Stay Ahead with AI Scout: Weekly Tech & Trends Digest

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Kevin Hall
June 11, 2024

Hey readers,

This week, Apple has taken the jump to integrating ChatGPT into Siri across both iOS and macOS platforms. This development promises to enhance user interaction through virtual assistance, making Siri more conversational and context-aware. In response, Elon Musk has set clear boundaries with his employees on the use of iPhones.

In other news, the UK's healthcare system is making headlines with two groundbreaking AI initiatives. AI-driven heart attack scans are poised to be rolled out nationwide, offering rapid and precise diagnostic capabilities. Additionally, the NHS is gearing up to launch its first AI-run physiotherapy clinic. These advancements highlight the growing trend of AI integration into healthcare for patient care and medical diagnostics. Time will tell how the public responds to these contributions in the health tech industry.

Stay tuned as we dive deeper into these topics and explore how they could influence your next innovation.

Topics

  • Startup News

  • AI Tools for Insights

  • Musk Against Apple’s New Play

  • AI Healthcare Integrations

Startup News

Artificial Intelligence startup Anterior has raised $20 million in Series A funding. The company uses AI to enable businesses to examine and learn from their historical data to make future decisions. Anterior aims to democratise business intelligence and make complex data analysis accessible to non-technical users. The round was backed by New Enterprise Associates.

AI Tools for Insights

  • Notion Templates For AI is a resourceful tool providing AI-infused templates on personal, productivity, business, finance, and much more, guiding and improving the way users manage their life and work. The tool incorporates a collection of frameworks and templates curated for AI enthusiasts, creators, marketers, and several other professionals, with the ability to extract insightful data and amplify efficiency.          

  • Upmetrics AI Assistant is a versatile tool that simplifies business planning and forecasting with AI-powered insights, making it faster and more efficient for users. It assists businesses in creating plans, validating ideas, synchronizing and comparing data, and generating pitch decks, all with the help of AI technology.          

  • PDF Flex is an AI-powered tool that allows you to interact with your PDF documents, enabling the extraction of immediate insights, summarizing content, and answering questions swiftly and free of cost. It not only serves English but also supports multiple languages, making it accessible to a global audience for academic, research, or professional purposes.

News

Apple’s New Announcements are Causing a Stir at Tesla

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has threatened to ban company employees from owning Apple products. This comes after Apple prevented its device users from participating in OpenAI’s new research program, Mosaic, citing privacy issues. Musk has criticized Apple's move as being against the principles of open-source research.

AI in Healthcare

Groundbreaking AI technology that predicts heart attacks more accurately than current methods could soon be rolled out across the UK. The system, developed by researchers at Oxford University, analyses CT scans to identify fatty deposits around the heart that could cause a heart attack. Trials found that the AI was superior to doctors in diagnosing cardiac issues.

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) will open its first AI-run physiotherapy clinic this year. The clinic will use AI to offer exercise plans and health advice to patients. This pioneering initiative aims to mitigate the shortage of physiotherapists and reduce waiting times, potentially helping millions who require physical therapy but are unable to access it promptly.

Whitepapers

Here is a shortlist of whitepapers about the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Developers are using these to build the next big AI tools.

AI Model News

  • Introducing Stable Audio Open - An Open Source Model for Audio Samples and Sound Design - We’re excited to announce Stable Audio Open, an open source model optimised for generating short audio samples, sound effects and production elements using text prompts. read more

  • Stable Artisan: Media Generation and Editing on Discord - One of the most frequent requests from the Stable Diffusion community is the ability to use our models directly on Discord. Today, we are excited to introduce Stable Artisan, a user-friendly bot for media generation on Discord. - read more

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