News

Samsung aims for ‘no human’ factory by 2030: the South Korean giant has announced that it’s goal for its semiconductor manufacturing factories are to be ‘no human’ in the very near future. Using a blend of smart sensors and automation tools Samsung looks to manufacture its chips without human involvement. Read all about it here.

Robot reads braille at twice the speed of humans: researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an AI robotic finger that can read braille at 315 words per minute (twice the speed of a human) with similar accuracy to humans. Fascinating stuff, read about it here.

Neuralink has installed its first AI-Brain interface chip: the first implant of the new Neuralink ‘Telepathy’ product has been successfully implanted into the brain of a human. Initially designed for use by people with severe neurological conditions, Telepathy promises to allow users to control almost any connected device by their thoughts. Watch the BBC News report here and read about it here.

Blair & Hague propose selling NHS data: in a paper released this week former UK PM Sir Tony Blair and former leader of the Conservatives, Lord William Hague have jointly authored a paper, which proposes to sell anonymous NHS data to help fuel a UK tech boom. I’m going to deep dive on the paper in Saturdays newsletter but for now, get the lowdown here.

Microsoft publish New Future of Work report: the tech giant has published a report this week that focuses on the impact of generative AI on the future of work. Ai will impact most jobs in some way in the coming years. Getting to grips with the successes and challenges of early adopters will only help us down the road. Get the report here.

Tool

This week I have been using a very smart GPT called “Diagrams: Show Me”, a really fun, interesting and time saving tool.

From the GPT Store: “Create Diagrams, Architecture Visualisations, Flow-Charts, Mind Map, Schemes and more. Great for coding, presentations and code documentation. Export and Edit your diagram for free!”

You can have a try for yourself here. Have a look below to see the type of outputs this can generate by the simplest of prompts.

Prompt

Another week, another rabbit hole! This time into the world of mind maps and other diagrams. I use mind mapping a lot when I’m thinking about how to solve problems or communicate ideas. It helps me be thorough in assessing all the components of a problem or idea and forces focus. The challenge with mind maps is that the very nature of them means that they take a good chunk of time to create. With Show Me GPT, mind maps (and other diagrams) can be created in seconds. This does not replace the rigour of deep thought and examination, but it does certainly identify where you should be spending your time - a massive time saver!

Here’s an example of an incredibly simple prompt in action:

“Mindmap of the UK Planning process for a residential development”. Nothing more than that. Here is what it generated in less than one minute:

That’s a pretty decent summary of the UK Planning process. My only minor criticism is that it doesn’t follow a clockwise sequence. To my eye it should be yellow-green-purple-pink but that may just be me!

Another example of a different chart. If you ever wondered what magic occurs when you type in a website address and hit return, here you go, Show Me GPT has a sequence diagram for that:

Simple, eh? That’s me for another Wednesday. Please enjoy and as always, your comments are much appreciated. Send them to [email protected]