OpenAI Launches AI Tool That Can Do Research Online 🔍

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Just days after launching o3, OpenAI is introducing a new AI agent designed for in-depth, complex research.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• OpenAI Releases AI Agent 'Deep Research' 🔍

• The EU is Now Enforcing the AI Act, Banning High-Risk AI Systems

• AI Tutorial: Generate insights and charts from your data in Google Sheets with a single click

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

• AI Findings/Resources

AI News

OPENAI

OpenAI Releases AI Agent 'Deep Research' 🔍

OpenAI has introduced "Deep Research," a new AI agent designed to autonomously gather information from across the internet and synthesize it into concise reports, accomplishing in tens of minutes what would take a human many hours.

Details:

• Users can ask questions using text, images, PDFs, or spreadsheets for context. The tool takes 5-30 minutes to respond with detailed outputs, including citations.

• It is available to ChatGPT Pro users today, limited to 100 queries per month, with support for Plus and Team users coming next, followed by Enterprise. (It will not be available to ChatGPT users in the UK, Switzerland, and the EU until further notice.)

• The model powering Deep Research scored a new high for accuracy on an AI benchmark called 'Humanity’s Last Exam,' which tests responses to expert-level questions. It achieved a score of 26.6%, well above others like GPT-4o’s 3.3% or Claude 3.5 Sonnet’s 4.3%.

• It still has some limitations: OpenAI admits the feature “sometimes hallucinates” or struggles to differentiate between credible and unreliable sources.

While it is still not perfect, the new tool has the potential to change the way people approach tasks like intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, policy, and engineering, where thorough, precise, and reliable research is preferred over quick answers.

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AI REGULATION

The EU is Now Enforcing the AI Act, Banning High-Risk AI Systems

As of February 2, regulators in the European Union can ban any AI systems considered to pose an 'unacceptable risk' to individuals or society.

Details:

• The AI Act categorizes AI into four risk levels — minimal, limited, high, and unacceptable. This compliance phase focuses on eliminating use cases in the fourth category.

• Some of the prohibited activities include AI systems that manipulate decisions, exploit vulnerabilities, predict crimes based on appearance, or collect biometric data in public spaces for law enforcement.

• Companies found violating these rules face steep fines, up to €35 million or 7% of annual revenue, whichever is greater.

• Some exemptions exist, such as for law enforcement or medically justified systems, but only under strict oversight and with proper authorization.

Over 100 companies, including Google and OpenAI, have voluntarily pledged to comply with the Act ahead of enforcement. However, notable absentees include Meta and Apple.

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AI Tutorial

Generate insights and charts from your data in Google Sheets with a single click

Gemini in Google Sheets can now write Python code to help you visualize and analyze data more easily through insights and charts.

1. Open a Google Sheets document and click the Gemini icon in the top right corner.

2. Click “Generate a chart” and wait a few seconds. (You can also use your own prompts)

3. Once the chart is generated, you can insert it into your document. Additionally, the code it used is visible, allowing you to reuse it for future data analysis.

Note: The charts generated are static images; they are not linked to your sheet data, so they won't update automatically if your data changes.

AI Tools to check out

⚡ Prisma: Gain deep insights and get actionable recommendations to improve your database queries, making your app run faster.

🤖 Trag: AI code review companion.

⭐ Upsolve AI: Customer-facing analytics solution.

🗣 Canonical AI: Monitoring and analytics for your voice AI agent.

📖 ReadKidz: One-stop multimedia children's stories creation platform.

AI Findings/Resources

📚 Artificial Intelligence in Marketing by the University of Virginia

🤔 How to Prepare for AGI According to Reid Hoffman

🎨 How to train an AI image model on yourself

🌐 How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind

The latest in AI and Tech

Microsoft is creating a new division to study the impacts of AI

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman has announced the creation of the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), whose main goal is to explore the societal, health, and work-related impacts of AI.

Waymo reportedly testing robotaxis in 10 new cities in 2025

So far, Waymo has revealed the first two of at least ten new testing locations for its driverless cars: San Diego and Las Vegas.

AI-restored Beatles song wins the band their eighth Grammy

The 2023 track 'Now and Then' was awarded Best Rock Performance on Sunday, beating out competition from Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Black Keys, Idles, and St. Vincent. 

Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding

This new company is dedicated to using data and machine learning technology to improve the way crops grow.

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