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In a single night, Anthropic wiped out many startups. Sound familiar? It’s a déjà vu moment, just like what happened before with OpenAI. Remember that?
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💻 Claude 3.5 Introduces A New Capability in Beta: Computer Use
Anthropic announces the upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet and the new Claude 3.5 Haiku, promising improved AI capabilities, with particular advances in coding.
Key takeaways:
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is upgraded, showing 16% improvement in coding benchmarks like SWE-bench Verified.
Claude 3.5 Haiku offers speed and affordability, surpassing Claude 3 Opus on various benchmarks.
New feature: computer use in public beta lets Claude perform tasks on a computer by moving a cursor, typing, and clicking buttons.
Companies like Replit and Canva are exploring the potential of this AI's computer use capabilities.
Available now via Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.
Why it matters: Automation tools are evolving beyond step-by-step setups like Make or Zapier. Anthropic's AI now learns general computer skills, allowing it to use everyday software on its own. Developers can automate tasks by giving simple commands, like "use data from my computer to fill out this form," and Claude will figure out the steps - like checking a spreadsheet, opening a browser, finding the right page, and filling out the form with the data.
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TODAY IN AI
💼 OpenAI and Microsoft team up to give $10M in grants plus software credits for AI journalism tools to five major news outlets.
🎬 After raising $28.4M led by NEA, Genmo releases 480p Mochi 1 as free AI video tool against paid competitors.
🤖 Claude 3.5 Sonnet launches public beta that enables AI to control computers by moving cursor and typing like humans.
Our POV: New AI startup killer? OpenAI used to knock out startups with new models or features. Now, Anthropic is doing the same!
Building an AI SaaS is tough. A person spends weeks developing a no-code web automation tool, only for it to become useless overnight when Anthropic released a similar feature. Big tech moves fast, leaving startups scrambling to stay innovative and unique.
Although competition is getting tougher, users will benefit from more useful and valuable AI tools.
⚠️ ByteDance fires an intern who planted malicious code in AI models yet denies rumors of massive financial losses.
📱 Gen Z messaging app Daze attracts 156,000 waitlist signups through viral product demos reaching 48M views prelaunch.
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Interface.ai raised $30 million to expand its AI-powered customer service platform for banks. With new funding, the company plans to grow its team and accelerate market initiatives.
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📊 Dr. Ronnie Chatterji was named OpenAI's first chief economist (Link)
🎥 Haiper’s new free video generation tool is now live (Link)
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Source: Gartner
When reviewing these trends, it's important to understand them in context. It doesn't mean that every company should be working on all these areas or feel behind if they aren't.
However, these trends highlight areas of innovation, opportunity, and concern that companies should start paying attention to.
Agentic AI: Autonomous AI that assists and augments human work but needs strict control.
AI Governance Platforms: Manage legal and ethical AI use, building trust through transparency.
Disinformation Security: Protects against fraud and harmful narratives through risk scoring.
Post-Quantum Cryptography: Protects data from future quantum computing threats.
Ambient Intelligence: Seamlessly integrated tech for improved tracking and efficiency, but with privacy concerns.
Energy-Efficient Computing: Sustainable systems reducing carbon footprint but costly to implement.
Hybrid Computing: Advanced computing that integrates multiple systems for automation and personalization but is complex and expensive.
Spatial Computing: Augmented and virtual reality for immersive experiences.
Polyfunctional Robots: Robots that handle multiple tasks efficiently.
Neurological Enhancement: Tech to boost cognitive abilities by reading brain activity.
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