app directory. The company is also launching a Creator Compensation Program, in which Canva will pay creators who consent to allowing use of their photos to train generative AI models.
In keeping with the times, the company this week debuted a suite of artificial intelligence products. Some AI-powered features, like a background remover and text generator, have existed on Canva for several years. But those offerings have now been joined by Magic Studio, a collection of AI-powered design tools that work in concert.
The new features include Magic Media, an AI image and video generator powered by generative AI company Runway’s Gen-2 model; Magic Switch, a tool to automatically convert a document’s design style or translate it into another language; Magic Write, a text generator powered by OpenAI’s Chat GPT; and Brand Voice, a text generator that can produce a specific tone. Other outside tools, like OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 and Google Cloud’s Imagen, can be accessed within Canva’s app directory. The company is also launching a Creator Compensation Program, in which Canva will pay creators who consent to allowing use of their photos to train generative AI models.
https://www.canva.com/design/DACsLMTGKb8/view#1
It was a 16-slide presentation deck, Hearnden recalled: “A simple story, made of photos woven together with a few words on each. It reinforced for me that these were exactly the kind of people I knew I wanted to work with—talented, driven, visionary, deeply committed but mixed with a healthy dose of cheek and the bizarre.”
It was a 16-slide presentation deck, Hearnden recalled: “A simple story, made of photos woven together with a few words on each. It reinforced for me that these were exactly the kind of people I knew I wanted to work with—talented, driven, visionary, deeply committed but mixed with a healthy dose of cheek and the bizarre.”
Canva
Dave's Pitch Deck
Check out this Facebook Post designed by Melanie Perkins.
Here’s How FTX Executives Secretly Spent $8 Billion in Customer Money https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/sbf-trial-ftx-customer-money-missing-6ba13914?reflink=integratedwebview_share
WSJ
Here’s How FTX Executives Secretly Spent $8 Billion in Customer Money
Billions went to personal loans, luxury real estate and donations.
LlamaIndex Talk (AGI House + Truera + Pinecone)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mBhBgO7VFbp3gGPGx45-B6kcQRsLfbIK15s90DL5YXg/edit#slide=id.p
Also I got a ton of questions on how to do structured querying with a vector db. We have a guide here - the current guide is using Chroma but make sure to swap it out for Pinecone Autoretriever: https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/examples/vector_stores/chroma_auto_retriever.html Pinecone integration: https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/examples/vector_stores/PineconeIndexDemo.html
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mBhBgO7VFbp3gGPGx45-B6kcQRsLfbIK15s90DL5YXg/edit#slide=id.p
Also I got a ton of questions on how to do structured querying with a vector db. We have a guide here - the current guide is using Chroma but make sure to swap it out for Pinecone Autoretriever: https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/examples/vector_stores/chroma_auto_retriever.html Pinecone integration: https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/examples/vector_stores/PineconeIndexDemo.html
Google Docs
LlamaIndex Talk (AGI House + Truera + Pinecone)
Evaluating your RAG App Jerry Liu, LlamaIndex co-founder/CEO
https://altos.vc/blog/cargo-cult-capital/
“In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they’ve arranged to make things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for a man to sit in, with two wooden pieces on his head to headphones and bars of bamboo sticking out like antennas — he’s the controller — and they wait for the airplanes to land. They’re doing everything right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn’t work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they’re missing something essential, because the planes don’t land.”
There are service providers who market the fact that they have “access” to the top VCs. There are later stage funds who raise money based on claims that they can access deals of the top firms. There are also angels and “feeder funds” who hope to co-invest with top VCs by courting them from the other side. They cultivate relationships with powerful deal makers and give them first looks at deals so that they might invest once key “milestones” are met.
The cargo cult capital wheel keeps spinning around and around…as the crowds scramble to “get in” to what is hot (or what they speculate might get hot). Once funded, some entrepreneurs might feel like they are playing with the big boys. They retain the top law firms, the best PR agencies, and the most exclusive recruiters.
Armed with prestigious backing and exclusive relationships of kingmakers, the hottest companies hire the best talent that money can buy. The hired guns then create more frenzy…attracting even more capital to support ballooning headcounts and lofty salaries.
There are definite patterns followed by the cargo cult crowd. The form is perfect – the top deal makers, “world class” talent, a hot sector and business model du jour. Yet, ironically, I’d bet the next Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Phil Knight, Chuck Schwab, and Sam Walton are quietly going about doing their own thing…building companies based on business fundamentals.
Real entrepreneurs cut through the hype – they know what is essential. Their sense of pride doesn’t come from who they know or what others think – it comes from making a contribution and creating value. They will do it their own way – which won’t include wads of cash from outsiders. They figure out how to do more with less by using their brains, guts, and sweat.
Disruptive new entrants that topple giants belong to determined, frugal and independent minded entrepreneurs – and in their minds, the true stars are the customers they serve and their tireless co-workers who help turn dreams into realities.
“In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they’ve arranged to make things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for a man to sit in, with two wooden pieces on his head to headphones and bars of bamboo sticking out like antennas — he’s the controller — and they wait for the airplanes to land. They’re doing everything right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn’t work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they’re missing something essential, because the planes don’t land.”
There are service providers who market the fact that they have “access” to the top VCs. There are later stage funds who raise money based on claims that they can access deals of the top firms. There are also angels and “feeder funds” who hope to co-invest with top VCs by courting them from the other side. They cultivate relationships with powerful deal makers and give them first looks at deals so that they might invest once key “milestones” are met.
The cargo cult capital wheel keeps spinning around and around…as the crowds scramble to “get in” to what is hot (or what they speculate might get hot). Once funded, some entrepreneurs might feel like they are playing with the big boys. They retain the top law firms, the best PR agencies, and the most exclusive recruiters.
Armed with prestigious backing and exclusive relationships of kingmakers, the hottest companies hire the best talent that money can buy. The hired guns then create more frenzy…attracting even more capital to support ballooning headcounts and lofty salaries.
There are definite patterns followed by the cargo cult crowd. The form is perfect – the top deal makers, “world class” talent, a hot sector and business model du jour. Yet, ironically, I’d bet the next Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Phil Knight, Chuck Schwab, and Sam Walton are quietly going about doing their own thing…building companies based on business fundamentals.
Real entrepreneurs cut through the hype – they know what is essential. Their sense of pride doesn’t come from who they know or what others think – it comes from making a contribution and creating value. They will do it their own way – which won’t include wads of cash from outsiders. They figure out how to do more with less by using their brains, guts, and sweat.
Disruptive new entrants that topple giants belong to determined, frugal and independent minded entrepreneurs – and in their minds, the true stars are the customers they serve and their tireless co-workers who help turn dreams into realities.
🚨 BREAKING: GPT-4 image recognition already has a new competitor.
Open-sourced and completely free to use.
Introducing LLaVA: Large Language and Vision Assistant.
I compared the viral parking space photo on GPT-4 Vision to LLaVa, and it worked flawlessly (see video).
Link: https://llava-vl.github.io
Here's a side-by-side comparison of GPT-4 Vision vs. LLaVA
Open-sourced and completely free to use.
Introducing LLaVA: Large Language and Vision Assistant.
I compared the viral parking space photo on GPT-4 Vision to LLaVa, and it worked flawlessly (see video).
Link: https://llava-vl.github.io
Here's a side-by-side comparison of GPT-4 Vision vs. LLaVA
Do you know who sells the most sushi in the US each year?
The surprising answer: Kroger.
Kroger sells over 40 million pieces of sushi annually, raking in a staggering $600 million.
This was a huge surprise to me, where not too long ago sushi was once considered an experimental luxury.
Just like sushi became mainstream, niche content on platforms can turn into something massive.
Think about Minecraft; it started as a specialized interest and evolved into a global phenomenon.
The top-earning YouTuber from 2014 to 2017?
Minecrafters.
PewdiePie. DanTDM.
They built empires around their passion, and spawned the next gen of creators like Preston and Unspeakable .
When you operate on platforms with 1b+ users, the right niche can be a big opportunity.
As big as grocery store sushi. 🍣🍣🍱🍱
The surprising answer: Kroger.
Kroger sells over 40 million pieces of sushi annually, raking in a staggering $600 million.
This was a huge surprise to me, where not too long ago sushi was once considered an experimental luxury.
Just like sushi became mainstream, niche content on platforms can turn into something massive.
Think about Minecraft; it started as a specialized interest and evolved into a global phenomenon.
The top-earning YouTuber from 2014 to 2017?
Minecrafters.
PewdiePie. DanTDM.
They built empires around their passion, and spawned the next gen of creators like Preston and Unspeakable .
When you operate on platforms with 1b+ users, the right niche can be a big opportunity.
As big as grocery store sushi. 🍣🍣🍱🍱