DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

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 DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF              

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


META-MARK ZUCKERBERG'S CELEBRITY AI CHATBOTS





                                                                        Source:  Meta

  • Mark Zuckerberg's Meta has forged partnerships with more than a dozen celebrities, including Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg, and turned them into AI chatbots.  Here's what we know:
  1. Mark Zuckerberg wanted to create AIs with distinct personalities, interests and opinions, not just AI chatbots that answer questions
  2. He's created consumer-targeted AI chatbots with celebrity avatars on Meta's social apps
  3. The Meta CEO says it's about entertainment and connecting with leading players in the world around us
  4. Examples:  Snoop Dogg playing a dungeon master giving gaming advice and legendary quarterback Tom Brady having fun answering questions about sports
  5. The celebrity chatbots are being delivered by Meta AI and are available on Instagram, Messenger, WhatsAPP, the new Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses and the Quest 3 headset
  6. The celebrities are chatting by text right now but their avatars will be getting voices in 2024
  7. Meta AI can also provide real-time information and generate photo-realistic images based on your prompts
  8. Tom Brady's Bru chatbot and Chris Paul's Perry chatbot are providing real-time information; many of the others are not but undoubtedly will be soon
  9. Zuckerberg also intends to add to the celebrity lineup
  10. Meta has billions of global users every day and experts think that the scale of Meta's platform, that includes Facebook, could make these celebrity chatbots huge.


SWEDISH TRUCK MAKER TESTING SOLAR SEMI'S




                                        Source:  Scania

  • Sweden-based commercial vehicle maker Scania, which is dedicated to ending production of all diesel engines by 2040, is testing a plug-in hybrid semi-truck covered in solar panels.  Here's what we know:
  1. It has 100 sq. meters of solar panels
  2. The solar panels help to generate power for 560 hp for the big rig
  3. Goal of this new technology is to shift to a sustainable transport system
  4. Solar panels could significantly reduce carbon emissions in the transport sector
  5. Excess energy could be sold to the grid
  6. Scania says that energy has never before been generated to the trucks' powertrains like this with solar panels
  7. Studies are not yet completed but new research is focusing on potential carbon emissions declines and how solar powered trucks will interact with the power grid
  8. Scania is positioning to be at the vanguard of the next generation of trucks that use sustainable energy and curb the overheating of our planet. 





 "Daily Innovation Brief"© By Edward Kane


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