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Hey folks, today we have Asana jumping into the AI scene and a brief look over the status in China with more money pouring in and more models in the works.
We also have a WSJ piece on how easy access to coding can create confusing software.
Let’s get to it.
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🤌 Our Picks
Highlights if you've only got 2 minutes
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Well, well, well. If it isn't China putting its foot on the gas, who else! Robin Li, co-founder and CEO of Baidu, the biggest search engine in China, just dropped a bombshell of a cool billion yuan, that's about $145 million to back generative AI companies.
But don't think he's stopping there. Baidu's got a new version of its own large-language model in the pipeline, powering its ChatGPT-esque service, Ernie Bot.
And Baidu's not the only Chinese tech titan making moves.
Alibaba's ready with it LLM Tongyi Qianwen.
Tencent's also cooking up something with its foundation model, HunyuanAide.
Also, Chinese AI startup MiniMax is raising over $250 million from Tencent-backed entities and others.
Just a little reminder though, China's still got ChatGPT on its naughty list since it was banned back in February. But with these developments, it's clear China's not about to miss out on the AI train!
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Buckle up, folks! Asana, the master of managing your workspace, joins the AI scene. They're not just bringing the usual suspects like writing assistants, summarizers, and ask-anything features.
We're talking goal-based resource management, roadblock and bottleneck identification, and self-optimizing workflows. It's like a project manager's dream come true.
These shiny new features are still in Beta. In the meantime, you can take a peek at Asana's five guiding principles for human-centric AI in their press release or get yourself on the waitlist for a live demo.
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This one’s a bummer. More people taking up coding? Superb! But when we're dealing with large-scale software, we've got to talk about those pesky quick fixes that stack up into what we fondly call 'technical debt'.
So, here's the rub: I think this whole scenario could just end up shifting the status quo. We might see junior developers or product managers churning out MVPs with code, while the senior devs (or perhaps a new role entirely) will be left to carefully implement these MVPs.
Companies are still embracing Gen AI. Here's a tip: focus less on the “coding” and more on the “solution.” That’s kinda the antidote to this problem.
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Kipp (Hubspot) and Kieran (Zapier) host this marketing pod. I sent some AI projects their way and they passed along some biz and marketing advice for these projects after the demo. Solid ep, give it a go.
🛠️ Cool Tools
Product launches, updates and demos
Image Chat - Free AI-powered iOS shortcut that does Q&A on iPhone images. (link)
Coefficient's AI Copilot - The GPT-powered spreadsheet upgrade to accelerate productivity. (link)
Speechki - Transform any generated texts into engaging audio with AI-powered voices. (link)
Airis - Your native AI companion for SigmaOS. (link)
RightJoin - Mock interviews tailored to your next real interview. (link)
Formulas HQ - Most accurate Generative AI excel formulas, functions, & VBA code. (link)
Nepogotchi - Raise an AI-powered nepo baby. (link)
FireTexts - Never waste time thinking of the perfect text message again. (link)
AutocodePro - A new way to build apps (for non-engineers) and a convenient way to scaffold code for engineers. (link)
Predibase - Low-code AI for developers. (link) They also recently raised 12.2M. (link)
TodoBot is an AI coach that helps you write a better todo list. (link)
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🤓 Miscellaneous
News, podcasts, videos, blogs etc
Ezra - The quest to kill cancer. (link)
Is GPT-4 too smart for its own good? (link) ps: GPT-4 has been static since March. (link)
Neuralangelo - A new AI model by NVIDIA to reconstruct mind-blowingly detailed 3D surfaces directly from 2D videos. (link)
Open AIs Cybersecurity grant program - A $1M initiative to boost and quantify AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities. (link)
Deciphering complexity - The multimodal future of AI and its implications. (link)
The future of AI interfaces - with Linus Lee of Notion. (link)
LLaMa-adapter multimodal with support for text, image, audio, and video inputs. (link)
No priors pod - Defense technology, AI, drones, and autonomous vehicles with Brian Schimpf of Anduril. (link)
Andromeda Agora's very first language model that can process sequences longer than 100,000 is ready for training. (link)
Highlights from the RAeS future combat air & space capabilities summit. (link)
Microsoft’s AI-powered Designer tool comes to Teams. (link)
Mozilla Ventures invests in Fiddler, fueling better AI trust. (link)
Generative AI podcasts are here. Prepare to be bored. (link)
AI probably won’t kill us all. (link)
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Short, sponsored links
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A fireside chat with Edo Liberty, CEO of Pinecone. Generative NYC on June 13th at Union Square. (link)
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