Most Read: OpenAI’s New Search Tool, Microsoft Boosts AI WorkloadsMost Read: OpenAI’s New Search Tool, Microsoft Boosts AI Workloads

Also inside, AWS’ AI software will power medical diagnostics at GE HealthCare, plus, Colin Kaepernick launches AI startup

Ben Wodecki, Jr. Editor

August 2, 2024

4 Min Read
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Here are the most-read stories on AI Business this week:

OpenAI Challenges Google With Conversational AI Tool SearchGPT

OpenAI’s new prototype search feature leverages its AI models to provide faster search results, presenting a direct challenge to Google. 

SearchGPT is being made available to a small group of testers with plans to integrate the tool directly into ChatGPT

SearchGPT is designed to provide real-time information from the web while letting users ask follow-up questions, “as if they were in a conversation with a person.”

ChatGPT already has a search function through Bing. However, this is only available to premium users and operates much the same way a search product would, typing in a question to get a list of links relevant to the query.

OpenAI did not confirm when ChatGPT would get the new SearchGPT tool, saying it would occur “in the future.”

Learn more about OpenAI’s new search project

Microsoft Taps Lumen to Boost AI Infrastructure Capacity

Microsoft has partnered with Lumen Technologies to expand its infrastructure capacity to support its growing AI work.

Microsoft will leverage Lumen’s Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF) to enhance its network capabilities, addressing the increasing data center demands driven by AI offerings such as the Azure OpenAI Service.

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PCF is a modular network solution that lets users develop custom network architecture. Microsoft will use it to enhance connectivity between its data centers, ensuring its network capacity is stable and fast enough to support workloads for its AI services and applications.

With Microsoft seeing increased demand for its AI services, it's bringing in Lumen as a strategic supplier for its network infrastructure needs to enable Microsoft to further evolve and scale its data center ecosystem.

Find out more about Microsoft’s latest partnership

AWS to Power GE HealthCare's Generative AI Models

GE HealthCare is collaborating with AWS to develop generative AI models and applications specifically designed to help doctors improve medical diagnostics and patient care.

Under the partnership, GE HealthCare will use AWS’s cloud solutions as its preferred provider.

The medical technology company plans to use Amazon’s Bedrock platform to develop specialist generative AI applications to enhance patient care.

GE HealthCare's internal developers also plan to use AWS' AI-powered software development assistant, Q Developer, to assist in application development. Q Developer will offer coding suggestions as GE HealthCare develops solutions based on multimodal clinical and operational data.

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Uncover more about GE HeatlhCare’s AI endeavors

Kaepernick Launches AI Startup Lumi to Democratize Content Creation

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has launched a startup enabling anyone to use AI technologies to create stories and content like comic books.

The startup, Lumi, leverages generative AI technologies to enable users to create and publish their own content independently.

The Lumi platform provides tools that aim to widen access to creative tools, with the startup claiming that currently “a few large corporations dominate the narrative landscape, limiting the diversity of stories told.”

Upon launch, the startup said it wanted to help “transform any creator into Disney.”

Find out more about Kaepernick’s Lumi startup

Amazon Calls for Global Alignment on Responsible AI Policies

Amazon is calling for urgent global alignment on responsible AI policies, arguing that collaboration between governments and companies is crucial to securing U.S. economic prosperity and security.

In a recently published blog post, Amazon's senior vice president of global public policy, David Zapolsky, wrote that global alignment on responsible AI measures would enhance American innovation in the long term.

Zapolsky said milestones like the recent AI Safety Summits “laid the groundwork for international interoperability” but added that he wants future rules to protect against risks and not harm innovation.

“We still need to secure global alignment on responsible AI measures to protect U.S. economic prosperity and security,” Zapolsky wrote. “That alignment won’t be easy to accomplish, but we can do it. And if we succeed over the long term, American innovation can be enhanced, not restricted or harmed.”

Read more about Amazon’s argument for global cooperation on AI safeguards

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About the Author

Ben Wodecki

Jr. Editor

Ben Wodecki is the Jr. Editor of AI Business, covering a wide range of AI content. Ben joined the team in March 2021 as assistant editor and was promoted to Jr. Editor. He has written for The New Statesman, Intellectual Property Magazine, and The Telegraph India, among others. He holds an MSc in Digital Journalism from Middlesex University.

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