AI News This Week Ep 1

In this episode, Andrew Davis and Chris Branch covered several key developments in the world of AI and generative AI:

1. **Mid Journey**: Mid Journey released a new upscaler, which was highly requested by the community. This feature allows users to scale images to larger sizes, but it takes longer due to increased pixel richness.

2. **OpenAI's ChatGPT**: OpenAI introduced the ability to upload PDFs to ChatGPT, enabling it to summarize and manipulate PDF content. This move could impact companies specializing in PDF-related services.

3. **Runway**: Runway hosted a 48-hour film competition in partnership with Coca Cola, showcasing generative video capabilities, including image-to-video and video-to-video transformations.

4. **YouTube**: YouTube made headlines for its stance on cloning voices, potentially allowing content creators to mimic artists' voices. However, regulations are expected to surround this practice.

5. **Word of the Year**: The Collins dictionary named "AI" as the word of the year, reflecting the growing trend and importance of artificial intelligence.

6. **Chatbot Apps**: Several chatbot apps, such as Chat and Ask AI and Chat On AI Chatbot Assistant, generated significant revenue in September, indicating the lucrative nature of the chatbot industry.

7. **Biden's Executive Order**: President Biden issued an executive order addressing generative AI and content authenticity. The order emphasizes the importance of watermarking AI-generated content to indicate its origin.

8. **AI for Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes**: Canadian medical researchers developed an AI system capable of diagnosing type 2 diabetes in just 10 seconds based on a person's voice.