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Week in review 20.02: Sora, Gemini 1.5, Chat with RTX; Digital Services Act (DSA)
NVIDIA presented Chat with RTX, OpenAI - model Sora, and Google - Gemini 1.5. Meanwhile, the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect on February 17. What else have we lived through in the past week?
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Summary
NVIDIA, OpenAI, and Google have unveiled new generative AI tools. NVIDIA's Chat with RTX is an AI chatbot that operates on personal computers, OpenAI's Sora converts text into video, and Google's Gemini 1.5 is a new generation model that provides increased performance and understanding of long context in various modalities.
The Digital Services Act (DSA), also known as the "constitution of the internet", came into effect on February 17. It covers platforms and social media, online commerce, and online advertising, aiming to facilitate the reporting of illegal content and ensure greater transparency of advertisements.
A study for Amazon Web Services revealed that 23% of Polish companies have effectively implemented AI solutions, with 94% reporting revenue growth, 88% indicating an improvement in innovation, and 81% stating that AI streamlines business processes.
The 2023 Global Cyber Skills Gap survey by Fortinet revealed a growing demand for cybersecurity specialists, with 68% of organizations struggling with staff shortages in this area, 56% having difficulty recruiting the right people for IT Security positions, and 54% experiencing high turnover of employees in these positions.
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From the Editorial Board
It was an extremely intense week in terms of premieres of solutions based on generative artificial intelligence. Within literally a few days, three technological giants - NVIDIA, OpenAI and Google - presented three new tools that can influence the further development of genAI. These are respectively: Chat with RTX, Sora and Gemini 1.5. You can read more about each of them in the Weekly News Review in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) section.
At the same time, since February 17, the Digital Services Act –DSA, The Digital Services Act –also known as the "constitution of the internet", has been in force. You can read about what exactly it changes and who it affects in the Cybersecurity section. In the Digitized Editorial Board Recommends segment, we focus on managing organizations, specifically - on modern leadership and technologies that support SME management.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Sora – a breakthrough tool for converting text into video from OpenAI
Sora is capable of generating complex scenes with multiple characters, specified types of movement, and precise details of the object and background. As indicated by OpenAI representatives, a deep understanding of natural language allows the model to accurately interpret prompts and generate characters that express vivid emotions. Sora can also create multiple shots within one generated video, which accurately reflect the characters and visual style. Sora is based on earlier research on DALL-E and GPT models. It uses the recaptioning technique from DALL-E 3, which involves generating highly descriptive captions for visual training data. As a result, this model is even better able to follow the user's text instructions in the generated film. Below is a sample of the capabilities of OpenAI's new tool.
Google presents Gemini 1.5. Will it be a breakthrough in the analysis of long content?
Gemini 1.5 is a new generation model that, as Google assures, provides radically increased performance and a breakthrough in understanding long context in various modalities. Greater capabilities in training the Gemini 1.5 model and using it were achieved by the company thanks to the new Mixture–of-Experts (MoE) architecture. The first Gemini 1.5 model to be made available for early testing is Gemini 1.5 Pro - a medium-sized multimodal model optimized for scaling a wide range of tasks and operating at a level similar to the 1.0 Ultra model. Gemini 1.5 Pro also includes an experimental feature of understanding long context.
Chat with RTX from NVIDIA. A private AI chatbot on your computer's drive
NVIDIA has presented a demo version of its new AI chatbot - Chat with RTX. The tool operates fully locally on personal computers with Windows system and allows users to create their own, personalized AI chatbots. Thanks to this, instead of manually searching through files and notes for specific information, users can simply ask the chatbot, which will scan the indicated documents in a few seconds and provide an answer along with the context. Chat with RTX supports various file formats: .txt, .pdf, .doc/.docx, or .xml, as well as YouTube videos or playlists.
Polish companies are leaders in AI implementations in the EU. 94% of them also recorded a profit increase
From a study conducted for Amazon Web Services, it appears that already every fourth Polish company (23%) has effectively implemented solutions based on artificial intelligence, and the technology itself opens up great opportunities for our country. Polish companies using AI also report positive benefits. 94% of them achieved revenue growth, 88% - indicated an improvement in innovation, and 81% - stated that artificial intelligence streamlines business processes. All these indicators are significantly higher than the European average (no more than 75% in each case).
Cybersecurity
The Digital Services Act (DSA) came into effect on February 17
On February 17, the Digital Services Act(DSA, The Digital Services Act) also known as the "constitution of the internet" came into effect. The document covers three areas: platforms and social media, online commerce, and online advertising. The new regulations are intended to, among other things, facilitate the reporting of illegal content and ensure greater transparency of advertisements. The DSA is also crucial for all companies operating on the internet that provide consumers with access to content, products and services, e.g. social networking services, trading platforms, search engines, and many other entities. You can read more about this in the text below.
Cybersecurity. The world lacks even 4 million specialists in this field
With the increase in the number, complexity and diversity of threats on the network, the market demand for qualified specialists in cybersecurity is also growing. Meanwhile, according to the report2023 Global Cyber Skills Gap survey published by Fortinet, 68% of surveyed organizations struggle with staff shortages in this area. At the same time, even 56% of companies have a problem with recruiting the right people for IT Security positions, and 54% - with too high turnover of employees in these positions. In total, even 4 million people are needed to fill the entire global market demand for specialists in the field of cybersecurity.
It's worth knowing
Apple has a problem. Brand customers massively return Vision Pro goggles
The Apple Vision Pro goggles have been available on the American market for over two weeks, but for the giant from Cupertino, this means a rather unexpected cold shower. After the initial enthusiasm associated with the premiere of the device, more and more people decide to return it within the statutory fourteen days for a refund. The main reasons include headaches and eye pain caused even by short-term use and a too strong sense of loneliness. You can read more about this here.
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Project management in SMEs. How can technologies support it?
Implementing technology can be a challenge, but it is necessary to increase efficiency and innovation. Inflation and other economic, economic and political changes can affect the costs of operations, and consequently - the demand for services provided.
In the context of communication and maintaining employee engagement, technologies such as internal communication apps and task management platforms can help maintain team cohesion and work efficiency. Investments in employee professional development and training programs, in turn, contribute to increased employee satisfaction and reduced turnover.
Fortunately, the technology market is offering more and more managerial allies. You will read about them below.
The year 2024 in the labor market may prove to be groundbreaking in many respects. This is not only about the increasingly widespread modern technologies led by artificial intelligence, but also the constantly changing economic and social conditions and the expectations of employees. How to find your way in all this as a leader? Forbes magazine lists seven skills necessary in 2024 to be a modern leader.
AI-generated films - how much have they changed in a year?
Twelve months in the world of technology can sometimes be two completely different epochs. This is especially true in the case of films generated by artificial intelligence. Marques Brownlee talked about how much has changed in this area over the past year and what innovations OpenAI Sora is introducing in his latest material.
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