Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Microsoft just announced a slew of AI updates.

Not only did they reveal the highly-anticipated Copilot, but they also brought out a new feature called 365 Chat (and it’s insane). Let’s get into it.

In today’s AI rundown:

• 🦾 Microsoft reveals Copilot, “Your everyday AI companion“

• 📺 YouTube leans into AI for creators

• 🛠️ 9 New AI tools

• 😵‍💫 How to create viral AI text illusions

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

MICROSOFT

🦾 Microsoft reveals Copilot: “Everyday AI companion"

Image source: Microsoft

The Rundown: Microsoft just went HAM at their Microsoft Surface and AI event, announcing Microsoft 365 Copilot and 365 Chat, and significant updates to Windows 11 and Bing.

Microsoft 365 Copilot/Chat:

• Microsoft introduces new capabilities for Copilot in Outlook, Word, Excel, Loop, OneNote, and OneDrive.

• Microsoft reveals 365 Chat — search across ALL your info, including emails, meetings, chats, documents, and more, plus the web.

• Like an assistant, 365 Chat deeply understands you, your job, your priorities, and your organization and can assist with tedious tasks.

Windows 11:

• Microsoft unveils Copilot directly integrated into Windows 11 coming for free on Sept. 26th.

• Windows 11 apps like Word, Paint, and Edge also gain AI features like background removal, image creation, and enhanced search.

Bing:

• Bing will make the latest OpenAI text-to-image model DALL-E 3 accessible all for free (demo).

• Bing will also have more personalized answers based on history, a new AI shopping experience, and updates to Bing Chat Enterprise.

Why it matters: We are entering an entirely new era with AI. Microsoft 365 Copilot is like having a personalized assistant helper who knows everything about you and your work, at any time.

TOGETHER WITH GUIDDE

🔥 Unleash your AI-powered efficiency with guidde

The Rundown: Transform the way you communicate complex tasks using GPT technology to instantly generate intelligent, productive explanations.

Here’s what guidde offers:

• Elevate traditional documentation into engaging visual guides.

• Speed up video guide creation by a staggering 11x.

• Share or embed your guide effortlessly, keeping your team informed and aligned.

With a simple click on our browser extension, witness the magic: comprehensive step-by-step video guides replete with dynamic visuals, clear voiceovers, and actionable calls to action.

Click here to try guidde for free now.

YOUTUBE

📺 YouTube leans into AI for creators

Image source: YouTube

The Rundown: YouTube just announced several new AI-powered tools at its creator event, including generated backgrounds, video topic ideas, and music searches.

Key points:

• A "Dream Screen" feature will create AI photo/video backdrops for Shorts based on text prompts.

• An AI music recommendation system will also match songs to video descriptions.

• The updates add to existing AI video summarization features as YouTube taps into parent company Google's investments.

Why it matters: As AI gets integrated throughout the process, YouTube continues to unlock users’ potential — lowering the barriers to entry for content creation with each new feature.

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🎨 DALL·E 3- Easily translate ideas into exceptionally accurate images (link)

🚀 WisperSEO- Skyrocket your organic traffic and improve your ranks (link)

🤖 Môveo AI- Personalized AI virtual agents trained on your data (link)

🔮 Autodevs by Create- Generate prototypes automagically (link)

📈 GiveFlag- AI for business intelligence & deals (link)

👩‍🎨 Looka- AI-powered platform to design a logo and build a brand in seconds (link)

💡 Mixo- Launch a startup in seconds with AI (link)

🙊 ChatNode- Train ChatGPT on your own data (link)

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AI TRAINING

😵‍💫 How to create viral AI text illusions

Earlier this week, we highlighted how to generate stunning illusion art trending across X (formerly Twitter).

Since then, creators have already taken it to the next level — now incorporating text.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to create your own:

Step 1: Create your text: Using Canva, Photoshop, or another tool, create a blank white page with just the text you’d like to incorporate into a design. Choose a thick, bold font for better results.

Step 2: Upload and prompt. Using either Illusion Diffusion or FusionArt, upload your text as the pattern. Then, write the prompt for what you’d like to create — for the example below, we used ‘oil painting of a colorful, beautiful flower field in Europe.’

Step 3: Refine and adjust. Continue tweaking the prompt and the ‘Illusion Weight/Strength’ scale until you get your perfect result!

Now you can create your own stunning text illusions — show us what you generate by tagging @rowancheung & @therundownai on Twitter!

QUICK HITS

🛡️ Cisco bolsters AI security with $28B Splunk acquisition

Cisco is snapping up cybersecurity firm Splunk in a whopping $28 billion deal — with the company aiming to boost its defenses against emerging AI threats. Cisco says the purchase will “drive the next generation of AI-enabled security and observability.”

🎬 Bollywood star wins case on unauthorized AI use

This week, Bollywood star Anil Kapoor secured a court order to block unauthorized AI use of his image and voice. The move bars creating merchandise or distorted videos with his likeness without consent — with Kapoor saying the victory protects actors' rights as AI tech evolves.

📦 UPS taps AI to stop porch pirates

UPS is leveraging AI to stop packages from being swiped, rolling out a system that scores delivery addresses on theft risk. It helps merchants decide between shipping straight to homes or pick-up points — aiming to curb the surging trend of "porch piracy."

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Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.

SpaceX and Elon are straight up suing the US government.

Let’s dig in.

In today’s tech rundown:

• 🚀 SpaceX sues the U.S. government

• 💻 Microsoft reveals new Surface devices

• 🛠️ 8 New products

• 📰 7 quick stories

Read time: 3 minutes

TODAY’S HEADLINES

SPACEX

🚀 SpaceX sues the U.S. government

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: Elon Musk’s SpaceX filed a lawsuit this week — saying the DOJ's administrative case alleging anti-immigrant bias is unconstitutional and should be heard in court.

Key points:

• The DOJ complaint says SpaceX refused to hire non-citizens from 2018-2022, wrongly claiming export laws barred it.

• But SpaceX argues DOJ judges are improperly appointed, violating the Constitution's appointment clause.

• SpaceX also says seeking monetary penalties means the case must go through courts, not administrative proceedings.

• This follows a 2022 appeals court ruling SEC in-house judges were unconstitutional — which will be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

Why it matters: Between his grand visions for X as the ‘everything app,’ fighting the government in court, and pushing boundaries with Tesla — Elon Musk certainly has his hands full. But his tussles with the top regulators are likely far from over.

TOGETHER WITH MINDSTUDIO

 🤖 Turn any prompt into an AI application with MindStudio

The Rundown: MindStudio is a new platform that lets you create sharable/embeddable AIs – without writing code, in under 15 minutes.

• Use templates to get started quickly

• Embed anywhere a link can go - websites, mobile apps & more

• Turn on monthly subscription to monetize instantly

• Use customizable landing pages to promote your AIs

• Track conversions with built-in analytics

Free to use. If you make money, MindStudio charges a small transaction fee. Sign up to start building AIs!

MICROSOFT

💻 Microsoft reveals new Surface devices

Image source: Microsoft

The Rundown: Microsoft just revealed an impressive lineup of updates, including new Surface laptops, Windows 11 features including AI assistant Copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot for enterprises at the company’s Surface and AI event.

The details:

• The new Surface Laptop Studio 2 ($1,999 starting price) and Laptop Go 3 ($799) add the latest Intel chips and feature improved hardware.

• Windows 11 launches on Sept. 26 with AI Copilot built-in — featuring new personalization tools and cloud capabilities.

• Copilot launches on Nov. 1 for businesses at $30 per user per month, with a slew of integrated AI-powered productivity aids.

Why it matters: Microsoft’s new features stake a massive claim on the AI front, while the new Surface products are compelling with a serious boost in power. Will expanded AI integrations into Windows products bring back Mac converts?

NEW PRODUCTS

📙 NotionApps- Build applications from Notion databases in seconds (link)

📣 Amplitude- Quick find product-market fit (link)

🔗 LinkCollect- A social bookmarking platform (link)

🐦 TweetHunter- All-in-one Twitter growth tool to create content using AI, build an audience, and schedule posts (link)

⚡️ Notion AI- Your notes, on steroids. Access the limitless power of AI, right inside Notion (link)

📚 Morise AI- Reads your videos and generates everything in seconds (link)

📢 LOVO- Realistic AI voice generator and text-to-speech (link)

🎓 Monic AI- Learn anything faster with AI (link)

Browse the most popular tools ever featured with our tool database.

SNIPPETS

Prominent authors, including George RR Martin, have sued OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement from using their books to train AI models.

Spotify's upcoming "Supremium" tier, priced at $19.99, may feature 24-bit lossless audio and advanced AI-driven features, as revealed in the app's code.

OnePlus is set to launch its first foldable phone, having spent considerable time on R&D, with collaboration from parent company Oppo.

TikTok is expanding its workforce in Seattle to enhance its e-commerce capabilities, taking on Amazon, with plans to grow its new feature, TikTok Shop.

Salesforce is set to acquire Airkit.ai, an AI-powered customer service platform, with plans to integrate it into its Service Cloud; terms were not disclosed.

Neuralink is recruiting for its first human clinical trial to test brain implants for paralysis patients, after receiving approval from an independent review board.

Mastodon's latest update brings significant improvements to its search and web interface, making the federated microblogging platform more user-friendly and intuitive.

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❤️ Rundown review of the day

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

OpenAI just revealed a major update to its text-to-image model, with plans to integrate it directly into ChatGPT.

Will the launch of DALL-E 3 shake up the AI image-generating power rankings? Let’s dive in…

In today’s AI rundown:

• 🎨 OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3

• ⚡️ Amazon Alexa gets major AI upgrades

• 🛠️ 8 New AI tools

• ♻️ Unlock task automation with ChatGPT

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

🎨 OpenAI unveils DALL-E 3

Image source: OpenAI

The Rundown: OpenAI just announced DALL-E 3, a massive update to the text-to-image platform that will integrate directly into ChatGPT and significantly improve quality.

Details:

• DALL-E 3 decreases ‘prompt engineering,’ allowing users to speak conversationally with ChatGPT to generate image outputs.

• Examples show the capability to accurately generate text — a major unlock seen recently in Ideogram but still absent in Midjourney.

• The update will be available to Plus and Enterprise users in October.

• Artists can opt out of images from future model training, while DALL-E 3 will also decline to emulate living artists' styles.

• Check out the launch video here.

Why it matters: Not only is the image quality of DALL-E 3 extremely competitive to Midjourney, but the fact that it’s directly integrated into ChatGPT is a MAJOR unlock. And reliable text generation? That’s just the icing on the cake.

TOGETHER WITH OCTOML

🦙 Unlock 3x faster Llama 2 with free GPU hours

The Rundown: OctoAI unveils accelerated Llama models, rivaling OpenAI, and offers GPU hours for testing through their platform.

• Accelerated Llama models (7B, 13B, 70B) with accuracy.

• Open-source Llama 2 rivals OpenAI's offerings.

• Customize Llama 2 for speed, cost, accuracy.

Click here to join OctoAI and test Llama 2 with complimentary GPU hours!

AMAZON

⚡️ Amazon Alexa gets major AI upgrades

Image source: Bloomberg

The Rundown: Amazon just revealed a new Alexa voice assistant powered by a proprietary LLM, explicitly designed for smart home control and more natural conversations.

Key points:

• The new Alexa LLM will allow interrupting, changing requests, and answering vague queries like a human.

• New dev tools also let device makers tap Alexa's AI to enable more conversational product controls.

• Amazon is cautiously rolling it out in the U.S. first to test real-world performance before expanding access.

Our thoughts: The breakneck speed of AI advancements has made consumer assistants like Alexa and Siri feel… primitive. Infusing more advanced AI into these widely adopted voice assistants is a sorely needed move — and one that may finally make them actually useful.

TRENDING TOOLS

📚 Yarnit 2.0- Your personalized AI companion that creates custom content for your needs (link)

📕 Cardinal- An AI-enhanced product backlog tool for superior project management (link)

📘 Vendor- AI-powered selling assistant, helping you sell items quickly and efficiently (link)

🎥 Descript- A powerful all-in-one video and podcast editing tool using AI (link)

🖥️ Super- Create a website from your Notion database in minutes (link)

📱 Synthesia- Create professional videos without mics, cameras, or actors using an AI-generated character (link)

⭐️ MoonBeam- A long-form writing AI assistant to never write from scratch again (link)

🧠 AI Suggests- Generate tons of ready-to-use content and new ideas for your business instantly (link)

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AI TRAINING

♻️ Unlock task automation with ChatGPT

Take your productivity to the next level by having ChatGPT handle repetitive tasks for you. No coding is required — just simple prompts!

How to set up: Install the Bardeen plugin from ChatGPT's plugin store — New chat → GPT-4 → Plugins → Search and install Bardeen.

Some example automation tricks:

• Automate Content Curation: "Compile articles related to [keyword] and save them to Notion" to easily gather valuable content.

• Manage Emails: "Sort incoming emails with the subject [keyword] into a specific folder" to keep your inbox organized.

• Summarize Webpages: "Summarize [webpage] and send it as a Slack message" to digest key info.

With Bardeen, ChatGPT can extract data, manage your calendar, send notifications, and more based on your custom prompts.

QUICK HITS

💻 Intel unveils 'AI PC' to run chatbots locally

Intel revealed a new PC chip arriving in December to run AI chatbots on devices, with no cloud needed. The company demoed tasks like generating songs in Taylor Swift's style and answering questions conversationally offline. Intel aims to enable businesses and consumers to run ChatGPT-like tech privately on local devices.

🔥 AI helping battle Canada wildfires

Wildfire managers in Alberta, Canada are using an AI tool to strategically position crews while they fight record blazes. The model analyzes data to predict next-day fire risks down to the region, and officials say AI can help optimize resources and build confidence for critical planning decisions.

📚 More authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement

This week, John Grisham and other top novelists filed a new lawsuit alleging OpenAI fed their books to ChatGPT without permission. The Authors Guild suit says it's copyright infringement, as bots can now mimic books, which harm sales — and the suit is just one of several cases being raised by major author groups.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Google Bard just got a major upgrade, unlocking utility across Workspace.

Can integrating the search giant’s massive web of applications finally take the chatbot to the next level? Let’s dig in…

In today’s AI rundown:

• ✨ Google announces Bard Extensions for Workspace

• 🏁 OpenAI hustles to beat Google's AI launch

• 🛠️ 8 New AI tools

• 🧠 How to leverage Bard’s new features

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

GOOGLE

✨ Google announces Bard Extensions for Workspace

Image source: Google

The Rundown: Google just announced Bard Extensions allow Bard to pull relevant information from all their Google tools and services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Flights and Hotels.

The details:

• Bard can now pull relevant info from users’ Workspace apps like Gmail, Docs, Maps, etc. to customize responses.

• The "Google it" button better checks Bard's responses against the web to flag incorrect claims and avoid hallucinations.

• The updates come from a new reinforced learning model that makes Bard more intuitive, imaginative, and accurate.

Why it matters: Integrating Google's trove of user data with products consumers actually use daily is a game-changer for Bard's capabilities — and could be the special sauce that sets Bard apart from the competition. Can Bard finally live up to the hype?

Check out our AI training section below for some ideas on leveraging the new Bard extensions!

TOGETHER WITH AE STUDIO

🔥 Hire a world-class team to leverage AI in your business

The Rundown: AE Studio empowers your business growth with cutting-edge custom software and specialized AI/ML solutions tailored precisely to your needs.

• Looking to launch an MVP?

• Embarking on an Enterprise Digital Transformation journey?

• In need of bespoke AI/ML solutions?

Click here to work with AE's world-class team to leverage AI in your company and accomplish your goals faster than the competition.

OPENAI

🏁 OpenAI hustles to beat Google's AI launch

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: As Google nears its Gemini launch, OpenAI is rushing to release multimodal features first and integrate them into GPT-4, according to The Information.

Key points:

• Google and OpenAI aim to launch the next generation of AI - multimodal models that understand text and images.

• OpenAI could make GPT-4's existing image features public as "GPT-Vision" to compete with Gemini.

• The company is also considering "Gobi," a new model designed as multimodal from scratch — which could eventually become GPT-5.

• The report coincides with OpenAI's upcoming November developer conference promising "great new tools."

Our thoughts: The two heavy hitters are trading blows in the AI race — but OpenAI’s rush to launch a multimodal option could signal that it considers Google’s Gemini a serious threat. Grab your popcorn — it feels like things are about to seriously heat up.

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🧮 Querio 1.0- AI analytics made easy for any team (link)

⚡️ Notion AI- Your notes, on steroids. Access the limitless power of AI, right inside Notion (link)

📧 Superhuman- The fastest email experience ever made, with AI-powered features (link)

📢 LOVO- Realistic AI voice generator and text-to-speech (link)

🕵️‍♂️ Knibble- AI-powered knowledge base (link)

🖼 OpenArt- AI image generator (link)

Browse the most popular tools ever featured with our tool database.

AI TRAINING

⭐️ How to leverage Bard’s new features

As mentioned above, Google Bard just got a slew of new updates — including the ability to integrate across your other Workspace apps.

Want to try the new tools out and level up your outputs? Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Head to bard.google.com and click on the puzzle icon in the top right corner for ‘extensions.’

Step 2: Toggle on the apps you’d like to integrate (Flights, Hotels, Maps, Workspace, YouTube).

Step 3: Start leveraging Bard with your apps! Some example prompts:

• “Summarize today’s The Rundown AI email” (Gmail Integration)

• “Provide a list of YouTube videos on AI that match my browsing interests” (YouTube Integration)

• “Find the spreadsheet from X about the [subject] and break down the information for me in 5 bullets” (Docs/Sheets Integration)

QUICK HITS

⚡️ Sam Altman takes the virtual stage at ZapConnect: Save your spot (sponsor)

Join Sam Altman, Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI, and Wade Foster, Co-founder and CEO of Zapier, for a fireside chat on Sept. 28 about entrepreneurship, AI, and how this new technology will shape the future.

Register today—it’s free!

🧬 DeepMind AI predicts harmful gene mutations

DeepMind has developed an AI tool to assess if human gene mutations are harmful. AlphaMissense analyzed over 71 million genetic variants, classifying many as pathogenic — with researchers saying it can help diagnose rare diseases and discover new disease-causing genes.

🔬 Zuckerberg's philanthropy building life sciences AI

Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy is reportedly constructing an AI system to study human cells and diseases — and will offer open access to AI models trained on public and private biological data. Zuckerberg has his sights set on curing, preventing, and managing all diseases with AI — an ambitious but noble goal.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Microsoft accidentally exposed 38TB of information in an AI dataset leak.

Is this a one-off mistake, or a warning sign of things to come for AI data security issues? Let’s dive in…

In today’s AI rundown:

• 🚨 Microsoft exposes 38TB in AI data leak

• 🇬🇧 UK proposes new AI rules for transparency

• 🛠️ 9 New AI tools

• 📊 Enhance learning with AI-generated diagrams

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

MICROSOFT

🚨 Microsoft exposes 38TB in AI data leak

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: Discovered by Wiz Research, a single misconfigured token by Microsoft's AI team reportedly exposed 38TB of private data on GitHub, including employee computer backups and messages.

Key points:

• The token granted full access to an Azure storage account, not just the intended open AI datasets.

• Wiz Research discovered computer backups in the data with passwords, keys, and 30,000+ internal Teams messages.

• Microsoft published a blog reassuring that no customer data was exposed, with no action needed from customers.

Why it matters: While the incident didn’t have a broad impact, the data leak is an important reminder for organizations to tighten their AI guardrails. As massive amounts of data power new AI innovations, the security around that info will also need to scale.

TOGETHER WITH SUPERMANAGE

⚡️ Get more out of 1-on-1 meetings with Supermanage

The Rundown: Supermanage empowers top-tier managers and teams to excel in 1-on-1 meetings by analyzing selected Slack channels and providing real-time insights into individual team members.

The benefits of using Supermanage:

• Real-Time Snapshots: Get immediate updates on any team member's contributions, challenges, and engagement levels.

• Meaningful Conversations: Equip yourself with all the information you need for in-depth and impactful 1-on-1s.

• Team Engagement: Stay informed and ready to discuss vital aspects of team performance and dynamics.

Click here to elevate your 1-on-1 meetings with Supermanage!

AI REGULATION

🇬🇧 UK proposes new AI rules for transparency

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) laid out new principles for regulating large AI models like ChatGPT — focused on accountability, preventing dominance by Big Tech, and enabling access.

Details:

• The proposals from the CMA aim to maximize AI's benefits across the economy, not just for major players.

• Key principles cover developer accountability, interoperability, preventing anti-competitive conduct, and access to AI models.

• The principles will guide the UK's oversight as it gains new regulation powers — and comes ahead of November’s AI safety summit in Berlin.

Why it matters: As the UK looks to flex its influence in the AI sphere, its regulation efforts will be impactful for global precedents. Will quicker action persuade the U.S. to start moving faster on regulation?

TRENDING TOOLS

🤖 Danelfin- AI-powered stock-picking tool with up to a 94% win rate (link)*

🧠 MindPal 2.0- Empower your tasks by building AI agents with your data (link)

📆 OneAudio AI- Easily transform voice recordings into simplified and summarized notes (link)

🪄 CheatGPT- Unleash your study potential with your GPT-4 Superpowered assistant (link)

📝 Copy AI- Generate content, such as blog headlines, emails, and social media posts using AI (link)

🖥️ Super- Create a website from your Notion database in minutes (link)

📝 Writesonic- ChatGPT alternative that addresses the limitations of ChatGPT (link)

🦾 Browse- Train a robot in 2 minutes to extract and monitor data from any website (link)

🎤 Castmagic- Turn long-form audio into ready-to-use content assets instantly (link)

Browse the most popular tools ever featured with our tool database.

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AI TRAINING

📊 Enhance learning with AI-generated diagrams

Struggling to visualize complex topics? Use ChatGPT to create explanatory diagrams to boost understanding effortlessly:

• Step 1: Access diagram creation

  • Install the ‘Whimsical’ plugin from ChatGPT's plugin store

• Step 2: Create a diagram from scratch

  • Prompt ChatGPT to summarize a concept in diagram form. Ex: "Create a diagram explaining the supply chain management process."

• Step 3: Convert text

  • To turn existing text into a diagram, prompt: "Transform this text about [topic] into an illustrative diagram. [Paste text]"

• Step 4: Refine your diagram

  • Click the link below ChatGPT's initial diagram to edit, add or remove elements until it's perfect.

With AI-generated diagrams, you can quickly visualize challenging concepts for better comprehension and retention!

QUICK HITS

🔬Google, DoD develop AI microscope to detect cancer

Google has teamed up with the Department of Defense to build an AI-powered microscope. The AR Microscope overlays cancer detections onto the viewfinder to assist pathologists. A (maybe not so) hot take — AI will cure cancer in our lifetimes.

⭐️ Oracle brings voice AI assistant to healthcare

Oracle just announced a new AI-powered voice assistant for healthcare solutions. The Clinical Digital Assistant handles admin tasks so clinicians can focus on patients — and comes alongside a broader generative AI push for the company.

💰AI writing startup Writer raises $100M

San Francisco-based AI startup Writer nabbed $100M in fresh funding, valuing the company at $500M. Writer provides a platform for businesses to generate content using LLMs across departments — and has grown revenue a whopping 10x in two years amid booming interest in the space.

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❤️ Rundown review of the day

Welcome, Tech enthusiasts.

The hits keep coming for TikTok, with another massive fine for child privacy.

Can the social media giant overcome the constant regulatory hurdles?

Let’s get into it.

In today’s tech rundown:

• 💸 TikTok fined $368M for child privacy violations

• 😡 Unity's new fees spark developer revolt

• 🎮 Microsoft targets 2028 for next Xbox

• 🛠️ 7 new products and 8 quick stories

Read time: 3 minutes

TODAY’S HEADLINES

TIKTOK

💸 TikTok fined $368M for child privacy violations

Image source: TikTok

The Rundown: The Irish Data Protection Commission slapped TikTok with a $368M fine (the platform's largest to date) this weekend for mishandling children's data and failing to disclose privacy risks.

Key details:

• The complaint focused on inadequate age verification and public-by-default teen accounts, violating GDPR transparency rules.

• TikTok says it disagrees with the level of fine — particularly since it already updated the features cited.

• This isn’t the first legal action against the social media app — and follows smaller fines TikTok received in the UK and US.

• Investigations into potential illegal China data transfers also continue to move forward.

Our take: Privacy regulations are no child's play (see what we did there), and TikTok's gigantic penalty only reaffirms this. TikTok’s changes over the years show progress, but the burning question is — are they doing enough to keep up with lawmakers' increasing oversight?

UNITY

😡 Unity's new fees spark developer revolt

Image source: Unity

The Rundown: Gaming development platform Unity is backtracking on its controversial per-install fee structure a week after its announcement caused intense backlash and led to developers threatening to leave the platform.

Key points:

• The original plan charged $0.20 per install after 200K copies sold, concerning many indie developers.

• Popular games like Among Us said they would delay features or port to other engines to avoid the fees.

• Unity apologized and will reportedly exempt first installs/limit fees to 4% of revenue over $1M.

• Unity's new method of install tracking would rely on developers' self-reporting, aiming to tax the highest-earning games on the platform.

Why it matters: Unity faces an uphill battle to rebuild goodwill after ignoring creators' realities — and the backlash shows that platform success depends on empowering developers, not squeezing finances.

MICROSOFT

🎮 Microsoft targets 2028 for next Xbox

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The Rundown: Microsoft execs are eyeing 2028 for the new Xbox console launch and have also discussed a more flexible hardware approach, according to court documents revealed in an FTA lawsuit against the company.

The details:

• An internal Microsoft chat log from May 2022 referenced 2028 as the target for "Gen 10" Xbox.

• This aligns with recent vague comments about the next generation starting in 2028.

• Each new console cycle resets competitive dynamics with Sony's PlayStation, with flexible hardware potentially shaking things up.

The relevance: Despite being a bit in Sony's shadow, Xbox’s firm spot in the console wars brings attractive expectations for their next gaming console. The flexible hardware angle also adds intrigue — and could signal a potential shift in the gaming landscape.

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SNIPPETS

Apple has released iOS17 for iPhone users, introducing various new features and switching to a USB-C charging cord for the new iPhone 15 models.

Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi is set to oversee Surface and Windows businesses as product chief Panos Panay steps down after nearly 20 years, amid reports of Panay joining Amazon to lead its Alexa and Echo units.

Stoke Space's "Hopper2" prototype successfully conducted a 15-second test flight, demonstrating the effectiveness of its unique integrated engine design.

Joby Aviation will build its first large-scale electric aircraft factory in Dayton, Ohio, investing up to $500 million and aiming to produce up to 500 aircraft annually, with production starting by 2025.

A federal judge blocked California's CAADCA law, designed to increase online data safeguards for minors, stating it likely infringes on the First Amendment.

Meta is discontinuing support for several games on its Oculus platforms, including Dead and Buried, Dead and Buried II, and Bogo, without providing a clear reason for the decision.

Agility Robotics has opened a manufacturing facility capable of producing over 10,000 humanoid robots annually, while still employing more than 500 people for the production process.

Scottish researchers at Queen Margaret University have developed PALM-ALT, a 100% plant-based alternative to palm oil that is environmentally friendlier, healthier, and indistinguishable in taste and texture from traditional palm oil.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Google is reportedly starting to open up access to its hyped-up GPT-4 competitor, Gemini.

Will the tech giant’s new LLM reshuffle the AI race? Let’s get into it.

In today’s AI rundown:

• ⚙️ Google gives early Gemini AI access

• 🏥 ChatGPT competes with Google on diagnoses

• 🛠️ 8 New AI tools

• 🎨 Create your own AI art illusions

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

GOOGLE

⚙️ Google gives early Gemini AI access

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The Rundown: Google has reportedly given a small group of companies early access to test its conversational AI system Gemini, as the buzz around the LLM rival to OpenAI's GPT-4 continues to grow.

The details:

• Gemini is able to power chatbots, summarize text, write content, and more — with companies testing a smaller version of the full model.

• Google aims to make Gemini widely available via its Google Cloud platform, competing with OpenAI's API access.

• The search giant also recently added AI features to Search and enterprise tools — but Gemini is its biggest generative AI play yet.

• An anonymous source claimed that Gemini will be trained on YouTube video transcripts (per Android Police).

Why it matters: In the LLM frenzy, the winner will likely have access to the largest and richest training dataset. And if Google is training Gemini across YouTube, Google Search, Google Books, and Google Scholar — it will surely give GPT-4 a run for the top spot.

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AI RESEARCH

🏥 ChatGPT competes with Google on diagnoses

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: A new study from Emory University shows AI chatbots like ChatGPT can diagnose symptoms more accurately than online symptom checkers. But experts still urge caution when relying on the unproven tech.

Key points:

• ChatGPT matched or beat physicians on eye condition triage with no "grossly inaccurate" statements.

• Other studies also show high accuracy versus symptom checkers and better bedside manner than doctors.

• Mayo Clinic, WebMD, and others are currently integrating conversational AI into their platforms.

• This research comes just days after a viral story of a boy who saw 17 doctors for chronic pain but and was finally diagnosed by ChatGPT.

The relevance: We’ve all rushed to Google to play doctor with our symptoms at one time or another — and it sounds like AI may be a promising new option for self-diagnosis.

With that being said, critics say marginally beating Google is a low bar — and more oversight is needed before users can blindly trust ‘Dr. ChatGPT’.

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AI TRAINING

🎨 Create your own AI art illusions

If you’ve been on Twitter/X lately, you might have seen the viral AI illusion art trend started by @MrUgleh.

Since their original post captivated the internet a few days ago, many have been experimenting with the art style for themselves — and now you can too!

Step 1: Visit @AngryPenguinPNG’s ‘Illusion Diffusion’ project

Step 2: Chose your illusion type (select one of the pre-loaded examples or upload your own)

Step 3: Write the prompt you want to create. You can also play with the ‘Illusion Strength’ and ‘Guidance Scale’ bars to tweak outputs as desired.

Step 4: Click ‘Run’ and wait for the model to generate your image!

Happy creating, and have fun putting your own twist on this nifty art style!

Image source: @MrUgleh on X

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🇨🇳 Sunak may limit China's AI summit access

UK PM Rishi Sunak is considering banning Chinese officials from part of his big AI safety summit over growing spying fears. Sunak aims to shape worldwide AI rules at the event — but global tensions with the East might make this AI party a bit awkward.

🤝 Anthropic, BCG team up on enterprise AI

AI startup Anthropic is partnering with BCG to bring ChatGPT rival Claude-2 to the consulting giant’s clients. The alliance aims to boost the adoption of Anthropic's tech across enterprises, with BCG hailing Anthropic’s “constitutional” approach to building safe AI.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Another day, another eye-popping AI funding round.

Is this new AI defense unicorn another signal of the technology’s militarized future? Let’s dive in…

In today’s AI rundown:

• 🚨 Helsing scores record $223M for defense AI

• ✨ a16z’s top 50 consumer AI product list

• 🛠️ 8 New AI tools

• 😎 Automate PowerPoint creation with Claude

• 🤖 3 Quick AI updates

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

HELSING

🚨 Helsing scores record $223M for defense AI

Image source: Helsing

The Rundown: European defense AI startup Helsing just raised a massive $223 million Series B round led by General Catalyst — potentially making it Europe's largest AI unicorn company.

Key points:

• With previous backing from Spotify founder Daniel Ek, Helsing’s new raise puts the company’s valuation at around $1.7B.

• Helsing's AI platform aims to boost defense and security for democracies, expanding live data applications.

• The round could make Helsing the largest European AI company, nudging past the recent French-based Mistral AI raise.

The relevance: Helsing’s raise is another example of AI's increasing influence in world security — underscoring the growing relevance of tech in governance and defense strategies.

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A16Z

⭐️ a16z’s top 50 consumer AI product list

Image source: a16z

The Rundown: Venture capital firm a16z analyzed web traffic data on the top AI consumer products, uncovering insights as part of a broader study on the economics of generative AI.

Key points:

• ChatGPT currently dominates, representing 60% of all traffic — with Character.ai at a distant second in the usage rankings.

• The rest of the top 10 include Bard, Poe, QuillBot, Photoroom, Civitai, Midjourney, Hugging Face, and Perplexity.

• Surprisingly, many "GPT wrappers" made the top 50 — with a roughly evenly split between proprietary models, fine-tuned open source models, and public third-party models.

• Despite hype, even the biggest AI products like ChatGPT are still small vs mainstream apps like YouTube and Facebook.

Why it matters: ChatGPT’s AI product dominance is impressive — but it’s certainly eye-opening to see its scale relative to the biggest mainstream consumer apps. While it currently feels like the AI buzz is everywhere, these statistics show it’s still very early days.

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AI TRAINING

😎 Automate PowerPoint creation with Claude

Still building presentations from scratch? Let Claude's AI generate professional, customized decks for you instead with the following workflow.

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2. Prompt Claude to write an outline of the slides on your topic as an expert would.

   • Prompt: You're an [expert role]. Write an outline of a PowerPoint presentation (X # of slides) about [your topic]. Focus on the benefits of [topic specificities].

3. Ask Claude to generate the full VBA code.

   • Prompt: Write the entire VBA code (from the first slide to the last one) to create the PowerPoint slides for this deck. The text should be centered on the slides and left-aligned.

4. In PowerPoint, insert the VBA code via Alt+F11 (Windows) or Option+F11 (Mac).

   • Click on "Insert" then "Module", paste the code and click on the Play button

5. Customize the design using PowerPoint's built-in themes.

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💰 Databricks snags $500M, $43B valuation for AI

Software maker Databricks just nabbed a cool $500M raise, boosting its value to an eye-popping $43B. The company is doubling down on AI (including backing from Nvidia) with its own ChatGPT-style LLM creator.

🔥 Adobe Firefly AI becomes widely available

Adobe is opening up its AI tools to the masses, taking Firefly out of beta and launching a standalone app that won’t require Adobe subscriptions. The team is also cooking up a new way to pay stock contributors for allowing them to training its AI on their content.

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