The days of police reports typed with one-finger by exasperated peacekeepers may soon go the way of brass knuckles.
Cops in Oklahoma City are now using an AI chatbot — linked to their body camera — to write pursuits and arrests in real-time.
Observes Oklahoma City Police Sergeant Matt Gilmore regarding the AI’s report on a recent incident: “It was a better report than I could have ever written — and it was 100% accurate.”
Other city police departments giving AI a whirl include Lafayette, Indiana and Fort Collins, Colorado, according to lead writer Sean Murphy.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*In-Depth Guide: The Algorithm Kings: Top 100 AI Consumer Apps: Andreessen-Horowitz has released its semi-annual report on the top apps in AI.
The ranking offers an excellent snapshot on who’s who in AI — and how they stack-up against one another.
Not surprisingly, ChatGPT tops the list, followed by Google’s Gemini, Character.ai, Liner and Quillbot.
*ChatGPT Now Clocking 200 Million Users-a-Week: ChatGPT — still the industry standard in AI writing and generative AI — is now reeling-in 200 million active users every week.
Observes writer Kevin Okemwa: “According to OpenAI, ChatGPT’s broad user base is partly attributed to Fortune 500 companies.”
Currently, 92% of the Fortune 500 use ChatGPT, according to Okemwa.
*AI Writing Pioneer Now Plays Nice With All the Cool AI Engines: Anyword — a key player in AI-powered writing for marketers — can now work with a number of AI engines, also known as Large Language Models.
Ideally, this reconfiguration means you’ll be able to use Anyword to auto-generate marketing copy with ChatGPT, Google Gemini and similar AI engines.
Anyword made the switch “with the understanding that content will be created around an organization by many people through different tools and platforms,” according to Yaniv Makover, CEO, Anyword.
*Study: AI Loves a Good Example: The next time you’re looking to prompt an AI engine like ChatGPT to do something for you, you’ll have the best luck showing it an example of what you’re looking for.
Apparently — according to a new study released from Amazon and the University of California — AI engines can achieve “near-perfect accuracy” when relying on examples to reason their way to a solution.
Such reasoning “involves observing specific instances or examples and drawing general conclusions or patterns from them,” according to writer Ben Dickson.
*New AI for Gmail: Looking to Transform Messages from Meh to Marvelous: Paying users of select Google services can now use new AI to help punch-up emails before they tap “send.”
The AI help appears with the message “refine my draft” as soon as you type 12 words or more in Gmail.
Observes writer Wes Davis: “Swipe your thumb across the text, and you’ll be given the choice to Polish, Formalize, Elaborate, or Shorten — or to have Gemini just write a whole new draft for you.”
The catch: You need to be a paying subscriber to Google One AI Premium or Google’s Gemini add-on for Workspace to get access to the new AI.
*Google’s Promised AI Customizations: Your Chatbot, Your Rules, Your Imagination: Users of Google’s Gemini chatbot — a direct competitor to ChatGPT — are being promised they’ll soon be able to create custom versions of the AI featuring distinct personalities and/or special expertise.
Observes writer Emma Roth: “For users who don’t want to create a custom chatbot right away, Google is offering some pre-made ‘Gems,’ including a learning coach, an idea brainstormer, a career guide, a coding partner and an editor.”
ChatGPT already offers users the ability to customize the chatbot — and sell those customizations if they prefer — via the maker’s online store.
*Google: Throwing Millions at California — Hoping It Sticks: Google is promising millions of dollars in its effort to derail proposed California legislation that would force it to pay for news that appears next to its advertising on Google search and similar products.
The cash would be bundled with funds from the state and other sources into a support fund for news organizations that could balloon to as much as $250 million, according to lead writer Karen Weise.
California Governor Gavin Newsom gives the move a big thumbs-up.
But a union representing journalists denounced the deal as a shakedown, according to Weise.
*Forgetful? Now AI Reminds You of Everything You Ignored in Meetings: Otter.ai is rolling-out a new “My Action Items” feature designed to track all of your action items across all of your meetings.
Essentially, whether you’re meeting on Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or in-person, the AI assistant is promising to capture all of those action items and store them in a centralized location.
Specific features of My Action Items include:
~Consolidated Action Items: Eliminates the need to search through past meetings, providing a single, centralized view of all assigned tasks.
~Context-Rich Tasks: Offers links back to the specific moment in the conversation where each action item was created, ensuring clarity and accuracy.
~Notifications: Delivers a weekly digest email reminding users of outstanding action items, fostering accountability and completion.
*AI Big Picture: AI’s Price Wars: For Consumers, Rock-Bottom is the Place to Be: Consumers currently have the upper hand when choosing their preferred AI engine.
Makers of the AI — which undergirds most of the world’s most popular AI chatbots — are essentially giving away developer access to their AI based on hopes that there will be profit in the tech long-term, according to Aidan Gomez, CEO, Cohere.
Observes Gomez: “It’s gonna be like a zero-margin business because there’s so much price dumping. People are giving away the model (AI engine) for free.
“It’ll still be a big business, it’ll still be a pretty high number because people need this tech — it’s growing very quickly — but the margins, at least now, are gonna be very tight.”
Snickered one consumer: “I feel your pain.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.