AI Journal - 147th Edition

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January 10, 2025

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  • Google’s New AI Feature: Daily Listen

  • AI’s Vulnerability and Latest Marketing Tech Releases

  • Google Streamlines AI Teams Under DeepMind for Faster Innovation

  • Rounded Builds Customizable AI Voice Agent Platform

  • AI in Funding

  • AI Tools

  • AI in Healthcare  

  • Interesting Posts

Google’s New AI Feature: Daily Listen
Google’s Daily Listen feature offers five-minute audio summaries of topics based on users’ Discover feeds and search histories. Available in the US for Android and iOS, it’s accessible through Search Labs. Users can control playback, provide feedback, and receive personalized content with an AI-generated transcript and cover art.
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AI’s Vulnerability and Latest Marketing Tech Releases
NYU’s study reveals that just 0.001% of fake data can mislead large language models (LLMs), highlighting risks from online misinformation and outdated medical info. Meanwhile, several AI-powered marketing tools were launched: Amazon Ads' new natural language queries, Cordial’s personalized retail models, FlexClip’s AI updates, Jellypod’s podcast studio, and more, enhancing creativity and targeting.
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Google Streamlines AI Teams Under DeepMind for Faster Innovation
Google is consolidating its AI development teams under DeepMind, including the AI Studio and Gemini API teams, to accelerate progress. This reorganization, aimed at enhancing collaboration and scaling Gemini's consumer reach, promises better APIs, tools, and open-source initiatives. CEO Sundar Pichai emphasized the urgency of advancing AI leadership and accelerating innovation in 2025.
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Rounded Builds Customizable AI Voice Agent Platform
French startup Rounded shifted focus to AI in 2023, creating Donna, an AI voice agent for anesthetists, before evolving into an orchestration platform for custom AI voice agents. Their system integrates off-the-shelf models and guides businesses in prompt optimization. With €600,000 in funding, Rounded aims to democratize reliable, adaptable AI agent creation for diverse industries.
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AI In Funding

AI Tools

📹️ Peech is an AI-driven video automation platform that efficiently creates branded videos in large quantities.

📧 SaneBox prioritizes important emails and automatically sorts the rest, helping you maintain focus and stay organized.

📈 RegieAI leverages generative AI to automate sales outreach and prospecting, streamlining tasks for increased efficiency.

🤝 Clay integrates 50+ data sources, real-time scraping, and AI to deliver personalized 1-1 campaigns that increase meeting bookings.

Bright Data provides ethical access to vast web data, enabling AI model training and inference with public URLs and pre-collected data.

AI In Healthcare

  • Transforming Healthcare: AI in Diagnostics Market to See 27.6% CAGR Growth. Link

  • CHAI launches open-source healthcare AI nutrition label model card. Link

  • AI in healthcare market to reach usd 208.85 bn by 2030. Link

  • 10 ways North Carolina health care providers are harnessing AI. Link

  • AI drives healthcare VC investment to $23 billion in 2024, SVB report shows. Link

  • AI in Healthcare: Light-it and Puppeteer Set a New Standard for Patient Care and Efficiency. Link

Interesting Posts

  • At CES 2025, Nvidia revealed R2X, a prototype AI avatar for desktops. Resembling a video game character, R2X assists with navigating apps on your computer. Link

  • In 2025, AI and machine learning will continue to evolve, driving innovation

  • across industries with emerging trends to watch. Link

  • StoryFile, an AI-driven tech company, blends prerecorded responses with

  • advanced AI to craft a truly immersive, interactive experience. Link

  • In 2025, decentralized AI frameworks, like ASI Alliance, offer ethical, transparent

  • AI development, ensuring fair compensation for content creators. Link

  • AI investments in infrastructure, like data centers and chips, are driving U.S. economic growth, with significant stock market gains. Link

  • Apple's AI-driven news summary feature is facing criticism for producing inaccurate, misleading headlines, causing frustration among iPhone users. Link

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