Srini Venkatesan, PayPal's CTO, is leading the development of AI-powered personalization tools using PayPal's transaction data. These tools aim to boost sales for businesses and help consumers save money.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Duolingo, a popular language-learning app, uses AI to personalize exercises and enhance its features. The app's CEO, Luis von Ahn, developed a machine learning model called "Birdbrain" to assess user proficiency. Duolingo also launched a new tier, "Max", powered by GPT-4, and a Video Call feature for real-time practice with an AI character.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Trishul Chilimbi, a vice president at Amazon, leads a team building specialized AI models for shopping and e-commerce, including a new generative-AI-powered shopping assistant called Rufus.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Matt McIlwain, managing director of Madrona Ventures in Seattle, is recognized for his early investments in AI companies like Xnor.ai. Madrona, known for investing early in startups, hosts the annual Intelligent Applications Summit. McIlwain emphasizes the importance of a solid business model over an AI model, stating that clear value and a sustainable advantage are crucial.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Sumit Rana, Epic's head of research and development, is utilizing GenAI in over 100 applications, including predicting patient conditions and summarizing doctors' notes, serving 40% of US hospitals.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Apple has rebranded its AI technology as 'Apple Intelligence' and appointed John Giannandrea as its main AI leader. Giannandrea, a machine-learning expert, previously ran Google's AI group and joined Apple in 2018.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Holly Herndon, a musician, uses AI to empower artists and challenge music-streaming platforms. She created a vocal deepfake of herself and allows others to use it, promoting artistic control.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, has created MagicSchool AI, a generative AI assistant for teachers that develops worksheets, test questions, and adapts materials for students' needs. The program costs $100 per year and is used by over 3 million educators and 5000 schools worldwide. MagicSchool recently raised $15 million in Series A funding and plans to release tools to help students develop AI literacy.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

DeepMind's chief operating officer, Lila Ibrahim, describes the combined group of DeepMind and Google's transformers AI model as "the engine room of Google in the AI era". Ibrahim, who joined DeepMind in 2017, is guiding the pursuit of artificial general intelligence and leading internal initiatives to apply DeepMind's research in consumer applications, such as AI education in schools. Foundational research remains a key focus of investment for the company.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence

Elad Gil, a prominent startup investor known for early investments in companies like Airbnb and Stripe, has raised $1 billion to invest in AI startups. This brings his total investment capital to over $2 billion. Gil has already backed several notable AI companies.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/artificial-intelligence