The article also highlights the need for AI education and upskilling in the workforce. The University of Pennsylvania is offering an undergraduate major in AI, while companies are starting to offer gen AI training programs. The Boston Consulting Group's survey shows that companies are starting to identify talent gaps and reimagine career paths based on the impact of gen AI. Finally, the article provides a vocabulary checklist of seven key terms related to gen AI.
Key takeaways:
- Google's DeepMind AI subsidiary previewed the next version of its generative AI chatbot, Gemini 1.5, which will be rolled out slowly to regular people who sign up for a wait list and will be available now only to developers and enterprise customers.
- OpenAI announced a new text-to-video model called Sora that can create photorealistic videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions.
- Twenty tech companies, including Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others, agreed at a security conference in Munich that they will voluntarily adopt "reasonable precautions" to guard against AI tools being used to mislead or deceive voters ahead of elections.
- The University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science announced it's the first Ivy League school to offer an undergraduate major in AI, addressing the urgent need for innovative, leading-edge AI engineers who understand the principles of AI and how to apply them in a responsible and ethical way.