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APRIL 18, 2024

🤖 Innovation Dispatch: Your Daily Dose of AI

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Welcome back, Innovators!

AI Fast-Tracks Hunt for Parkinson's Cures; ​Logitech is launching the first AI computer mouse with prompt-builder; Best Buy using AI to cut workforce; Tricky fruits and veggies (11 images); plus, more headlines and tools!

🎯 Today's Innovations

• AI Fast-Tracks Hunt for Parkinson's Cures
• QUESTION OF THE DAY
• ​Logitech is launching the first AI computer mouse with prompt-builder
• Best Buy using AI to cut workforce​; more headlines for April 18, 2024
• AI Word of the Day: Overfitting
• 5 New AI Tools for Work and Everyday Life

FEATURE

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AI Fast-Tracks Hunt for Parkinson's Cures, Identifying Top Drug Candidates

Researchers have successfully employed artificial intelligence techniques to dramatically accelerate the search for potential treatments for Parkinson's disease. By using machine learning to screen millions of compounds, they identified five highly promising candidates that can prevent the harmful clumping of the alpha-synuclein protein, a key factor in Parkinson's pathology.

This AI-driven approach sped up the initial screening process by tenfold and reduced costs by a thousandfold compared to traditional methods. The researchers trained the AI model iteratively, allowing it to learn and identify the specific molecular regions responsible for binding and inhibiting alpha-synuclein aggregation.

The newfound efficiency enabled by AI could allow potential Parkinson's treatments to reach patients much faster. With no existing disease-modifying drugs approved yet, this AI breakthrough marks a crucial advancement in tackling one of the fastest-growing neurological conditions worldwide through more rapid drug discovery.

​CHECK OUT MORE HERE FROM NEUROSCIENCE NEWS​

​Q: Do you plan to buy an AI gadget of some kind in the next year?​​

TIDBIT

​Logitech is launching the first AI computer mouse with prompt builder​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Logitech has released new software called the Logi AI Prompt Builder that allows users to easily access ChatGPT with a customizable keyboard or mouse shortcut. The software suggests AI prompts based on selected text and lets users customize the tone, length, and style.

To go along with the software, Logitech also unveiled the Signature M750 AI Edition wireless mouse. This mouse integrates the AI Prompt Builder shortcut right into the hardware.

So in essence, Logitech is providing two ways for users to quickly engage ChatGPT - either through their existing Logitech keyboard/mouse via the free Prompt Builder software, or by purchasing the new AI-enabled Signature mouse that has a dedicated shortcut built-in. This allows quicker access to ChatGPT's capabilities without having to leave your current workflow.

​CHECK OUT MORE HERE FROM ZDNET​

📰 Headlines

1. ​Documentary, Archival Producers Draft Set of Best Practices For Using AI in Films​
2. ​Google Hosted Over 100 YouTube Videos Promoting AI Deepfake Porn [Possible Paywall]​
3. ​New Drake song confuses as listeners question whether AI or the rapper is behind it​
4. ​Power-hungry AI is putting the hurt on global electricity supply​
5. ​Stability AI is giving more developers access to its next-gen text-to-image generator​​
6. ​Best Buy cuts workforce, including Geek Squad, looks to AI for customer service​​
7. ​Andreessen Horowitz Raises $7.2 Billion as VCs Focus on AI​
8. ​The Raleigh-Durham area is becoming an AI hiring hotspot​
9. ​The media industry is dying. But I can still get paid to train AI to replace me​
10. ​Dept. of Homeland Security embraces AI and other federal agencies are likely to follow​​
11. ​Snapchat is watermarking its AI-generated images​
12. ​Banks Told to Anticipate Risks of Using Artificial Intelligence​

AI Word of the Day: Overfitting

Overfitting occurs when a computer model learns too much from the training data, including the noise and errors.

It's like studying so hard for a test that you remember every word from your notes but can't apply the knowledge to questions you haven't seen before. The model performs well on the data it trained on but poorly on new, unseen data.

Why It Matters

Overfitting is a big concern in machine learning because it means the model isn't flexible or general enough to handle real-world use. It can make really accurate predictions on its training examples, but it fails when faced with new scenarios or data.

Avoiding overfitting is crucial for building models that are truly useful in practical situations, like diagnosing diseases, predicting weather, or recognizing speech accurately.

Real-World Example

Imagine a company that builds a spam detection system for emails. If their model is overfitted, it might be excellent at catching spam it's already seen during training but fails to block new types of spam that evolve over time.

To combat overfitting, the company could use techniques like adding more diverse examples into the training data, simplifying the model, or using methods like cross-validation to ensure the model can perform well not just on the training data but also on emails it has never seen before.

This way, the spam filter remains effective as spammers change their tactics, keeping users' inboxes clean and secure.

📚 AI TOOLS

• ​Goptimise: a no-code AI-powered scalable backend builder that allows users to create scalable backend solutions with no coding required. Some of the important features include a visual interface, automated workflows, and AI-powered suggestions. Goptimise offers a free trial plan as well as paid plans.
• ​AskJack: an AI assistant for HR that can answer repetitive HR questions and streamline onboarding processes. AskJack integrates with Slack and helps HR professionals save time. Employees can self-serve answers to HR questions and HR can gain insights into what information employees need. AskJack costs $74 per month and can be implemented in minutes.
• ​Journable: a mobile app that can help users track their diet and exercise. Journable uses AI to analyze conversations with users and provide nutritional information. Users can set goals and track their progress within the app. Journable is easy to use and eliminates the need to manually enter data.
• ​Nuance Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX): an AI assistant for clinicians that can improve clinician well-being and patient experience. DAX can reduce documentation time and burnout by 50% and 70%, respectively. It can also improve patient satisfaction by allowing clinicians to focus more on the patient. DAX works by capturing conversations between clinicians, patients, and family members. It then creates a summary of the conversation that the clinician can review and edit.
• ​PostBoost: a social media management tool that allows users to schedule, publish, and analyze content across various social media platforms. PostBoost offers a free trial and paid plans with different features depending on business needs. PostBoost is secure, and users can cancel their subscriptions at any time.

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