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The future of search is being reinvented with generative AI

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In December 2022, just a month after the introduction of ChatGPT, Google understood the risk as well and launched a ‘code red’ – a company-wide emergency effort to tackle generative AI and come back with an adequate response to ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing. Google’s ranking which is driven partly by SEO).

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Requests for Startups in 2024

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Eliminating middlemen in healthcare – from using AI to automate repetitive human jobs to exploring new and better business models for providing care. Looking for companies creating tools to facilitate construction of or fine tuning models. What if the next generation of entertainment is personalized generations?

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Cutting Through the AI Noise: How Startups Can Stand Out in a Crowded Market

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The breakneck speed of AI advancement is one of those areas where the stream of information is so constant and so dense, that it’s very hard to process it all, let alone STAND OUT in the crowd. This creates a challenge, but also an opportunity for startups in the generative AI space.

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Disrupting Google

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1) A new technology + (2) A new business model If we only have one, the incumbents can usually adapt. They can plug the new tech into the existing business model. Or, they can revert the old technology into a new business model. Each time they sold the new tech in the old business model.

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The big challenge for Generative AI is GPU capacity and server costs

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“The unanticipated demand to create AI software has outstripped the cloud service capacities of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Oracle” The Information The big challenge in generative AI is GPU shortage and costs. This affects both big players like OpenAI / Stability AI as well as small startups.

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Impressions from Pocket Gamer Connects in London

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One trend that was prominent at the conference was the rise of generative AI in gaming. How did the video game business evolve from its packaged goods roots in the early '90s to the complex, multi-platform, online business of today? What events sparked the major revolutions in business models and distribution? /1

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The Real Promise of Gen AI: It’s in the Apps, Not the Pipes

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New Business Models : AI enables innovative business models, such as offering AI-driven services or selling the “work” performed by AI agents rather than traditional products or services, where the user still needs to operate some kind of dashboard/product.