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Today’s AI Insights:

• 🤖 AI Robot learns surgery by watching videos

• 🤝 OpenAI hires the co-founder of Pebble.

• 🎨 How to create YouTube thumbnails with AI?

• 🗞️ Latest AI and tech news

• 🛠 New AI tools

• 📝 AI Meme of the day

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AI ROBOT

🤖 AI Robot learns surgery by watching videos

A Johns Hopkins University-led team has trained a surgical robot using videos of seasoned surgeons. This breakthrough marks a step toward fully autonomous robotic surgery, where robots perform complex procedures without human input.

The Details:

• Imitation Learning: The team trained the da Vinci Surgical System robot using hundreds of surgical videos, enabling it to replicate human-like precision.

• Core Tasks: The robot successfully performed essential surgical tasks like needle manipulation, tissue lifting, and suturing, mirroring human skill.

• Adaptability: The model learns from visual input and can adapt, even picking up and continuing tasks if it drops a tool mid-procedure.

• Efficiency Boost: Unlike traditional hand-coded methods, which take years, this approach allows for faster, more flexible training.

This breakthrough in robotic surgery could significantly improve the accuracy and safety of surgical procedures. By making training faster and enhancing precision, autonomous surgical robots could help reduce human error, achieve greater consistency, and expand access to advanced surgical care.

AI & TECH NEWS

NEW AI TOOLS:

🧀 Feta - Tool for efficient meetings and automated post-meeting tasks.

🎶 MeloHunt - AI song generator for crafting original music tracks easily.

🎤 MicVoice - AI voice generator for realistic text-to-speech conversion.

📚 CoursePro - AI platform for creating and selling eLearning content.

💰 AlphaPro - AI platform for tailored financial analysis of public companies.

🖥️ SlidesPilot - AI tools for creating and enhancing presentations.

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AI TUTORIAL

🎨 Create YouTube Thumbnails with Magic Thumbnails

An AI-powered tool that generates high-quality YouTube thumbnails based on your video’s title and description, streamlining the design process for content creators.

Steps to follow:

1. Go to Magic Thumbnails and sign up.

2. Click on “Sign In” to create an account or log in.

3. Input your video’s title and description into the provided fields.

4. Click “Generate Thumbnails” to allow the AI to create options based on your input.

5. Review the generated thumbnails and download the one that best fits your video.

AI & TECH NEWS

Greg Brockman returns to OpenAI

Greg Brockman, co-founder of OpenAI, has returned after a three-month leave and is now collaborating with CEO Sam Altman on significant technical challenges.  His return follows notable departures, including former CTO Mira Murati and head of safety systems Lilian Weng. OpenAI has not commented on these changes.

YouTube is experimenting with AI-driven music remixes

YouTube is testing an AI feature that lets select creators “restyle” licensed songs for Shorts. By entering prompts to alter a song’s mood or genre, the AI generates a 30-second reimagined soundtrack. This expands YouTube’s Dream Track AI initiative, offering creators more musical flexibility.

Baidu unveils text-to-image tool, no-code app builder

At the Baidu World Conference, Baidu introduced I-RAG, a text-to-image tool, and Miaoda, a no-code app builder, both aimed at simplifying AI use. Their Ernie platform now handles 1.5 billion daily interactions. Additionally, Baidu launched AI smart glasses with built-in assistant functions. Unlike competitors, Baidu avoids a single “super app” strategy, focusing on specialized tools instead.

Amazon is shutting down Freevee

Amazon is shutting down Freevee, its ad-supported streaming service, with its content now available on Prime Video. Non-Prime members can still access Freevee shows and select Amazon originals without a subscription. Launched as IMDb Freedive in 2019, Freevee rebranded twice before Amazon’s recent decision to simplify its streaming offerings by consolidating content under Prime Video. The Freevee brand will be phased out over the next few weeks.

Google unveils Gemini-powered Vids app

Google is rolling out its Gemini-powered Vids app, which creates video presentations from prompts. Vids can auto-insert stock footage, generate scripts, and provide AI voiceovers. Aimed at businesses, it’s useful for turning support articles into videos, training, announcements, and meeting recaps. Available for Workspace users, it supports various languages, but key features like the teleprompter are currently only in English

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