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🤖 A.I. drugs, app scams, and Snapchat jumps on the chatbot train
3/2/23
Neon Pulse Team
March 02, 2023
Good morning and welcome to the latest edition of neonpulse!
Here's what we have for you today:
A.I. Covid drug enters clinical trials
Conversational ChatGPT avatars
Snapchat jumps on the chatbot train
App makers cash in on ChatGPT hype
A.I. drugs
As one of the many pharmaceutical companies utilizing A.I. and machine learning for new drug development, Hong Kong based Insilico Medicine has one particular virus in its targets: Covid-19.
Insilico leveraged generative A.I. to develop a molecule that binds to cell receptor sites to minimize the risk of infection, and after pre-clinincal studies found that the treatment significantly reduced viral load and inflammation in the lungs, the drug is now entering clinical trials.
Insilico Medicine's AI Robotics Lab
The company is performing its A.I. research in their new Abu Dhabi facility, which is the region’s largest biotechnology research center.
“Since our very inception, our mission has been to extend healthy, productive longevity for everyone on the planet. Over the past decade, we developed a platform for drug discovery and longevity and became one of the dominant companies in this field,” said Zhavoronkov.
You can learn more about Insilico and their work here.
The future of customer service
Y-combinator backed D-ID announced the release of its new chat API this week, which will allow brands to create realistic, conversational customer service avatars for their businesses.
“This is an evolution of the digital person from just presenting one-way communication,” said Gil Perry, CEO and cofounder of D-ID. “The streaming capability enables our partners and developers to build products that enable you to converse with the avatar in real time.”
By utilizing large language models like GPT-3, this technology allows customers to engage in actual conversations with avatars, reducing the need for customer service agents while providing a superior customer service experience.
“So instead of trying to understand how to operate your new computer, app or website, you just speak to it (as you would) speak with a person,” said Perry. “We humans are wired to communicate with humans.”
Perry is showcasing the new API at the upcoming Nvidia GTC conference, where he’ll be explaining the potential use cases for the technology.
“We’re making tech more human by giving it a face and making the interaction more natural.” said Perry. “The vision here is to disrupt how humans interface with anything digital.”
Snapchat releases “My AI”
Snapchat has become the latest company to jump on the A.I. train, releasing its ChatGPT powered chatbot “My AI” earlier this week.
“The big idea is that in addition to talking to our friends and family every day, we’re going to talk to AI every day,” said CEO Evan Spiegel. “And this is something we’re well positioned to do as a messaging service.”
Running on OpenAI’s new enterprise Foundry service, Snapchat will have access to the latest ChatGPT-3.5 model along dedicated servers to ensure that the chatbot can handle the anticipated volume of interactions.
And what exactly can users do with the chatbot?
“My AI can recommend birthday gift ideas for your BFF, plan a hiking trip for a long weekend, suggest a recipe for dinner, or even write a haiku about cheese for your cheddar-obsessed pal,” the company wrote.
And while the chatbot is only currently available to Snapchat plus subscribers, the company has plans to make the bot available to all 750 million of its users in the near future.
“Incorporating this technology into Snapchat’s messaging platform has the potential to make these interactions with AI part of what draws our community to Snapchat.”
ChatGPT apps making bank
If you take a stroll through the Apple app store, you’ll find a number of resourceful app developers cashing in on the ChatGPT hype.
The “official” ChatGTP app
With an app that is little more than a simple user interface plugged into ChatGPT, these enterprising individuals are looking to cash in on peoples ignorance, charging up to $520 per year to access ChatGPT.
A pretty crafty way to make a few million…
And now your moment of zen
That’s all for today folks!
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