👥 Musk forms team to create OpenAI rival, Meta builds A-team focused on AI products

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What’s happening in AI -

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta now has a team building AI tools and ‘personas’.

Meta is creating a new AI team to develop tools and experiences such as AI personas, text and image-based chat experiences, and multi-modal experiences. Ahmad Al-Dahle, Meta's VP of AI and machine learning, will lead the team. Mark Zuckerberg said the company has a lot of foundational work to do before creating futuristic experiences, but he is excited about the possibilities. Meta also recently announced its AI language generator, LLaMA, geared toward researchers. Meta's AI chatbots, Galactica and Blenderbot, were launched earlier which wasn’t impressive. However, it’ll still be interesting to see how Meta improves on and incorporates AI features within each app.

Snapchat launches an AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s GPT technology.

Snapchat has launched an AI chatbot called "My AI" for its $3.99 per month subscription service, Snapchat+. The chatbot, running on OpenAI's GPT technology, has been customized by Snapchat for its users, offering services such as gift ideas and dinner recipe suggestions.

The chatbot will be pinned to the top of the Chat tab, and conversations with it will be stored and may be reviewed to improve the experience. Snapchat warns that the chatbot may make mistakes and is not to be relied on for advice, and has been designed to avoid biased, incorrect, harmful, or misleading information.

Gboard may soon unshackle you from Emoji Kitchen with an AI image generator.

Google may be planning to integrate its photorealistic AI model, Imagen, into its popular Gboard keyboard app for Android, according to reports. Imagen uses AI to convert textual prompts into photorealistic images and comprises a text encoder, a text-to-image diffusion model, and a resolution-enhancing diffusion model. Although the AI model isn't publicly available yet, Google promises to ensure safeguards are in place before Imagen rolls out to the masses. The AI integration could offer Gboard users even more creative expression options, but the technicalities and potential misuse of the AI could delay its implementation.

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Fighting ‘woke ai,’ musk recruits team to develop openai rival.

Viral “Photographer” Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated.

John oliver calls artificial intelligence “the george santos of technology”.

Will AI receive the same celebrity-fueled hype as crypto once did? It’s complicated.

Things to try -

AI CHAT AND SEARCH

• ChatGPT: Conversational AI trained on a large set of text from 2021 and earlier. Free, but costs $20 per month to speed up responses and use during peak demand.

• The new Bing: ChatGPT-based conversations and search results inside Bing. Limited beta requires joining a waitlist.

• Perplexity.ai: Ask questions and follow-ups, get direct responses with citations. Free to use with no limitations.

• YouChat: Ask questions and follow-ups, and engage in ChatGPT-style conversations. Free; sign-in required.

• NeevaAI: Get direct, AI-generated responses with citations, followed by standard search results. Free; sign-in required.

• Poe: Conversational AI from Quora that includes multiple assistants with differing strengths. Free; currently iPhone only.

AI ARTWORK GENERATORS

• Stable Diffusion Online: Free Stable Diffusion artwork generator; no login required.

• El Pintador: Free Stable Diffusion artwork generator for iOS with a “Learn” section that provides prompt crafting advice.

• DiffusionBee: Stable Diffusion artwork generator for MacOS, works offline with no usage limits.

• Craiyon: Online artwork generator that uses the Dall-E Mini model. Removing watermarks requires a $5-per-month subscription.

• Dall-E: Create up to 15 free images per month with OpenAI’s image-generation tool.

• Nvidia Canvas: Windows software that turns brushstrokes into artwork. Requires an Nvidia RTX graphics card.

• Playform: Online app that turns sketches into artwork. Free to try, but requires paid credits to download watermark-free images.

AI WRITING TOOLS

• PicsArt AI Writer: Generate marketing copy, slogans, product descriptions, LinkedIn headlines, Instagram captions, and more. Free.

• NotionAI: Use prompts to create text inside any Notion document, activated by pressing Space on a new line. Free for up to 20 prompts, then $10 per month.

• Chatbot tools like ChatGPT, YouChat, and Poe can be used to generate copy as well.

AI CONTENT SUMMARIZERS

• Eightify: Create text summaries of YouTube videos, with highlights you can click on to jump to the relevant video section. Up to three free summaries per week (on videos less than an hour and with more than 30,000 views), then pay as you go.

• Summarize.tech: Another YouTube summarizer. Less in-depth than Eightify, but with no usage limits.

• Gimme Summary: Chrome extension for summarizing web articles, seemingly works by asking ChatGPT to condense the article content. Free to use, but slow.

• SkimIt.ai: Email an article link to [email protected], get a summary in 10 minutes.

• WordTune Read: View article and PDF summaries next to the full text, with excerpts highlighted. Three free summaries per month, then $120 per year.

• OtterPilot: Feature of the Otter meeting assistant that transcribes and summarizes video calls. Free for up to 30 minutes per call and 300 transcription minutes per month, then $17 per month.

AI SPEECH-TO-TEXT TRANSCRIPTIONS

• Whisper: Online transcription of audio files using language models from OpenAI. Free.

• Buzz: Offline version of Whisper for Windows, free unlimited use.

• MacWhisper: Offline version of Whisper for Mac. Pay what you want, or $14 for larger language models and translation.

AI VISUAL EDITORS

• Runway: Photo and video editor with an array of AI tools, including green screen, image expansion, and 3D texture creation. Free with limitations on export resolution and AI tool use, then $15 per month.

• Genmo: Turn still images into animations using text prompts. Free with usage limits.

AI AUDIO TOOLS

• Eleven Labs: Generate speech from text, free for up to 10,000 characters of text per month. A $5-per-month subscription lets users clone an existing voice.

• Riffusion: Generate music from text descriptions using Stable Diffusion. Free.

• Boomy: Generate music tracks by specifying the genre, instruments, and production values. Free.

• Beatoven: Create music by specifying the genre and mood. Free to use with up to 15 minutes of monthly downloads, then $20 per month.

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