AI robot masters surgery

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

AI robots can now learn to perform surgery identical to a (human) medical resident — by watching and imitating their mentors at work.

With human-level precision already achieved in key procedures, could this be healthcare’s next revolution? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• AI robot masters surgical tasks

• Apple’s latest AI home command center

• Master any software with ChatGPT

• Nous supercharges AI models with Reasoning API

• 5 latest AI tools & 5 latest AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

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AI, ROBOTICS & HEALTHCARE

🤖 AI robot masters surgical tasks

The Rundown: Researchers at Johns Hopkins University just achieved a breakthrough in surgical robotics, training a robot to perform complex medical procedures solely by having it watch videos of human surgeons at work.

The main points:

• The da Vinci Surgical System robot learned and performed critical surgical tasks, akin to needle manipulation, tissue lifting, and suturing, with human-level skill.

• Using a brand new imitation learning approach, the system trained with a whole bunch of surgical videos captured by da Vinci robot wrist cameras.

• The AI model combines ChatGPT-style architecture with kinematics, essentially teaching the robot to “speak surgery” through mathematical movements.

• The system also showed unexpected adaptability, like robotically retrieving dropped needles — a skill it wasn’t explicitly programmed to perform.

Why it matters: The surge in robotic capabilities for each training and dexterity is opening up latest use cases — and surgery is next on the list. This video learning approach could do for surgical robotics what LLMs did for AI, allowing robots to rapidly learn and adapt to any procedure as an alternative of hand-coding for every individual movement.

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APPLE

🏠 Apple’s latest AI-powered home command center

The Rundown: Apple is preparing to launch a brand new wall-mounted AI smart home display – positioning the device as a central hub for every part from video calls to appliance management, in line with a brand new report from Apple insider Mark Gurman.

The main points:

• The tablet-like device will feature a 6-inch screen with a camera, speakers, and proximity sensing to regulate displays based on user distance.

• The display will utilize Siri and Apple Intelligence, allowing users to regulate apps and appliances, use FaceTime as a house intercom, play music, and more.

• A premium version with robotic arm can also be reportedly in development, which will likely be marketed as a “home companion with an AI personality.”

• The launch is anticipated as early as March, and pricing is probably going competitive with existing smart displays like Google’s Nest Hub and Amazon’s Echo Hub.

Why it matters: After lagging behind Amazon and Google within the smart home space, Apple is finally making its big move. But slightly than simply one other smart display, this appears to be Apple’s first dedicated AI hardware product — potentially setting the stage for the way we’ll interact with home AI in the long run.

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🎯 Master any software with ChatGPT

The Rundown: ChatGPT’s latest Advanced Voice Mode may be your personal guide to navigate and learn any latest software or application in real time, getting easy answers and step-by-step guidance.

Step-by-step:

1. Open the ChatGPT desktop app alongside your latest software and position windows side-by-side.

2. Start with a transparent description of what you are seeing (e.g., “I’m taking a look at the primary screen of PowerPoint and see…”).

3. Ask specific questions on features and follow step-by-step guidance.

4. Troubleshoot any issues by describing exactly what’s happening.

Pro tip: Take it one step at a time and make sure each motion before moving forward. This ensures you are truly learning slightly than simply following instructions blindly.

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NOUS RESEARCH

🔧 Nous supercharges AI models with Reasoning API

The Rundown: Nous Research just introduced the Forge Reasoning API Beta, a system that dramatically enhances language model capabilities through advanced reasoning techniques, enabling smaller models to compete with industry giants.

The main points:

• The system combines three key technologies: Monte Carlo Tree Search, Chain of Code, and Mixture of Agents to spice up model performance.

• When powered by Forge, their 70B Hermes model outperformed larger models like o1 and Sonnet on complex math tasks.

• Forge works with Hermes 3, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini, GPT-4 and more, with the flexibility to also mix multiple LLMs to ‘enhance output diversity’.

• Nous also launched a free chat platform featuring their Hermes 3 model alongside the limited API release.

Why it matters: While tech giants pour billions into training larger models, Nous shows that reasoning may be the actual unlock that levels the playing field. Forge’s ability to spice up smaller models is impressive — but much more compelling could also be what is going to occur when these techniques are applied to already industry-leading systems.

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QUICK HITS

Baidu announced a series of recent AI products at the corporate’s Baidu World event, including an I-RAG text-to-image generator, Miaoda no-code development tool, and upcoming AI-powered smart glasses.

Alibaba introduced Accio, an AI-powered B2B search engine that uses natural language processing to attach global buyers and sellers, showing a 40% increase in purchasing intentions during pilot testing.

Enterprise AI platform Author secured an enormous $200M Series C investment boosting its valuation to $1.9B, with the startup set to expand into healthcare, retail, and financial services workflows.

OpenAI president Greg Brockman has returned after a three-month sabbatical, with plans to tackle a brand new technical role throughout the company.

Amazon unveiled a $110M “Construct on Trainium” initiative to speed up university AI research using its custom chips, providing researchers free access to massive 40,000-chip clusters with open-source requirements for resulting innovations.

AI-powered news app Particle launched on iOS, offering personalized summaries, multi-perspective coverage evaluation, and interactive features to assist users higher understand and interact with current events.

THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team