Handy AI: Weekly Update June 16

Week of 6/12/2023 - 6/16/2023

AI tools sweep US developers, Meta's MusicGen turns text into melodies, U.N. supports AI watchdog idea, and Google's chatbot caution.

what to know for now

👩‍💻 92% of US-based developers use AI coding tools, according to GitHub survey. The study found that 70% of programmers believe AI provides significant benefits to their code, improving quality, speeding up outputs, and reducing production-level incidents. [Read more]

🎵 Meta releases open-source AI-powered music generator, MusicGen. The tool can transform text descriptions into short audio clips and can be steered using reference audio. Trained on 20,000 hours of music, MusicGen's pre-trained models are available for use by those with the right hardware. [Read more]

🌐 Salesforce announces AI Cloud, a suite of AI products for enterprise use. The AI Cloud offers tools for delivering "enterprise-ready" AI and includes text-generating models from partners like Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Cohere, and OpenAI. [Read more]

what to know for later

🤖 U.N. Secretary-General supports proposal for international AI watchdog body. Antonio Guterres backed the idea of creating an organization similar to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to oversee AI governance. [Read more]

💼 Generative AI could add $4.4 trillion to global economy annually. The technology, including chatbots like ChatGPT, has the potential to boost productivity by automating 60-70% of workers' tasks, with half of all work to be automated between 2030 and 2060. [Read more]

💻 AMD unveils AI chip M1300X to challenge Nvidia. With mass production starting in Q4 2023, AMD's most advanced GPU for AI could become a strong competitor to Nvidia, which holds over 80% of the market share. [Read more]

🚗 Mercedes-Benz adds ChatGPT to MBUX Voice Assistant in U.S. vehicles. The AI-enhanced "Hey Mercedes" becomes more conversational and intuitive, with a beta program starting June 16, 2023. [Read more]

🔒 Google cautions employees about using chatbots like Bard and ChatGPT. The company advises against entering confidential materials into AI chatbots to safeguard information from potential leaks. This caution reflects a growing trend of companies setting up guardrails on AI chatbots usage. [Read more]

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Jake Handy is a product manager, AI code wrangler, and Classical violinist. His intention with the Handy AI newsletter is to enable advantageous AI usage for all, ensuring no one gets left behind and everyone benefits from the power of this emerging technology.

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