GPT scribe
Each week we look at 10 new uses of technologies from any of the 30+ industries and the 25+ technology domains we watch. Get smart about the tech you bring into your products, your organization and your life.
Clinical notes with GPT
| Ethics | Marginalization | Bias | Partial automation |
| Artificial Intelligence | Automation |
| Healthcare, Medicine, Digital Health |
GPT-4 to be integrated into clinical documentation and voice recognition workflow. Read more...
- Do patients have choice when it comes to a listening third party?
- In which ways might human supervision fail?
- How will such technology handle an emotional exchange?
Food printer
| Partial automation | Reliability |
| 3D printing |
| Food and drink, restaurants, meal delivery |
And early proof-of-concept shows that desserts can be 3D printed. Read more...
- Now, isn't this the dream kitchen appliance?
- Should the focus be on printing good as we traditionally expect it?
- Who cleans up the mess?
3D printed rocket
| Implementation costs | Regulatory | Economic impact |
| 3D printing |
| Aerospace and Aviation |
Relativity space hits major milestones with a 3D printed rocket. Read more...
- What other domains have costs that could be reduced by 3D printing?
- How might this technology trickle down?
- For a given domain, what impacts the crossover point between 3D printing and traditional mass-production?
Mozilla AI
| Public trust | Ethics | Goal setting |
| Artificial Intelligence | Web 2.0 |
| Enterprise software, B2B software, SAAS | Other |
Mozilla launches for profit startup to build a trustworthy, open-source AI Read more...
- Does this imply an AGI effort or an AI to chaperone other AIs?
- Is the business strategy as trustworthy as the algorithm(s)?
- What other big players should join this effort?
Personal videos
| Misinformation | Dilution |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Advertising and marketing | Enterprise software, B2B software, SAAS |
Tavus is using generative AI to re-render videos in a personalized way. Read more...
- What are the safeguards against bad actors?
- How long can a company keep using an employee's content?
- Is this still too dystopian for general advertising?
Autoshop
| Copyright | User goals | Dilution |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Advertising and marketing | Creator economy and art |
Adobe launches Firefly, a so-called human-centered approach to generative AI in image editing and production. Read more...
- Can a feature in traditional software keep up with the pace of innovation?
- Are copyrights concern understood well enough?
- How might this create a new segment of users?
The paradox of choice
| User trust | Goal alignment | User goals |
| Artificial Intelligence | Algorithms |
| Healthcare, Medicine, Digital Health |
GE's technology helps radiologists make fewer choices. Read more...
- At what point is this function making a clinical decision?
- Will a radiologist want to audit what gets automated?
- Will a radiologist second guess these decisions?
Strong magnet
| Data drift | Data applicability | Regulatory |
| Artificial Intelligence |
| Healthcare, Medicine, Digital Health |
New AI-powered 7 Tesla MRI scanner is Europe's most powerful and beings duty. Read more...
- Does a double-ended AI workflow create new problems?
- What can 7T do that 3T couldn't?
- How does the lack of 7T images for training impact its potential?
Faux-chicken
| Public trust | Environment/Climate change | Consumer trends |
| Cultured Meat |
| Agriculture |
FDA clears lab-grown chicken product of another producer Read more...
- How to cultured meat brands differentiate from each other?
- What role will influencers and other market play?
- Might it simply come down to costs?
Spray drones
| Implementation costs | Incentives | Labour |
| Autonomous vehicles |
| Agriculture | Aerospace and Aviation |
Large spray drones which can carry hundreds of pounds are replacing tractors for some tasks. Read more...
- Where do drone companies sit on the issue of right-to-repair?
- Will noise be a consideration?
- Is it easier to share a drone than share a tractor?
The Crossfactors Newsletter
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