AI TRENDS
News & Breakthroughs
ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer now features a "trending" section that highlights the most-viewed organizations, updating several times daily. This tool reveals patterns in public interest, such as surges in views for universities involved in congressional hearings or the enduring popularity of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Midjourney, an AI image-generating platform with over $200 million in revenue, is entering the hardware space, as announced yesterday on X. The new hardware team will be based in San Francisco. The hiring of Ahmad Abbas, who contributed to the Apple Vision Pro and previously worked with Midjourney CEO David Holz at Leap Motion, suggests the company may focus on hardware related to its AI developments, including video and 3D generation, despite ongoing legal challenges over its AI training methods.
Case Studies & AI Research
AI systems that answer natural language questions over databases hold great potential, combining the reasoning abilities of language models with the computational power of data management systems. The proposed Table-Augmented Generation (TAG) paradigm addresses limitations in current methods like Text2SQL and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), which only handle a narrow subset of queries. TAG explores broader interactions between language models and databases, paving the way for more effective research, as initial benchmarks show existing methods correctly answer only 20% of queries.
AI TOOLS
Modeling
Design
Marketing
Search
HubSpot's Tech SEO team highlights that AI tools like ChatGPT and Jasper.ai can significantly enhance technical SEO efforts by automating tasks such as generating schema tags, analyzing logs, and simplifying complex technical concepts for decision-makers. According to HubSpot's 2024 State of Marketing Report, marketers save an average of 2.5 hours per day using AI, underscoring its efficiency in technical SEO.
Content Creation
Video
Viggle’s new advanced 3D-video model lets you precisely control the motion of animated characters.
Images
Magnific AI and Freepik introduced Freepik Mystic, claimed to be the most advanced AI image generator, capable of producing full HD images at 1,664 x 2,432 resolution. Unlike foundational models like Midjourney and Dall-E, Mystic combines the Flux foundation model with fine-tuning and specialized technology to create highly detailed and diverse images, curated by top industry experts.
Krea AI added the powerful new Flux AI image generator, offering more styles, image variations, & aspect ratios — for free.
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Fundraising
As TikTok Live emerges as a lucrative platform where some streamers earn over $7K/month through viewer donations, it raises the question: could these methodologies be effectively applied to nonprofit marketing and fundraising? Streamers engage audiences in "battles" where donations influence outcomes, driven by creative or trending themes. The rise of such interactive and engaging content presents opportunities for nonprofits to explore similar strategies, like developing interactive campaigns, selling digital engagement tools, or using video overlays to increase donor participation and support. Could these innovative approaches open new avenues for nonprofit fundraising?
Donor Analytics
Copilots and Operational Efficiency
Data Management & Visualization
Engagement
Chatbots & AI Assistants
Social Media
COMMENTARY
Charity Spring
As anticipated in yesterday’s Nonprofit AI Report, Nvidia reported strong revenue growth, with Q2 sales more than doubling to $30 billion, signaling the ongoing AI boom. Despite predicting Q3 revenue of $32.5 billion, which exceeded Wall Street’s average projections, Nvidia's shares fell due to missing some optimistic forecasts and ongoing production issues with their next-gen Blackwell chips. Additionally, smaller competitors are challenging Nvidia's dominance in the AI chip market, raising significant funds and launching new products to capitalize on AI's rapid growth.
Other Commentary
Stephen Wolfram highlights the need for philosophical rigor in AI research, especially as AI's role in society grows. He argues that addressing core ethical and philosophical questions is crucial for guiding AI's development and its impact on humanity.
Ross Andersen / The Atlantic: A look at the AI-safety community's loss of prominence and lessons learned, such as not to trust AI companies' promises to cooperate with regulators
Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg: The US says OpenAI and Anthropic agreed to let the US AI Safety Institute have early access to major new AI models to evaluate their capabilities and risks
Future Forecasts