$2000 ChatGPT

Plus a quick LLM tip...

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Jelani Abdus-Salaam
September 09, 2024

Welcome back, AI’ers!

Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today

  • 🤖 $2000 ChatGPT

  • ✨ A Quick LLM Tip

  • 📰 News Hot Off The Press

  • 💰️ Newly Added AI Tools

TOOL HIGHLIGHT

TODAY’S FEATURED TOOL

🖥️ Lavender AI

Lavender is an AI-powered tool designed to help sales development representatives (SDRs) and account executives (AEs) write effective emails, boost reply rates, and generate more pipeline. It scores emails and templates, providing instant improvements and personalization suggestions. Lavender integrates with various platforms including Gmail, Outlook, Outreach, Salesloft, HubSpot, Apollo, Groove, Gong and more.

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TRENDING STORIES

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

OpenAI's Sora is stuck in research limbo as the company courts Hollywood and policymakers

OpenAI's impressive Sora video AI model remains in research limbo as the company engages in discussions with policymakers and seeks partnerships within the entertainment industry. Despite the lack of a firm release timeline, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has stated that Sora will "definitely" be released this year, once generation costs are reduced

  • OpenAI is meeting with film studios, media executives, and talent agencies in Los Angeles to build partnerships and encourage filmmakers to incorporate Sora into their work

  • Potential legal issues related to training on YouTube data could be a factor in the delay, as YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has warned OpenAI about this possibility

  • Since Sora's debut in February, several Chinese companies and Runway ML have introduced their own video AI models, while Midjourney is preparing to release its video model

OpenAI's new AI models could cost up to $2,000/month

OpenAI is considering charging up to $2,000 per month for its upcoming advanced AI models, Strawberry and Orion, according to a report by The Information

  • Strawberry, set to launch this fall, is expected to outperform existing AI models in solving complex problems, conducting deep research, and tackling math and word puzzles

  • OpenAI is also exploring changes to its corporate structure to simplify it and attract investors, while maintaining its non-profit entity as fundamental to its mission

  • The company plans to raise several billion dollars in a funding round that could value it at over $100 billion, with potential investors including Apple, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Thrive Capital

Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools

South Korea is facing a deepfake pornography crisis involving hundreds of schools and universities, with many underage victims. The encrypted messaging app Telegram has been central to the controversy, enabling the spread of illicit content.

  • Over 500 schools and universities have been identified as potential targets, with victims as young as 16.

  • Telegram's private, encrypted nature allows users to remain anonymous and quickly delete content without a trace.

  • The government plans to increase penalties for creating and sharing deepfakes, but many offenders are minors who receive lenient sentences.

QUICK BITS

MORE NEWS

New Open Source AI Model Can Check Itself and Avoid Hallucinations (link)

An OpenAI investor said that Musk’s new AI chip cluster is ‘table stakes.’ (link)

Google has added the ability to use fine-tuned Gemini models via an API key (link)

Salesforce acquires data management firm Own for $1.9B in cash (link)

Google DeepMind has created AlphaProteo, an AI system that designs novel proteins (link)

The director of ‘Alien: Romulus’ is defending AI versions of dead actors after facing backlash (link)

Transforming Technology: Local college rolls out first ever Artificial Intelligence degree (link)

Marc Benioff has declared a ‘hard pivot’ to autonomous AI agents (link)

Startup accuses Nvidia and Microsoft of infringing on patents and forming a cartel (link)

Is AI the future of sales? Salesforce’s new models could change the game (link)

Video Game Voice Actors Secure Major AI Agreements (link)

New AI supply chain standard brings together Ant, Tencent, Baidu and Microsoft, Google, Meta (link)

Honor Unveils AI Assistant to Compete with Tech Giants (link)

Tell Replit's AI Agent Your App Idea, and It'll Code and Deploy It for You (link)

OpenAI is fighting to keep cofounder Ilya Sutskever's files secret (link)

Roblox is launching a generative AI that builds 3D environments in a snap (link)

Nvidia's AI GPUs are cheaper to rent in China than in the US — $6 per hour for eight Nvidia A100 GPUs (link)

OpenAI says "GPT Next" timelines shared by OpenAI officials are just placeholders (link)

Yi-Coder: The open-source AI that wants to be your coding buddy (link)

Matt Shumer releases Reflection 70B, an open-source model thats better than Llama 3 and GPT4-o, 405B coming next week (link)

Feds Charge AI Music Maker for Faking Streams In $10 Million Scheme (link)

New AI model “learns” how to simulate Super Mario Bros. from video footage (link)

Marc Benioff says Salesforce is basically starting from a 'beginner's mind' mentality and going all in on AI agents (link)

AI ON SOCIAL

FROM THE WEB

✨Use Persona’s Instead Of Tone

This is an interesting thought. Instead of asking AI to write in a tone, write in a persona.

Don’t Say: Write in a professional yet casual tone
Say: Write like a 40yo CEO catching up with a golf buddy.

NEW TOOLS

FROM OUR DATABASE

Rory - an AI-powered tool designed to aid users with personal journaling and fostering happiness.

Musick AI -  an innovative AI Music Generator that can create songs across a wide range of music genres. Users can customize their music by choosing the type of music they want to create, from genres like EDM, R&B, hip-hop, pop, to classical.

SitesGPT.com - an AI-powered website builder that focuses on generating SEO-optimized websites instantly. The platform harnesses the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence to fundamentally innovate and simplify the way websites are created.

T&C Summarizer - an AI-enabled Chrome extension designed to simplify and summarize Terms and Conditions (T&Cs) present on any webpage.

Veedy - an AI-enabled tool that transforms the creation, design, and testing of static and video ads by simplifying processes and optimizing outcomes.

See more of the newly added tools here.

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