Daily Innovation Brief by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 THE TESLA TEASE


                                                                    Source:  Tesla

  • Tesla CEO Elon Musk is teasing that big news will be announced on Tesla Investors Day on March 1st, including the possibility of a new Tesla concept car
  • The surprise car could be one of the concept vehicles that Musk has been teasing about:  a fully autonomous robotaxi, a new van or a $30,000 small passenger car for dense urban areas
  • Analysts expect Musk to reveal the mass production version of the long-awaited Cybertruck
  • Cybertruck is Tesla's 1st electric pickup, that's expected to be a cash cow and go into production this year
  • CEO Musk will present his Master Plan 3 to transform transportation and save the planet through a fully sustainable energy future
  • Musk says his presentation will offer "great hope and positivity for the future".

ROBOTS TO DO 40% OF HOUSEHOLD TASKS

                                        Source:  Sony

  • Experts predict that robots will be doing 40% of our household chores by 2033: a huge time-saver for humans
  • The forecast comes from researchers at the UK's University of Oxford and Japan's Ochanomizu University 
  • The scientists used AI (artificial intelligence) and worked with 61global AI experts to predict the amount of automation the average household will have for chores like ironing and food shopping in ten years
  • They found the biggest use of robotics will be in grocery shopping, with 59% of it being done by robots & algorithms
  • The least amount of automation will be in childcare and elder care
  • Currently the most frequently used robot in homes is robot vacuum cleaners
  • The new research has just been published in PLOS ONE.

META JOINS THE AI RACE

                                                            Source:  Reuters

  • Facebook parent company Meta just announced it has joined the very hot, artificial intelligence "arms" race
  • The new Meta technology is called LLaMA or Large Language Model Meta AI
  • This is generative AI which is the basis of OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Bard
  • Generative AI is capable of generating all sorts of content within seconds, even to the level of creating a law school exam essay
  • Meta says its LLaMA is unique
  • Unlike Bard and ChatGPT, it is transparent in its inner workings to any researcher
  • Meta says it is also much cheaper to operate
  • Meta says LLaMA outperforms ChatGPT-like technology but is ten-times smaller
  • Smaller AI models like this could lead to eventually running large language assistants on personal smartphones and PCs
  • Meta calls the new system a fundamental model from which it will create more refined AI models in the future.


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