Your weekly round-up; here are the headlines:

• OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Enterprise

• Google Cloud Next enhances Vertex AI with song

• Workers support AI in the workplace

• Elon Musk showcases Tesla's AI-only driving

• Alibaba advances with new image-reading AI models

• AI-assisted brain implant aids paralysed communication

OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Enterprise

Introducing ChatGPT Enterprise! This version comes with top-notch security features and privacy for businesses, along with unlimited high-speed access to GPT-4. Enjoy larger context windows to handle lengthy inputs, advanced data analysis tools, customisation choices, and so much more. Today signifies another stride towards an AI work assistant that lends a hand with all tasks! Discover more.

Google announces slew of AI upgrades…by song

Google Cloud Next announced significant enhancements to Vertex AI, empowering customers with expanded capabilities for easy experimentation, building with foundation models, customisation with enterprise data and seamless integration into applications with privacy, safety features and responsible AI - all introduced by the medium of song! Listen and learn.

Poll: Employees welcome workplace AI

Surprisingly, workers don’t seem to be against using generative AI at work due to job loss concerns, ZDNET reports. A recent survey by Workhuman’s Human Workplace Index, which involved 1,000 full-time US employees, reveals that many workers actually want AI to take over many of their tasks - in fact, many believe the implementation of AI support could extend their job longevity. That’s the kind of directional thinking we get excited about!

Musk demos Tesla's AI-only self-driving tech

Picture yourself driving through the iconic Snake Pass of the Peak District in a vehicle that requires no human input. This is precisely what Elon Musk presented during a live-streamed demo of Telsa’s new Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. And, even more remarkably, the software operates solely on AI! Have a watch of the live demonstration here.

Alibaba makes AI leap with image reading models

CNBC reports that Chinese technology giant Alibaba has launched a cutting-edge AI model designed to comprehend images and engage in more intricate conversations compared to its earlier offerings. The introduction of two new models, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL-Chat, signifies the company’s commitment to advancing AI technology as global competition intensifies. Notably, these models will be open-source models.

Brain implant lets paralysed ‘speak’ with AI

In what has been hailed as a huge medical breakthrough in collaboration with AI, a patient, Ann, is collaborating with researchers from UC San Fransisco and UC Berkley to develop revolutionary brain-computer technology. This innovation could help people with both speech and facial paralysis communicate more naturally using a digital avatar that resembles a real person. This advancement marks the first time both speech and facial expressions have been generated from brain signals and could pave the way for an FDA-approved system that enables speech through brain signals in the near future. Read the full mind-blowing article here.

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