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Let’s look at how AI helpers like ChatGPT are doing. They’re getting better with new updates, and more people are picking them. But watch out, there’s a big jump in fake videos tricking people. Stay smart and join us to learn more.
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AI INSIGHTS
🚫 The Rise of Deepfakes
Source: Statista
Deepfakes fuel a new wave of cybersecurity concerns globally.
Key Takeaways:
AI innovations by Midjourney, Google's Gemini, and OpenAI's ChatGPT have simplified generating deepfakes.
A 4500% rise in deepfake cheating in the Philippines signals a global crisis, with notable increases in Vietnam, the US, and Belgium.
Global movements towards AI regulation reflect the urgency to combat deepfake risks.
Deepfakes facilitate various crimes, such as identity theft and unauthorized content.
Sumsub's findings on deepfake-related fraud stress the technology's role in cyber threats.
Why it matters: Strengthening cybersecurity measures against deepfakes is critical to safeguarding privacy and security in the digital age.
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AI INSIGHTS
🔝 AI Assistants Race: Latest Trends and Stats
Source: Peter Gostev
An examination of AI assistant trends showcases ChatGPT's leadership with Claude 3.0 and Gemini Advanced's launches influencing user choices.
Key Takeaways:
ChatGPT secures its lead with consistent growth; no decline despite new AI releases.
Gemini's growth spurts post-Advanced launch but dips 15% from its peak.
Claude 3.0 maintains a nearly threefold increase in users, showing remarkable uptake.
Microsoft Copilot steadily grows, doubling its users, yet remains a smaller player.
Preference leans heavily towards ChatGPT (85%) over Claude (15%), with no favor for Gemini or Microsoft Copilot.
Why it matters: The evolving preferences and growth patterns in the AI assistant market highlight the crucial role of innovative features and user experience in maintaining and growing a user base.
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TODAY IN AI
AI HIGHLIGHTS
20% face high AI job exposure; 10% have high disruption risk.
High school grads, women, and lower-income workers are the most affected.
40% of workers in the third earnings decile are highly exposed.
DMD's one-step process drastically speeds up image generation.
Maintains high quality, with an FID score of 0.3.
Stable Diffusion v1.5 guides the DMD model, influencing outcomes.
Shows promise in industrial and creative fields, with slight gaps in complex applications.
Low ratings followed the negative Letterboxd review due to AI inclusion.
SAG requires consent and compensation guidelines for replicating actors' likenesses.
The film maintains an astute balance of pop-culture irony, thrills, and surrealism.
METR is trying to determine whether chatbots can do something dangerous.
OpenAI and Anthropic have worked with METR for safety testing.
METR focuses on whether AI can act autonomously and self-replicate.
DAILY AI FUNDRAISING
NX Technologies, backed by PayPal, secures 22 million euros to improve automotive payments in Europe, streamlining processes with their platform used by over 70% of Germany's top automotive groups.
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NEW EMPOWERED AI TOOLS
🗃️ ZeroTrusted.ai helps to use LLMs like ChatGPT without any fear of your data being tracked or harvested to train AI
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AI QUICK HITS
1. 🌟 NVIDIA’s new tech speeds up AI for images and 3D (Read more)
2. 👩💻 Microsoft’s new Surface PCs feature a special Copilot AI button (Read more)
3. 📍 Samsung’s new AI creates easy 3D maps with SmartThings (Read more)
4. 🛡️ DHS Releases AI Roadmap for 2024 (Read more)
5. 🌊 AI improves forecast reliability about floods (Read more)
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