ChatGPT goes to college

PLUS: AI 3D prints human organs

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Arizona State University is opening its doors to AI, integrating ChatGPT into over 200 projects across its campus.

From AI writing coaches to virtual patient simulators, is this a glimpse into what the future of education might look like? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

  • ChatGPT teams up with ASU

  • Discovering new drugs with AI

  • How to use Midjourney ‘Erase‘

  • AI can 3D print lifelike human organs

  • 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

  • More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

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The Rundown: OpenAI’s ChatGPT is headed to Arizona State University (ASU), where the university is integrating the AI assistant into over 200 projects across teaching, research, and operations.

The details:

  • ASU is using ChatGPT Edu, a version designed for universities with enhanced privacy and security features.

  • The university also launched an ‘AI Innovation Challenge’ for faculty and staff, receiving an overwhelming demand for using ChatGPT to maximize teaching, research, and ops.

  • Key projects include an AI writing companion for scholarly work, 'Sam' (a chatbot for med students to practice patient interactions), and AI-assisted research recruitment.

  • The partnership has inspired other institutions like Oxford and Wharton to pursue similar collaborations.

Why it matters: While some schools are attempting to resist AI, ASU is embracing ChatGPT to make learning more personalized and to prepare students for an increasingly AI-driven job market. As education continues to change in the age of AI, case studies like this will be instrumental in shaping the future of academia.

TOGETHER WITH OCTOAI

The Rundown: OctoAI empowers engineers to leverage small open-source models like Llama 3.1-8B, outperforming GPT-4o and dramatically reducing costs for enterprise tasks.

Learn how to:

  • Apply advanced prompt engineering techniques to slash expenses

  • Use parameter-efficient fine-tuning for optimal performance

  • Achieve GPT-4o quality with Llama 3.1-8B at a fraction of the cost

  • Implement these strategies in your own projects

Read this blog and get $10 in free credits on OctoAI now.

ACTFOUND

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The Rundown: Scientists from China and the U.S. just developed ActFound, a new AI model that outperforms existing methods in predicting drug bioactivity, potentially accelerating and reducing costs in drug development.

The details:

  • ActFound combines meta-learning and pairwise learning to overcome common limitations in AI drug discovery, like small datasets and incompatible measurements.

  • The model was trained on 35,000+ assays (metal ore breakdowns) and 1.6 million experimentally measured bioactivities from a popular chemical database.

  • In tests, ActFound outperformed nine competing models and showed strong performance in predicting cancer drug bioactivity.

Why it matters: ActFound could significantly speed up drug development by accurately predicting compound properties with less data and lower costs than traditional methods. While still in early stages, AI breakthroughs like this are the lesser-talked about developments that could end up saving millions of lives.

AI TRAINING

The Rundown: Midjourney’s new web editor allows users to make targeted changes to AI-generated images using the ‘Erase’ tool — no Discord account required.

Step-by-step:

  1. Visit Midjourney's website and log in.

  2. Generate your initial image using the Imagine Bar.

  3. Open the image you want to edit and click on the "Editor" button.

  4. Make your edits: modify the prompt, use the erase tool to remove areas, and adjust the canvas size if needed.

  5. Click "Submit" to generate your edited image variations.

Pro tip: When erasing, always remove more rather than less. This gives Midjourney more flexibility to generate new elements in your image!

TOGETHER WITH AI CONFERENCE

The Rundown: The AI Conference is bringing together industry leaders with speakers from Stability AI, OpenAI, Meta, and the Pentagon — offering expert insights into AI’s impact across different industries.

At the conference, you’ll experience:

  • 2 days of content with more than 75 speakers across 3 different tracks

  • An expo showcasing top AI companies’ innovations

  • AI applications in healthcare, enterprise, defense, and more

  • A live AI startup competition judged by VCs

Register now to secure your spot, discount codes expire this week.

AI RESEARCH

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The Rundown: Researchers at Washington State University recently developed an AI technique called Bayesian Optimization that dramatically improves the speed and efficiency of 3D printing lifelike human organs.

The details:

  • The AI balances geometric precision, density, and printing time to create organ models that look and feel authentic.

  • In tests, it printed 60 continually improving versions of kidney and prostate organ models.

  • This approach significantly reduces the time and materials needed to find optimal 3D printing settings for complex objects.

  • The technology also has potential applications beyond medicine — for example, in the computer science, automotive, and aviation industries.

Why it matters: With cheaper, lifelike 3D-printed human organs, medical students could better practice for surgery before operating on actual patients. Beyond medicine, this AI technique could help reduce manufacturing costs for a variety of things like smartphones, car parts, and even airplane components.

NEW TOOLS & JOBS

  • 🎥 Haiper Keyframe Conditioning - Create smooth video transitions with the first, middle and last frame

  • 💻 Cursor - AI-powered IDE for efficient pair-programming

  • 🤖 Seven24 - Capture client audio feedback and transforms it into actionable tasks

  • 💬 AIMLAPI - Access various AI models with a single AI API

  • 💡 Google AI Studio Prompt Gallery - Prompt ideas for chatting with AI efficiently

  • 🎒 Gauth - AI homework helper with live tutor support

  • 🎨 HubSpot - Content Manager and AI Strategist

  • 🧠 SuperAnnotate - Partner ML Solutions Engineer

  • 💼 Mistral AI - Enterprise Account Executive

  • 📈 Writer - Data Analyst

QUICK HITS

Anthropic published system prompts for its Claude AI models, revealing instructions on behavior, capabilities, and personality traits.

Inflection AI partnered with Data Transfer Initiative, enabling Pi users to export conversations and announced plans to cap free usage while focusing on enterprise AI.

Pharia released Pharia-1-LLM-7B, an open-source model optimized for German, French, and Spanish that excels in domain-specific applications.

IBM previewed Spyre, a new AI accelerator chip for IBM Z mainframes, designed to scale enterprise AI workloads with clustering capabilties.

Hugging Face and Google Cloud just partnered up to release optimized Deep Learning Containers for building AI with open models on Google Cloud infrastructure.

OpenAI hired former Meta executive Irina Kofman to lead strategic initiatives, focusing initially on AI preparedness and safety.

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