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Plus: CES 2024 Day 1

January 09, 2024

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Hey Edge Family, good morning! CES 2024 has started off hot, and we've got the recap for you so you don’t miss out on any of the big news.

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🚨Latest Developments

🦾 OpenAI Fights Back Against New York Times Lawsuit

Source: The Economic Times

Big Takeaway: OpenAI published a response to the NYT lawsuit claiming training AI on web data like articles is fair use. (Find it here)

It would be impossible to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says.
They also claim The New York Times' falls short of telling the full story and that regurgitation (repeating content) is an uncommon defect that they are actively striving to fix.
The New York Times and OpenAI were in talks for a partnership before the lawsuit, and now that idea is up in smoke.

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1️⃣ CES 2024 Day 1 Recap

Source: ZDnet

Big Takeaway: From January 9th-12th Las Vegas is hosting CES 2024, the largest tech conference in the world. I will be covering the biggest announcements from the event.

LG revealed a wireless, transparent OLED TV combining a see-through screen with wireless video and audio transmission technology. (See it here)
Timekettle unveiled the X1 Interpreter Hub, the world’s first multi-language simultaneous interpretation system. (Read more)
Kia showcased a new modular commercial EV van lineup with interchangeable tops and cabins but vague on pricing, specs, and launch timeline. (Read more)
Samsung brought back the updated home robot Ballie with spatial lidar, a 1080p projector, and a battery for 2-3 hours of use. (Read more)
Volkswagen is adding an AI chatbot to models with an IDA voice assistant in Europe, but not in the US yet. (Read more)
Nvidia unveiled GeForce RTX 40 Super desktop graphics cards focused on gaming, with 14 titles getting RTX upgrades. (Read more)
Bosch displayed in-car eye tracking to detect driver drowsiness and track gaze while driving. (Read more)

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🔎Extra Insights

🤖 Duolingo relies more on AI

Language learning app Duolingo has cut some contractors while increasing its use of AI to generate content. About 10% of contractors were laid off as the company needs fewer people for tasks now handled by its generative AI.(View the termination email here)

📲 Microsoft Copilot falling behind ChatGPT

Despite offering GPT-4 for free, Microsoft's new Copilot app does not appear to be drawing users away from OpenAI's ChatGPT so far based on install data. Copilot has seen only 2.1 million downloads since its quiet launch in late December, versus 4.2 million for ChatGPT in the same period. (Full article here)

🧚‍♀️ Meta’s new Fairy AI video model

Meta has developed an advanced AI video synthesis model called Fairy for creative editing. It brings substantially faster and more temporally consistent performance compared to its predecessors. (Full article here)

💻 Real Life Use Cases

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Suggest five blog post title ideas for the primary keyword [keyword] for [targeted audience].

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Blog post titles

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