The False Promises of AI
Plus Sam Altman's New $1B AI Device...
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
April 08, 2024
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Welcome back, AI’ers!
Monday’s Top Story: Former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are collaborating on an AI-powered personal device and are seeking $1 billion in funding.
AI-powered hardware is all the hype these days, so we’re not surprised.
Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today
🤖 Sam Altman's New $1B AI Device
✨ The False Promises of AI
📰 News Hot Off The Press
💰️ Newly Added AI Tools
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AI IN THE NEWS
Spotify Launching AI Playlists…
Spotify has launched a new feature allowing users to generate personalized AI-powered playlists using natural language prompts.
📫️ The Details:
Spotify's new AI playlist feature is currently in beta and available to users in the UK and Australia on Android and iOS devices.
Users can generate playlists by entering prompts referencing genres, moods, artists, decades, etc. Example prompts include "songs to serenade my cat" or "beats to battle a zombie apocalypse."
Spotify leverages its understanding of music and user preferences to generate playlists that match the user's prompt. Users can refine the playlist by removing unwanted songs.
The feature is accessed through the "Your Library" tab in Spotify's app by tapping the "+" button and selecting the "AI Playlist" option.
Former Apple design chief Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are collaborating on an AI-powered personal device and are seeking $1 billion in funding…
Ive and Altman have started a mysterious company to develop an AI-powered device that is not expected to resemble a traditional smartphone.
Altman has been rumored to create several products that OpenAI supports, including microchips and supercomputers.
It seems as if he is following Amazon’s playbook.
At Amazon, Bezos realized that many of the company's most significant expenses, like server infrastructure, warehousing, and logistics, could be turned into services that Amazon could sell to other companies.
This led to the creation of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), and other B2B services that have become hugely profitable for Amazon.
Bezos productized Amazon's internal capabilities and costs.
Similarly, Altman may be looking to do something analogous to OpenAI.
Developing advanced AI systems requires massive investments in specialized chips, computing power, and infrastructure.
Rather than having those be huge expenses for OpenAI, Altman appears to be exploring ways to turn them into products and services that OpenAI can monetize externally.
📫️ The details:
Ive and Altman have started a mysterious company to develop an AI-powered device that is not expected to resemble a traditional smartphone.
The startup has discussed funding deals with venture capital firms Emerson Collective and Thrive Capital, a major investor in OpenAI.
Ive aims to raise up to $1 billion in funding for the project, which could potentially leverage OpenAI's conversational AI technology.
Microsoft Threat Intelligence warned that China could try to influence elections in the US, India, and South Korea this year using AI-generated content…
Microsoft Threat Intelligence warned that China could try to influence elections in the US, India, and South Korea this year using AI-generated content.
📫️ The details:
China has already tested the use of AI-generated audio, video, and memes in an attempt to sway the 2023 Taiwanese presidential election.
Chinese state-backed cyber groups, along with North Korean involvement, are expected to target these high-profile elections in 2024.
The AI-generated content is designed to inflame social tensions and sow division, though its impact on swaying voters remains low so far.
However, Microsoft warns China's increasing experimentation with AI-generated content "may prove more effective.
The use of AI to create disinformation and influence elections poses a growing threat to the integrity of democratic processes globally.
Vigilance against such cyber-enabled influence operations will be crucial in the lead-up to these high-stakes elections.
QUICK BITS
AI worm exposes security flaws in AI tools like ChatGPT (link)
Gmail to launch email summary AI feature (link)
Elon Musk announced that Tesla will unveil its "robotaxi" on August 8 (link)
Meta to broaden labeling of AI-made content (link)
AI ON SOCIAL
FROM THE WEB
✨ The False Promises of AI
On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart did an entire segment pointing fun at AI and the promises conveyed by tech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman.
Jon questioned if AI would take our jobs.
Our answer: Maybe.
We believe AI, in its current state, has a long way to go before it completely replaces jobs.
There still needs to be a human on the other side to verify information and validate that the task is done correctly.
Conversely, people who use AI will replace those who don’t.
This isn’t a novel idea.
Yet, after watching the segment, we think he made some solid points about the potential false promises of AI. Watch it for yourself.
MORE FROM THE TUBE
NEW TOOLS
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Epiction - a sophisticated tool designed to distill lengthy articles into succinct, easily digestible summaries, enabling users to gain knowledge in a more efficient manner.
KapKap - an AI-powered tool focused on aiding creators in producing quality marketing videos by implementing a multitude of features.
Validator by Yazero - a tool specifically designed for optimal analyses of startup ideas. Providing comprehensive, accurate, and reliable insights, this tool helps entrepreneurs streamline the validation process of their startup concepts.
AI Playlists by Spotify - Looking for “an indie folk playlist to give my brain a big warm hug,” “relaxing music to tide me over during allergy season,” or “a playlist that makes me feel like the main character”? AI Playlist has you covered.
Ping Parrot - Build a custom chatbot in minutes, embed it on your website, and let it help you handle customer support. No coding required.
See more of the newly added tools here.
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