🔮 Is LinkedIn reading your mind?

Hey TEDchats Fam!

Happy Wednesday! Ever marvel at how your Netflix queue always knows just what you want to watch next? It's not magic, it's machine learning. And today, we’re diving even deeper into the ever-evolving world of AI.

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LinkedIn's Next-Gen AI Upgrade

Ever wonder how LinkedIn seems to know just the right people you should connect with or the jobs you should apply for? The answer lies in the platform's increasing reliance on AI technology, and they've just doubled down on it.

AI-Infused Professional Networking

LinkedIn, the quintessential platform for professional networking, has been around for 21 years and boasts nearly a billion users. To keep itself relevant and its user base engaged, LinkedIn has been quietly implementing AI-based features over the years. But now, they've decided to make a big splash. Partnering with OpenAI and parent company Microsoft, LinkedIn is unleashing a slew of new AI-powered tools targeting job recruitment, learning, marketing, and sales.

What Does LinkedIn Have Brewing?

As we navigate an increasingly digital job market and professional landscape, the challenge lies in staying ahead of the curve. Whether you're a job seeker, recruiter, or marketer, the pressure is on to optimize your LinkedIn experience. Traditional search methods and marketing campaigns just aren't cutting it anymore.

Enter LinkedIn's groundbreaking new tools and features. This includes the Recruiter 2024 platform that uses generative AI to not just match keywords but to understand the very essence of what recruiters are looking for. LinkedIn Learning chatbot is another tool that offers advice on soft skills related to leadership and management. Another AI-powered tool named Accelerate will further enhance the marketing experience on LinkedIn, aimed to allow for more easily run ad campaigns. These aren't just incremental updates; they're transformative tools designed to change how you use LinkedIn on a day-to-day basis. While these new features are being tested on a “small handful of customers”, plans are in place to “roll them out to all Recruiter and Learning Hub customers throughout the year” (read more).

What This Means For Your Professional Life

With these new features, LinkedIn aims to make your professional life more streamlined and efficient. Now, recruiters can find candidates that truly fit, learners can have more focused guidance, and marketers can run campaigns with unprecedented ease — all thanks to the power of AI.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. As AI technology continues to evolve, and as LinkedIn becomes more proficient in harnessing it, we can expect even more revolutionary features that will continue to redefine our professional interactions and opportunities. Keep an eye on this space; the future of professional networking is changing faster than you can hit "connect."

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Visa’s $100M AI Investment

Visa, through its global corporate investment arm Visa Ventures, has designated a whopping $100 million to invest in companies that are delving deep into the development of generative AI technologies. The focus? Applications that will significantly influence the future of commerce and payments. Only time will tell what these companies have in store and how it will impact us!

$15 million Sold to Unitary AI For Video Moderation

Cambridge-based startup Unitary AI is pioneering a new way to tackle the complex challenge of video content moderation on social media platforms. Utilizing a "multimodal" approach, the company's technology analyzes text, sound, and visuals in tandem to identify harmful content. This fresh take has caught the attention of investors in a Series A round, led by top European VC Creandum, resulting in a funding of $15 million.

Teens Shake Up Automation

Induced AI, a startup founded by teenagers, has now raised $2.3 million in seed funding to revolutionize business automation. Unlike traditional platforms, Induced AI allows you to input workflows in English, translating them into pseudo-code in real-time. The platform's unique Chromium-based environment can handle even complex, logic-driven tasks like two-factor authentication.

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🤯 MIND SPARK

Have You Heard of Defense Tech? Defense Tech, also known as Miltech, refers to advanced technologies used in the military for things like surveillance, communication, weapons, and cybersecurity. Defense Tech has been increasingly integrating AI technology, and there is even a dedicated scientific journal reporting on advancements in this field (read more).

ChatGPT Passes Harvard Law Exam: A chatbot stuns professors by passing a law exam given by one of the world's top law schools. Click the link to see how a law professor analyzes the situation (read more).

Should Authors Be Protected? Over 15,000 authors have signed an Authors Guild letter urging AI industry leaders to protect writers' rights. The Authors Guild, with over 13,000 members, is said to be the oldest and largest organization for published writers in the U.S., advocating for free speech, expression, and copyrights (read more).

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