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Today's AI News lineup:🥊

• 🤖 New App "Feeling Great" Combines AI with CBT for Mental Health Support

• 🌟 OpenAI Appoints Carnegie Mellon Professor to Its Board for Enhanced AI Safety

• 🤖 Noam Shazeer Returns to Google: What This Means for AI

🤖 New App "Feeling Great" Combines AI with CBT for Mental Health Support

AI Box: "Feeling Great," an app developed by Dr. David Burns and his team, integrates AI with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to provide accessible mental health support and has recently secured $8 million in seed funding.

Key Highlights:

• Dr. David Burns, along with Jeremy Karmel and Matt Pierce, launched the "Feeling Great" app, utilizing AI to deliver CBT-based mental health support.

• The app features interactive courses and a chatbot designed to help users manage negative emotions and improve mental well-being.

• "Feeling Great" has raised $8 million in seed funding and plans to use the capital for further development and marketing.

Why it matters: "Feeling Great" represents a significant step forward in democratizing mental health care by using AI to make effective therapeutic techniques more widely accessible, potentially transforming how people manage their mental health on a daily basis.

🌟 OpenAI Appoints Carnegie Mellon Professor to Its Board for Enhanced AI Safety

AI Box: OpenAI has appointed Zico Kolter, a leading expert in AI safety from Carnegie Mellon to its board of directors, aiming to strengthen its governance and safety measures.

Key Highlights:

• Zico Kolter, known for his work in AI safety, joins OpenAI’s board of directors and will contribute to the Safety and Security Committee.

• Kolter’s appointment follows recent departures from OpenAI's safety-focused teams, highlighting ongoing concerns about AI governance.

• With a background in academia and industry, including roles at Bosch and Gray Swan, Kolter brings extensive expertise to OpenAI’s efforts in managing AI risks.

Why it matters: Kolter’s appointment underscores OpenAI’s commitment to addressing AI safety challenges and improving governance, ensuring that advancements in artificial intelligence are developed and managed with rigorous safety standards.

💡 Cohere’s Nick Frosst Talks AI Realism Amid Bubble Concerns

AI Box: Nick Frosst of Cohere challenges the notion of an AI bubble, emphasizing that while the industry has its excesses, the technology provides real, tangible value.

Key Highlights:

• Frosst argues against the idea that the AI industry is in a bubble, citing the practical benefits and new features enabled by AI models like Cohere’s.

• He remains skeptical about achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI) soon, suggesting that current AI technology, while powerful, is not close to human-level intelligence.

• Cohere focuses on using large, foundational models to create custom solutions for enterprises, balancing realistic expectations with the potential value of AI.

Why it matters: Frosst’s perspective offers a grounded view of AI’s current capabilities and future prospects, helping to temper the hype with a focus on practical, incremental advancements in technology.

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