🥟 Chao-Down #35 Lawmakers struggle to understand AI, Anthropic opens access to AI models to startups, Controllable Image Synthesis

We’re continuing to see red-hot funding rounds for AI startups. Character AI, known for their personified chatbots, raised over $200 million from a16z. Inflection AI, co-founded by Linkedin’s Reid Hoffman is in talks to raise over $600 million.

While these are some of the topline names, but there are countless other smaller-sized startups that seem to be cropping up each week.

It’s an exciting time to be building in AI!

-Alex, your resident Chaos Coordinator.

What happened in AI? 📰

As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology - The New York Times (NYTimes)

Anthropic begins supplying its text-generating AI models to select startups (TechCrunch)

How A.I. Is Being Used to Detect Cancer That Doctors Miss - The New York Times (NYTimes)

CNET's Post-AI Layoffs Apparently Gutted 50 Percent of Its News and Video Staff (Futurism)

Always be Learnin’ 📕 📖

Must read: the 100 most cited AI papers in 2022 (zeta-alpha.com)

rasbt/machine-learning-notes: Collection of useful machine learning codes and snippets (originally intended for my personal use) (Github)

Projects to Keep an Eye On 🛠

There's An AI For That - Find AI Tools Using AI (theresanaiforthat.com)

Summarize any YouTube video in seconds (link)

Next Three Books - Find Your Next Must-Read with AI (link)

The Latest in AI Research 💡

Composer: Creative and Controllable Image Synthesis with Composable Conditions (damo-vilab.github.io)

Invalidating robotic ad clicks in real time (Amazon Science)

The World Outside of AI 🌎

ESPN wants to be the hub of all live sports streaming (CNBC)

Remote workers are 'body doubling:' watching strangers work online (Fortune)

One Last Bite 😋