The Spark | Edition 35

The Spark | Edition 35

The Spark | Edition 35

Wednesday, 22 May 2024

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Ben Hacking

Co-founder & CEO

tl;dr

  • 🧑⚖️ Scarlett Johansson confronts OpenAI on recent chatbot launch

  • ✨ Google launches AI overviews for ad account performance

  • 📈 Netflix hits 40m users for their ad-tier, and is launching an ad platform

  • 🧑⚖️ Scarlett Johansson confronts OpenAI on recent chatbot launch

  • ✨ Google launches AI overviews for ad account performance

  • 📈 Netflix hits 40m users for their ad-tier, and is launching an ad platform

🧑⚖️ ChatGPT: Scarlett Johansson left 'angered' by chatbot imitation

OpenAI's new chatbot sounds very alike Scarlett Johansson from the movie her, and the actor is pursuing legal action to inquire about how OpenAI developed the voice for their chatbot.

Google Ads Now With AI Summaries

Google recently released AI overviews, giving advertisers a quick glance on their account performance.

👀 ChatGPT now lets you import files directly from Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive

If you're a paying subscriber of ChatGPT, you can now integrate with both Google Drive & Microsoft OneDrive to import files into the AI chatbot.


📈 Netflix plans to in-house ad tech, adds measurement partners as ad tier surges

Netflix's ad tier reaches 40m subscribers, an 8x increase from last year. As a result, Netflix is launching an in-house ad tech platform to help advertisers capitalise on the ad opportunity on the platform.

👀 YouTube upfront: CEO says it's 'redefining' TV, platform launches ad takeovers for top 1% of creators

Youtube shares an astounding statistic - viewers watch >1 billion hours of content on TV screens daily.

🤝 Reddit’s deal with OpenAI will plug its posts into “ChatGPT and new products”

Reddit gets access to OpenAI’s tech for building AI features, and OpenAI gets real-time access to Reddit posts that feed into ChatGPT.


🧠 FDA gives Neuralink another shot at brain chip – report

Neuralink receives FDA approval for second brain chip implant.

🤖 X’s Grok AI chatbot is now available to EU users

Grok AI is now available to EU users. As a reminder, Grok AI is a sassy AI chatbot with access to X's (Twitter) posts in real-time.

💻 Microsoft announces Copilot Plus PCs with built-in AI hardware

Microsoft is continuing to invest heavily into AI, expanding their scope to AI hardware. However, some of the features enabled by AI hardware might not sit well with consumers.


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- Ben

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