This week in CONNECT:
- Ranking: The Most Popular AI Tools 2023 Ranked (Digital Storm Weekly)
- Case Study: The Pastry AI That Learned to Fight Cancer (The New Yorker)
- AI Tool: Microsoft Makes Its AI-Powered Reading Tutor Free (TechCrunch)
- History: 40th Anniversary of Apple’s Release of The Macintosh 128K
- Events: 07-FEB-2024 MEGAComm 2024: Israel’s Annual Tech Communicator Conference
- Jobs: Experienced Data Engineer at Maccabi, Information Technology System Engineer at Fluent, and more.
Let’s Lead Together,
Prof. Yesha Sivan and the DigitalRosh Team
DigitalRosh > Corpus > Guides and Tools > AGI Tools
1. Ranking: The Most Popular AI Tools Ranked (Digital Storm Weekly)
The ranking of the top most used artificial intelligence (AI) tools in 2023 bears a few surprises, following the obvious 1st place. Amongst the top used AI tools there is a focus on large language models (LLMs) and text-to-image generators.
The most visited AI website of 2023 was, obviously, ChatGPT – it accounted for over 60% of visits. Following ChatGPT is Character.AI, a chatbot featuring various characters for user conversations, we found this to be very surprising. In third place is QuillBot, another writing tool. The top three tools collectively garnered over 80% of AI product website visits.
This is the list of the top 10 tools and what they do:
- ChatGPT – Large Language Model Chatbot
- Character.AI – A neural language model chatbot service that can generate human-like text responses and participate in contextual conversation
- QuillBot – A software that uses AI to rewrite and paraphrase text
- Midjourney – a generative artificial intelligence program that generates images from natural language descriptions
- Hugging Face – A tool that builds applications using machine learning
- Bard – A conversational generative AI chatbot developed by Google
- NovelAI – AI-assisted story writing and text-to-image synthesis
- CapCut – AI video editor and image designer
- Janitor AI – Chatbot service with interactive AI chatbots
- Civitai – AI Image Generator
DigitalRosh > Corpus > Library > Case Studies
2. Case Study: The Pastry AI That Learned to Fight Cancer (The New Yorker)
A New Yorker article explores BakeryScan, an innovative artificial intelligence system developed by Hisashi Kambe. Originally conceived to revolutionize the checkout process in Japanese bakeries, BakeryScan tackled the challenge of identifying pastries without barcodes in establishments offering diverse product ranges.
This breakthrough technology took a distinctive approach to computer vision and AI, employing a hand-engineered system that meticulously photographed, analyzed, and categorized pastries based on visual features.
Initially focused on streamlining bakery checkouts, BakeryScan underwent extensive development, integrating various algorithms to ensure high accuracy under diverse bakery conditions. However, its journey took an unexpected turn when its technology found an application in medical research. Recognizing its potential, a doctor utilized BakeryScan to identify and measure cancer cells under a microscope. This led to the creation of Cyto-Aiscan, a system capable of analyzing entire microscope slides for cancerous cells.
BakeryScan’s core technology, now known as AI-Scan, has been further applied in various fields beyond bakeries, including pill identification, art analysis, and quality control in manufacturing.
Read the full article on DigitalRosh.
DigitalRosh > Corpus > Guides and Tools > AGI Tools
3. AI Tool: Microsoft Makes Its AI-Powered Reading Tutor Free (TechCrunch)
Microsoft has announced that its AI-powered reading tutor, Reading Coach, is now available for free to users with a Microsoft account.
Reading Coach, introduced in 2022, is designed to enhance reading fluency in students by offering personalized reading practice. The tool allows learners to identify challenging words and provides tools such as text-to-speech, syllable breaking, and picture dictionaries for individualized practice. Educators can monitor students’ progress, view their attempts and tools used, and share information with students.
Learn more about Reading Coach on DigitalRosh.
DigitalRosh > Corpus > Digital Culture > History of Digital
4. History: 40th Anniversary of Apple’s Release of The Macintosh 128K
The Macintosh 128K, launched on January 24, 1984, is celebrated in this article for its pivotal role in the history of personal computing. Released by Apple, it marked a significant advancement, introducing concepts like the mouse, desktop metaphor, and graphics-led computing.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh, this article draws parallels to Apple’s current situation with the upcoming Vision Pro launch in February 2024. It highlights Macintosh’s historical importance and contrasts its success with the less successful Lisa, underscoring Apple’s commitment to excellence over being the first in the industry.
Read the full article and the original 1984 article on DigitalRosh.
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5. Events:
07-FEB-2024 MEGAComm 2024: Israel’s Annual Tech Communicator Conference
MEGAComm 2024 is for technical communicators, MARCOM professionals, translators & content managers. MEGAComm 2024 – is about how we come together again to discuss what we’ve learned, challenges we face and how we defeat them, from overcoming new work conditions to mastering new concepts and applications and, as always, focusing on tomorrow’s promises.
Sign up here.
DigitalRosh > Corpus > Career > Jobs Board
6. Jobs Board: Experienced Data Engineer at Maccabi, Information Technology System Engineer at Fluent, and more.
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