One-Minute Daily AI News 4/16/2024

1. Tech exec predicts ‘AI girlfriends’ will create $1B business: ‘Comfort at the end of the day’.[1]
2. Intel uses in-house AI tools to optimize SoC layouts from 6 weeks, to just ‘minutes’.[2]
3. AI program creates personal chatbots for elementary school students.[3]
4. Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, overseen by UAE’s national security adviser.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tech-exec-predicts-ai-girlfriends-181938674.html

[2] https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97639/intel-uses-in-house-ai-tools-to-optimize-soc-layouts-from-6-weeks-just-minutes/index.html

[3] https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/innovate8/ai-program-personal-chatbots-for-students/509-469c086b-cafe-4527-a380-d2a28d7494dc

[4] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-invests-1-5-billion-153522793.html