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Google had a slow start in AI text-to-image, but with its new Imagen 3, it's now ahead of the top tools. This comes just after Google also beat OpenAI in releasing advanced voice AI.

What are on FIRE 🔥

• 🆕 How AI is Transforming Tax and Accounting Firms

• 🌟 AI Highlights

• 💸 Daily AI Fundraising

• 📚 AI Sources From AI Fire

• 🏅 AI Tools

• ⚡ 5 AI Quick Hits

• ✏️ AI Tutorial: 2x Conversions by Pre-Testing Your Ads

• 📊 AI Chart

• 💼 4 AI Jobs

AI REPORT

🆕 How AI is Transforming Tax and Accounting Firms

Recently, small and midsized tax firms have used automation to simplify tasks, and AI is now making these efforts even stronger.

Key takeaways:

• AI boosts efficiency in tax prep and back-office operations.

• 77% of professionals see AI as a game-changer for careers.

• AI provides quick, reliable tax research results.

• Predictive AI analytics offer insights into future market trends.

• 82% of tax professionals believe AI is a positive force for good.

Why it matters: As AI continues to advance, accounting firms that embrace these technologies will not only improve their operations but also offer enhanced services, ensuring they stay competitive in the evolving marketplace.

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TODAY IN AI

AI HIGHLIGHTS

🖼️ Google quietly releases Imagen 3 AI image generator to all U.S. users via ImageFX, flexing that it beat DALL-E 3, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion 3 in human performance evaluations.

🔄 AI-generated content risks 'data inbreeding,' leading to bland outputs and patchwork plagiarism, challenging Google's fight against unoriginal content.

🕵️ Meta reports Russia's AI-powered election interference tactics failing, providing only small gains as US elections approach.

🤖 Researchers develop AIR-Bench 2024 to rank AI models' risks, finding Claude 3 Opus excels in cybersecurity, while DBRX Instruct scores poorly overall.

🧠 ALS patient Casey Harrell regains speech through UC Davis brain implant, achieving 99.6% accuracy with 50-word vocabulary and 90% with 125,000 words.

DAILY AI FUNDRAISING

CodeRabbit raises $16M to automate code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit's AI aims to improve code quality and efficiency, reducing developer workload.

AI SOURCES FROM AI FIRE

NEW EMPOWERED AI TOOLS

1. 🧩 ralify cuts meetings, move fast and achieve goals

2. 🆙 GPT Computer Assistant creates intelligence for your products

3. ✈️ Gigabrain automated Reddit research

4. 🌳 ToonTalk is AI friends designed especially for children

5. 🌄 Profundo helps you automate data collection, analysis, and reporting.

AI QUICK HITS

1. 🎨 Musk's Grok bot creates AI images with minimal restrictions (Link)

2. ❤️ AI used to decode the heart's secret rhythms (Link)

3. 📊 TikTok ‘influencers’ predicted the AI rally, but face credibility issues (Link)

4. 💼 AI took his job and work, but the boss didn’t notice (Link)

5. 🤖 Apple plans to launch a $1,000 home robot by 2026 (Link)

AI TUTORIAL

2x Conversions by Pre-Testing Your Ads? Yes, It's Possible with Neurons AI!

Step 1:

• Upload your images and videos to Neurons AI.

• Define your industry and campaign goals to get the most tailored results.

Step 2: Get instant performance scores for your creatives as well as for brand exposure, message memorability, or CTA visibility.

Step 3: With AI feedback, you'll receive actionable improvement recommendations to help your creatives perform the best.

Step 4: The creative comparisons help you save ad budget and A/B test as many creatives as you’d like.

Testing and optimizing creatives pre-launch have saved Neurons AI users tons of ad budget and helped them increase ad CTRs and conversions.

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AI CHART

AI productivity tools and alternatives to OpenAI are growing quickly

The database now has over 1,500 AI vendors, including tools that have slowly added AI features. A recent look at Ramp customers' spending shows that AI costs grew the most in Q2, as more companies use AI to work better and make new products.

• Anthropic and Perplexity are among the fastest-growing AI vendors in Q2 2024, used by companies of all sizes.

• Many new AI tools are becoming popular as businesses look to improve productivity.

• Suno AI allows easy music creation with text prompts, Limitless captures audio and screens for later use, Instantly supports sales with AI, and Cursor offers an AI-powered code editor.

These tools are widely used by both small and large businesses.

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AI JOBS

• Autodesk: Artificial Intelligence Engineer (Link)

• Selby Jennings: AI Researcher (Link)

• Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: Senior Policy Advisors - Multiple roles - AI regulation policy (Link)

• Ecocareers: Head of Product, Search and AI (Link)

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