AI avatars are coming to TikTok

AI for Good: Machine learning and robotics in the operating room

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• Uber and Lyft are fighting minimum wage laws. But in this state, the drivers won (Dara Kerr of NPR).

• EV maker Fisker files for bankruptcy (Barrons).

• Surgeon General calls for warning labels on social media (New York Times Op-Ed).

• McDonalds kills its AI drive-thru experiment (Axios).

• NATO targets AI, robots and space tech in $1.1 billion fund (Reuters).

• FTC finds ‘reason to believe TikTok is violating or about to violate the FTC Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’ (FTC).

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AI avatars are coming to TikTok

TikTok on Tuesday announced “TikTok Symphony,” an AI-powered “creative” suite. A part of this suite gives creators and advertisers the option to create AI-generated videos complete with custom and stock “AI avatars.” 

Details: TikTok says this is “designed to enhance and amplify human imagination, not replace it,” by handling the “heavy lifting” of making a TikTok. 

• TikTok added that all of these videos will be labeled as AI-generated and that the stock avatars are derived from licensed, paid actors. 

But, the FTC said … The announcement comes just days after the FTC published a list of do’s and don’t’s when it comes to AI. And I quote: 

• “Don’t use consumer relationships with avatars and bots for commercial manipulation.”

“A company offering an anthropomorphic service also shouldn’t manipulate people via the attachments formed with that service, such as by inducing people to pay for more services or steering them to affiliated businesses.”

TikTok did not respond to a request for comment. 

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AI for Good: Machine learning and robotics in the operating room

Nearly 25 years ago, American surgeons gained a new type of colleague, a robotic surgical assistant called da Vinci.While not a true robot — the da Vinci system is technically a master-slave telemanipulator — the system allows surgeons to operate more precisely while seated, making long operations easier to get through. 

How it works: The da Vinci consists of three parts: A surgical station with four robotic arms, a console (with two arms) that is controlled directly by the surgeon and a monitor.

In March, the fifth generation of the robotic system launched; it comes complete with far more computing power and a bunch of new features. 

• One of these features is called “force feedback” and enables the system to measure the amount of force exerted on tissue during surgery. Less force “may translate to less trauma on tissue.”

This latest generation is also able to deliver “objective performance insights” that surgeons can use to evaluate cases. 

Teams at Intuitive — the company behind da Vinci — are leveraging AI and machine learning technology to derive insights from two decades of usage data. 

Why it matters: These insights can help surgeons “learn not only from cases of lower complexity, but also from more complex cases that address anomalies and complications. This is all to help reduce the impact of surgical variability and deliver better, more consistent outcomes.”

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