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Shelly Palmer has been named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” and writes a popular daily business blog.
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For your weekend reading pleasure, I offer a synopsis of interesting articles about AI you may have missed this week. As always, your thoughts and comments are both welcome and encouraged. -s

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This Week's Most Interesting Stories

 

Shelly's Blog: Four Days With OpenAI's o1 Models

I've spent the better part of the past four days putting OpenAI's o1 models through their paces. As far as I can tell, this is the first iteration of the rumored project "Strawberry." In a word, "Wow!" o1 is absolutely next level. What it does, it does better than anything else I've tried. But it's not for everyone. In fact, there's a very good chance it's not for you. Here's why.

Copilot Pages: An AI Co-Worker Joins Your Team

Microsoft has launched a "multiplayer AI collaboration" feature for Copilot called Copilot Pages. The new feature allows users to collaborate in real-time by pulling responses from the Copilot chatbot into a shared page that can be edited collaboratively, enabling teams (of people and an AI partner) to simultaneously iterate on content using data, files, and web sources.

California vs. AI: A Battle for Democracy or a War on Progress?

Do California's legislative efforts to regulate AI reflect a growing concern for digital ethics, personal rights, and democratic integrity, or are they legislative overreach that will stifle innovation?

Lionsgate AI: The First "Next Generation" Hollywood Studio

Lionsgate, the Hollywood studio known for franchises like "John Wick" and "The Hunger Games," announced a partnership with AI startup Runway to develop a new AI model trained on Lionsgate’s vast portfolio of film and television content.

Apple Intelligence is Now in Beta

Apple released the public beta versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 yesterday, making its Apple Intelligence platform available to users enrolled in the beta program. This generative AI-driven system has been in development since June and is now accessible in the U.S., though it remains unavailable in the European Union and China due to regulatory challenges. Users with an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, or the newly-launched iPhone 16 models in the U.S. can access these features.

Here’s how Google will start helping you figure out which images are AI generated

Google has detailed how it plans to start helping users figure out if an image was created or modified using generative AI tools.


ABOUT SHELLY PALMER

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com

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