Secret startup by ex-Apple employees debuts AI device

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This weekend brought a glimpse of what our tech-fuelled future could look like, as a secret startup started by former Apple employees showed off its new AI device on the Paris Fashion Week runway, and U2 opened a $2.3 Billion concert venue with stunning views.

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Secret startup founded by ex-Apple employees debuts mysterious AI device

Fashion accessory or phone replacer? Humane is a tech company founded in 2017 by ex-Apple employees and it’s been shrouded in mystery for the last 5 years despite raising over $200 million in funding from investors like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — until now.

The company debuted its AI Pin device on the Paris Fashion Week runway this week with models like Naomi Campbell sporting the device on their clothes. The AI Pin is a wearable device that uses a number of sensors to enable interactions.

Here is Humane’s description of the new device:

“The Humane Ai Pin is the screenless, standalone device and software platform built from the ground up for AI. The intelligent clothing-based wearable uses a range of sensors that enable natural and intuitive compute interactions and is designed to weave seamlessly into users’ day-to-day lives. The device is privacy-first, with aspects such as no wake word and therefore no ‘always on’ listening, reflecting Humane’s vision of building products which place trust at the center.“

Not a lot else is known about the device but the focus on standalone features means it could try to replace smartphones in some way. The device is set to get a full unveiling at a November 9 event.

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Meta quietly unveils Llama 2 Long model that can outperform GPT 3.5 on some tasks

While everyone had their eyes fixed on Meta’s flurry of huge announcements last week that included new AI-powered chatbots and a new VR headset, the company also quietly released a new AI model called Llama 2 Long.

Here’s what you need to know about it:

• Llama 2 Long is built on Llama 2 and has undergone ”continual pretraining from Llama 2 with longer training sequences and on a dataset where long texts are upsampled” according to Meta.

• The model can outperform OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 Turbo with 16,000-character context window.

• Llama 2 can also outperform Claude 2 with its 100,000-character context window.

What all of this essentially means is that Llama 2 Long should be very good when it comes to understanding and generating really long texts. A possible future use case could include summarizing entire books or producing new ones.

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5 steps for assembling AI-driven business teams

Building an AI-savvy team is no longer the stuff of sci-fi movies. One study found that 93% of businesses intend to increase their AI investments.

If you’re looking to build AI-driven business teams at your company, here’s a handy guide from TechCruch to set you up:

1. Clarity is important: It’s essential to establish a clear picture of how AI will be used and the goals that must be met. Breaking tasks down to increase accuracy is an important step at this stage.
   

2. Role description: Providing the AI a well-defined job, such as an AI-powered business assistant, aids in producing more accurate and relevant outcomes.
   

3. Breakdown of the task: To best harness the possibilities of AI, tasks should be broken down into smaller, manageable pieces, with each job being clear and well-defined.
   

4. Use AI for research: AI can dramatically reduce the time and money spent on research by efficiently obtaining and evaluating data.
   

5. Harmonizing automation and human touch: While AI can perform a wide range of activities, striking a balance between automation and human intervention is critical for attaining the best outcomes.

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Other key news from AI in business:

• SAP launches its own enterprise AI assistant: Joule. Read more

• Amazon Bedrock is now generally available as AWS enterprise GenAI efforts get serious. Read more

• Confluent launches new initiative to deliver fresh, real-time data streams for enterprise AI apps. Read more

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