AI-Powered Adventures: Anthropic Funding Amplifies, Windows 11 Copilot Revealed, and Zapier tool of the week!

Welcome to episode 12 of the Artificially Intelligent Marketing Podcast, hosted by Paul Avery and Martin Broadhurst. In this episode, we discuss the latest developments in AI-powered marketing technologies and how businesses can effectively leverage them to achieve their marketing goals.

Anthropic raises $450M to build next-gen AI assistants

- Anthropic, an AI safety startup, secures $450M in Series C funding led by Spark Capital.

- The round values Anthropic at over $4.1B and includes investments from Google, Salesforce, and Zoom.

- Anthropic aims to develop "next-gen" AI systems focused on safety, reliability, and honesty.

- Zoom partners with Anthropic to build customer-facing AI products, following a similar collaboration with Google.

Microsoft announces Windows Copilot, an AI 'personal assistant' for Windows 11

- Windows Copilot is introduced, making Windows 11 the first PC platform with centralized AI assistance.

- Bing Chat plugins are extended to Windows, enabling developers to integrate their apps within Windows Copilot.

- AI features and experiences are introduced in the Microsoft Store on Windows, and Plugins are coming to Windows.

Google to work with Europe on stop-gap 'AI Pact'

- The European Commission collaborates with Google and other major companies to develop an AI Pact.

- The goal is to address the risks associated with AI until proper legislation is implemented.

- The pact will establish basic rules or guidelines for responsible AI development, potentially including a system of labelling AI systems.

- The voluntary nature of the pact may limit its reach and effectiveness compared to actual legislation.

Photoshop Generative AI beta launched and easy to access

- Photoshop introduces 'Generative Fill,' allowing users to create visually stunning images using natural language commands.- Users can add elements, replace parts of an image, or expand image edges, offering endless possibilities

.- The feature is inspired by DragGAN research from the Max Plack Institute, but it is not yet publicly available.

- Demo videos showcase the dynamic image editing capabilities, including adjusting features of animals, objects, and people

.Google Adds Generative AI to Ads and Image Assets

- Google AI now summarizes preferred landing pages and generates relevant keywords, headlines, descriptions, images, and other assets for campaigns.

- Users can review and edit these suggestions before deployment, leveraging Google AI for better campaign performance.

- The process resembles asking a colleague for ideas, but with the assistance of Google AI.

Tool of the Week

- Zapier and OpenAI

- Martin shares his Zapier Zap, which converts audio voice notes into blog posts.

- Paul discusses a Zapier webinar that showcases real-world examples of how Zapier's go-to-market team utilizes OpenAI APIs in their sales processes.

Short Snippets

- Altman on E.U. AI Act's provisions: Unsure if they can comply, will try, but there are technical limits.

- Potential market traction for compliant AI firms in the EU.

- a16z releases "AI Canon": Mega AI resource with foundational learning and market analyses.

- PA finds the "AI Canon" awesome. Link in the show notes.

- Nvidia's stock price surges due to higher-than-expected earnings, likely driven by GPU demand for generative AI models.

- Free ChatGPT users now have web access with the search plugin, powered by Bing.