Scenario prompts are the first step in strategy development. Topics to consider are trends in AI, technology trends, quantum computing, smart glasses, CEO priorities, mind reading AI, brain tissue on a chip, micro vehicles, ultra thin film and DeepSouth (228 trillion synaptic operations per second).
What are your priorities for 2024?
Ten Noteworthy Global Developments in the Double Exponential Growth of Artificial Intelligence
Regulation, investment advice, safety, Gemini, Mistral, Anthropic and Q*
7 future-fluent technology trends in 2024
https://cxotoday.com/cxo-bytes/7-future-fluent-technology-trends-in-2024/
Energy efficiency, learning caddie, creative software testing, cloud, farming, digital twinning and healthcare
Quantum-computing approach uses single molecules as qubits for first time
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03943-1?
Platforms based on molecules manipulated using ‘optical tweezers’ might be able to perform complex physics calculations.
Meta’s AI for Ray-Ban smart glasses can identify objects and translate languages
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/12/23998780/ray-ban-smart-glasses-hey-meta-multimodal-ai-features
Saying “Hey Meta” while wearing the Ray-Ban smart glasses will summon a virtual assistant that sees and hears what’s happening around you.
What matters most? Eight CEO priorities for 2024
AI, technology, climate, exceptional implementation, middle managers, geo politics, growth and economy.
This Mind-Reading Cap Can Translate Thoughts to Text Thanks to AI
People have been wanting to turn EEG into text for a long time and the team’s model is showing a remarkable amount of correctness.
Brain tissue on a chip achieves voice recognition
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-brain-tissue-chip-voice-recognition.html?
This study is a major step in demonstrating how brain-inspired computer neural networks can advance artificial intelligence capabilities.
‘Microvehicles’ may one day travel the brain to deliver drugs
https://www.futurity.org/microvehicles-ultrasound-drug-delivery-3006762/?
Researchers have shown for the first time that microvehicles can be steered through blood vessels in the brains of mice using ultrasound.
An ingenious ultrathin film keeps crops warm at night and slashes food waste. No energy required.
A crystal film that is many microns thinner than a human hair could passively warm crops and keep them frost-free through the winter—without using a single kilowatt of electricity.
Scientists preparing to turn on computer intended to simulate entire human brain
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-computer-neural-human-brain
They say the computer, dubbed DeepSouth, is capable of emulating networks of spiking neurons at a mind-melting 228 trillion synaptic operations per second, putting it on par with the estimated rate at which the human brain completes operations.
