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Amazon Amps Up Its AI Arsenal With an Image Generator to Take On Adobe and Stable Diffusion
Coming on the heels of the “Q” large language model, Amazon Titan brings multimodal AI capabilities to the AWS platform.
The ‘Make It More’ ChatGPT Trend—And How to Play Along at Home
https://decrypt.co/208002/make-it-more-chatgpt-trend-and-how-to-play-along-at-home
Pushing AI image generation to the limit. Then pushing some more.
Bored People on the Internet Are Using AI to Animate Memes
https://decrypt.co/207987/bored-people-on-the-internet-are-using-ai-to-animate-memes
Generative AI is bringing old memes to life, making them as funny (and creepy) as they can be.
Pika Wows in Debut as AI Video Generator Takes Aim at Tech Giants
https://decrypt.co/207799/pika-ai-video-tool-blasts-out-of-beta
A $55 million raise allows the startup to compete against giants Meta, Adobe, and Stability AI.
Amazon Launches Q, A ChatGPT AI Competitor for Businesses
https://decrypt.co/207742/amazon-q-chatbot-for-business
After carving out a leadership position in cloud computing, the firm is determined to claim a significant share of the burgeoning AI market.
AI Can Fix Your DeFi Smart Contracts, Researchers Claim
https://decrypt.co/207648/ai-defi-smart-contract-auditor-lightning-cat
Lightning Cat is an AI model trained to catch blockchain problems before they can be exploited by armies of bots and hackers.
What is Q* and Q-Learning? OpenAI Could Have Imploded Over AI Fears
https://decrypt.co/207413/what-is-q-star-q-learning-agi-openai
A technological milestone reportedly called Q* was concerning enough to spark a coup at the world’s leading AI company.
Indian AI Video Startup Rephrase.ai Announces Acquisition by Adobe
https://decrypt.co/207178/rephrase-ai-generative-video-startup-adobe-acquisition
Aimed somewhere between Photoshop and Premiere Pro, the tool lets users create videos from scratch with just a prompt.
Stable Video Diffusion Is Stability AI’s Gambit for the Future of Video
https://decrypt.co/207132/stable-video-diffusion-stability-ai-generative-video
Put text in, get vibrant video content out—Stability AI joins the fray with Meta, Runway and Pika Labs.
Cruise CEO Steps Down Amid Self-Driving Car Safety Crisis
https://decrypt.co/206979/cruise-autonomous-self-driving-car-safety-ceo-resignation
Kyle Vogt said he was optimistic about his business, but regulatory actions may have made moving forward untenable.
Anthropic Upgrades Claude With Nearly Twice The Capabilities of GPT-4 Turbo
While the drama at OpenAI captures most of the attention, OpenAI challenger Anthropic delivers the latest version of its capable chatbot.
Is Bitcoin Better Off Without CZ Helming Binance?
https://decrypt.co/206919/is-bitcoin-better-off-without-cz-helming-binance
The exit of its CEO suggests a resurgence in U.S. regulatory pressure, but how relevant is the development to borderless cryptocurrencies?
As ‘Decels’ Rise, Meta Dissolves Its Responsible AI Team
https://decrypt.co/206777/meta-dissolves-responsible-ai-team
As calls to slow development of artificial intelligence to ensure safety grow louder, Meta is broadening its efforts.
Crypto Exchange Bittrex Global Shuts Down Following Battle With SEC
https://decrypt.co/206761/crypto-bittrex-global-shuts-down-sec
Another crypto business has bit the dust. Bittrex Global is winding down operations following the closure of its U.S. exchange in March.
UK Won’t Regulate AI Anytime Soon As It Tries to Balance Innovation and Safety
While U.S. policymakers scramble to put guardrails around AI, a British minister eschews “premature regulation” by politicians.
Digital Despair: AI Girlfriends Ghost Users After CEO’s Arrest Ignites Chaos
https://decrypt.co/206519/ai-girlfriends-caryn-forever-voices-ceo-arrest-austin-texas
The CEO of an AI-powered romantic chatbot service turned up the heat—allegedly, and literally.
Emu Video and Emu Edit: Meta Debuts AI Models for Video and Images
https://decrypt.co/206440/emu-video-edit-meta-ai-video-generation-image-editing
The social giant’s latest tools can conjure stunning visuals from text, setting up a generative AI showdown.
Meet Maia and Cobalt, Microsoft’s New Custom Chips Designed for AI Supremacy
https://decrypt.co/206286/microsoft-maia-cobolt-arm-chips-for-ai-datacenters
Microsoft is shifting to an integrated strategy to grow both its AI and cloud computing portfolio.
New Open Source AI Model from China Boasts Twice the Capacity of ChatGPT
https://decrypt.co/206195/new-open-source-ai-model-from-china-boasts-twice-the-capacity-of-chatgpt
The Yi series model takes a giant leap over its American competitors, at least by some metrics.
Mind-Reading AI Turns Thoughts Into Text, Gives ALS Patient His Voice Back
https://decrypt.co/206004/mind-reading-ai-turns-thoughts-into-text-gives-als-patient-his-voice-back
Using brainwave sensors and AI, Unbabel’s new Project Halo hears messages and generates silent replies. Just think about it and the machine does all the work.
GPT-5 Is Officially On the OpenAI Roadmap Despite Prior Hesitation
https://decrypt.co/206044/gpt-5-openai-development-roadmap-gpt-4
After initial reluctance, new remarks show OpenAI is already laying the groundwork for GPT-5 mere days after turbocharging GPT-4.
Nvidia Created an AI to Better Understand COVID-19 and Accelerate Medical Discoveries
The new GenSLMs model can generate realistic and predictive SARS-CoV-2 genetic variants.
New Nvidia Supercomputing Chips to ‘Fuel the Acceleration’ of AI
https://decrypt.co/205899/new-nvidia-supercomputing-chips-to-fuel-the-acceleration-of-ai
At its Supercomputing 2023 event, Nvidia unveiled upgraded chips and a supercomputer that can accelerate scientific research.
From Offended Bots to Occult Gurus, The 7 Best Custom GPTs People Have Created—So Far
https://decrypt.co/205688/7-best-gpt-custom-chatgpt-openai
OpenAI just launched custom GPTs, and you can say goodbye to boring assistants.
‘Confidential’: Free ChatGPT Users Briefly Get Access to GPT-4
https://decrypt.co/205523/confidential-free-chatgpt-users-briefly-get-access-to-gpt-4
Could we see a free version of ChatGPT with the powerful GPT-4 under the hood? Only OpenAI knows.
Meta’s Next AI Gambit? Llama 3 Rumored for Early 2024
https://decrypt.co/205436/llama-3-release-date-rumored-meta-ai-challenger
Meta’s next Llama AI release could challenge the dominance of OpenAI’s GPT-4, but Mark Zuckerberg remains mum on the timing of its release.
Google and Anthropic Are Gunning for AI Dominance with New Chips
https://decrypt.co/205397/google-anthropic-claude-ai-tpu-chips-openai
Anthropic’s Claude LLM gains a competitive edge with Google’s TPU v5e chips, pushing the boundaries of AI’s computational frontier.
Killer Combo: ChatGPT Merged With Dall-E, Vision, Web Browsing and Code Interpreter
https://decrypt.co/204934/what-can-you-do-with-chatgpt-gpt4-turbo-multimodal-features
Here’s what you can do now with multimodal capabilities, where it’s not just about what you say, but what you show.
Mozilla Enlists Fakespot for AI Chatbot to Safeguard Online Shopping
https://decrypt.co/205012/mozilla-enlists-fakespot-for-ai-chatbot-to-safeguard-online-shopping
Is AI the solution to fake, AI-generated product reviews?