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Future Watch: The AI Innovations You Shouldn't Miss Out On

🚀 Dive into the World of Sora Films by OpenAI

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Sarah Stoker
March 28, 2024

I’m so glad you’re here.

I’m back! Thanks for your patience during my two-week break. I have been writing this newsletter every week for officially one year! I decided I needed to give myself an adult spring break. 😎

🎥 AI on the screen

OpenAI’s Sora films are coming out

Last month, OpenAI released Sora, a tool to create videos from text. Here is the first batch of films created.

TLDR:

  • Sora allows creatives to visualize and bring to life surreal, impossible ideas.

  • Artists across filmmaking, branding, music, and art find Sora expands their creative possibilities.

  • Sora is only open to artists giving feedback right now, so I haven’t played with it yet, but I’m excited to see these first use cases!

👨‍🍳 AI Vibes

Elevate Your Communication Game

I know I could use some help from a friend when it comes to mastering the art of clear dialogue.

This image will help you:

  • Mastering clear communication with AI, exploring its capabilities responsibly.

  • Maintaining ethical considerations.

  • Help you understand the job market as you circulate that resume.

⭐️ Question: What AI products should be on my radar 👀 

🎨 OscarStories: Create customized bedtime stories for your little ones.

📈 FounderPal: Understand your ideal customer, sharpen your product positioning, and get personalized marketing ideas.

🔗 Niceboard: Launch and run your own job boards.

➡️ SuperHumanAI: Write, edit, summarize, and reply to emails. All in your own voice and tone.

✨ Vibe Board

Here are some of my favorite things from this week:

READING

WATCHING

I listened to this audiobook on my plane rides last week, good insight into the world of VC.

8 days of online events all focused on solo entrepreneurs uncovering the secrets to starting, operating, and scaling businesses.  

FEELING

VISITING

I know I needed to hear these.

I caught up with a friend and shared my thoughts about attending events in LA.

🫶 Growth

In the Heart of the Sleepless City: Unveiling the Epicenter of AI Triumphs

New York's thriving AI ecosystem, fueled by top universities, corporate labs, and a $400M state consortium, positions it as an emerging AI hub.

  1. There are currently 35 New York AI unicorn companies that have raised a total of $17B.

  2. 71% of NYC's venture-backed AI firms focus on vertical applications built atop large language models like ChatGPT.

  3. Leading NYC VCs like FirstMark, Greycroft, Primary and Wing are actively investing in local AI startups across sectors like data extraction and voice AI.

👀 Job Board

Here are some awesome open positions in the AI space that I would love to see one of our readers fill:

Definition: Bounding Box

Commonly used in image or video tagging, this is an imaginary box drawn on visual information. The contents of the box are labeled to help a model recognize it as a distinct type of object.

What is IYKYK? (If you know, you know) 💅

I'm Sarah Stoker, a curious soul passionate about weaving the magic of emerging tech into our daily lives. I'm all about demystifying AI, making it feel like a coffee chat topic rather than a textbook chapter. Imagine blending the spark of human creativity with the wonders of AI – that's the adventure I'm on. I’m here for brand-new avenues for art that amplify our creative quests, and learning alongside you.