DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

    DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF              

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane


SNAPCHAT TAKES YOUR SELFIE TO THE NEXT LEVEL







                                                Source:  Snapchat

  • Snapchat just launched AI Dream that transforms your selfies to the next level of creativity by generative AI
  • Here are the facts:
  1. With generative AI, AI Dream creates the selfie of all selfies by reimaging the photo into a fantasy-inspired setting
  2. It starts with 8, free Dream themes, including magical ones that your selfie stars in
  3. Beyond the 8 free themes, other new ones will start at $.99 and up
  4. New breakthroughs in AI are making these Dream Themes possible
  5. Available today in Australia and New Zealand
  6. Available globally in a few weeks
  7. The Dream photos take about 20 minutes to generate
  8. Sounds like a fun and creative use of generative AI.

EV TRUCK RAM 1500 WITH UNIQUE RECHARGEING


                                                                        Source:  RAM

  • The RAM 1500 EV is the first EV truck that offers an additional combustion engine to recharge the BEV truck's battery
  • Here's what we know:
  1. This is the 1st EV truck that offers a range extender to help alleviate range anxiety 
  2. The combustion engine powers a generator to provide recharging to the truck's battery
  3. RAM 1500 hits the market in 2024
  4. At this time, top competitors like Ford-150 Lightning, GMC Hummer and Rivian R1T are not equipped with this tech
  • Ford has a battery backup system patent pending.


THE NEWS AS REPORTED BY AI




                                        Source: Stock


  • A megatrend is developing in newsrooms across the US to incorporate AI into daily news gathering, writing and reporting with some great and not-so-great results
  • Here's what we know:
  1. According to Axion, 90% of the news offered to the public on the internet will be generated by AI within the next few years
  2. Major news operations like the AP, Reuters and Google News are currently building AI into their operations
  3. For the first time in its history, the US Open is using AI color commentary on highlight videos for all women's and men's single matches
  4. The AI commentator is the IBM AI platform watson x
  5. IBM & the US Tennis Association say the purpose is to expand match coverage and not to replace human commentators
  6. In Ohio, a metro newspaper, the Columbus Dispatch owned by Gannett, just suspended an AI sports reporter for its inaccurate and at times illegible coverage of a local high school football game
  7. Gannett also suspended its AI sports writing initiative because of the failure and the need for further refinement of the AI app
  8. Bottomline:  AI is one of the hottest new technologies with tremendous applications but is still in the development stage and at times has some learning to do.
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