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OpenAI has unveiled a new teaser demo of its highly anticipated advanced voice mode, showcasing ChatGPT’s ability to alter its voice like a professional actor. This feature has enormous potential for applications in storytelling, gaming, and education. Let’s explore...

Today’s Summary:

• 🎙️ OpenAI's GPT-4o new voice demo

• 💼 AI’s economic impact predicted for 2027

• 🧠 Model for early epilepsy detection

• 🎵 Stable Audio Open for audio design

• 💰 Cohere raises $450M in funding

• 🤖 Raspberry Pi launches $70 AI kit

• 🛠️ 1 new tool

TOP STORY

New GPT-4o voice demo: your personal voice actor

The Summary: OpenAI has released a new teaser video showcasing the upcoming GPT-4o advanced voice mode. This demo highlights how the AI can modify its voice like an actor, taking on different characters such as a “majestic lion” or a “squeaky mouse”. Users can interrupt and guide the AI’s voice responses in real time. This new feature is expected to be released “in the coming weeks”.

Key details:

• AI can convincingly change its voice tone and style on command

• Users can interrupt and guide responses in real-time

• Release is scheduled “in the coming weeks”

Why it matters: This capability could revolutionize gaming, storytelling, and education by bringing characters to life through advanced voice modulation. The anticipated release hints at possible technical challenges in rolling out such advanced features at scale.

REPORT

AI adoption lags investment, GDP boost expected only by 2027

The Summary: Goldman Sachs Research predicts that generative AI will significantly boost GDP and labor productivity growth over the next decade. However, despite booming investment in AI, only 5% of companies currently use it. The report suggests AI will start impacting US GDP by 2027. Early indicators are positive, with studies showing a potential 25% increase in productivity following AI adoption.

Key details:

• No GDP boosts from AI expected before 2027

• Investment in AI chips has surged since 2023

• Only 5% of companies use generative AI in production

• Higher adoption rates are seen in information services, finance, insurance, and entertainment

• Less than 0.1% of job losses are currently attributed to AI

Why it matters: The report shows a significant gap between AI investment and actual use. As companies become more familiar with AI and address privacy concerns, AI adoption is expected to grow, leading to substantial productivity gains. This could drive global economic growth, with a starting point in the US by 2027.

HEALTH

New AI system improves early epilepsy detection, identifies rare seizures

The Summary: Scientists at USC have developed NeuroGNN, a cutting-edge AI system that accurately detects and classifies different types of epileptic seizures, including rare and complex cases. By integrating multiple sources of information, the AI identifies patterns indicating when a seizure may occur. This system improves diagnosis, even in young children with limited data and rare seizure forms. Early treatment could make 70% of epilepsy cases seizure-free.

Key details:

• Analyzes spatial relationships of EEG electrodes and corresponding brain regions

• Incorporates temporal dependencies within EEG time series data

• Uses a new pretraining strategy with a Graph Neural Network (GNN) architecture

• Achieves a 12% improvement over state-of-the-art methods for seizure classification

• Effective for rare seizure types with limited training data

• Over 3.4 million people in the US and 65 million worldwide have epilepsy

Why it matters: Early and accurate detection of epileptic seizure is crucial for effective treatment. Traditional manual EEG analysis is resource-intensive, and existing AI systems often miss critical data relationships. NeuroGNN’s multi-context approach enhances diagnosis of complex and rare seizure cases, potentially improving epilepsy care through earlier intervention and personalized treatment plans.

QUICK NEWS

Quick news

• Stable Audio Open is a new open-source model for audio sample generation and sound design (non commercial license)

• Cohere raised $450M at a $5B valuation

• Raspberry Pi launches a $70 AI Kit for tinkerers

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