One-Minute Daily AI News 4/16/2024

1. Tech exec predicts ‘AI girlfriends’ will create $1B business: ‘Comfort at the end of the day’.\[1\]
2. **Intel** uses in-house AI tools to optimize SoC layouts from 6 weeks, to just ‘minutes’.\[2\]
3. AI program creates personal chatbots for elementary school students.\[3\]
4. **Microsoft** invests $1.5 billion in AI firm G42, overseen by UAE’s national security adviser.\[4\]

Sources:

\[1\] [https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tech-exec-predicts-ai-girlfriends-181938674.html](https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tech-exec-predicts-ai-girlfriends-181938674.html)

\[2\] [https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97639/intel-uses-in-house-ai-tools-to-optimize-soc-layouts-from-6-weeks-just-minutes/index.html](https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97639/intel-uses-in-house-ai-tools-to-optimize-soc-layouts-from-6-weeks-just-minutes/index.html)

\[3\] [https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/innovate8/ai-program-personal-chatbots-for-students/509-469c086b-cafe-4527-a380-d2a28d7494dc](https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/innovate8/ai-program-personal-chatbots-for-students/509-469c086b-cafe-4527-a380-d2a28d7494dc)

\[4\] [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-invests-1-5-billion-153522793.html](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-invests-1-5-billion-153522793.html)

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