Hey Reader, A super-quick share for today β last night I got access to Sora, the new video-generation model from OpenAI. I handed the keyboard to my 10-year-old son to see what he'd do with it, and here are the results: Yes, that's a Corgi Taco Police Chase Watch: Our First Look at Sora Video AI β’β’β’ (By the way, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for lots more free tutorials and walkthroughs like this.) Enjoy! And if you have time this weekend, I highly recommend creating an account...
9 days agoΒ β’Β 1 min read
Hey Reader, I hope life, work and the world of AI are treating you well! We're back with 3 big things in AI. It was a huge week for AI, so I've done my best to actually synthesize this down to just a few items β more to come next week! By the way, make sure you're subscribed to our YouTube channel for free AI tutorials. I just posted a new one where Brian (our CTO) shows you how to connect Google Forms, Zapier and ChatGPT step-by-step to build a no-code AI client intake system. Watch the...
10 days agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Hey Reader, I hope life, work and the world of AI are treating you well! We're back with 3 big things in AI. By the way, all the news items in today's email were shared first in our private Slack workspace for AI Consultancy Project and AI Incubator students. π #1 β 'A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness' We've seen a lot of early studies about doctors using AI as a partner in diagnosing illnesses and reading X-rays and other test results. The most recent study claims that...
26 days agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Hey Reader, I hope life, work and the world of AI are treating you well! We're back with 3 big things in AI. #1 β I thought Coke's AI commercial was cool, but apparently it went viral for the wrong reasons... A friend sent me Coca-Cola's AI-generated Christmas ad without commentary β and I thought it was awesome! But apparently a lot of people disagree. The first thing I did was Google it to confirm it was real, after which I discovered a litany of hate about how it's creepy and/or the death...
about 1 month agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Hey Reader, I hope life, work and the world of AI are treating you well! We're back with 3 big things in AI. #1 β AI didn't disrupt the election πΊπΈ Back when OpenAI's Sora video model was released, there was a ton of chatter about whether fake videos would affect the election. In September, 57% of American adults worried that AI would be used to create fake content around the election. Well, Election Day is next week and there have certainly been a lot of disruptive events this year β but in...
about 2 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Hey Reader, I hope life, work and the world of AI are treating you well! Three big things in AI and tech to share: #1 β Pika releases a sweet new video model You can try it at Pika.art (yes, weird domain name) and see some demos here. We've been waiting with bated breath for better publicly accessible video tools since we saw the OpenAI Sora teasers in February. RunwayML and Pika are two of the best video tools on the market right now, and Pika's newest release is legitimately impressive. My...
3 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Hey Reader, Open-source software dominates the world of "traditional" coding, but so far, closed-source companies like (the very confusingly named) OpenAI and Anthropic are leading the pack in terms of large language model quality. Today, we dig into Meta's attempt to change that with the open-source Llama model. β’β’β’ Together with WebAI WebAIβs biggest release yet One Platform. Tailored to youwebAIβs Navigator gives you the power to build and deploy models utilizing your own...
4 months agoΒ β’Β 2 min read
Hey Reader, Everyone's rolling out AI features, but they're not all a hit. I've seen so many ads for AI-powered tech in mainstream media lately β it seemed like half the commercials during the recent NBA Finals were AI-related. So today, Nyasha helps us dig into one that was not a hit β the McDonald's AI ordering system β and how their competitors are taking the lead on faster, smarter verbal ordering tech. β’β’β’ But first, a new tool and free trial for IWAI readers from our friends at Zupyak....
5 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
Hey Reader, We're pumped about OpenAI's Sora model, but so far we've only seen a few demos. That's about to change, as a new batch of short films drops at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. β’β’β’ But first, a new tool you might like if you're building AI products or processes β our friends at WebAI are launching Navigator, a no-code environment empowers any user to train, build and deploy AI solutions efficiently with ease. But they're only sharing it with folks who join their early access...
6 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min read
