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💡 One IBot for every household? ⏳ Bridging the time to production-grade commodity physical AI systems THE DECODER reports in their newsletter (https://lnkd.in/dt5DDMKW) that OpenAI makes more definite moves towards designing the physical medium to transport truly multimodal AI agents to broader customer segments. As I follow the discussions in the local and English speaking communities, I sense a strong focus on (partially) humanoid robots geared towards repetitive, strenuous, complex or dangerous tasks or autonomous vehicles mostly related to some transportation issues (material, goods, people) on streets, on the sea or even in the air. Further, as Dr. Karsten Brensing succinctly outlines in his book from a behavioral biologist’s perspective, inspiration is drawn from ecosystems of other animals than humans that outperform humans in certain tasks while keeping the rather unique capabilities of cooperating. However, as the mass market is in question and the market itself will be somewhat undefined initially as we still don’t have reached the end of software defined capabilities, it will be interesting to see which hardware type comes closest to Altman’s vision of an AI assistant. I guess there won’t be a single and a fixed mindset answer in the initial stages. Personally, after reflecting on my day-to-day activities where I could benefit from an AI assistant in the style of a Jarvis-like “IBot”, I would find a consumer grade drone like the ones from the present market leader DJI quite adequate. It is mobile, it has a cam and a mic doesn’t seem too challenging, connectivity to network devices seems doable and with a reverse SORA the navigation as well as user-adaptivity properties could be augmented compared to the speech only mode that OpenAI is currently evaluating. The main advantage compared to the usual stationary smart home assistants like Amazon’s Alexa lies in a (limited) mobility in three dimensions. This helps if you try to repair something for example. Of course, all this is purely speculative but why not think about what could be on a Sunday afternoon? However, the advancements in the fields have been remarkable and I am definitely eager to see what comes next.

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For those who missed our webinar "LLMO: How to gain visibilty in results of generative AI like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot." The recording is online now. Only in german but you can use Youtube Translation... https://lnkd.in/dGTj9rqy

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SenseTime SenseNova 5.5 Challenges OpenAI at WAIC 2024 - SenseTime’s New Language Model: SenseNova 5.5 emerges as a direct competitor to OpenAI's GPT-4o at the WAIC 2024. - Performance Boost: With a 30% improvement over its predecessor, SenseNova 5.5 sets new standards in AI development. - Multimodal Capabilities: The model integrates synthetic data, significantly enhancing inference and reasoning abilities. #artificalintelligence #ai https://lnkd.in/ezb588zw

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Interested in the most relevant headlines about Google's #AIOverviews over the past three months? Moccu - Digitalagentur has you covered – and here's a translation of their post for you 👇 ✨ #Google's AI Overviews ("AIO") – the most interesting and/or entertaining news since May 15th ✨ 📰 Headline: "Google AI Overviews live in the US!" 🕰️ Date: May 15 🔎 What happened: Shortly after Google's I/O keynote, AIO was rolled out to all US users logged in to Chrome. A signal to SEOs worldwide: AIO might as well come to other countries (soon?) 📰 "Google Users want to turn off AI Overviews" 🕰️ May 16 onwards 🔎 Not all are on board immediately. In the Google Search Community forum, users ask: How to disable AIO? In Google Trends, new searches such as »disable google ai overview« appear. 📰 »Here's how to block AIO in Search« 🕰️ May 17 🔎 The US SEO scene reaches new heights with its criticism of AIO: On LinkedIn, tips for avoiding AIO are trending, while some people even build browser plugins like "Hide AI Overviews". Even switching to Bing is suggested 🙂 📰 "AI Overviews Search Errors go viral" 🕰️ May 22 🔎 Due to questionable answers, AIO is trending on social media & in the press. Major media outlets report that AIO recommends eating stones or treating pizza with "non-toxic glue". 📰 »AI Overviews: About last week« 🕰️ May 30 🔎 Google responds: on the official Google blog, Liz Reid, Head of Search, responds very specifically to the backlash. She assures us: "We are listening, taking fair criticism seriously and continuously improving AIO." 📰 »Google: You can't disable AIO« 🕰️ June 18 🔎 Google publishes new FAQs and shares something interesting: AIO is a SERP feature (like "More questions") and therefore cannot be disabled. That's what they consider "most helpful" for users. 📰 »AIO: Google testing Link Cards at the top« 🕰️ June 30 🔎 Google is testing the display of source links at the top. That's ONE thing the SEO community embraces – more potential clicks & visibility for publishers! 📰 "Spotted: AIO tests X, Y, Z" 🕰️ July 22 onwards 🔎 More tests! A "save" feature for AIO answers. Favicon buttons to expand a source list. AI summaries of video results. Interesting features, but will they last? 📰 »Bing introduces GSE« 🕰️ July 24 🫴 Side note: Bing announces their own "SGE" ("Search Generative Experience"), but THEY call it "GSE" ("Generative Search Experience"). Otherwise, it seems to be a direct clone – consumer confusion inevitable?! 😄 📰 "Ads in AIO: Coming soon!" 🕰️ July 24 🔎 Philipp Schindler, Google Senior Vice President, reemphasises there will be new ad types for AIO – coming "soon". What we expect is a sponsored section with e.g. shopping ads. 📰 »New Study: Less AIO results!« 🕰️ June & July 🔎 US SEOs continue to share AIO studies. What is striking is that the AIO presence in the SERPs has fallen steadily, from +50% to 15% to 7% most recently. So that's it. You're all caught up just in time for the weekend 🤗

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Apple didn’t do it, xiaomi did it. Copying the Germans car makers and adding modern user experience on top, all for an incredible price. So far so good, German car manufacturers, what’s your next move ? ♟️ #xiaomi #automotiveindustry #automotivenews #automotivetechnology

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🧠 As L3S Research Center, it's crucial for us not only to offer the next gen of #AI researchers + practitioners a first-class university #education, but also to provide them with optimal support on their #development path. That's why we're are involved in European networks such as the outstanding AI Grid (with mentors like Marius Lindauer, Prasenjit Mitra, Daniel Kudenko... as well as mentees like Theresa Eimer, Dren Fazlija, Hassan Hussein (M.Sc.), Hailay Teklehaimanot, Olatunji Iyiola Emmanuel (李白) and many more). 🕸 The AI Grid aims to promote professional and personal exchange and synergies between young talents and renowned AI researchers. 👇 Find out more in my recent interview with Franziska Peters.

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Yesterday listened to Jon Hoekstra and SocialSocial at betabreakfast at betahaus I Berlin. It was a nice atmosphere as always at betahaus (Thanks for inviation, Madeleine ). Jon made a presentation about Social Social ( ➜ https://lnkd.in/e-g2aSeM ), which aims to understand what's working in political discussions on social media (and what's not), doing some projects and offering workshops and guidelines. I took some notes that I want to publish here: - one question in your "neutral" approach is how does one handle untruth? Also, sometimes a scientific consensus is making one for the consensus, one against it not neutral: consensus of 68.000 scientiests whose work got incorporated into 6th AR of IPCC and one idiot on the other side don't make this neutral. - Many people from East Germany are a bit against the system for they feel and are made to feel like citizens of a 2nd class (s. for instance, Die Mehrheit der Anderen by Naika Foroutan and Jana Hensel ➜ https://lnkd.in/emakZ-Cc ). So they vote against the obvious parties to make their statement against a system they object to a little, but sort of end up destroying democracy with that (which they like, see higher participation in East German countries of voting throughout history of reunification). We need to stop making them feel as citizen 2nd class in order for them to maybe differ between system and democracy? - Participative Democracy, as you mention, will not work if we just understand it as making a cross on a page of paper every four years. Also, this way it loses its touch with the voters. We need much more inclusion of local point of views, by, for instance, having more focus on local matters, decentralizing much more, I think. And we need grass-roots participation by almost everyone in local organisations. I feel that would also solve our current societal-wide rage discussion problem. Jon also mentioned political communication should be more emotional. I agree somehow, but what about the facts? Is a hurricane a sign of men-made climate chaos to come (fact-based), or is it a sign of weather manipulation by US Democrats who target Republican strongholds (what a nice story that doesn't bother with facts but speaks to Republican Trump voters completely).

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No More Excuses: A Unified Software Ecosystem for Germany’s Automotive Industry 🚀 The challenges facing Germany’s automotive industry are undeniable. Recent developments at Ford Deutschland, Volkswagen, and now Bosch highlight the urgency of transformation. However, these are not the end of the story—they are wake-up calls, as I outline in my Op-Ed for German Magazine Focus. https://lnkd.in/dccAgZSn 🚀 The path forward lies in collaboration. 🚀 If the industry continues to act as isolated players, Germany risks falling further behind global competitors who are excelling in software, AI, and digital innovation. We need a unified approach, and the key is a shared software stack—a common foundation for innovation that bridges manufacturers, suppliers, and tech partners. Initiatives like our ZEKI | Zentrum für erlebbare KI und Digitalisierung (ZEKI) show us what is possible when collaboration meets ambition. ZEKI not only conducts cutting-edge research but also develops practical solutions: a versatile AI software stack and a 20-kilometer real-world test environment in the heart of the capital. These efforts must expand beyond isolated projects to form the backbone of a national ecosystem for automotive software. Germany has the talent, the infrastructure, and the tradition of excellence to lead this transformation. But success will depend on everyone - industry, startups, research institutions, and policymakers - working together. A Question for you: 🚀 How can we scale projects like ZEKI to create a truly national software ecosystem for the automotive sector? 🚀 The time for excuses has passed. Let’s work together to turn challenges into opportunities and ensure Germany remains a driving force in the global automotive industry. I’d love to hear your ideas - how do we make collaboration the engine of our success? Let’s discuss! Technische Universität Berlin BeIntelli SemperTech GT-ARC Volker Wissing Wolfgang Schmidt IAV Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) e.V.

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#EU #AI #Act explained Ein praktischer #Leitfaden, der die #KI #Verordnung im 360 Grad Modus beleuchtet. Powered by #experts from Women in AI Austria 🇦🇹 und dem Hanser Verlag. Danke 🙏 an Natascha Windholz für perfekte Koordination und Projektmanagement. Happy to contribute! #ISO24748 #certified #AIcompetence #valuebased #AI #Design

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#AI#Innovation 🚀 Our O2O roadshow just wrapped up, and the energy is electric! ⚡ We hit #Munich, #Berlin, #Cologne, and #Hamburg, connecting with 130+ valued customers and diving deep into why #O2O is the future of retail. 📈 Did you know ->O2O customers buy 2.9x more often and have 2.3x higher average value compared to single channel buyers? It's about building #loyalty, driving #profitability, and creating seamless #experiences. 🤝 We were thrilled to present the premiere of the Google Omnichannel DeepDive Study (GOFS 2024) with Judith Büchl and the IFH led by @Dr. Kai Hudetz. We explored how to drive immersive brand experiences and store visits with Google Maps, and shared first insights from our Retail Media Study. 💡 Enormous value add thanks to our product crew @cathi tindal Nicole Beach Thomas Haselbeck A huge thank you to our incredible O2O expert Judith Büchl who made this series happen and Carolin Huebner, and to all our external partners and my co-speakers for sharing their knowledge. Together, we're shaping the future of retail. 🙌 Key takeaways: 1. O2O drives profitability and customer loyalty. 2. Google Maps is a powerful tool for immersive brand experiences. 3. Retail Media is a growing opportunity for retailers. Next steps: Explore the Google Omnichannel DeepDive Study (GOFS 2024) for more insights. Consider how you can leverage Google Maps and Retail Media to drive growth. Stay tuned for future O2O events and resources. #O2O #AI #RetailInnovation #CustomerExperience #GoogleInnovation

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The EU AI Act enters into force across all 27 EU Member States a week from today, on 1 August 2024, and the enforcement of the majority of its provisions will commence on 2 August 2024. The activation of the Act's most stringent articles related to 'Prohibited' uses comes into force in February 2025. Katrin-Cécile Ziegler raises an important AI perspective: 80% of industrial data is unused. (EU Commission estimate 2022). She highlights that the AI Act by no means prohibits chatbots or multimodal models but it complicates top application cases in the industry. So, why, as she questions, does the lion's share of industrial data go unused? Are, as she queries, AI and data economy really contradictory? The key challenge, as it will be in the use of AI in Coaching, Business or Organisational Psychology, or Therapy, will be 'Legal Clarity'. Until then there is reticence in using AI because of exposure to ethical and compliance related risks. Since June 2023 I've been raising that particular flag in communities of practice within coaching, mentoring and psychology and now ask those in the aforementioned fields, don't wait for the EU AI Act regulations enforcement dates to pass. Stop chewing your pencil, twirling your pen or tapping your keyboard. Follow the Collaboration Cycle steps and Initiate Connection, Conversation, Cooperation, Commitment, Collaboration, Creation and Communication. Use the momentum of Collaboration cycles and their outcomes to Engage, Embed, Embody and Evolve Ethical and Inclusive Compliance based AI principles for your clients and stakeholders, for yourself, your peers and your processes. Getting ready for the law after it has been enacted will cost you in ways that you may not be expecting. The path you are on, will it cost you or benefit you? Listen to Ziegler's #TecTalk at https://lnkd.in/dvubegqD

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🏢 I full agree with Livio Villa when he highlights how fast we can provide 3D models of cities, either with a video animation (like in the example) or with an interactive tool. 🛸 #DigitalTwins can start with just one drone flight, and then expand to its full potential, with the ability to explore #buildings and #streets, as if you were in the field. Take measurements in the office just like if you were in the field. 🕹 You get a full immersive experience when you interact with a #DigitalTwin, and you can simulate all the scenarios you want. 🥇 All drone flights for Digital Twins are performed by a certified pilot, so we always minimize risk for people, constructions, and vehicles. Safety first! #3Dmodel #smartcities #urbanplanning #4Dplus #dronepilot

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506.ai at Web Summit & the rise of AI middleware Together with my colleague Karl Mitteregger (CTO), we are at the Web Summit and today is also our exhibition day. In addition to an incredible number of conversations, my personal highlight was the keynote that I was able to give for the Growth Summit: Buy or Build in the AI era and the rise of AI middleware is a topic that is not yet in focus at the Websummit either. Last year, there were a few people talking about AI, this year it feels like every other person, but when you talk to software manufacturers, i.e. those who have legacy systems that have grown over time, or companies that want to integrate AI into their daily work to counteract the shortage of skilled workers and bureaucracy, the real problems become apparent. Integration is often complicated, not enterprise production grade and an ongoing issue. In addition, the business department needs to know which process can be automated and how, and the IT service provider then needs to integrate it. Speed is everything. Data protection regulations slow down most processes, making it all the more important to manage many different use cases with an AI platform like ours, to have no vendor lock-in and, above all, to integrate assistance and automation processes where employees need them, without having to learn a new software every day. The pioneers from America see the year 2025 similarly to us, as it will be about systems around AI models. What about your integration?

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#AI and #QuantumComputing Forum is back, with our own Josua Ziegler co-hosting and leading the discussions. I'm looking forward to the very interesting discussions about the intersection of two very hot topics in #research #science and #innovation!

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Willkommen in der Enshittification. Schillernder Begriff! Mir war der neu. Aber nicht das Phänomen, das damit beschrieben wird. Für etwas im Abgesang. Die schrittweise Verschlechterung der Funktionalität einer Online-Plattform oder eines Online-Dienstes. 💡Sehr gut hier von Cory Doctorow beschrieben: “HERE IS HOW platforms die: First, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. … First, Facebook was good to you: It showed you the things the people you loved and cared about had to say. This created a kind of mutual hostage-taking: Once a critical mass of people you cared about were on Facebook, it became effectively impossible to leave, because you'd have to convince all of them to leave too, and agree on where to go. You may love your friends, but half the time you can't agree on what movie to see and where to go for dinner. Forget it. Then, it started to cram your feed full of posts from accounts you didn't follow. At first, it was media companies, whom Facebook preferentially crammed down its users' throats so that they would click on articles and send traffic to newspapers, magazines, and blogs. Then, once those publications were dependent on Facebook for their traffic, it dialed down their traffic. First, it choked off traffic to publications that used Facebook to run excerpts with links to their own sites, as a way of driving publications into supplying full-text feeds inside Facebook's walled garden. This made publications truly dependent on Facebook—their readers no longer visited the publications' websites, they just tuned into them on Facebook. The publications were hostage to those readers, who were hostage to each other. Facebook stopped showing readers the articles publications ran, tuning The Algorithm to suppress posts from publications unless they paid to "boost" their articles to the readers who had explicitly subscribed to them and asked Facebook to put them in their feeds. Now, Facebook started to cram more ads into the feed, mixing payola from people you wanted to hear from with payola from strangers who wanted to commandeer your eyeballs. It gave those advertisers a great deal, charging a pittance to target their ads based (…) Today, Facebook is terminally enshittified, a terrible place to be whether you're a user, a media company, or an advertiser.” Und dann sind da noch TikTok, Twitter, Bluessky, Insta…. Mir fallen gar nicht alle Social Media Plattformen ein, auf denen wir eine dieser Stufen sehen. Zack sind die Likes weg, dann die Impressionen, hier kommen Abos dazu, da die Algorithmen… und dabei geht die Vernetzung oder das Netzwerken unter. Wired. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Link in Kommentar

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