AI Leadership Weekly

Top Stories

New Standard for Data Sharing
Anthropic has proposed a new data-sharing standard called the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The purpose of MCP is to give applications a way to structure their data specifically for AI assistants and bots, including models from Anthropic's competition. The hope is that this will reduce the need for every data source to have a custom way to expose their data, and can start coming as a standard part of tools and apps.

Nvidia Debuts Music & Sound Generator
Nvidia's Fugatto (Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1) is to music and sounds what Dall-E is to images. Using simple text prompts, Fugatto lets users create and manipulate all manner of sounds, including voices and sound effects. One use-case is its ability to quickly reimagine a song or sample into different styles, letting artists and producers quickly explore and iterate on their creations.

AI In Archaeology
Drones have been used to document over 300 new Nazca Lines, which are ancient designs carved into the Peruvian sands which, from high up, form intricate patterns. It is exciting to see AI be used in different areas of academic research.

In Brief

• Bluesky usage skyrockets, and Threads adds AI features

• Experimental model predicts human behaviour to within 85% accuracy

• Judge allows DMCA complaint against OpenAI

Market Trends

LinkedIn Study Examines AI In the Workplace
While there are growing fears of AI replacing us at our jobs, a recent report from LinkedIn shows that 47% of professionals surveyed thought that AI will actually benefit their careers. Further, 74% of executives surveyed believed that generative AI will benefit their employees.

OpenAI Funds “AI Morality” Research
The three-year, $1 million grant will allow two researchers from Duke University to investigate algorithms and processes for AIs to predict human moral judgements, especially in the fields of medicine, law, and business. This is on the back of multiple exits from executives and researchers from within their own company.

Amazon Invests Further into Anthropic
Amazon has invested another $4 billion into AI company Anthropic, bringing their total investment to $8 billion. Anthropic is a key competitor to OpenAI (and was founded by ex-OpenAI executives), and AWS will become their "primary cloud and training partner".

Tools and Resources

Thought.ly
This service lets you build out an AI customer service fleet, and has abilities such as scheduling appointments.

AI For Sales
This guide from Snov.io takes you through the process of using AI in your sales pipeline.

Pine
Pine is the AI assistant that helps cancel services, lower bills, and generally deal with customer support.

Recommended Reading

Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Tony Fadell shares the lessons he learned from his time in Silicon Valley and at Apple, where he helped create the iPod and iPhone, offering practical advice on leadership, design, and making great products. You’re mentor in a book!

Learning to Work with Intelligent Machines
Matt Beane writes how AI and robots are changing how people learn on the job, making it harder to gain hands-on experience, a challenge for us leaders is the need to find new ways to balance technology with real-world training and mentorship.

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