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🚀 Today's AI deep dive:

• ChatGPT vs Journalists: German Media Group CEO Predicts AI Takeover

• The future arrived lab-grown human brains

• AI powered e-mail summaries

🚀ChatGPT vs Journalists: German Media Group CEO Predicts AI Takeover

The CEO of German media group Axel Springer has warned that journalists are at risk of being replaced by artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT. The company is seeking to boost revenue and transition to a “purely digital media company”, with job cuts expected due to automation and AI making many jobs redundant. The CEO said AI tools like ChatGPT would soon be better at the “aggregation of information” than human journalists, but stressed that investigative journalism and original commentary would remain essential. Other news publishers, including BuzzFeed and the publishers of the UK’s Daily Mirror and Daily Express, are also exploring the use of AI. However, the accuracy of AI responses and the use of AI in journalism has been controversial.

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🚀 The future arrived lab-grown human brains

In a lab at Johns Hopkins University, scientists are exploring the possibility of a sci-fi dream: a computer powered by tiny human brains. Yes, you heard that right, we're talking about biocomputers made of little clumps of skin cells that can sprout into specks of brain matter the size of a pinprick. It's like a Frankenstein's monster, but instead of being made of dead body parts, it's made of live brain bits.

But don't worry, these brain bits are lab-grown, so no need to fear a zombie apocalypse just yet. In fact, these brain organoids have the potential to do some pretty amazing things. They can learn new information, remember old information, and even make decisions all on their own. Which, by the way, is something that even the smartest AI models struggle with. Take that, ChatGPT!

Now, before you get too excited about the prospect of a biocomputer powered by human brains, there are a few things you should know. For starters, each brain organoid is made of about 50,000 cells, so it'll take a whole lot of them to create a biocomputer that's as smart as a house mouse (which, let's be real, isn't saying much). Plus, there are some ethical implications to consider. Would a computer made of human cells develop consciousness? Would it be morally right to use it for our own purposes?

Despite the challenges, the researchers at Johns Hopkins are optimistic about the potential of organoid intelligence. And they're not alone. Scientists from Australia's Cortical Labs have already grown brain cells in a dish that successfully learned to play the 1970s arcade game, Pong. So who knows? Maybe we'll soon be living in a world where our computers have brains and our brains have computers. It's enough to make your head spin, isn't it?

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🚀 AI powered e-mail summaries

Shortwave, an email app created by former Google executives, has introduced an AI-powered summary feature that uses OpenAI’s GPT-3 to provide users with a quick summary of long emails or threads. The summary feature is available on all platforms in beta for free and is said to work well when translating emails from other languages. The company plans to introduce more AI-powered functions in the future, including smart composing and a semantic search function. Shortwave is free for basic usage, but it also offers a subscription for $9 per month for power users and custom plans for teams. The app also offers better categorization than Gmail, email grouping based on time, mentioning teammates, pinned emails, and support for emoji and GIF responses.

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