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And humanity's journey toward AGI takes a big step

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šŸ¤– Itā€™s time for Your AI News, Byte-Sized.

Undoubtedly your favorite time of the weekā€¦Ā 

šŸ’ŖĀ  Letā€™s shake off those Monday blues

Hope youā€™re feeling recharged from the weekend. You might notice the new aesthetic, Iā€™d love to hear your thoughts on it šŸ˜‰ If not, letā€™s get you all caught up with whatā€™s going on in the AI scene. Weā€™ve got some great stories this week:

  • Elonā€™s brand-new AI company and what it plans to solve šŸ˜®Ā 

  • How two entrepreneurs are making waves in healthcare with AI šŸ„Ā 

  • AI is taking over Wimbledonā€™s digital experience šŸŽ¾Ā 

  • And much moreā€¦

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āš” AI Entrepreneur Story Of The Week!

Letā€™s explore AI in the healthcare industryā€¦

Sure weā€™ve seen tons of awesome entrepreneur stories in the tech space, but AIā€™s been making waves in healthcare as well. And thatā€™s where we find our Entrepreneur(s) SOTW - Yiannis Kiachopoulos and Artur Saudabayev!

Credits: Index Ventures

After meeting on a summer program at Singularity University in California, they cofounded Causaly, an AI startup built to help sharpen the lengthy drug discovery process (10-15 years). Already working with 12 of the worldā€™s biggest pharmaceutical companies, Causaly has already bagged $60M in funding.

With their goal of improving the industry drug failure rate of 90%, Causaly represents a potentially massive increase in healthcare efficiency using AI.

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šŸ”Ø Amazing AI Projects Worth Looking Into

Project #1: Magic Crystal Ball (@vladmiropm)

For anyone looking to have their products analyzed and audited, Magic Crystal Ball is a great tool for product managers to get their startup analyzed with 20 frameworks. Youā€™ll save heaps of time from product analysis and research!

Project #2: Anyword Copywriting Tool (@fieryperegrine)

While there are tons of AI writing/copywriting tools out there, what I like about Anyword is that itā€™s a data-driven tool. This means that the more you use it, the more tailored and personalized the output becomes as opposed to other tools.

Project #3: AI takes to Wimbledon

Wimbledon has been incorporating AI into its operations, allowing them to provide world-class match analytics and game insights in real-time. Theyā€™re looking to completely reshape the digital experience for sports fans.

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šŸ—ž Last Weekā€™s AI News Roundup

The Headliner: Elon Musk announces new AI company

The CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and owner of Twitter introduces xAI into the fray, an AI company with a goal to "understand the true nature of the universe". Musk plans to do so by creating an AI that is ā€œpro-humanityā€ and ā€œmaximally-curiousā€.

Sapphire Ventures looks to invest $1B in AI startups

Sapphire Ventures has pledged a commitment to build up AI infrastructure by putting funds toward startups and helping these companies become successful. In the past 6 months, over $40B has gone towards AI startups, and that trend doesnā€™t seem to be stopping.

Beijing publishes its AI governance rules

The Chinese authorities have introduced new rules toward AI that go beyond the rest of the world. Their focus is to adhere to the core values of socialism and steer away from any actions that might undermine social stability and unity.

šŸ“š The Byte-Sized Reading/Listening List

1. Reading: Coding with AI: Tips and best practices from developers (4 min)

2. Keynote: AI and the future of humanity | Yuval Noah Harari at the Frontiers Forum (41 min)

3. Reading: AI trend drives rise in students wanting to study computing (2 min)

šŸ¦ļø Byte-Sized Tweet Of The Week

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šŸ„³ Thatā€™s a wrap!

It was another crazy week in AI. In fact, I might be looking to expand to a twice-weekly newsletter soon. Thatā€™s all in the worksā€¦ as always, drop down below what youā€™d like to see in upcoming editions, your feedback is always incredibly valuable to me.

If not, have an awesome week, and keep killing it out thereĀ šŸ’ŖĀ 

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