# AI Startups + Google I/O Roundup - Episode #4

> We discuss a handful of exciting AI Startups + Google I/O Roundup

**Author:** Alex Denne  
**Category:** Insights  
**Published:** 2023-05-11  
**Reading time:** 57 min

**News from the week**

[Google I/O Summary (The Verge)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL1w7f5o80A)

**PaLM2 -** better at reasoning, maths, and logic, and in [many cases](https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/googles-palm-2-paper-shows-that-text-generating-ai-still-has-a-long-way-to-go/), and does better than OpenAI’s GPT-4.

PaLM2 PDF [technical report](https://ai.google/static/documents/palm2techreport.pdf)

**Apps mentioned**

[screenloop.com](https://www.screenloop.com/)

[gamma.app](http://gamma.app/) - Generation of the entire presentation

[canva.com](https://www.canva.com/) - AI throughout all the tools

[Cloudsale.ai](http://cloudsale.ai/)

Entrepreneur First (EF) - [https://www.joinef.com/](https://www.joinef.com/)

**Crazy Things**

Palantir showcases “AIP” platform using LLMs in military situations 😬 ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEM5qz__HOU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEM5qz__HOU))

[Guardian article calling LLMs the largest heist in human history](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/08/ai-machines-hallucinating-naomi-klein)

[The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/world/middleeast/iran-nuclear-fakhrizadeh-assassination-israel.html) (NY Times)

**Books mentioned**

Innovator’s Dilemma - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator's_Dilemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innovator)

New Silk Roads - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silk_Roads](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silk_Roads)

**Groups of key words people use to actively look for AI tools with**

1. Images / Photo / Drawings / Video / Portrait / Design / Concepts
2. Text / Copy / Writing
3. Analytics / Detection / Voice / Vision / Recognition / Diagnosis / Patterns / Prediction / Optimization
4. Industries: Coding / HR / Marketing / Design / Robotics
5. Personalisation

**Mentions**

MedPalm2

The UK’s ICO, GDPR and Automated Decision Making ([https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/rights-related-to-automated-decision-making-including-profiling/](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/rights-related-to-automated-decision-making-including-profiling/))

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