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Chat with Your Future Self: MIT’s ‘Future You’ AI

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Happy Wednesday from AI Smart!

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Microsoft and Rezolve Transform Retail 🛒

Microsoft and Rezolve AI have united to reshape the retail landscape with their strategic partnership, focusing on AI-powered commerce solutions. This collaboration introduces the Rezolve AI Brain Suite, consisting of Brain Commerce, Brain Checkout, and Brain Assistant, which will be globally accessible through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. By leveraging the infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, these tools are designed to help retailers enhance customer engagement and streamline operations, ultimately reducing cart abandonment and boosting sales.

One of the standout features of this partnership is the extensive go-to-market support provided by Microsoft. Retailers can expect joint marketing campaigns, co-sell support, and access to Microsoft’s vast network of incentivized sellers, offering operational efficiencies. The combination of Microsoft’s cloud capabilities with Rezolve’s AI solutions should enable retailers to personalize shopping experiences and improve business outcomes on a global scale. While the collaboration sounds promising, there is a potential risk of over-reliance on Microsoft’s cloud services. This dependency might make us vulnerable to any future changes in their service terms or pricing.

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Will AI Help Risk Assessment? 📊

AI is impacting risk assessment processes in financial services by processing vast data sets with remarkable efficiency and accuracy. We’ve heard from many of our colleagues that they are on the fence about this. It’s not just about crunching numbers; AI improves fraud detection by analyzing social media behaviors, online purchases, and payment histories. Tools like Zest. AI are helping organizations make smarter, faster decisions, boosting customer satisfaction and overall performance.

One of AI’s standout benefits is its ability to enhance compliance by swiftly analyzing legal guidelines and identifying compliance issues. It also helps financial institutions manage risks proactively, rather than reactively, turning risk management into a proactive shield. However, challenges like bias in AI decision-making and transparency issues remain. It’s crucial for organizations to use AI responsibly to avoid potential pitfalls like discriminatory practices or data misinterpretations. My friend is a banker and she makes her decisions based on the character of the person, not just their stats.

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Chat with Your Future Self

MIT researchers have developed “Future You,” an AI simulation that enables users to have text-based conversations with an AI-generated version of their potential future selves at age 60. By answering questions about their current lives and aspirations, users engage with a personalized chatbot that creates vivid and relatable future self-memories. This innovative tool aims to enhance the sense of future self-continuity, which research has shown can positively influence long-term decision-making. By helping users visualize their future selves, “Future You” can reduce anxiety about the future and guide individuals to make better choices today.

Initial studies have demonstrated that interacting with “Future You” strengthens users’ connection with their future selves and decreases anxiety. By providing tailored insights and advice, the system highlights features and benefits such as helping users understand the long-term impacts of their current decisions, potentially boosting productivity and self-development. The researchers plan to refine the tool further, exploring specific applications like career planning and assessing the impact of daily choices on long-term outcomes. The number one use of AI apps right now is for conversations. Do you want to talk to future you?

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Ask Anything: Google’s AI Search 🔍

Google is stepping up its game with updates to its search capabilities, integrating advanced AI. The latest updates, featuring the Gemini model, enhance the user experience by allowing more versatile search methods—whether typing, using the camera, or even humming a tune. Google Lens, already popular for visual searches, now supports video understanding, enabling users to ask questions about moving objects, like fish at an aquarium, and get instant AI-generated overviews. This feature is available globally for Search Labs users in the “AI Overviews and more” experiment. Additionally, voice input for Lens makes it easier to ask questions, turning everyday moments into informative experiences.

These AI advancements aren’t just about fancy features; they’re designed to boost productivity and satisfaction. The updates include a more organized search results page in the U.S., offering a curated selection of content, from articles and videos to forums. Users can now shop directly through Lens by identifying products like backpacks, using Google’s extensive Shopping Graph.

The Circle to Search feature ensures you never miss a beat by allowing instant song searches. By embedding prominent links within AI Overviews, Google is driving more traffic to supporting websites, thus broadening discovery and engagement. Google is driving more traffic to supporting websites, it doesn’t address concerns that AI-generated overviews might reduce direct traffic, affecting ad revenues and user engagement for those sites. We’ve seen some sites win tremendous amounts of traffic and some lose a lot this year. There is no clear reason why some big sites win over other’s either. We’ll be keeping tabs on Google’s algorithm and keep you posted.

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Governor Newsom Signs Landmark AI Bills into California Law 🏛️📜

California Governor Gavin Newsom has been actively shaping the AI landscape by signing several significant AI-related bills into law. Here’s a breakdown of some key features and potential impacts:

  • AI Risk Assessment: SB 896 mandates California’s Office of Emergency Services to collaborate with AI companies to evaluate potential threats posed by generative AI, particularly concerning crucial infrastructure.
  • Transparency in Training Data: AB 2013 requires AI providers to disclose detailed information about the datasets used for training their systems, promoting transparency and accountability.
  • Privacy Protection: AB 1008 extends existing privacy laws to generative AI, ensuring that AI systems adhere to regulations when handling personal information.
  • Educational Initiatives: AB 2876 incorporates AI literacy into the curriculum, preparing students to understand and responsibly engage with AI technologies.
  • Healthcare Communication: AB 3030 obliges healthcare providers to inform patients when AI is used in their communications, particularly concerning clinical information.
  • AI and Media: New laws, such as AB 2602 and AB 1836, protect actors by requiring consent for AI-generated replicas of their likeness or voice, ensuring ethical use in media.
  • Combating Deepfakes: Several laws target the misuse of AI in creating deepfakes, especially in political contexts, requiring clear disclosures and providing mechanisms for reporting misleading content.
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These legislative actions aim to harness AI’s potential while addressing its risks, ultimately boosting productivity and safeguarding public interests. However, mandatory disclosures and strict regulations might discourage AI development within the state. He did not consider that companies might relocate to less regulated environments, potentially impacting California’s position as a tech leader.

Tools We Used This Week  🧰

You.com – AI-powered search engine that provides direct answers to queries with all sources sited! You.com genius mode can do math! (get 3 mo FREE with code  AIXYOUPRO)

HeyGen – Produce studio-quality videos (for ads, UGC, social media, blogs, and other marketing materials) with AI-generated avatars and voices.

Pictory.ai –  Create and edit professional quality videos (for social media, blogs, and other marketing materials) using text in minutes.

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