ChatGPT's new number

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Now presenting the latest device to get ChatGPT integration: The humble flip phone. OpenAI is opening up the phone lines, letting US users speak with ChatGPT by calling a special number. And: We dive into how agencies are using AI to cut down on production costs.

Today’s Insights

• Today in AI: ChatGPT’s new landline, a historic energy deal, and endangered species

• Tutorial: How to access Llama 3.2 locally on your phone

• How AI is transforming the marketing industry

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

TODAY IN AI

1. ChatGPT to US users: ‘Call me on my cell phone’: In a blast from the past, you can now talk to ChatGPT toll-free by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478). But the retro throwback isn’t just for fun. It also means you can now use the platform even if you have no access to the internet.

• If you’re in the US, you’ll get 15 minutes of call time per month at no cost, then you’ll have to create an account to keep using the platform

• To really immerse yourself in the old-school vibe, you can even call from a flip phone — or a rotary phone

• If you’re an international user, you’ll now be able to text ChatGPT directly on WhatsApp via the same number (although the call feature is only available in the US and Canada for now)

2. AI’s immense power needs fuel one of the largest-ever clean energy deals: Chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, California’s Oklo is building small, “modular” nuclear reactors that are more efficient than their traditional counterparts. If its multi-billion-dollar deal with data center company Switch Inc. goes through, it’d let Oklo deliver enough energy to power every house in the state of NY. To keep up, Alphabet and Amazon have their own nuclear partnerships in the works.

3. Microsoft is using AI to monitor endangered wildlife: Nearly 70% of wildlife has been wiped out over the past 50 years, but details about specific species — especially those that roam remote locations — are hard to come by. Now, Microsoft’s open-source Project SPARROW is using AI to monitor wildlife in hard-to-reach places. The solar-powered platform can send crucial images and sounds to scientists via satellite — helping them understand how ecosystems are changing and which species are in need of help.

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THE AI ACADEMY

How to access Llama 3.2 locally on your phone

• Go to the AppStore and download the PocketPal AI app.

• Launch the app, click on the top-left menu, and select ‘Models’.

• Look for ‘Llama’ and download ‘llama-3.2-3b-instruct q8_k’ (3.42 GB).

• After downloading it, click on ‘Load’ to activate the model.

• Now go back to the main menu, click on ‘Chat’, and start prompting AI without internet.

FROM THE FRONTIER

How a production company used AI to make its latest ad

A recent study found that more than 60% of advertising agencies are already using generative AI, while an additional 30% are considering it. Production company Tool has been at the heart of two of the industry’s most discussed early AI-meets-production projects – Under Armour’s “Forever is Made Now” and Starburst's “Different Every Time.”

Superhuman got an inside scoop into how their latest experimental spot was made. Here’s more on “Who Says Cars Can’t Dream” for the Land Rover Defender:

• The directors wrote a script about a Defender SUV that’s tired of its suburban, monotonous life; instead, it dreams of going on all types of adventures — traversing mountains, deserts, and snowstorms along the way

• But to make that idea a reality, you’d have to literally travel the world to capture shots from each of those locales

• That’s where AI comes in: Tool used generative platforms like Runway, Kling AI, and Luma to create the photorealistic environments and motion effects seen in the final ad; all told, they make up about 50% of the spot

• But since GenAI still struggles with human performances and motion consistency, Tool still incorporated traditional shots of the car and a human actor

• The team was able to shoot it all in just one day, saving days of production time

• Tool’s president, Dustin Callif, told Superhuman that its hybrid approach is paying off, proving “that AI can be a powerful creative tool for the advertising community”

If you’d like, you can watch the ad and learn more about Tool’s process here.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

📈 Markets: The AI industry was weighed down Tuesday by the Fed’s decision to cut rates only twice next year, down from the expected four. Tesla suffered an 8.28% loss, Alphabet, 3.54%, and Microsoft 3.76%. Even Nvidia ended down despite rising 4.8% prior to the Fed’s announcement. And the S&P 500 can’t shake its losing streak, suffering 10 straight days of losses for the first time in 50 years.

💰️ Funding: Alphabet spinoff SandboxAQ is now valued at over $5.6B. The startup raised more than $300M to build AI models using concepts from quantum physics. And cloud startup Vultr raised $333M to build out its AI infrastructure with more GPUs, landing a valuation of $3.5B. Finally, Perplexity acquired Seattle-based Carbon as it looks to integrate external apps into its AI search platform early next year.

📈 Growth Spurt: Salesforce is bringing on 2,000 new employees to sell Agentforce 2.0, a new platform that helps companies use agents to streamline their workflows.

👥 Deepfake Defense: YouTube is putting the finishing touches on a tool that can detect when celebrities’ likenesses have been used for AI-generated content without their permission.

🪽 Flying High: The United Arab Emirates’ Technology Innovation Institute unveiled a new set of open-source small models called Falcon 3 that outperform similarly-sized rivals like Meta’s Llama and Alibaba’s Qwen.

🛍️ War Chest: An analysis from tech consultancy Omdia reveals that Microsoft bought 485,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year, more than twice as many as Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet.

🕵️ Fault Finder: DeepMind showed off a new benchmark that can determine which models are best at catching their own errors. According to the new tool, the latest version of Gemini 2.0 Flash is the most accurate of any model available today.

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Follow-up prompt: What are the best practices for documenting and sharing meeting minutes to ensure clarity and accountability?

Follow-up part 2: Can you suggest ways to improve communication between remote team members? [Team details]

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💡 SUPER-READER SPOTLIGHT

How AI helps David Cowell with personalized lesson plans

“I tutor online in English as a second language (ESL) and I often create a dialogue or essay on artificial intelligence (AI) for a new student during the lesson. This would have been impossible in the days prior to AI. I also use it to create various types of cards such as prompt cards and congratulatory reward cards.”

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