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Layoff season is extending into a sustained state due to the latest AI technology. Salesforce is laying off around 700 people in its most recent tranche of job cuts.

Meanwhile, OpenAI has been told it’s suspected of violating European Union privacy, following a multi-month investigation of its AI chatbot.

Let’s get into the details.

Today in the “Incredible AI” world:

• AI’s Role in Layoffs: A Murky Connection

• How to Build the BEST AI Team

• ChatGPT in Trouble for Violating Europe’s Privacy Laws

• TOP AI TOOLS of the DAY

• Google Gemini Pro Moves to Second Place in Chatbot Performance Table

• How to Prompt AI Like a BOSS

• TOP TECH NEWS of the DAY

AI’s Role in Layoffs: A Murky Connection:

AI and Layoffs: The AI boom is believed to be playing a part in the scope of layoffs.

Companies are touting the efficiency benefits of new AI products, but few mention them in the context of layoffs.

The timing of these layoffs is more likely attributable to overall economic uncertainty.

Layoffs in the Tech Industry: The tech industry has seen quite a bit of upheaval in the last two years, with 2024 seeming to be a continuation of earlier factors at play.

Layoffs tend to pick up in January as companies look to restructure, reorganize, and re-prioritize based on their forecast for the new year.

Tech Giants and AI: Massive tech firms currently experiencing layoffs have announced sizeable investments in AI. These investments aim to augment or replace work currently done by people.

Salesforce is laying off around 700 people in its most recent tranche of job cuts, which adds to the group it announced it was cutting last year.

AI’s Future Impact: While AI may generate new roles and opportunities long-term, the current focus is on downsizing and investment in AI products.

The silver lining of when these will generate new roles is not yet in sight.

How to Build the BEST AI Team:

Why Should You Care: AE Studio is the key to industry dominance, securing AI talent from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT to streamline operations.

What AE Studio will do for you:

• Turbocharge your business, save hundreds of hours, and WIN!

• Have AE build custom your custom software and AI solutions

• Hire AE to pinpoint where and why you should be building NOW!

AI brews beer and your big ideas

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Describe your challenge in three quick questions. Then AI churns out solutions customized to you.

AE Studio exists to solve business problems. They build great products and create custom software, AI and BCI solutions. And they once brewed beer by training AI to instruct a brewmeister and then to market the result. The beer sold out – true story.

Beyond beer, AE Studio’s data scientists, designers and developers have done even more impressive things working 1:1 with founders and executives. They’re a great match for leaders wanting to incorporate AI and just generally deliver outstanding products built with the latest tools and tech.

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ChatGPT in Trouble for Violating Europe’s Privacy Laws:

Alleged Violations: Italy’s data protection authority suspects OpenAI’s ChatGPT of violating European Union privacy laws. The details of the draft findings have not been disclosed, but OpenAI has been notified and given 30 days to respond.

Potential Consequences: Confirmed breaches of the pan-EU regime can attract fines of up to €20M, or up to 4% of global annual turnover. More importantly, OpenAI could be forced to change how it operates or pull its service out of EU Member States.

Legal Basis for Data Processing: The Italian authority raised concerns about OpenAI’s compliance with the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal basis OpenAI claims for processing personal data to train its AI models is a particular crux issue.

OpenAI’s Response: Despite identifying a list of suspected violations, OpenAI was able to resume service of ChatGPT in Italy relatively quickly last year, after taking steps to address some issues raised by the DPA. However, the Italian authority said it would continue to investigate the suspected violations.

- TOP AI TOOLS of the DAY -

Scade AI: Develop products and services, streamline your business processes, marketing, sales, and finance with AI – all effortlessly.

Snapby: Generates super-realistic images instantly by using simple prompts.

TubeOnAI: Summarize and listen to any podcast in 30 seconds with AI.

Outfit Anyone: Try on clothes virtually with AI.

GradesAI: An AI-powered app that forecasts exam questions for students.

Copy AI: Generate content, such as blog headlines, emails, and social media posts using AI.

Google Gemini Pro Moves to Second Place in Chatbot Performance Table:

Chatbot Arena Rankings: Google’s Bard, powered by the advanced Gemini Pro model, has climbed to the second position on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard.

This significant rise from eighth place is a testament to the model’s improved performance and widespread user approval.

Gemini Pro’s Enhanced Performance: The Gemini Pro model, which includes a Developer API and a forthcoming update, has played a pivotal role in the enhanced performance of Bard.

One of the most significant improvements is its ability to connect to the internet, enabling real-time information retrieval.

User Caution and Comparison Tools: Despite the advancements, users are advised to verify the information provided by Bard independently.

The Chatbot Arena provides a comparison tool that allows individuals to evaluate the responses and characteristics of various models.

- AI TIPS, and TUTORIALS -

How to Prompt AI Like a BOSS:

The Gist: Meta just released a new guide to prompt engineering, covering a ton of best practices for getting the most out of your conversations with LLMs.

Follow these tips below to prompt like a pro:

• Be Explicit: Give clear, detailed instructions and restrictions to shape LLM outputs. Ex: "Summarize in <250 words using only academic sources from 2022-2023."

• Chain Reasoning: Adding phrases like "Let's think step-by-step" can help improve an LLM’s complex logical reasoning.

• Use Roles: Establish a persona to anchor the LLM. Ex: "You are a machine learning expert giving advice to senior engineers."

• RAG: Include information from external databases/sources when possible to better handle specific questions and avoid hallucinated responses.

Check out the full guide here.

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How to Build the BEST AI Team:

Why Should You Care: AE Studio is the key to industry dominance, securing AI talent from Harvard, Stanford, and MIT to streamline operations.

What AE Studio will do for you:

• Turbocharge your business, save hundreds of hours, and WIN!

• Have AE build custom your custom software and AI solutions

• Hire AE to pinpoint where and why you should be building NOW!

AI brews beer and your big ideas

What’s your biggest business challenge? Don’t worry about wording it perfectly or describing it just right. Brain dump your description into AE Studio’s new tool and AI will help you solve that work puzzle.

Describe your challenge in three quick questions. Then AI churns out solutions customized to you.

AE Studio exists to solve business problems. They build great products and create custom software, AI and BCI solutions. And they once brewed beer by training AI to instruct a brewmeister and then to market the result. The beer sold out – true story.

Beyond beer, AE Studio’s data scientists, designers and developers have done even more impressive things working 1:1 with founders and executives. They’re a great match for leaders wanting to incorporate AI and just generally deliver outstanding products built with the latest tools and tech.

If you’re done guessing how to solve work problems or have a crazy idea in your back pocket to test out, ask AI Ideas by AE Studio for free solutions, right now.

- TOP TECH NEWS of the DAY -

→ AI characters simulate human behavior in the Smallville experiment.

→ New iPhone app Arc Search fuses AI with web search, saving you time and energy.

→ Refact aims to make code-generating AI more appealing to enterprises.

→ Sony’s next PlayStation State of Play streams this week. It kicks off on January 31st and will include more than 15 games.

→ Cap VC wants to be the AI-powered ‘operating system’ for VCs.

→ Meet MaLA-500: A Novel Large Language Model Designed to Cover an Extensive Range of 534 Languages.

→ Microsoft adds Copilot Pro support to iPhone and Android apps.

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