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OpenAI co-founder announces new AI startup
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
We may never truly know what he saw, but one thing’s for sure — Ilya is BACK.
Just a month after departing OpenAI, Sutskever just launched his new AI venture — with a ‘cracked’ team focused on safely unlocking superintelligence. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Sutskever launches new AI venture
Tech giants team up on AI factory for xAI
Create consistent characters with Midjourney
Perplexity faces legal action
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
ILYA SUTSKEVER
😱 Sutskever launches new AI venture
Image source: Ilya Sutskever
The Rundown: Ilya Sutskever just launched a new AI venture focused solely on developing safe and powerful superintelligence, coming just a month after his official departure from OpenAI.
The details:
The company, called Safe Superintelligence (SSI), is co-founded by Suskever, former Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross, and Ex-OpenAI engineer Daniel Levy.
SSI’s singular mission is to create beneficial superintelligent AI, which Sutskever believes could emerge ‘within a decade’.
Unlike OpenAI’s shift toward commercial products, SSI will be a pure research organization ‘fully insulated’ from short-term outside business.
Funding has not been disclosed, but Gross said ‘of all the problems we face, raising capital is not going to be one of them.’
Why it matters: What did Ilya see? Maybe it was a vision for a new, safe path to superintelligence. After months of speculation following Sutskever’s board drama and fallout with OpenAI, SSI opens a new path to build the safety-focused AI lab he wanted — and the company should have no trouble with funding or talent.
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DELL, XAI AND NVIDIA
🚧 Tech giants team up on AI factory for xAI
Image source: Michael Dell (@MichaelDell on X)
The Rundown: Dell, Nvidia, and Super Micro Computer are collaborating to build an AI factory for xAI’s massive supercomputer, which will train and scale its Grok AI chatbot.
The details:
Dell is assembling half of the server racks for xAI's planned supercomputer, with Super Micro handling the other half.
The system aims to use up to 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, potentially making it 4x larger than the biggest existing AI clusters.
Musk wants the supercomputer to be fully operational by Fall 2025 to accelerate the development of advanced Grok models.
Why it matters: This powerhouse partnership shows the staggering scale of compute power required to push the boundaries of AI. With huge capital flowing in, this massive cluster could provide a critical edge in evolving Grok to be a serious competitor to the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Create consistent characters with Midjourney
The Rundown: Midjourney's new ‘Character Reference’ feature helps you create consistent characters across multiple images with a simple parameter.
Step-by-step:
Upload a reference image of your character on Midjourney’s Discord. Note: You need to have a paid account to generate images.
Right-click the image and copy its link.
Add the link to your prompt using the "--cref URL" parameter.
Adjust the reference strength using "--cw" followed by a value from 0 to 100 (optional)
Generate images featuring your consistent character in different scenarios and styles!
Example prompt: “Realistic street style photo of a young male model --cref https://www...”
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PERPLEXITY
🚨 Perplexity faces legal action
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The Rundown: News publisher Forbes is reportedly threatening legal action against AI search startup Perplexity, alleging the company’s chatbot stole and republished original reporting without proper attribution.
The details:
Forbes claims Perplexity's chatbot summarized one of its investigative articles, copying with minimal sourcing.
The AI-generated version was then pushed to Perplexity subscribers and turned into a YouTube video that outranked Forbes' own content.
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas responded that the product still has “rough edges”, and the company is working on ways to align with publishers.
A WIRED investigation found Perplexity scraping sites that actively blocked crawlers, while also hallucinating info and containing incorrect attributions.
Why it matters: Tensions between AI firms and media companies continue to escalate. While legal grounds surrounding scraping and repurposing with AI are still murky, publishers are in a bind when it comes to protecting IP. The only viable options right now seem to be cashing out with licensing deals or taking legal action.
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Microsoft unveiled Florence-2, a new AI vision model that uses prompt-based instructions to excel in tasks like captioning, object detection, and segmentation.
OpenAI has reportedly shut down tools used by two AI political candidates, for violating the company’s policy against political campaigning with the technology.
Elon Musk said he agrees with ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton’s estimation of a “10-20% probability of something terrible happening with AI”, but said the most likely outcome is an abundance of services available to anyone.
Canva introduced Connect APIs, empowering developers to integrate the design platform into workflows to manage creative assets, automate designs with data, and streamline design feedback.
Snap previewed a real-time image diffusion model capable of generating AR experiences on smartphones alongside new AI tools for AR creators within its Lens Studio 5.0.
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TikTok introduces AI avatars
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
TikTok just launched its AI ‘Symphony’ toolkit, and the content creation game is about to change in a major way.
With digital avatars, translation features, a chatbot and more, the line between human and AI is blurring – but will consumers trust what machines are selling? Let’s dive in…
In today’s AI rundown:
TikTok brings AI to content creation
Meta releases four new models
Use AI to find + create posts on LinkedIn
AI model predicts anxiety levels
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
TIKTOK
🎺 TikTok brings AI to content creation
Image source: TikTok
The Rundown: TikTok just launched Symphony, a new suite of AI features to help brands and creators produce content more efficiently on the platform — including digital avatars, translation tools, an AI assistant, and more.
The details:
Symphony Digital Avatars enable brands to generate AI spokespeople to star in their TikTok ads and branded content across multiple languages.
Brands can choose from a selection of ‘stock avatars’ based on real actors or create custom avatars to serve as virtual brand reps.
A new AI Dubbing tool automatically transcribes, translates, and dubs videos into 10+ languages, helping brands scale content globally.
TikTok’s Creative Assistant has been rebranded to Symphony Assistant, a chatbot to help with brainstorming, writing scripts, and optimizing content for the platform.
Why it matters: The creator economy is about to be completely remade with AI, and these tools will unlock new opportunities for optimized content, reach, and creation — but the rise of digital ‘spokespeople’ will also raise new questions on authenticity and consumer trust that brands will need to grapple with.
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META
♾️ Meta releases four new models
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The Rundown: Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) group just published an array of new open-source AI models and techniques, including releases for multimodal language tasks, text-to-music and audio, detecting synthetic speech, and more.
The details:
Chameleon is a family of language models (7B and 34B parameters) that can handle image, audio, and text inputs together — previously introduced in May.
JASCO is Meta's new controllable text-to-music model, allowing for granular input controls to guide music generation.
AudioSeal is the first audio watermarking model specifically for detecting AI-generated speech, released under a commercial license.
Meta's Multi-Token Prediction model aims to improve code autocompletion by predicting multiple tokens at a time, improving speed and capabilities.
Why it matters: Meta just released a wealth of new open-source goodies, continuing to advance research across the AI landscape. AudioSeal’s AI-audio detection will be particularly interesting to watch, given the industry’s struggle to reliably ID other content like text and images.
AI TRAINING
🚀 Use AI to find + create posts on LinkedIn
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AI RESEARCH
🧠 AI model predicts anxiety levels
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The Rundown: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati just developed a new AI system that can predict anxiety levels using a short picture rating task and a small set of demography and psychological variables.
The details:
Comp Cog AI combines principles from psychology with machine learning to measure human decision-making patterns related to anxiety.
Participants rate a series of emotion-evoking pictures and answer a few contextual questions about their age, income, employment, etc.
The model extracts 15 ‘judgment variables’ that capture patterns in how users weigh positive and negative outcomes in decision-making.
In tests, the model predicted whether participants had higher or lower anxiety with up to 81% accuracy.
Why it matters: While anxiety disorders are extremely prevalent, they’re also often challenging and time-consuming to diagnose. With AI’s ability to connect data patterns and achieve reliable predictions, the tech could soon enable more efficient screenings to streamline assessment and treatment time.
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ElevenLabs launched new open-source text and video-to-sound effects apps and APIs, allowing users to generate audio based on text prompts or reference videos.
Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company in the world after a rise in stock price brought the chipmaker’s valuation to $3.34T, overtaking Microsoft.
Apple published 20 new Core ML models and 4 datasets on Hugging Face, enabling builders to create advanced on-device AI applications.
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock announced Cover, an advanced AI hardware project in partnership with NASA aiming to help prevent school shootings using imaging scanners for concealed weapon detection.
Hedra introduced a preview of its Character-1 model, with the ability to generate unlimited length videos of expressive talking-head avatar videos that can talk, sing, and rap.
Factory announced new updates and a $15M raise for its AI that automates development tasks like generating software features, reviewing code, and solving bugs.
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TikTok introduces AI avatars
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
TikTok just launched its AI ‘Symphony’ toolkit, and the content creation game is about to change in a major way.
With digital avatars, translation features, a chatbot and more, the line between human and AI is blurring – but will consumers trust what machines are selling? Let’s dive in…
In today’s AI rundown:
TikTok brings AI to content creation
Meta releases four new models
Use AI to find + create posts on LinkedIn
AI model predicts anxiety levels
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
TIKTOK
🎺 TikTok brings AI to content creation
Image source: TikTok
The Rundown: TikTok just launched Symphony, a new suite of AI features to help brands and creators produce content more efficiently on the platform — including digital avatars, translation tools, an AI assistant, and more.
The details:
Symphony Digital Avatars enable brands to generate AI spokespeople to star in their TikTok ads and branded content across multiple languages.
Brands can choose from a selection of ‘stock avatars’ based on real actors or create custom avatars to serve as virtual brand reps.
A new AI Dubbing tool automatically transcribes, translates, and dubs videos into 10+ languages, helping brands scale content globally.
TikTok’s Creative Assistant has been rebranded to Symphony Assistant, a chatbot to help with brainstorming, writing scripts, and optimizing content for the platform.
Why it matters: The creator economy is about to be completely remade with AI, and these tools will unlock new opportunities for optimized content, reach, and creation — but the rise of digital ‘spokespeople’ will also raise new questions on authenticity and consumer trust that brands will need to grapple with.
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META
♾️ Meta releases four new models
Image source: Meta FAIR
The Rundown: Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) group just published an array of new open-source AI models and techniques, including releases for multimodal language tasks, text-to-music and audio, detecting synthetic speech, and more.
The details:
Chameleon is a family of language models (7B and 34B parameters) that can handle image, audio, and text inputs together — previously introduced in May.
JASCO is Meta's new controllable text-to-music model, allowing for granular input controls to guide music generation.
AudioSeal is the first audio watermarking model specifically for detecting AI-generated speech, released under a commercial license.
Meta's Multi-Token Prediction model aims to improve code autocompletion by predicting multiple tokens at a time, improving speed and capabilities.
Why it matters: Meta just released a wealth of new open-source goodies, continuing to advance research across the AI landscape. AudioSeal’s AI-audio detection will be particularly interesting to watch, given the industry’s struggle to reliably ID other content like text and images.
AI TRAINING
🚀 Use AI to find + create posts on LinkedIn
The Rundown: Taplio is an AI-powered tool that helps you find trending LinkedIn content for inspiration and easily create your own engaging posts.
Step-by-step:
Sign up to Taplio for free
Explore viral content from their library of 5M+ posts to get inspired
Craft your post from scratch or continue writing your draft with the help of their AI Assistant
Schedule it in one click and let Taplio publish the new engaging post for you!
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The details:
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AI RESEARCH
🧠 AI model predicts anxiety levels
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati just developed a new AI system that can predict anxiety levels using a short picture rating task and a small set of demography and psychological variables.
The details:
Comp Cog AI combines principles from psychology with machine learning to measure human decision-making patterns related to anxiety.
Participants rate a series of emotion-evoking pictures and answer a few contextual questions about their age, income, employment, etc.
The model extracts 15 ‘judgment variables’ that capture patterns in how users weigh positive and negative outcomes in decision-making.
In tests, the model predicted whether participants had higher or lower anxiety with up to 81% accuracy.
Why it matters: While anxiety disorders are extremely prevalent, they’re also often challenging and time-consuming to diagnose. With AI’s ability to connect data patterns and achieve reliable predictions, the tech could soon enable more efficient screenings to streamline assessment and treatment time.
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ElevenLabs launched new open-source text and video-to-sound effects apps and APIs, allowing users to generate audio based on text prompts or reference videos.
Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company in the world after a rise in stock price brought the chipmaker’s valuation to $3.34T, overtaking Microsoft.
Apple published 20 new Core ML models and 4 datasets on Hugging Face, enabling builders to create advanced on-device AI applications.
Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock announced Cover, an advanced AI hardware project in partnership with NASA aiming to help prevent school shootings using imaging scanners for concealed weapon detection.
Hedra introduced a preview of its Character-1 model, with the ability to generate unlimited length videos of expressive talking-head avatar videos that can talk, sing, and rap.
Factory announced new updates and a $15M raise for its AI that automates development tasks like generating software features, reviewing code, and solving bugs.
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OpenAI tackles AI cancer care
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
In the fight against cancer, every second counts — and a new OpenAI partnership is using GPT-4o to treat patients quicker and more efficiently.
With the ability to streamline screenings and craft personalized treatment, AI is already helping patients faster than ever before. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Color and OpenAI tackle AI cancer care
Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha video AI
The Rundown’s 6-step ChatGPT framework
DeepMind creates sound for videos
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
COLOR/OPENAI
🏥 Color and OpenAI tackle AI cancer care
Image source: OpenAI
The Rundown: Health tech company Color just partnered with OpenAI to create an AI assistant to help doctors craft personalized cancer screening and treatment plans — aiming to drastically reduce delays in care.
The details:
Color’s AI copilot, built on GPT-4o, analyzes patient data, guidelines, and medical records to identify screening gaps and create tailored diagnostic plans.
Automating pre-treatment workups saves crucial weeks or months of treatment time — with cancer mortality risk rising 6-13% per month of delay.
In testing, doctors using AI copilot identified 4x more missing labs and tests compared to those not using the tool.
Color is aiming to provide AI-generated screening plans for over 200,000 patients by late 2024.
Why it matters: When it comes to treating the second-leading cause of death worldwide, every day counts — and yet cancer patients frequently suffer from delayed diagnosis and treatment. Color’s AI copilot’s ability to streamline these processes can make all the difference in the difficult fight against cancer.
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⚙️ Learn to fine tune LLMs like the pros
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RUNWAY
🎥 Runway debuts Gen-3 Alpha video AI
Image source: Runway
The Rundown: Runway just introduced Gen-3 Alpha, a powerful new AI model that can generate highly realistic 10-second video clips from text prompts and images — bringing consistency, motion, and structure improvements.
The details:
Gen-3 Alpha is the first in Runway's next-gen model series, trained on a new large-scale multimodal infrastructure for learning "general world models".
The model is trained on both images and video, integrating with Runway’s existing tools like Motion Brush and Director mode for advanced editing.
Key capabilities include realistic characters, cinematic camera techniques, and smoother transitions between scene changes.
Why it matters: June 2024 has been the month of AI video acceleration. Between KLING, Luma, and Runway dropping public models, and giants like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo waiting in the wings — generative video is having a moment.
AI TRAINING
🤖 The Rundown’s 6-step ChatGPT checklist
The Rundown: Context is everything when crafting the perfect ChatGPT prompt. Our 6-step Prompt Checklist is a proven method for generating highly effective, context-specific responses.
Step-by-step:
Task: Clearly define the end goal.
Context: Provide relevant details about the situation and background.
Examples: Include sample text to demonstrate the desired style.
Persona: Adopt a specific viewpoint or character if needed.
Format: Specify the output structure you want.
Tone: Indicate the preferred emotion and language style.
Pro tip: When using the checklist, the order matters the most. Not all steps are necessary, but the more context you provide — the better the results.
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🔊 DeepMind creates sound for videos
Image source: Google DeepMind
The Rundown: Google DeepMind just published new research on the lab’s video-to-audio (V2A) system, which can generate detailed, synchronized soundtracks for videos — including music, sound effects, dialogue, and more.
The details:
V2A combines raw video pixels with text descriptions to produce realistic audio that matches the visuals and tone of a video output.
The V2A model was trained on video, audio, sound effect annotations, and speech transcripts to learn associations between visual and audio events.
DeepMind said it is testing the V2A model with leading filmmakers and plans to conduct more safety testing before opening to the public.
Why it matters: While AI video generation is advancing fast, the results are often eerily silent. V2A integrating with Veo or other models can take creative capabilities to the next level — with dialogue, sound effects and music soon able to be seamlessly matched to video outputs.
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Adobe integrated new Firefly AI capabilities into Acrobat, allowing users to create and edit images within PDFs using text prompts — also adding the ability to access an AI assistant for insights, content creation, and more.
Reuters Institute of Journalism published a new report finding growing public wariness of AI-generated news content, with many expressing discomfort about its potential impact on content reliability and trust.
The U.S. Navy is deploying AI-powered underwater drones to better detect threats, with plans to expand the tech’s use in identifying enemy ships and aircrafts.
Luma teased new control features coming to its Dream Machine video model, including the ability to quickly change scenes and precisely edit characters — also launching the ability to extend video and remove watermarks.
Anthropic published new research showing that AI models can engage in ‘reward tampering’, learning to cheat the system and grant higher rewards even without specific training.
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Nvidia's reveals an open AI model
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Nvidia already has the AI chip industry in the palm of its hand — and now it’s pushing the open-source LLM sector forward as well.
The chipmaker’s latest ‘Nemotron’ model family unlocks a new world of training data abilities, paving the way for even more powerful AI systems. Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Nvidia’s new open-source AI models
Chinese startup creates realistic robots
Transform presentations into blog posts
Tiny LLM matches GPT-4 on math
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
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NVIDIA
⚡️ Nvidia’s new open-source AI models
Image source: Nvidia
The Rundown: Nvidia just introduced Nemotron-4 340B, a family of open-source language models designed to generate high-quality synthetic training data and build powerful AI applications across industries.
The details:
The three models (Base, Instruct, Reward) form a ‘pipeline’ for creating synthetic data to train new, powerful LLMs.
Instruct creates high-quality synthetic training data (and was trained on 98% synthetic data), while Reward filters the data for the highest-quality examples.
The Nemotron-4 models match or exceed open-source competitors like Llama-3, Mixtral, and Qwen-2 across a variety of benchmarks.
NVIDIA also released Mamba-2 Hybrid, a selective state-space model (SSM) that surpassed similar transformer-based LLMs in accuracy.
Why it matters: Nvidia just provided a free, open-source model family that not only matches the capabilities of some of the top rivals in the space, but also excels at crafting synthetic data needed to continue leveling up new LLMs. The chipmaking giant is an AI powerhouse of many talents.
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EX-ROBOTS
🤖 Chinese startup creates realistic robots
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The Rundown: A Chinese startup called Ex-Robots is developing ultra-realistic humanoid robots that can closely mimic human facial expressions and emotions.
The details:
Ex-Robots’ lifelike humanoid robots can smile, frown, and replicate subtle facial movements using small motors embedded in the silicone faces.
The startup uses multimodal AI and algorithms to enable the robots to recognize and express emotions based on perceiving their environment.
Creating one humanoid robot currently takes 2-4 weeks, with costs as high as $275k per unit.
The company said near-term use cases include museum exhibits, with eventual roles in healthcare, therapy, and child services.
Why it matters: The advancement of ultra-realistic robots combined with the power of AI is about to create some bizarre new frontiers. Will humans be creeped out by an actual human-looking humanoid over mechanical options like Tesla’s Optimus? It’s unclear if the world is ready… but we’ll find out soon.
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Open your presentation in Canva.
Click on “Resize & Magic Switch” in the top bar.
Select “Transform into Doc” and select “Blog Post”.
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AI RESEARCH
🏅 Tiny LLM matches GPT-4 on math
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The Rundown: Shanghai AI Laboratory researchers just developed a new algorithm called MCT Self-Refine, which allowed a relatively small 8B-parameter model to achieve GPT-4 level performance on complex math.
The details:
MCT Self-Refine combines an 8B LLaMa model with Monte Carlo Tree Search, an AI technique famously used by Google DeepMind to master the game of Go.
The algorithm constructs a search tree, refining answers through a series of processes and self-evaluation.
On the GSM-Hard math word problem benchmark, infusing the Monte Carlo Tree Search took the 8B model from 25.5% accuracy to 45.5%.
The model also achieved 96.7% on the GSM8K benchmark, outperforming significantly larger models like GPT-4, Claude, and Gemini.
Why it matters: The research shows it’s possible to boost math capabilities without massive scale — and GPT-4 level performance with a model trained on 200x less parameters is an impressive feat. If the approach proves to be a more efficient path to advanced reasoning, we could be on the cusp of a new wave of model acceleration.
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QUICK HITS
Microsoft is officially delaying the launch of its new Copilot+ Recall feature, now set to come as a preview feature available initially to testers in the Windows Insider Program.
Sam Altman has privately revealed that OpenAI is considering transitioning its nonprofit governance structure to a for-profit benefit corporation.
McDonald’s is removing its AI-powered drive-thru ordering system tested in over 100 restaurants following viral videos showing customer frustrations and technical issues.
Edward Snowden responded to OpenAI’s addition of former NSA director Paul Nakasone to its board, saying the move is a 'willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on earth.’
MIT unveiled a new study showcasing a 3D technology platform capable of mapping the human brain.
Tesla shareholders are suing Elon Musk for diverting talent and resources to xAI, citing a breach of fiduciary duties and unjust enrichment.
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AI chatbot runs for office
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
AI just added a new title to its list of potential jobs — an elected official.
With 'AI Steve' running for U.K. Parliament, the age of AI-driven politics is no longer just a distant fantasy. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI chatbots run for office
OpenAI CTO speaks on internal models
Generate consistent short videos with AI
DeepMind creates a virtual rat with AI brain
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI & GOVERNMENT
🗳️ AI chatbots run for office
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The Rundown: An AI-powered candidate named ‘AI Steve’ is running for U.K. Parliament in next month’s general election — creating polarizing questions around AI’s use in government affairs.
The details:
AI Steve is represented by businessman Steve Endacott and will appear as an independent candidate in the upcoming election.
Voters can interact with AI Steve online to ask policy questions and raise concerns or suggestions, which the AI will incorporate based on feedback.
If elected, Endacott will serve as AI Steve's human proxy in Parliament, attending meetings and casting votes based on the AI's constituent-driven platform.
Why it matters: The idea of an AI running for office might sound like a joke, but the tech behind it could actually help make our politicians more independent and (ironically) autonomous. AI-assisted governance is likely coming someday, but it’s probably still a bit too early to be taken seriously.
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OPENAI
🎤 OpenAI CTO speaks on internal models
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The Rundown: OpenAI CTO Mira Murati participated in a Q&A with Fortune Magazine, addressing topics including criticism from Elon Musk, internal AI model strength, the 2023 board drama and more.
The details:
Murati said both Apple and OpenAI believe strongly in privacy and will not log data through Apple accounts or train models on user data.
Murati responded to Musk calling the Apple partnership ‘creepy spyware’, saying OpenAI is trying to be as transparent as possible with its approach to safety.
When asked about the board drama, Murati said the previous board structure ‘didn’t have accountability to anyone but themselves’.
The CTO also curiously said that OpenAI’s internal models ‘aren’t that far ahead’ of what the public has for free right now.
Why it matters: This had to be a harder-hitting Q&A than Murati expected — but her responses certainly evoked similar vibes to the infamous Sora interview. The commentary on internal models was particularly interesting, as it would imply that OpenAI doesn’t have some GPT-5 level model waiting in the wings.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Generate consistent short videos with AI
The Rundown: ToonCrafter is an AI tool available for free on Hugging Face, that allows users to generate consistent short videos from just two keyframe images.
Step-by-Step:
Visit the Hugging Face ToonCrafter page.
Upload two keyframe images (a starting and an ending one). For better results, these images should be of the same character or scene with slight variations.
Describe the action in the prompt field.
Adjust settings to your liking and click “Generate” to create your video.
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GOOGLE DEEPMIND
🐀 DeepMind creates a virtual rat with AI brain
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The Rundown: Researchers from Google DeepMind and Harvard just created a virtual rodent powered by an AI neural network, capable of mimicking agile movements and neural activity of real-life rats with extreme accuracy.
The details:
The researchers created a bio-mechanically realistic digital rat model and trained an AI ‘brain’ to control its body in a physics simulator.
The AI’s brain activity patterns closely matched real rodents engaged in similar behaviors, showing it can capture principles of muscle control and movement.
This ‘virtual neuroscience’ approach could open new research with testing on AI animals, also transferring to engineering of advanced robotics systems.
Why it matters: By bridging the gap between motor control and the complexity of brains, these virtual rodents offer a new window into how neural activity generates movement. Our understanding of the brain and neural activity is about to expand exponentially with the increasing power of AI.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI added retired U.S. Army General and former NSA head Paul M. Nakasone to its Board of Directors, a leading cybersecurity expert who will also join the company’s Safety and Security Committee.
Former Meta engineers launched Jace, an AI agent from Zeta Labs capable of executing complex browser tasks autonomously.
LinkedIn introduced new AI tools to its job-search platform, including AI-powered coaches for expert advice, learning personalization for skill courses, and advanced job-search features.
Stanford AI Lab showcased HumanPlus, a system enabling humanoid robots to autonomously learn and perform tasks by imitating human actions.
A photographer was disqualified from an AI image contest after winning using a real photo of a flamingo, saying he wanted to show that ‘nature can still beat the machine’.
Apparate Labs launched PROTEUS, a new real-time AI video generation model that can create realistic avatars and lip-syncs from a single reference image.
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A free-to-try Sora competitor!
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI video landscape is leveling up — with or without OpenAI’s long-awaited Sora model along for the ride.
Luma’s new ‘Dream Machine’ is the latest model to raise the bar, and its public availability is already leading to some mind-blowing generations. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Luma Labs unveils ‘Dream Machine’
Samsung’s new AI chip roadmap
Transform your photos with AI upscaling
Google AI gets personal with wearables
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
LUMA LABS
🎥 Luma Labs unveils ‘Dream Machine’
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The Rundown: Luma Labs just launched Dream Machine, a new AI model that can generate high-quality, realistic 5-second video clips from text and image prompts — and is already available to the public, unlike OpenAI’s Sora.
The details:
The model generates 5-second clips from text prompts or a reference image with impressive smoothness, consistency, and camera movements.
Dream Machine is a transformer model trained on video content, allowing for more coherent outputs that better mimic real-world interactions and physics.
Luma says the model can produce 120 frames of video in 120 seconds, though wait times were longer at release with high demand.
The tool launched with a free plan offering 30 video generations, with a paid tier extending to 2,000 outputs per month.
Why it matters: While the public still awaits the launch of OpenAI’s Sora, other models like KLING and Dream Machine are already giving users a taste of powerful new capabilities. AI video is taking a massive leap — and each new competitor is raising the bar even higher for when Sora does open to the masses.
Check out some of the best generations from Luma’s launch here.
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SAMSUNG
🗺️ Samsung’s new AI chip roadmap
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The Rundown: Samsung just announced a series of AI chip developments, including a new manufacturing roadmap, the latest chipmaking tech, as well as a ‘turnkey’ platform for AI chip solutions.
The details:
The company touted new advanced performance in its chip manufacturing process, aiming to compete with TSMC for business from vendors like Nvidia.
Samsung said it predicts a 5x increase in its AI customer base and a 9x increase in revenue by 2028, attributed to production upgrades and new AI chips.
The ‘Samsung AI Solutions’ platform will aim to create a one-stop AI chipmaking service.
Samsung also hired ex-Apple exec Murat Akbacak to lead a new North America AI Center, who previously led Siri efforts.
Why it matters: With tech giants all spending massively in the race to acquire the most advanced custom AI chips, manufacturers like Samsung are looking to break through TSMC’s market dominance and get a bigger piece of the action.
AI TRAINING
🌟 Transform your photos with AI upscaling
The Rundown: Magnific AI is one of the leading AI tools that lets you upscale and enhance your blurry images into extremely high-resolution photos.
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On the main dashboard, click "Upload" to select your image.
Choose your scale factor and optimization type. Add a prompt for specific enhancements if needed.
Fine-tune your image with options like Creativity, HDR, Resemblance, and Fractality.
Click "Upscale" to process your image and obtain your new upscaled image.
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⌚️ Google AI gets personal with wearables
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The Rundown: Google just published two new research papers, introducing an AI model that can interpret personal health data from wearable devices and an AI agent that provides detailed insights, answer health questions, and more.
The details:
Google's PH-LLM is a version of Gemini fine-tuned to reason using data from wearables and generate coaching insights for sleep and fitness.
PH-LLM performs comparably to human experts on health insights for fitness and sleep, also achieving expert performance on certification exams.
Google also revealed PHIA, an AI agent that combines Gemini’s language skills with code and search capabilities to analyze wearable health data.
PHIA scored 84% on health insight questions, demonstrating strong reasoning and data analysis capabilities on complex queries.
Why it matters: Google’s research showcases AI’s potential to take health wearable tracking to the next level — going beyond generic insights to enable personalized support. Once ingrained into popular devices, these types of AI tools will put an expert fitness and nutrition coach on the wrists of every user.
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QUICK HITS
Microsoft released a new research paper presenting DenseAV, an architecture that learns the meaning of words and sounds by watching unlabeled videos.
Midjourney unveiled model personalization, allowing users to better tune outputs to their own styles and preferences by rating images.
Stability AI released the open model weights for Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, with the 2B parameter text-to-image model offering advanced photorealism, prompt understanding, and typography capabilities.
Oracle announced new cloud infrastructure deals with OpenAI and Microsoft to ‘extend Azure AI’s capacity’ and scale deployment of AI models.
OpenAI has reportedly doubled its annual revenue to $3.4B over the last six months, according to The Information.
Pika Labs rolled out a new model update to its video generation platform, showcasing improved quality.
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Elon Musk drops his OpenAI lawsuit
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Elon Musk just took a U-turn in his legal battle against OpenAI — withdrawing his lawsuit just one day before a key court date.
But fresh off the former co-founder’s very public criticism of OpenAI’s partnership with Apple, this feels like a saga that’s far from over. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
Musk drops OpenAI lawsuit
Microsoft pulls plug on Copilot GPT builder
Generate consistent images of a character
Autonomous robots take the steering wheel
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI & ELON MUSK
👨🏻⚖️ Musk drops OpenAI lawsuit
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The Rundown: Elon Musk just officially withdrew his lawsuit against OpenAI one day before a key court hearing, with the previous filing having accused OpenAI of abandoning its mission of ‘developing AI for the benefit of humanity’.
The details:
Musk co-founded OpenAI alongside Sam Atman and Greg Brockman in 2015, with the stated mission of keeping AI development open and non-profit.
Musk claimed that since his departure from the board in 2017, OpenAI pivoted to focus on profits, particularly through its partnership with Microsoft.
OpenAI denied Musk’s allegations, also releasing a series of emails from Musk’s days at the company that seem to contradict his arguments.
The withdrawal also comes just a day after Musk publicly criticized OpenAI's new deal with Apple, threatening to ban the devices from his companies.
Why it matters: The timing of the lawsuit withdrawal is particularly interesting, given the billionaire’s reaction on Monday to OpenAI’s integration into Apple’s OS. But despite this chapter seemingly coming to a close in the Musk vs. OpenAI saga, it still feels like a feud that is far from over.
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MICROSOFT
👀 Microsoft pulls plug on Copilot GPT builder
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The Rundown: Microsoft just announced that it is ‘retiring’ the ability to create custom GPTs within its Copilot Pro subscription service, citing a shift in focus to enterprise and commercial applications.
The details:
The functionality is being ended just months after its introduction to the $20/month Copilot Pro subscription.
GPT builder in Copilot allowed users to create custom instances of the chatbot in an identical fashion to OpenAI’s ChatGPT GPT Store.
Copilot GPTs and the data they’ve collected will be deleted on July 10, though the builder will still be available to commercial and enterprise customers.
Why it matters: Ending the Copilot GPT Builder just three months after launch seems is an odd move — particularly given the backdrop of OpenAI’s seemingly distancing relationship with Microsoft. But with the feature still available to enterprises, the move might just be a shift in priority.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Generate consistent images of a character
The Rundown: Replicate’s new model allows you to create images of a specific character in different poses with just a single image.
Step-by-Step:
Visit the new “consistent-character” model in Replicate and log in with your credentials.
Upload a clear image of the character you want to generate.
Fill in the prompt with character details, set the number of outputs, and choose your image format.
Click “Run” and let Replicate do the magic.
Hot tip: Keep the "Randomize Poses" option enabled to explore different poses for your character.
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AI RESEARCH
🚕 Autonomous robots take the steering wheel
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The Rundown: Researchers from the University of Tokyo published a new study exploring a new approach to autonomous driving — leveraging robots that mimic the structure, flexibility, and senses of humans to control vehicles.
The details:
Musashi was designed to simulate the movements of a human, with artificial muscles and the ability to conform to a car seat and grip the wheel.
Musashi also has a suite of cameras, microphones, and touch sensors to provide human-like senses.
The robot’s control software enables it to learn from experience, react to changes, and recognize conditions like traffic lights and road hazards.
In tests, Musashi was able to operate the steering wheel, gas, and brake pedals, adapting movements based on feedback sensors.
Why it matters: While companies have already made significant strides in autonomous driving, the concept of a robot behind the wheel feels completely unique. With human-like physical capabilities, these robots could be an alternative to autonomous driving — and perhaps provide more peace of mind than an empty seat.
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QUICK HITS
Mistral secured a new $640M Series B funding round, bringing the French AI startup’s valuation to $6B.
Apple released new details on its on-device AI models, which perform slightly above other small models like Phi-3-mini, Mistral-7b, and Gemma-7b in testing.
François Chollet and Mike Knoop launched ARC Prize 2024, a $1M coding competition challenging AI developers to create systems that solve new reasoning problems and advance towards AGI.
The U.S. government is reportedly drafting additional restrictions on China’s access to advanced AI chips, looking to target a powerful ‘GAA’ architecture currently being introduced by chipmakers.
Google announced its June Pixel update, introducing its Gemini Nano AI model for Pixel 8 and 8a users, enabling new features like enhanced transcription capabilities.
Brazil’s government is hiring OpenAI to leverage AI for analyzing and flagging lawsuits, aiming to reduce court-related costs and reduce that impact on the federal budget.
Flyhomes debuted its AI-powered home search portal, aiming to transform real estate searches with advanced data integration and conversational AI.
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