🧠 Elon Musk implanted a chip in a human brain

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Deepfake is getting real good.

Deepfake detection is trying to catch up.

When happens when deepfake reaches 99.99% accuracy?

If deepfake detection is no longer working

Will we need to put an “authentic” tag on everything that’s “real”?

Affect You and Me

🧠 Elon Musk implanted a chip in a human brain

Elon Musk's Neuralink has implanted a chip in a human brain for the first time.

The operation was successful, and the patient is recovering well. The initial results show promising neuron spike detection.

The first product, named Telepathy, aims to help people who have lost the use of their limbs, allowing them to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone.

🔍 FBI uses Amazon’s AI tool to capture crimes

The FBI is incorporating Amazon's Rekognition AI technology to analyze images and videos for "nudity, weapons, explosives."

This project, named Tyr, is in its "initiation" phase.

Amazon asserts that the FBI's application of Rekognition does not violate this policy, emphasizing the tool's broader image and video analysis capabilities beyond facial recognition.

👕 Amazon’s AI tool let you try products, virtually

Amazon's new AI tool, "Diffuse to Choose" (DTC), revolutionizes online shopping by allowing customers to virtually try products in any setting.

This innovation, expanding beyond apparel to various product categories, highlights the growing trend of immersive online shopping experiences.

Amazon's venture into generative AI, including a chatbot for quirky product inquiries and AI-generated product summaries, underscores its commitment to enhancing e-commerce with cutting-edge technology.

🚫 Making wrong deepfakes can cause you penalties

In response to the spread of non-consensual, sexualized AI-generated images of Taylor Swift, a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill to criminalize such actions.

The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024, or the "Defiance Act," allows victims to seek civil penalties against those who produce, possess, or distribute these "digital forgeries" without consent.

The bill is a direct response to the increasing prevalence of "deepfakes" on social media platforms.

📰 New York Times building AI team in its newsroom

The New York Times is assembling a team to explore the use of generative AI in its newsroom.

The team will prototype uses of generative AI and other machine-learning techniques to enhance reporting and reader experience.

The initiative comes despite the Times' previous legal dispute with OpenAI over content scraping. It remains unclear whether the Times will partner with an AI model provider or develop its own tools.

👀 AI can read braille now, fast

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an AI-powered robotic sensor that can read Braille at twice the speed of humans.

The robot, trained with blurred images of Braille, achieves reading speeds of approximately 315 words per minute with nearly 90% accuracy.

While not primarily designed to assist visually impaired individuals, the robot's success in high-speed Braille reading underscores potential advancements in robotic sensitivity and tactile sensing.

🎵 Taylor Swift’s music could disappear from TikTok

Universal Music Group (UMG) has threatened to remove its music from TikTok due to failed contract negotiations.

UMG claims TikTok failed to adequately compensate artists and address concerns about hate speech, bigotry, and bullying on the platform.

TikTok responded, accusing UMG of prioritizing greed over the interests of artists and songwriters. The dispute could impact UMG's hundreds of musicians and TikTok's billion users, potentially removing music from artists like Taylor Swift.

🍎 Apple rolls out AI-powered Siri with iOS 18

Apple is set to revolutionize Siri with AI capabilities in iOS 18.

This next-gen Siri, powered by Apple's own Large Language Model (LLM) dubbed AppleGPT, marks a significant leap in Apple's AI strategy, aligning with the industry's shift towards generative AI.

Analysts predict this update will not only enhance user experience but could also necessitate hardware upgrades, potentially boosting iPhone sales and service subscriptions.

AI Insider

 🧧 China approves over 40 AI models

China has approved over 40 AI models for public use in the past six months.

The approvals, which include companies like Xiaomi, 4Paradigm, and 01.AI, were given out in four tranches since the process was set up around August.

This move is significant as China is embroiled in a battle of supremacy in AI technology with the US.

🔊 Microsoft’s new tool enhances your audio quality

Microsoft is testing an AI-powered 'Voice Clarity' feature for Windows 11, aimed at enhancing audio quality during online meetings and gaming.

The feature, previously exclusive to Surface devices, uses complex AI models to suppress background noise, reduce reverberation, and cancel echoes in real time.

It is now available to all users in the latest Canary build for Windows 11.

💸 Staying in the AI game is costly

Elon Musk likens the AI race to a high-stakes poker game, emphasizing the need for companies to invest billions annually to remain competitive.

He revealed Tesla's plan to spend over $500 million on Nvidia AI chips in 2024, but stressed that staying ahead requires "several billion dollars per year" in AI hardware investments.

🏭 OpenAI may build its own semiconductor plants

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is in South Korea, meeting with Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's leading memory chip producers.

Amidst a global AI boom, driven by demand for computing power and processors, Altman's visit hints at OpenAI's ambitious plans to venture into semiconductor manufacturing.

This strategic move could bolster OpenAI's capabilities in an increasingly competitive AI landscape.

🔋 AI and crypto mining boosting data center’s energy use

The International Energy Agency (IEA) reports a surge in data center electricity use, driven by AI and crypto mining, predicting a doubling by 2026.

Crypto mining's electricity consumption was 110TWh in 2022, nearly a quarter of data centers' total 460TWh.

AI could increase Google Search's electricity use tenfold, highlighting the need for renewable energy to meet this growing demand.

👨🏻‍👩🏻‍👦🏻‍👦🏻 Helping teens and families to safely harness potential of AI

Common Sense Media and OpenAI have partnered to guide teens and families on safely utilizing AI.

They'll create AI guidelines, educational materials, and curate family-friendly GPTs in the GPT Store, based on Common Sense ratings.

AI Magics

🎨 Generate AI art without complex prompts

OpenArt.ai introduces a revolutionary AI Art Generator, enabling users to create unique AI art and images for free.

This platform offers an AI thinking partner for expanding creativity without the need for complex prompts, providing finer control over the creative process.

Users can generate unlimited images on basic models and access premium features with trial credits.

💡 Your personal knowledge hub inside Whatsapp

Keepi.ai is an innovative AI tool designed to serve as a personal knowledge assistant.

It enables users to capture, store, and share various types of information, including URLs, documents, and images.

Keepi learns from the data shared with it, generating insights and organizing knowledge for easy access later.

This tool is particularly useful for leveraging personal knowledge both on the go and in the office.

Generative Art

🐱 The Lord of the Rings (Cat version)