It is no surprise that we are talking frequently in the Innovation District about future technologies and how they have the potential to solve the "unsolvable" problems and radically change lives. Two such discussions recently highlighted advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) - a field that has the potential to change almost every sector from transportation, medicine, and robotics to education and climate.
ARK Invest held its Big Ideas Summit at the newly opened ARK Innovation Center in the St. Pete Innovation District. This event highlighted several areas of technology innovation that have strong opportunities for growth including AI, bitcoin, precision therapies, electric vehicles and more. To read ARK Invest Big Ideas 2024 click here. Or more about the Summit click here.
A few weeks later, Cathie Wood, founder and CEO of ARK Invest spoke at the Tampa Bay Innovation Center's (TBIC) Innovation Showcase which highlighted eight early-stage startup founders who participated in TBIC's AI accelerator program. She highlighted how “Technology is permeating every industry in every sector....there’s a blurring of the lines, and the opportunities, therefore, are huge as AI scales across sectors.” To read more click here.
Thank you to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (JHACH) for sponsoring and hosting our inaugural Morning Sparks: Innovation X-change breakfast. The event was kicked off by Alicia Schulhof, President of JHACH, and followed by an overview of the topic - Artificial Intelligence - by Dr. John Licato of USF's Advanced Machine and Human Reasoning Lab.
Kudos to the Tampa Bay Innovation Center, a technology incubator, accelerator and coworking office operating the ARK Innovation Center in the Innovation District. They recently announced the startups that will participate in their spring accelerator program. These startups offer a variety of intriguing solutions, many based in the Tampa Bay region. Keep an eye out for a showcase featuring these companies in July.
The Dali Museum is once again leveraging innovative technology to engage the audience in a deeper understanding of Dali. A recent NPR profile highlighted: Ask Dalí, a new installation based on a copy of Dalí's iconic Lobster Telephone sculpture, allows visitors to pick up the crustacean-shaped receiver, ask a question, and hear Dalí's response. The artist's voice, speaking in heavily-accented English, is made possible through generative artificial intelligence. The artist's AI voice was trained on voice samples taken from archival interviews Dalí did in English over his career.