DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF              

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

AMAZON'S ANSWER TO CHATGPT - AMAZON Q

                                                                Source:  Stock & Amazon

• Tech giant Amazon is launching Amazon Q, a generative AI powered chatbot for business.  Here's what we know:
• Amazon Q is specifically designed for business
• Amazon says it's of great value to employees for design, legal, product management, manufacturing and operations
• Significant functionalities like:

1. Problem solving
2. Providing insights and perspectives
3. Generating content
4. Having conversations
5. Connecting employee with company information, code data and enterprise systems
6. Keeping data private and secure

• Amazon Q is trained on 17 years of AWS data
• Q is part of Amazon's strategy to integrate generative AI across its product lines including for consumers
• Amazon Q is a competitive response to OpenAI's ChatGPT.

YOUR BOSS: "HERE'S YOUR PINK SLIP - YOU'VE BEEN REPLACED BY A ROBOT"

                                                                Source:  Stock

• Wonder about the jobs most and least likely to be taken by robots?  Here's what we know:
• New study by the Department of Education in the UK elaborates on jobs that are safe and unsafe by robot takeover
• In general jobs most at risk of robot takeover are those requiring a higher level of education
• Jobs least likely to be taken over are those involving technically difficult manual labor
• Jobs in the finance and insurance industries are found to be the most at risk of AI takeover

• Top jobs most likely to be replaced by AI:

1. Management consulting
2. Financial managers
3. Certified accountants
4. Psychologists
5. Actuaries, economists and statisticians
6. Legal professionals

• Top jobs likely to be replaced by chatbots:

1. Telephone sales
2. Lawyers
3. Psychologists
4. Teaching professionals
5. PR professionals

• Jobs least likely to be replaced by AI:

1. Sports players
2. Roofers
3. Plasterers
4. Steel erectors
5. Vehicle valets & cleaners
6. Hospital porters
7. Floorers

• This is a new look at the emerging job market with AI and robots as part of the mix.

RUSH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S MAKING US DOGS SICK

                                            Source:  Stock

• Hundreds of dogs in multiple states in the US have been hit by a severe and mysterious respiratory illness.  Veterinarians are racing to determine the cause.  Here's what we know:
• It's a severe respiratory illness that can lead to pneumonia and in some cases death
• Veterinarians have not established the cause
• Cases reported in 21 states
• 200 cases in Oregon alone
• Much more severe and lasts longer than kennel cough 
• Resistant to and can't be treated by common antibiotics
• Veterinary experts are racing to pinpoint the cause and establish an effective line of treatment
• Some experts are beginning to think it's an unknown bacteria
• Concerned dog owners have just formed a Facebook group of more than 40,000 to provide documented cases and patterns to help veterinarians solve this mysterious, new dog illness.

 "Daily Innovation Brief"© By Edward Kane