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OpenAI is Building Robots Again 🤯
How to Use ChatGPT to Create Presentations
Gina Acosta
January 13, 2025
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
OpenAI is diving back into robotics! After shutting down its robotics department, the company is bringing it back with big plans.
Let’s jump into it!
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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI
OpenAI to Take Another Shot at Building Robots 🤯
Qventus Raises $105M to Expand AI Solutions for Healthcare Operations
AI Tutorial: How to Use ChatGPT to Create Presentations
AI Tools to check out
The Latest in AI and Tech đź’ˇ
AI Findings/Resources
AI News
OPENAI
OpenAI to Take Another Shot at Building Robots 🤯
After shutting down its robotics division in 2020, OpenAI is starting fresh with ambitious plans to build robots "that can actually handle the real world."
Details:
The company plans to build a new team from scratch and is hiring for three key roles: an electronic sensing engineer for robot sensors, a robotics mechanics engineer for components like gearboxes and motors, and a technical project manager to lead development and operations.
OpenAI’s goal is to build robots capable of functioning in messy, unpredictable environments — moving past the limitations of simulations.
Before shutting down, OpenAI’s robotics department had made some impressive achievements. Its Dactyl robot hand made headlines in 2019 by solving a Rubik's Cube single-handedly.
Back in 2020, Wojciech Zaremba, OpenAI's co-founder and head of robotics, said they had shut down its robotics division to focus on LLMs and human feedback training to pursue AGI. It is an interesting turnaround, likely due to the company seeing a business opportunity in the combination of generative AI with robotics.
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AI IN HEALTHCARE
Qventus Raises $105M to Expand AI Solutions for Healthcare Operations
Qventus has secured $105 million in Series D funding, pushing its valuation above $400 million. Known for its AI tools that streamline hospital operations, Qventus plans to use the funds to expand its offerings and tackle a wider range of healthcare challenges, from surgery scheduling to administrative tasks like discharges and check-ups.
Details:
Qventus raised $105 million in a mix of equity ($85 million) and optional debt ($20 million), with backing from KKR, Bessemer Venture Partners, and key strategic investors like Northwestern Medicine and Allina Health.
Qventus is building more "AI teammates" to address a broader range of healthcare scenarios.
Since its last valuation of $200 million in 2022, Qventus has quadrupled its customer base and tripled its core business, achieving 120% net retention and nearing profitability.
The funding highlights the red-hot interest in AI healthcare, with other companies like Cera, Hippocratic, and Innovaccer also raising significant rounds recently.
AI Tutorial
How to Use ChatGPT to Create Presentations
Go to the Presentation and Slides GPT.
Upload the information as a PDF, Word file, or by copying and pasting it.
Ask it to convert the info into a presentation.
*Note: The GPT can also create presentations on any topic from scratch, even without any provided information.
Once the deck is generated, you can download each slide as an image or select the provided link to download the entire deck.
AI Tools to check out
✍ Gauth: AI homework helper for all subjects.
✨ Seven24: Capture real feedback and turn it into tasks.
đź—Ł Speakhints: AI-powered real-time speech copilot.
⚡ Unriddle: Quickly find info in research papers, simplify complex topics, write with AI and keep everything organized.
đź“ť Theysaid: Conversational surveys that deliver deeper insights.
AI Findings/Resources
đź–Ą The best desktops and PC components of CES 2025
🔍 How are companies using AI Agents? Here’s a look at five early users of the bots
🤯 Meet the Realbotix Robots: Less robot, more human
The latest in AI and Tech
WhatsApp is exploring a redesign that highlights its AI capabilities. The new design adds a dedicated tab for AIs on the app’s homescreen.
The social platform X will start labeling parody and satire accounts to make them easier to identify and improve transparency.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly allowed the Llama AI team to use copyrighted e-books and articles for training.
Microsoft is suing a group accused of bypassing its AI safety guardrails using stolen credentials and custom tools. The lawsuit alleges they used the system to create harmful content.
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