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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
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LUMA LABS
🎥 Luma Labs unveils ‘Dream Machine’
Image source: Luma Labs
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.
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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
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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
Image source: University of Tokyo
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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Apple brings ChatGPT to iPhones
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Apple fans, your AI moment has finally come.
‘Apple Intelligence’ was just unveiled at WWDC, featuring huge Siri upgrades, ChatGPT integrations, and more — ushering in a brand new era for the tech giant. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Apple Intelligence debuts at WWDC
Musk threatens Apple device ban
Autogenerate presentation slides with Gamma
Researchers teach AI to speak dog
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
APPLE
🍏 Apple Intelligence debuts at WWDC
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The Rundown: Apple just kicked off its hotly-anticipated WWDC event, unveiling the company’s new ‘Apple Intelligence’ AI strategy, a partnership with OpenAI, and a flurry of new AI integrations and features coming to iOS 18, iPadOS, and macOS 15.
Siri Upgrades
A next-gen Siri will converse more naturally, remember context across requests, and accomplish more complex tasks by better understanding both voice and text.
Siri also gains ‘onscreen awareness’, with the ability to take actions and utilize on-device info to better tailor requests to the individual user.
New AI Features
New AI writing tools built into apps like Mail, Messages, and Notes will allow users to auto-generate and edit text.
Mail will utilize AI to better organize and surface content in inboxes, while Notes and Phone gain new audio transcription and summarization capabilities.
AI-crafted ‘Genmojis’ enable personalized text-to-image emojis, and a new "Image Playground" feature introduces an image generation tool from prompts.
Photos get more conversational search abilities, the ability to create photo ‘stories’, and new editing tools.
Privacy
A focus of the AI reveal was privacy — with new features leveraging on-device processing when possible and Private Cloud Compute for more complex tasks.
Private Cloud Compute (PCC) is Apple’s new intelligence system specifically for private AI processing on the cloud.
The new AI features will be opt-in, so users will not be forced to adopt them.
OpenAI Integration
The OpenAI partnership will allow Siri to leverage ChatGPT/GPT-4o when needed for more complex questions.
OpenAI’s blog also outlined additional ChatGPT tools like image generation and document understanding embedded into the new OS.
Why it matters: Despite the hype, there weren’t any major surprises on Day 1. But an upgraded, more capable Siri integrated directly with ChatGPT will make the voice assistant actually useful — and onboard millions of users to the start of the on-device AI agent boom.
Check out some of the best demo videos from WWDC here.
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ELON MUSK
❌ Musk threatens Apple device ban
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The Rundown: Elon Musk just threatened to ban the use of all Apple devices from his companies following Apple’s partnership announcement with OpenAI, claiming that the integration of ChatGPT into operating systems poses an “unacceptable security violation”.
The details:
Musk posted a series of tweets on X following the event, calling the the move “creepy spyware” that can’t ensure data protection.
The Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI founder said his company’s visitors will need to check Apple devices at the door and store them in a “Faraday cage”.
He also responded to a request for a ‘Grok phone’, saying he might need to create it if Apple follows through with the OpenAI integration.
If you’re new to AI, Elon Musk is one of the co-founders of OpenAI and has a contentious history with them, including a lawsuit and the creation of rival xAI.
Why it matters: Despite the overall excitement surrounding the Apple-OpenAI partnership, Elon isn’t drinking the kool aid. While his privacy concerns may be valid, it’s hard to separate from his personal vendetta against his former company — though the idea of a Grok phone is quite an entertaining one.
AI TRAINING
🔥 Autogenerate presentation slides with Gamma
The Rundown: Gamma is a free AI tool that helps users generate presentations in seconds. With the autocomplete feature, users can add new slides directly to already-generated presentations to never run out of ideas.
Step-by-step:
Go to Gamma and sign up for free.
Select “Create new”, choose “Presentation”, pick the number of cards you want, and enter a prompt.
Click on “Generate”, and in seconds, Gamma will create your presentation for you.
To use the autocomplete feature, you can type “+++” on a blank card and generate a new card entirely.
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AI RESEARCH
🐶 Researchers teach AI to speak dog
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The Rundown: A new study from the University of Michigan leveraged AI models trained on human speech to decode the meaning behind dog noises — identifying details like breed, age, gender, and emotional state with 70% accuracy.
The details:
Researchers gathered vocalizations from 74 dogs of varying breeds, ages, and situational contexts.
The noises were inputted into an AI model originally designed to analyze human voices, trained on 960 hours of speech, and fine-tuned for dogs.
The AI was able to predict individual dogs from barks, distinguish dog breed and gender, and match barks to emotional context like play and aggression with 70% accuracy.
Why it matters: AI is not only bridging the language gap for humans across the globe — but also potentially across species as well. Communicating with other intelligent animals (or at least better understanding them) seems like a skill issue that’s going to be solved sooner rather than later.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI announced the addition of two new executives, with former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar joining as CFO and Kevin Weil stepping in as CPO.
Adobe updated its terms of service following backlash over language stating that users' work is used to train AI, with new policies going into effect on June 18th.
Morgan Stanley CEO Ted Pick said that AI could save financial advisors 10-15 hours a week’, with the firm currently testing AI chatbot integrations from OpenAI.
Michael Kors is partnering with Mastercard to offer customers the company’s AI-powered ‘Shopping Muse’ for personalized product recommendations.
The U.S. Air Force and Space Force launched NIPRGPT, a new AI tool designed to assist with tasks like report summarizing and coding to improve information access across operations.
Meta is planning to use European user data to train its AI models while navigating EU data protection laws, aiming to create tech that better reflects diverse languages and cultures.
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The world’s first AI beauty pageant
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The world’s first AI beauty pageant is currently underway, and it’s blurring the lines between reality and virtual glamour like never before.
With image capabilities accelerating at a rapid pace, the age of the AI influencer is here — and things are about to get a whole lot weirder. Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
The world’s first AI beauty pageant
Microsoft Recall gets safety changes
Using ‘Background Conversations’ in ChatGPT
Concise prompting cuts AI costs by 20%
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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AI INFLUENCERS
👑 The world’s first AI beauty pageant
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The Rundown: The World AI Creator Awards and creator platform FanVue are currently running the inaugural ‘Miss AI’ contest, with over 1,500 AI-generated models competing for the world’s first AI beauty pageant.
The details:
10 finalists were selected from a pool of 1,500 AI-generated contestants, with the winner set to be announced at the end of June.
The AI models ‘hail’ from countries across the globe, showcasing various causes and personalities in addition to their photorealistic images.
Judges will also evaluate the AI tech behind the avatars, including prompts/image outputs and the creator’s ability to engage audiences on social media.
The prize pool includes $20,000 in awards and access to PR and mentorship programs.
Why it matters: With how good AI image generation capabilities have become, we’re likely already being exposed to an influx of generated brand ambassadors and models without even realizing it. While the idea of an AI beauty pageant may sound strange… it’s probably only going to get weirder from here.
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MICROSOFT
🧠 Microsoft Recall gets safety changes
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The Rundown: Microsoft is making changes to its new Recall on-device AI feature following security concerns — with the tool now starting off by default and gaining new encryption protections ahead of the release on June 18.
The details:
The Copilot + Recall feature was unveiled at the Microsoft Build event in May, which will run locally and take constant screenshots to remember user actions.
The company faced backlash after experts warned of the tool’s ‘privacy nightmare’ with the potential to expose screenshots and activity to hackers.
The feature will now be off by default, with users having to opt in manually — with new encryption and authentication being added for extra safety measures.
The tool will roll out in ‘preview’ on the new Copilot + PCs set to launch on June 18.
Why it matters: While the Recall feature was one of the flashiest features revealed at Build — it also is one of the most controversial. While the screenshots enable memory and get us a step closer to the AI agent dream, its also a tough hurdle to get past for increasingly privacy-focused consumers.
AI TRAINING
🔊 Using ‘Background Conversations’ in ChatGPT
The Rundown: ChatGPT’s latest update introduced the "Background Conversations" feature, allowing you to continue your chat even when using other apps or when your screen is off.
Step-by-Step:
Install the latest ChatGPT app update on your phone.
Open the app and go to Settings.
Scroll to “Voice Mode” and toggle “Background Conversations” on.
Use ChatGPT hands-free while multitasking or with your screen off.
Note: If you still don’t see the option, the feature may not have rolled out to your account yet.
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AI RESEARCH
🧠 Concise prompting cuts AI costs by 20%
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The Rundown: Researchers just found that adding a simple ‘be concise’ instruction to chain-of-thought prompts can reduce the length of AI responses by 50% with minimal impact on accuracy — leading to over 20% cost savings on API calls.
The details:
Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting has the AI explain its reasoning step-by-step before giving a final answer, improving accuracy on complex problems.
Researchers tested adding ‘be concise’ to CoT prompts on GPT 3.5 and 4, using 1,000 multiple-choice questions across 10 topics.
The instruction made responses about 50% shorter on average vs. normal CoT prompting, with no significant accuracy impact.
The approach also reduced per-query API costs by over 20% for both models, with the more concise prompts generating fewer tokens.
Why it matters: Next time your AI chatbot is getting a little too wordy, this one simple prompt trick is all you need! Despite the massive complexities and uncertainties surrounding how LLMs work, sometimes these strange, seemingly basic quirks make all the difference in getting the optimal outputs.
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QUICK HITS
Robot Era showcased a demo of its XBot-L AI-powered humanoid robot successfully traversing the Great Wall of China, demonstrating advanced movement and balance capabilities.
Anthropic posted a new blog detailing the process behind crafting its Claude AI model’s personality, using ‘Character Training’ to help instill curiosity, thoughtfulness, and diverse viewpoints.
Google DeepMind researchers published a new paper arguing that open-endedness — the ability to create new, learnable ‘artifacts’ — is the key to achieving artificial superhuman intelligence (ASI).
Perplexity is facing backlash following the launch of its new Pages feature, with accusations of generated content republishing nearly identical stories to major news outlets without attribution.
Apple will reportedly reveal a new AI system called Apple Intelligence at WWDC today, alongside a partnership with OpenAI, a flurry of new AI features, and software upgrades across its product lines.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau spoke about AI’s potential, saying he believes development should not be slowed and instead focused on building for good to counter the bad.
xAI’s Grok may be gaining new image capabilities and the ability to access web search results, according to new code found within the system.
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China's new Sora rival is here
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI world anxiously awaits the public arrival of OpenAI’s Sora — but a Chinese firm’s newly released model is already kicking the text-to-video race into high gear.
Kuaishou’s KLING is here, and the mind-blowing demos show that we’ve come a LONG way from the days of Will Smith’s spaghetti dinner. Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Kuaishou launches new Sora rival
ByteDance’s AI chip loophole
Run your code with Mistral’s new model
OpenAI probes GPT’s inner workings
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
KUAISHOU
🎥 Kuaishou launches new Sora rival
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The Rundown: Chinese tech firm Kuaishou just introduced KLING, a new text-to-video AI model capable of generating high-quality videos up to 2 minutes long with outputs that appear to rival OpenAI’s still-unreleased Sora.
The details:
KLING can produce videos at 1080p resolution with a maximum length of 2 minutes, surpassing the 1-minute Sora videos demoed by OpenAI.
KLING’s demos include realistic outputs like a man eating noodles and scenic shots, as well as surreal clips like animals in clothes.
The model uses a 3D space-time attention system to simulate complex motion and physical interactions that better mimic the real world.
The model is currently available to Chinese-based users as a public demo on the KWAI iOS app.
Why it matters: These generations are even more mind-blowing when you consider that Will Smith’s spaghetti-eating abomination was barely a year ago. With users still anxiously waiting for the public release of Sora, other competitors are stepping in — and the AI video landscape looks like it’s about to heat up in a major way.
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BYTEDANCE
🇨🇳 ByteDance’s AI chip loophole
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The Rundown: TikTok parent company ByteDance is renting advanced Nvidia AI chips and using them on U.S. soil, exploiting a loophole to sidestep restrictions on China’s AI chip exports.
The details:
Due to national security concerns, the U.S. government prohibits Nvidia from selling AI chips like the A100 and H100 directly to Chinese companies.
The restrictions don't prevent Chinese firms from renting chips for use within the U.S. — ByteDance is allegedly leasing servers with chips from Oracle.
ByteDance reportedly had access to over 1,500 H100 chips and several thousand A100s last month through the Oracle deal.
Other Chinese giants like Alibaba and Tencent are also reportedly exploring similar options, either renting from U.S. providers or setting up US data centers.
Why it matters: The AI race between the U.S. and China is only escalating — and it appears major players are going to get AI chips by any means necessary. While the U.S. tries to stall its rival’s progress with restrictions, it feels like a game of whack-a-mole that won’t stop China from reaching its AI goals.
AI TRAINING
🧑💻 Run your code with Mistral’s new model
The Rundown: Mistral recently released a code-focused AI model that performs impressively across major coding benchmarks — a game-changer for programmers looking to enhance their workflows and productivity.
Step-by-step:
Sign up for a free account or log in at Mistral's Le Chat platform.
Select Codestral from the “Models” dropdown menu.
Input your coding prompt or question, and let Codestral generate code snippets.
Copy the code, head over to Replit’s Python Online Compiler, select “+ Create Repl” (if prompted), paste the code on the left side and press “Run”.
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AI RESEARCH
🔍 OpenAI probes GPT’s inner workings
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The Rundown: OpenAI just released a new paper detailing a method for reverse engineering concepts learned by AI models and better understanding ChatGPT’s inner workings.
The details:
The paper was authored by members of the recently disbanded superalignment team, including Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike.
‘Scaling and Evaluating Sparse Autoencoders’ outlines a technique to ID patterns representing specific concepts inside GPT-4.
By using an additional model to probe the larger model, researchers found a way to extract millions of activity patterns for further exploration.
OpenAI released open-source code and a visualization tool, allowing others to explore how different words and phrases activate concepts within models.
Why it matters: Much like Anthropic’s recent “Golden Gate Claude” and corresponding research, AI firms are still working to understand what’s truly going on underneath the hood. Cracking AI’s black box would be a big step towards better safety, tuning, and controllability of rapidly advancing models.
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QUICK HITS
Alibaba’s open-source Qwen 2-72B model moved into the top spot on Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard, surpassing rivals Mixtral and Llama-3 across a range of benchmarks.
Meta launched a new AI assistant for businesses in WhatsApp, along with other AI tools aimed at supporting businesses with customer interactions and sales.
Nvidia’s market value surpassed $3T, with the AI chip leader soaring past Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable public company behind only Microsoft.
The U.S. government opened antitrust investigations into Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia, with the FTC and DOJ reportedly focusing on monopolistic practices and investment scrutiny.
Jasper AI released Flash Diffusion, a new method for accelerating diffusion models, producing faster, higher-quality image generations while reducing computing costs.
Social platform Cara has grown from 40,000 to 650,000 users in the past week, with the artist-focused, anti-AI social media app seeing an inflow of traffic amid backlash against Meta’s AI policies.
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AI's antibiotic breakthrough
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Superbugs, beware — the AI revolution is coming for you too.
Researchers just used AI to uncover nearly 1M potential new antibiotics, a breakthrough that could change the future of medicine and drug discovery. Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI predicts nearly 1M new antibiotics
Stability AI releases open audio model
How to use Perplexity Knowledge Cards
Asana debuts AI teammates
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI RESEARCH
💊 AI predicts nearly 1M new antibiotics
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The Rundown: Researchers just published a new study detailing the use of AI to predict close to 1M new antibiotics hidden within tiny microbes all over the world, uncovering new potential treatments against bacteria and superbugs.
The details:
Researchers used AI to analyze publicly available data on over 100,000 different genomes and meta-genomes.
The AI then predicted which parts of the microbial genomes could potentially produce antibiotic compounds, generating a list of nearly one million candidates.
100 of the AI-predicted drug candidates were tested in the lab, with 79 of them being a potential antibiotic.
The paper’s author Cesar de la Fuente said the findings are “the largest antibiotic discovery ever”, accelerating the process from years to just hours.
Why it matters: As the world faces growing threats from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, AI’s ability to unlock millions of new potential treatments could be a lifeline toward staying ahead in the race to outsmart superbugs responsible for millions of deaths every year.
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STABILITY AI
🔊 Stability AI releases open audio model
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The Rundown: Stability AI just unveiled Stable Audio Open, a new model enabling users to create short audio samples and sound effects from text prompts.
The details:
Stable Audio Open can create up to 47 seconds of high-quality audio from text prompts, focused primarily on sound effects and production elements.
The model was trained on data from FreeSound and Free Music Archives to avoid copyright issues.
Stable Audio Open can also be fine-tuned on custom audio, allowing artists to train the model on their own samples.
Why it matters: While the AI advances in text-to-image models have been the most visible (literally), both video and audio are about to take the same leap. Putting these tools in the hands of creatives will redefine traditional workflows — from musicians brainstorming new beats to directors crafting sound effects for film and TV.
AI TRAINING
📈 How to use Perplexity Knowledge Cards
The Rundown: Perplexity recently introduced a new feature called Interactive Knowledge Cards — allowing users to search, compare, and share information like never before.
Step by step:
Head over to Perplexity. You don’t need an account, but it’s free to sign up.
Search for phrases like "Gamestop stock since 5/1/24" or "median sales price for a single-family home in Delaware."
Explore the interactive knowledge cards generated by Perplexity.
Hover your mouse over the visualizations to gain deeper insights.
Pro tip: Perplexity Cards allow users to compare different datasets to identify trends and patterns. For e.g. "Gamestop vs. AMC stock since 5/1/24" will show both patterns in the same card.
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ASANA
🤝 Asana debuts AI teammates
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The Rundown: Work management platform Asana just introduced AI Teammates, virtual bots that integrate into the platform and handle complex workflows, provide insights, and take actions while adapting to users or teams.
The details:
AI Teammates are built on Asana’s Work Graph data model, allowing them to understand context, workflows, and objectives when taking action.
Humans remain in the loop to ensure transparency and control, with the ability to customize workflows.
Asana also teased a new chatbot coming later this month to allow for more conversational collaboration.
Examples of AI teammate tasks include advising teams and surfacing insights, taking on and assigning tasks, and dynamically identifying workflow issues.
Why it matters: While the age of the true “AI agent” may not be here quite yet, it’s certainly inching closer. Asana’s new teammates are a step towards using AI as a hyper-efficient, always-present collaborator — a feature likely to become standard on all platforms as the tech becomes more widespread.
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QUICK HITS
Pika Labs secured $80M in Series B funding for its text-to-video platform, bringing the company’s valuation to $470M with backers including Spark Capital and actor and musician Jared Leto.
TSMC Chairman C.C. Wei said talks with OpenAI’s Sam Altman’s proposal to create a global network of AI chip factories was ‘too aggressive’, with the chipmaker unable to commit to the number of fabs needed.
xAI agreed to build its ‘gigafactory of compute’ supercomputer in Memphis, TN., with hopes to have the system completed by late 2025.
Actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher revealed he is currently testing OpenAI’s Sora, saying some of the generations are already at a quality level capable of use in movies and TV.
OpenAI added a new ‘Background Conversations’ feature to ChatGPT’s latest mobile app update, allowing users to maintain a conversation while exiting the app.
Humane sent an email notifying users of its AI Pin to stop using the device’s charging case, warning of a fire safety risk.
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AI whistleblowers speak out
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The AI safety discourse is boiling over — and a new ‘Right to Warn’ petition has both current and former researchers from top firms on the offensive.
With the chorus only growing louder as AI advancements continue to accelerate, the industry feels on the brink of a major reckoning. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI researchers demand ‘Right to Warn’
Musk diverts AI chips from Tesla to X
Explain images in real-time with GPT-4o
OpenAI researcher: AGI coming by 2027
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🚨 AI researchers demand ‘Right to Warn’
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The Rundown: Current and former employees from top AI labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind just published an open letter calling for companies to expand whistleblower protections so workers can raise the alarm about potential AI dangers without fear of retaliation.
The details:
The ‘Right to Warn AI’ petition was crafted by current and former employees of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind.
The open letter was also endorsed by AI visionaries Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Stuart Russell.
The statement pushes for AI firms to agree to several principles:
Eliminating non-disparagement clauses concerning AI risk
Establishing and facilitating anonymous channels for raising concerns
Expanding whistleblower protections and anti-retaliation measures
Several researchers posted threads on their experience, with Daniel Kokotajlo revealing he quit OpenAI after ‘losing hope’ the company would act responsibly.
Why it matters: The AI safety discourse is reaching a boiling point, and there is clearly a major industry divide that transcends any one AI firm or researcher. The proposed principles seem reasonable and necessary — but it remains to be seen if the top AI leaders will actually listen.
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ELON MUSK
📦 Musk diverts AI chips from Tesla to X
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The Rundown: Newly-leaked internal emails to CNBC revealed that Elon Musk ordered chipmaker Nvidia to prioritize shipments of its AI processors to both X and xAI, delaying Tesla’s awaited $500M order by months.
The details:
Internal Nvidia emails show Musk redirected 12,000 H100 GPUs in December to X.
The move contradicts public statements that Tesla would increase H100 purchases from 35,000 to 85,000 and spend $10B on AI infrastructure.
Musk clarified that Tesla had nowhere to install the chips, with the automaker still planning to spend $3-4B in 2024 on Nvidia hardware.
Why it matters: While this is likely a nothingburger in the long run, and Elon is still clearly intent on spending massively on AI across his companies, moves like this only fuel critics who remain skeptical of his startup’s entanglements — particularly as Tesla pushes to deliver on lofty self-driving goals.
AI TRAINING
📱 Explain images in real-time with GPT-4o
The Rundown: This hack lets you access GPT-4o directly from an iPhone via a custom shortcut, allowing you to analyze and explain images in real time.
Step-by-step:
Head over to OpenAI’s platform to obtain an API key. Make sure you have some credits in your account.
Go to your iPhone Shortcuts and click the “+” button.
Add different actions before your OpenAI API call, e.g., your desired prompt as “Text”, your API key as “Text”, and “Take a screenshot”.
Call GPT-4o by using “*https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions”* and obtain a description of what you are seeing!
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AI RESEARCH
📶 OpenAI researcher: AGI coming by 2027
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The Rundown: Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner just released a new essay series detailing his view on AGI, saying the rate of AI progress will be the most intense and volatile events in human history.
The details:
Aschenbrenner says that ‘nobody is pricing in’ what is coming in AI, and to expect another GPT-2 to GPT-4 level jump by 2027 (that would take us to AGI).
The researcher predicts that hundreds of millions of AGI would then rapidly accelerate progress, compressing decades of progress into a year.
He also discussed the economic and military advantages that will come with AGI, calling it a national security issue that needs its own ‘Manhattan Project’.
Aschenbrenner reiterated these views on the Dwarkesh Podcast, also revealing he was fired from OpenAI after raising AI security concerns.
Why it matters: As an insider at OpenAI, Aschenbrenner's analysis carries weight — and his projections paint a striking picture of how radically AGI will reshape the world. His commentary on the firing also raises even more drama, given OpenAI’s current media battle with former researchers and the board over safety concerns.
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QUICK HITS
Cohere is set to raise $450M in fresh funding from Nvidia, Salesforce, Cisco, and others, valuing the company at $5B.
Shutterstock announced a new deal with Reka AI, with the company’s AI licensing business reportedly generating $104M last year from agreements with major AI firms.
A Stanford University AI team apologized after it was revealed its Llama 3-V architecture was nearly identical to Chinese lab ModelBest’s open-source MiniCPM-Llama3-V 2.5 model.
Major AI platforms suffered outages at various points on Tuesday, with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity all experiencing intermittent issues.
Cisco launched a new $1B global AI investment fund, revealing initial investments in Cohere, Mistral AI, and Scale AI.
Nvidia announced a $50M investment in Twelve Labs Inc., a startup focused on AI search and analysis of video content.
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