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MIT Reality Hack revealed the momentum building in VR, AR, and XR

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About 50% of participants were students from a wide range of universities and the other 50% were professors, entrepreneurs, and working professionals (many of them recent graduates). About half were women and the group represented a broad range of nationalities and perspectives. 

The organizers of the event, Reality Hack, Inc., which is a non-profit run by volunteers, told me that around 2,000 people applied to participate and around 600 were chosen to come to MIT to take part in the 7th annual version of the event. Much of the event took place at the MIT Media Lab, itself a nexus of innovation and experimentation in AI, robotics, VR, and so many other cutting-edge technologies. ...

See the full story here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/mit-reality-hack-revealed-the-momentum-building-in-vr-ar-and-xr/

Can This A.I.-Powered Search Engine Replace Google? It Has for Me.

A start-up called Perplexity shows what’s possible for a search engine built from scratch with artificial intelligence. ...

Hundreds of searches later, I can report that even though Perplexity isn’t perfect, it’s very good. And while I’m not ready to break up with Google entirely, I’m now more convinced that A.I.-powered search engines like Perplexity could loosen Google’s grip on the search market, or at least force it to play catch-up.

I’m also scared that A.I. search engines could destroy my job, and that the entire digital media industry could collapse as a result of products like them. But I’m getting ahead of myself. ...

See the full story here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/technology/perplexity-search-ai-google.html?fbclid=IwAR2XhNh7JLmorX1KleLqcNe6pr8NvS8-BNsrqeqqKQ0cKnyocBI4AGQe7K0

Tencent chief says gaming business under threat, catching up in AI

PONY Ma, chief executive and co-founder of Tencent Holdings, has said that the company’s video games business faces great challenges from competitors but is catching up in artificial intelligence (AI) development.

Ma, speaking at Tencent’s annual meeting in a stadium in Shenzhen on Monday (Jan 29), said that the company has been resting on its laurels in gaming while competitors have delivered new hits. Video games account for more than 30 per cent of Tencent’s revenue.

Chinese media outlet Jiemian published parts of Ma’s speech online. A source with direct knowledge of the matter, who declined to be named because they are not permitted to speak to the media, confirmed the contents. ...

“WeChat is our most robust platform regarding daily user amount and its ecosystem. But it is 12 years of age… Now how we can find new sprouts from the old tree that is WeChat is the big question for us,” Ma said.

See the full story here; https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/tencent-chief-says-gaming-business-under-threat-catching-ai?utm_medium=social-organic&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2OcujlkviP-Hr3r4XDZuVAmt7lPE7qkkty7tdAG7SufBi5jU4P_K8oqPM

What is autonomous AI?

What is autonomous AI?

Autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of AI in which systems and tools are advanced enough to act with limited human oversight and involvement. The actions an autonomous AI system can perform range from automating basic, repetitive tasks to analyzing data sets. Autonomous AI takes artificial intelligence systems a step closer to AI as it's often depicted in works of fiction.

Through various components working together, an autonomous AI system brings advanced capabilities to businesses and other organizations. Some of these components, such as algorithms, are used to perform tasks like data analysis, while others, such as sensors, are strategically placed to collect the data needed for analysis.

See the full story here: https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/autonomous-artificial-intelligence-autonomous-AI

Storytech CES 2024 ‘5 trends’ report

Health Intelligence

Autonomous Intelligence

Immersive Intelligence

As-A-Service Intelligence

Creative Intelligence

See the full report here: https://story-tech.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/CES2024-StoryTechFloorTour-Trends.pdf

New Reality Labs Research Project Demonstrates Mind-bending AR Capabilities

PhilNote: It creates a digital twin, hides the physical object from view, and then manipulates the digital twin.  It allows you to see the physical object just before you interact with it.   It is a mystery how this would be used.

... Researchers at Meta Reality Labs Research and University of Duisburg-Essen devised a method for making real objects virtual so they can be interacted with in real-time. By not only digitizing the objects, but also seamlessly erasing their real counterparts, the method creates a mind-bending blend between the real and virtual worlds. The video below with examples explains it better than I possibly could with text alone: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GwLu82QLCw&t=281s

The researchers—Mohamed Kari, Reinhard Schütte, and Raj Sodhi—call this concept ‘Scene Responsiveness‘ and published their work late last year at the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. ...

See the full story here: https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-reality-lab-ar-research-scene-responsiveness/

MIT higher speed recycled Aluminum 3D printer video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H93W-CiOT4A

AI is destabilizing ‘the concept of truth itself’ in 2024 election

... “As long as the incentives continue to be engagement-driven sensationalism, and really conflict,” he said, “those are the kinds of content — whether deepfake or not — that’s going to be surfaced.”

See the full story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/01/22/ai-deepfake-elections-politicians/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqDwgAKgcICjCO1JQKMLfRdDDRnu8B&utm_content=rundown

Yotta, Immerso AI Collaborate To Boost Generative Media In Movie Production, Gaming

Data centre firm Yotta has announced that it entered into a partnership with Immerso AI, a generative artificial intelligence company which is part of the Eros Investments Group. Immerso AI will leverage the Omniverse platform by Nvidia and high-fidelity custom development to create movie characters from the Eros Now library. It will also help in creating avatars and characters for gaming and other uses.

“2024 is going to be the year of generative media, unlike other digital business infrastructure and performance will play a key role in generative media and gaming. Our core vision to develop India’s largest AIIP company is augmented with this partnership,” said Immerso AI CEO Ali Hussein.

See the full story here: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/technology/yotta-immerso-ai-collaborate-to-boost-generative-media-in-movie-production-gaming

Summarize.tech: AI YouTube Video Summaries

In this issue of his regular posts Phil Ranta explains how Summarize.tech works. It reduces a long video essay down to a summary. See the full review here https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/summarizetech-ai-youtube-video-summaries-phil-ranta-owfvc/