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“Godmother of AI,” has started a new company focused on creating AI that can understand and build 3D worlds. $230M in new funding could take AI beyond language models and change AR/VR, robotics, and more.
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AI REPORT
🏆 AI Leaders Widen the Gap: 4 Times More Use Cases
Source: BCG
Top AI companies are scaling use cases 4 times more than others and gaining five times the financial benefit.
Key takeaways:
Leaders scale four times more AI use cases than laggards.
The financial benefit per use case is five times greater for leaders.
95% of companies use AI to drive growth, but only 8% reach top maturity.
The US, Singapore, and India are the leading regions in AI.
The automotive sector is improving its AI maturity twice as fast as other industries.
Why it matters: Companies are setting more realistic goals for 2027 but still aim high. Although it usually takes 10 years to reach a full maturity level, many hope to do it in just three. Their focus will be on improving data management, AI, and analytics, which are vital for staying competitive as AI continues to evolve.
TODAY IN AI
AI HIGHLIGHTS
🔥 AI-piloted drone swarms of 30 planes could spot and extinguish flames, preventing wildfires in UK study combining unpiloted tech with swarm engineering.
🧠 “Godmother of AI” Fei-Fei Li launches World Labs, developing 3D capable AI models to understand and create spatial environments beyond 2D imagery.
🎮 Tencent introduced GameGen-O, a new AI tool that can create open-world video game content from text prompts and simulate interactive gameplay.
🤖 Microsoft enhances $30/user Copilot with AI features for Office apps, improving Excel analytics, PowerPoint decks, and Outlook inbox organization.
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🔍 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman exits internal safety committee as it becomes independent board oversight group chaired by Zico Kolter.
⚙️ Researchers created “g1” an AI system using Llama 3.1 on Groq hardware. It solves complex problems with reasoning, similar to OpenAI’s o1 model.
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AI QUICK HITS
AI CHART
OpenAI’s new model, GPT o1, now has an IQ of 120, higher than 90% of humans.
It passed the Norwegian Mensa test, correctly answering 25 out of 35 questions.
A recent test showed a massive leap in intelligence compared to earlier models. Another test confirmed this, still showing significant improvement.
AI is evolving fast, and its abilities are growing rapidly.
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