🎭️ Taylor Swift’s AI fakes

🧵 In today's edition:

• 🎭️ Taylor Swift’s AI fakes

• 😴 Turning dreams into reality

• 📈 OpenAI updates

• 🎙️ New BWAI Episode ft. Jason Liu

• 🤑 AI Fundraising News

• 🗞️ AI Quick-Bytes

• 🐦 Tweet Post of the Day

🎭️ Taylor Swift’s AI fakes

One of the biggest side effects of this era of rapid AI advancement has been the advent of deepfakes.

Just last week, as excitement built for the Chiefs vs. Ravens AFC Championship game, unsettling AI-generated images of Taylor Swift circulated on social media, provoking widespread concern.

In response to this trend, the White House has taken a firm stance against AI-generated fake images. Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre labeled the situation as "alarming" and hinted at the necessity for legislative measures to safeguard individuals, particularly women and girls, who bear the brunt of online harassment.

Taking a cue from this urgency, X/Twitter swiftly intervened (pun intended 😏), making Taylor Swift's name unsearchable on their platform to stem its spread.

This scenario highlights two critical points: 

1. It emphasizes the major challenge platforms face when grappling with the onslaught of AI-generated content, from manipulated images to deceptive videos. 

2. Despite the resounding call for legislation and the emergence of bipartisan support for the cause, the path to enacting concrete legislation remains uncertain.

As the battle against deepfakes rages on, the question remains: can legislation keep pace with the ever-evolving landscape of digital deception?

Read more: The Verge

😴 Turning dreams into reality

Remembering a dream can be challenging enough, but what if you could control it… like a movie director?

It might sound like something out of science fiction, but that concept is becoming a reality with the latest development from neurotech startup Prophetic. 

The startup recently announced Morpheus-1, a groundbreaking device utilizing ultrasound holograms to induce and stabilize lucid dreams, all driven by your brain's current state.

Why focus on lucid dreaming? 

• According to Prophetic, lucid dreams offer a unique opportunity for self-awareness and empowerment.

• The dreamer becomes conscious of their sleep state in these dreams, opening doors to control and analysis. 

• This capability also carries therapeutic benefits, such as addressing nightmares or PTSD.

Overall: While some may hesitate to let AI tinker with their sleep, the potential for unlocking new realms of consciousness is undeniably intriguing. 

Could Morpheus-1 be the key to a future where dreams are not just experiences but deliberate explorations of our thoughts?

Talk about real-life Inception 😳 

Read more: Tom’s Guide

📈 OpenAI updates

With OpenAI shipping so many features every week, it’s only fitting we have an “OpenAI updates” section. 

Recently, OpenAI unveiled a lineup of groundbreaking updates and new models, promising enhanced performance, flexibility, and affordability. 

Here’s the TL;DR: 

• New embedding models: The company introduced two cutting-edge embedding models, text-embedding-3-small and text-embedding-3-large, designed to improve content understanding and retrieval.

• Cheaper prices: OpenAI introduced lower prices for GPT-3.5 Turbo and a host of new tools for managing API keys and tracking usage.

• Enhanced GPT models: OpenAI released updated versions of GPT-4 Turbo and GPT-3.5 Turbo, offering improved performance and lower costs.

• Advanced moderation: Users can now safeguard their platforms with the text-moderation-007 model, OpenAI's most robust moderation tool yet.

Read more: OpenAI

🤑 AI Fundraising News

• Lokalee raises $5.6 million in pre-Series A funding to enhance guest interactions, simplify operations, and increase potential revenue for hotels and holiday homes.

• AiDash raises $50M in funding to safeguard critical infrastructure from climate change-related threats.

🗞️ AI Quick-Bytes

What else is going on?

• Startups must strategize and budget for AI-assisted software development in 2024.

• Fake Biden robocall creator suspended from AI voice startup.

• Google’s Lumiere brings AI video closer to real than unreal.

• The US wants cloud firms to report foreign users building AI.

• The seven dirty words you can’t say with AI.

• Tesla to spend $500M to bring its Dojo supercomputer project to the Buffalo factory.

• The generative AI smartphone age is here.

• Opera to launch new AI-powered browser for iOS in Europe following Apple’s DMA changes.
  
  

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