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• 👓 Apple's smart glasses are coming

• 🧑‍💼 OpenAI's top safety expert Lilian Weng departs

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• 🗞️ Latest AI and tech news

• 🛠 New AI tools

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AI NEWS

APPLE

👓 Apple's smart glasses are coming

Apple is exploring smart glasses with an internal project called “Atlas,” gathering employee feedback on current models as it considers a potential market entry. This initiative, led by Apple’s Product Systems Quality team, signals Apple’s interest in smart glasses technology.

The Details:

• Atlas Project Launch: Apple’s internal study of smart glasses began last week, focused on employee evaluations of available devices to better understand features and limitations.

• Focus on Features: With its Vision Pro headset as a starting point, Apple is likely aiming to create a more compact, AR-focused wearable with enhanced battery life and audio.

• AirPods Inspiration: Apple could design smart glasses similar to AirPods, prioritizing seamless connectivity, ease of use, and compatibility with existing Apple devices.

Apple’s dive into smart glasses could change the way we interact with AR in everyday life, bringing a whole new way to experience technology, just like it did with the iPhone and AirPods. Meta and Snap are already deep into their AR glasses projects, so Apple’s potential entry adds more excitement—and competition—to the space.

OPENAI

🧑‍💼 OpenAI's top safety expert Lilian Weng departs

Lilian Weng, OpenAI’s VP of Research and Safety, announced she will be leaving the company on November 15 after seven years. Weng, who started in OpenAI’s robotics team, went on to lead the safety systems team, growing it to over 80 researchers and experts after GPT-4’s release.

The Details:

• Career at OpenAI: Weng started in robotics, working on projects like the Rubik’s cube-solving robot hand, and later focused on AI safety, helping to build a team dedicated to safe AI practices.

• Recent Departures: Weng’s exit is part of a trend, following other top figures like Jan Leike, Ilya Sutskever, and Miles Brundage, who have also raised concerns over OpenAI’s current direction.

• Leadership Changes: OpenAI has seen several key people leave for competing firms or to start their own ventures, including former CTO Mira Murati and co-founders Durk Kingma and John Schulman.

• OpenAI’s Response: OpenAI expressed gratitude for Weng’s contributions and is actively looking for a new leader to continue advancing AI safety.

The departure of top safety experts highlights the ongoing challenges in balancing innovation with safety in AI. OpenAI’s next steps will be crucial in maintaining both industry progress and public trust in safe AI development.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Google accidentally reveals Jarvis AI ahead of official launch

Google is developing an AI agent named “Jarvis” to assist users with web browsing tasks in Chrome. Recently, an internal preview of Jarvis was briefly available on the Chrome Web Store, described as “a helpful companion that surfs the web for you.” Although the prototype was quickly removed and required special permissions to operate, its brief appearance has generated interest in its potential capabilities. 

Perplexity AI nears $500M raise, eyes $9B valuation

Perplexity, the AI search engine, is about to triple its valuation to $9 billion following a $500 million funding round, The Wall Street Journal reported. This impressive leap from $520 million earlier in the year highlights the booming investor confidence in generative AI technologies.

Meta partners with U.S. agencies to boost security with Llama AI

Meta has announced that its Llama AI models will now be accessible to government agencies focused on national security, as well as private firms like Amazon Web Services, Oracle, Microsoft, and defense contractors such as Palantir and Lockheed-Martin. This move aims to enhance operational efficiency across various sectors, from expediting aircraft maintenance to securely hosting AI models with sensitive government data.

Mistral unveils new Moderation API

Mistral has launched a new API for content moderation, leveraging its fine-tuned Ministral 8B model. This API can detect nine content types, like hate speech, self-harm, and personal information, across multiple languages. It’s the same API used for Mistral’s Le Chat chatbot platform and is customizable for specific needs.

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