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+title: "Last Week in AI #266"
+excerpt: "AI Index Report's future predictions, Texas replaces human exam graders with AI, Robotics on the verge of a ChatGPT moment, and more! 🤖📚🚀"
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+redirect: https://lastweekin.ai/p/266
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+
+### Top News
+
+#### [AI Index Report](https://hai.stanford.edu/research/ai-index-report)
+![](https://hai.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/2021-10/hai_1.png)
+
+The AI Index Report highlights the rapid advancements in AI technology over the past decade, with systems like GPT-4, Gemini, and Claude 3 now able to exceed human performance on standard benchmarks. However, the report also acknowledges the limitations of current AI technology, such as its inability to reliably deal with facts or perform complex reasoning. The report discusses two potential futures for AI: one where technology continues to improve and is increasingly used, and another where the adoption of AI is constrained by its limitations. The AI Index aims to provide objective snapshots of the AI landscape, tracking technical progress, community and investment trends, public opinion, and policy measures. Despite a decrease in global private investment in AI, investment in generative AI has skyrocketed, and AI's impact on worker productivity and legislative proceedings is increasingly recognized.
+
+#### [Texas is replacing thousands of human exam graders with AI](https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126206/texas-staar-exam-graders-ai-automated-scoring-engine)
+![](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UGvk4qajE_FgNUhysIGb1SkCVLs=/0x0:2040x1360/1200x628/filters:focal(1020x680:1021x681)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25263501/STK_414_AI_A.jpg)
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+The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is implementing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered scoring system to grade the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams. The system, which uses natural language processing, is expected to save $15-20 million annually by reducing the need for human graders. The AI system was trained using 3,000 exam responses that had already been graded by humans, and safety measures have been put in place, such as having a quarter of all AI-graded results rescored by humans. However, some educators have expressed concerns about the system after a significant increase in zero scores was observed during a limited trial in December 2023.
+
+#### [Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?](https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/11/1090718/household-robots-ai-data-robotics/)
+![](https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/henry_evans_J2098-15406-thumb.jpg?resize=1200,600)
+
+The article discusses the potential of robotics in everyday life, focusing on the example of Stretch, a 50-pound robot that can be controlled via a laptop. Stretch, which has a mobile base, a camera, and an adjustable arm with a gripper, was used by a man named Henry Evans for tasks such as brushing his hair and playing with his granddaughter. The robot comes with pre-installed software and AI-enabled navigation, but its main advantage is that users can plug in their own AI models for experimentation. The article suggests that the field of robotics is at a turning point, with robots becoming more competent and useful due to affordable hardware, shared data, and advances in generative AI. However, it also highlights the challenges robots face, such as lack of precise control and coordination, limited understanding of the world due to reliance on cameras and sensors, and a lack of practical physics understanding.
+
+
+
+
+### Other News
+#### Tools
+![](https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1385368060.jpg?resize=1200,1097)
+
+[Google announces the Cloud TPU v5p, its most powerful AI accelerator yet](https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/06/google-announces-the-cloud-tpu-v5p-its-most-powerful-ai-accelerator-yet/) - Google announces the launch of its new Gemini large language model (LLM) and Cloud TPU v5p, an updated version of its Cloud TPU v5e, promising significantly faster performance and cost-effectiveness for training large language models.
+
+[Google’s Gemini Pro 1.5 enters public preview on Vertex AI](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/googles-gemini-pro-1-5-enters-public-preview-on-vertex-ai/) - Google’s Gemini Pro 1.5, the most capable generative AI model, is now available in public preview on Vertex AI, offering a large context window for tasks such as analyzing code libraries, reasoning across lengthy documents, and holding long conversations with a chatbot.
+
+[Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro can now hear](https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/9/24124741/google-gemini-pro-imagen-updates-vertex) - Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro update allows the model to listen to audio files and extract information without relying on written transcripts, surpassing the performance of its predecessor and introducing new features like inpainting and outpainting for image generation.
+
+[Mistral AI Stuns With Surprise Launch of New Mixtral 8x22B Model](https://analyticsindiamag.com/mistral-ai-stuns-with-surprise-launch-of-new-mixtral-8x22b-model/) - Mistral AI surprises with the launch of its new Mixtral 8x22B model, boasting 176 billion parameters and a context length of 65,000 tokens, expected to outperform its predecessors and revolutionize various industries.
+
+[Google announces Axion, its first custom Arm-based data center processor](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/google-announces-axion-its-first-custom-arm-based-data-center-processor/) - Google Cloud announces its first custom-built Arm processor, Axion, which offers better performance and energy efficiency than competitors' instances, with technical documentation and availability details to come later this year.
+
+[Introducing Shop the look: eBay curating personalized outfits with AI](https://innovation.ebayinc.com/tech/features/introducing-shop-the-look-ebay-curating-personalized-outfits-with-ai/) - eBay introduces 'Shop the look', a generative AI-powered feature that curates personalized outfits based on customers' shopping history, offering an immersive and tailored fashion experience while also fostering a circular fashion economy.
+
+[AI editing tools are coming to all Google Photos users](https://blog.google/products/photos/google-photos-editing-features-availability/) - Google Photos is making AI-powered editing tools available to all users, allowing them to enhance their pictures without pro-level editing skills.
+
+[Meta Employs New On-Device AI to Blur Nude Photos](https://www.lifewire.com/meta-ondevice-ai-blur-nude-photos-8630073) - Meta introduces new on-device AI to automatically blur and detect nude photos on Instagram, with additional features to protect against sextortion and provide safety reminders for users.
+
+#### Business
+![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/08/multimedia/AI-DATA-mvzg/AI-DATA-mvzg-facebookJumbo.jpg)
+
+[How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/06/technology/tech-giants-harvest-data-artificial-intelligence.html) - Tech giants are using innovative methods, such as creating a speech recognition tool to transcribe YouTube videos, to harvest more data for training their AI systems, despite potential conflicts with platform rules.
+
+[Intel unveils latest AI chip as Nvidia competition heats up](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/09/intel-unveils-gaudi-3-ai-chip-as-nvidia-competition-heats-up-.html) - Intel unveils its latest AI chip, Gaudi 3, to compete with Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market, offering improved power efficiency and speed for training and deploying big AI models.
+
+[Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip as it races to catch up](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/meta-unveils-its-newest-custom-ai-chip/) - Meta unveils its newest custom AI chip, the "next-gen" Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA), which is designed to complement GPUs and deliver better performance, as the company races to catch up with its rivals in the generative AI space.
+
+[Nvidia and Georgia Tech announce first AI supercomputer for students](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/10/nvidia-and-georgia-tech-announce-first-ai-supercomputer-for-students.html) - Nvidia and Georgia Tech have collaborated to introduce the first AI supercomputer for student use, aiming to democratize access to supercomputing resources and train the next-generation workforce on AI.
+
+[Microsoft AI gets a new London hub fronted by former Inflection and Deepmind scientist Jordan Hoffmann](https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/microsoft-ai-gets-a-new-london-hub-headed-up-by-former-inflection-and-deepmind-scientist-jordan-hoffmann/) - Microsoft announces new London hub for consumer AI division, led by former Inflection and DeepMind scientist Jordan Hoffmann, as part of a larger investment in the U.K.'s AI economy.
+
+[Waymo will launch paid robotaxi service in Los Angeles on Wednesday](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/waymo-will-launch-paid-robotaxi-service-los-angeles-wednesday-rcna147101) - Waymo is launching a paid robotaxi service in Los Angeles, despite pushback from unions and local officials, as the company seeks to expand its autonomous taxi operations.
+
+[Kaiser Permanente uses AI to redirect 'simple' patient messages from physician inboxes](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/ai-and-machine-learning/kaiser-permanente-uses-ai-redirect-simple-patient-messages-physician) - AI categorization of patient messages at Kaiser Permanente helps reduce physician workload by diverting simple inquiries to a regional team, allowing doctors to focus on more complex patient care.
+
+[AI-Music Arms Race: Meet Udio, the Other ChatGPT for Music](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/udio-ai-music-chatgpt-suno-1235001675/) - AI models capable of generating high-fidelity songs from text prompts are in an arms race, with Udio being a new competitor that produces music comparable to Suno, but with potentially crisper sound, and aims to provide a tool for musicians to create and profit from their music.
+
+[Collaborative Robotics raises $100 mln amid robots funding boom](https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/collaborative-robotics-raises-100-mln-amid-robots-funding-boom/109201054) - U.S. startup Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) raises $100 million in a Series B funding round, led by General Catalyst, to develop general-purpose robots with AI capabilities for various industries.
+
+[Adobe Is Buying Videos for $3 Per Minute to Build AI Model](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/adobe-is-buying-video-clips-for-3-per-minute-to-build-ai-model) - Adobe is purchasing videos at $3 per minute to build an AI text-to-video generator, aiming to catch up to competitors like OpenAI.
+
+[Now Hiring: Sophisticated (but Part-Time) Chatbot Tutors](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/technology/ai-chatbot-training-chatgpt.html) - Training artificial intelligence models for a website called Data Annotation Tech has become a lucrative side hustle for individuals like Chelsea Becker, who can earn over $10,000 in a few months by interacting with A.I.-powered chatbots.
+
+[Archetype AI Introduces Foundation Model to Pioneer Physical AI](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240405306572/en/Archetype-AI-Introduces-Foundation-Model-to-Pioneer-Physical-AI) - Archetype AI introduces Newton, a foundation model that understands the physical world by fusing multimodal temporal data and natural language, aiming to solve real-world problems and empower organizations with a new level of understanding.
+
+[Axios Sees A.I. Coming, and Shifts Its Strategy](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/business/media/axios-ai-strategy.html) - Axios CEO believes AI will transform media and emphasizes the need for trusted content and human connection to survive.
+
+#### Research
+![](https://www.nih.gov/sites/default/files/news-events/news-releases/2024/20240410-rpe-tem.jpg)
+
+[AI makes retinal imaging 100 times faster, compared to manual method](https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/ai-makes-retinal-imaging-100-times-faster-compared-manual-method) - AI significantly improves retinal imaging, making it 100 times faster and enhancing image contrast, which could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of retinal diseases.
+
+[Mixture-of-Depths: Dynamically allocating compute in transformer-based language models](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.02258v1) - Transformers in language models can learn to dynamically allocate FLOPs to specific positions in a sequence, optimizing the allocation along the sequence for different layers across the model depth, resulting in efficient compute expenditure.
+
+[RULER: What's the Real Context Size of Your Long-Context Language Models?](https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06654) - Long-context language models are evaluated using the RULER benchmark, which expands upon the NIAH test to assess performance across diverse types and quantities of needles, revealing significant performance drops as context length increases.
+
+#### Concerns
+![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/11/business/00school-deepfakes-Mani/00school-deepfakes-Mani-facebookJumbo.jpg)
+
+[Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/08/technology/deepfake-ai-nudes-westfield-high-school.html) - Teen girls at Westfield High School discovered that boys in their class used AI to create and circulate fake sexually explicit images of them, prompting concerns about the school's response and policies regarding exploitative AI use.
+
+[A.I. Made These Movies Sharper. Critics Say It Ruined Them.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/movies/ai-blu-ray-true-lies.html) - AI has been used to remove imperfections from classic films, leading to debate over whether the enhanced versions are an improvement or a distortion of the original.
+
+[Early Reviews of Humane AI Pin Aren’t Impressed](https://gizmodo.com/review-roundup-humane-pin-1851403020) - Early reviews of the long-hyped Humane AI Pin are unimpressed, citing its slow response, lack of features, and occasional misinformation, leading to concerns about its high price and incomplete state.
+
+#### Policy
+![](https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ifd2.iKubT7g/v1/1200x800.jpg)
+
+[Trudeau Unveils $1.8 Billion Plan to Boost AI Sector in Canada](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-07/trudeau-unveils-1-8-billion-plan-to-boost-ai-sector-in-canada) - Canada unveils a $1.8 billion plan to boost its artificial intelligence sector, including funding for computing capabilities and a new AI safety institute.
+
+#### Analysis
+![](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KtMpsQJKYGbaGsYBFXN8te-1200-80.png)
+
+[I tried two demos of machine learning AI NPCs, and they didn't convince me AI will lead to anything that immersive sims like Deus Ex haven't already done better](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/i-tried-two-demos-of-machine-learning-ai-npcs-and-they-didnt-convince-me-the-ai-will-lead-to-anything-that-immersive-sims-like-deus-ex-havent-already-done-better/) - AI-powered NPCs in video games, while impressive, may not offer the same level of immersive and meaningful interactions as the meticulously crafted world of immersive sims like Deus Ex.
+
+#### Expert Opinions
+![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/10/opinion/10wallace-wells-newsletter-image/10wallace-wells-newsletter-image-facebookJumbo.jpg)
+
+[What War by A.I. Actually Looks Like](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/opinion/war-ai-israel-gaza-ukraine.html) - The use of artificial intelligence in military operations, including autonomous weapons systems, is already a reality and poses significant ethical and strategic challenges.
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