Agility is using LLMs to communicate with its humanoid robots

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1. Agility is using LLMs to communicate with its humanoid robots

Agility, an Oregon-based startup, is utilizing LLMs to improve communication with its humanoid robot, Digit. Digit can now understand and execute complex natural language commands, as demonstrated in a recent video where it performs tasks based on descriptions like "Darth Vader's lightsaber".

This development in AI communication showcases the potential for more versatile and human-like interactions between robots and humans, particularly in settings like Amazon's fulfillment centers where Digit is being piloted.

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2. OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever Prioritizes AI Safety Measures

OpenAI's Superalignment team, led by chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, is developing methods to control super-intelligent AI models. They are exploring ways to guide smarter AI models using less capable ones without diminishing their intelligence. This research aims to ensure AI models like GPT-4 are helpful and safe as they become more advanced.

The process involves an automated feedback system and algorithmic tweaks to balance guidance and performance. This initiative is crucial as AI rapidly advances toward superhuman capabilities, presenting both potential benefits and risks.

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3. Spotify's prompts into playlists feature

Spotify is experimenting with a feature allowing users to generate playlists using AI and text prompts. The test, recently confirmed by Spotify, lets users type or select prompts, which the AI then uses to create a playlist. 

Discovered through a TikTok video, this AI playlist option appears under "Your Library" in the app. Spotify's spokesperson emphasized that this is a test phase, part of their ongoing AI investment, including AI-driven personalization and other applications within the app.

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4. AI brings digital resurrection to mourning practices in China

In China, mourners are using AI to create digital representations of deceased loved ones. This practice offers a way for people to virtually interact with those they have lost, using AI to simulate the appearance and voice of the deceased.

While providing comfort to some, this use of technology raises ethical and emotional considerations about the impact of digital resurrection on the grieving process.

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5. New AI method revolutionizes study of liquid and soft matter

Scientists from the University of Bayreuth have made a breakthrough in the study of liquid and soft matter using AI. Their research, published in PNAS, introduces a novel "neural functional theory" that significantly improves the analysis of complex substances on computers.

Combining machine learning with classical density functional theory, this method offers deeper physical insights and could impact product and process design. The research indicates that AI can greatly enhance fundamental theoretical physics, especially in understanding the structure of matter.

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