Exploring the Latest Developments in Artificial Intelligence: India’s AI TV Show, Naver’s Generative AI Service, and More
Today, August 24, witnessed significant advancements in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI). Naver, an online platform from South Korea, revealed the introduction of its generative AI platform, while Australia’s Productivity Commissioner asserted that AI has the potential to address the escalating productivity crisis. Additionally, Deloitte unveiled a fresh training curriculum for its staff, incorporating generative AI.
All this and more in our AI review today.
1. Naver launches generative AI service
Continuing the growing demand for artificial intelligence, South Korean online platform Naver announced on Friday the release of its new generative artificial intelligence service called HyperCLOVA X, according to a Reuters report. This AI tool is intended to provide customized services to business customers. It is equipped with an AI chatbot called CLOVA X, which improves navigation services, online shopping experience and general web browsing.
2. Artificial intelligence could provide a boost amid Australia’s productivity crisis
Australia’s Productivity Commissioner Michael Brennan said on Thursday that artificial intelligence could have a big impact on improving economic output in the coming decades as the Western world deals with a productivity crisis. According to a Bloomberg report, the Australian government released a report highlighting a drop in productivity growth to 1.2 percent from 1.5 percent reported two years ago. “If we were to see a recovery, a recovery of significant productivity growth in the developed world, I would imagine that artificial intelligence will probably be a key part of that,” Brennan said.
3. AI chatbots to help copy content from top publishers
Many sites can leverage AI chatbots to copy content from top publishers around the world, online news review group Newsguard claimed. According to a Bloomberg report. as many as 37 websites were found to have identical content previously published by the likes of CNN, the New York Times and Reuters. Jack Brewster, NewsGuard’s business editor, said: “I think we’re going to see more and more of this until the detection tools get better, until news outlets start realizing it’s a problem, and until other media outlets start cracking down on it.”
4. Deloitte AI Academy announces generative artificial intelligence curriculum
Deloitte announced on Thursday that it is expanding its Deloitte AI Academy, which now includes a curriculum related to generative artificial intelligence. According to the release. This movement aims to train up to 10,000 professionals in the US and India in AI. To achieve this, Deloitte has partnered with top technology universities around the world such as Virginia Tech and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. Mike Luk, CEO and Dean of the American Academy of Artificial Intelligence, Deloitte Consulting LLP, said, “Beyond the theory and science of AI, we provide practical, hands-on experience that helps our practitioners understand the context in which AI is applied, how it is applied, and where it is applied.”
5. Q TV brings out an AI-based TV series called “Viral Hua Re”
With the rise of artificial intelligence, content producers and even media companies are taking advantage of the opportunity to incorporate this technology into their work. Q TV, a Hindi language channel run by QYOU Media, on Thursday announced a new program that will be controlled by artificial intelligence. The show, titled ‘Viral Hua Re’, will feature viral videos from social platforms on the themes of comedy, prank and failure, according to the release. It is hosted by an AI anchor named ‘Viral Bhabhi’. Curt Marvis, CEO and founder of QYOU Media, said: “We are inevitably entering a new chapter in television entertainment with the introduction of AI-powered programming.”
