📰 News 📰 

Discord Data Harvesting and Sale Exposed

Spy.pet, an internet-scraping entity, has harvested over four billion public messages from 620 million users across 14,000 Discord servers since November 2023. The site offers detailed user profiles for sale, which include message histories and connected accounts, with access priced in cryptocurrency. Despite potential GDPR violations, Spy.pet markets its data for various uses, including AI training and federal investigations. Discord is currently investigating the implications of this data harvesting practice.

Read More At: The Register

Microsoft's $1.5B Investment in G42 Threatens AI Regulation Efforts

Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in UAE's G42 for AI solutions, challenging AI regulation efforts globally. Despite ethical concerns, tech giants like Google continue to pour billions into AI development, with Google planning over $100 billion for AI tech. Microsoft's move and Google's response with the Stargate project highlight the unstoppable growth of AI hype, overshadowing regulatory concerns. The investment involves ensuring G42 opts for US technology over Chinese, indicating the complex dynamics at play in the AI industry.

Read More At: The Register

Meta AI Chatbot Enters Instagram DMs

Meta has introduced its AI chatbot, Meta AI, into Instagram's direct messaging. This chatbot, which can perform various tasks like answering questions, writing poetry, and generating images, was already integrated into other Meta platforms such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. The feature, which appeared unexpectedly for some Instagram users, represents a significant step in Meta's broader strategy to incorporate AI across its social platforms.

Read More At: Engadget

💯 Guides 💯 

Unleashing the Power of Lifelong Learning: ELLA and Voyager

The article delves into the practical applications of Lifelong Machine Learning (LLML), focusing on the Efficient Lifelong Learning Algorithm (ELLA) and the Voyager program. ELLA optimizes multi-task learning by utilizing a shared knowledge base across tasks, achieving significant time efficiency with minimal performance loss (achieving up to 1,000x more time efficiency). Voyager, integrated with GPT-4, applies LLML to continuously learn and adapt in dynamic environments like the game Minecraft, showcasing superior performance compared to other models.

Read More At: Towards Data Science - Medium

💬 Large Language Models 🗨️ 

Hugging Face's Idefics2: A Breakthrough in Visual Language Models

Hugging Face has upgraded its visual language model, Idefics, introducing Idefics2. The new model features a smaller size with 8 billion parameters, improved OCR capabilities, and enhanced image manipulation that maintains native resolutions. Unlike its predecessor's 80 billion parameters, Idefics2 offers better functionality in a more compact format. It operates on a variety of data, including image captions and OCR data, and is more adept at processing images and texts without needing to resize them. Idefics2 is open-source, aligning with ongoing advancements in multimodal AI models.

Read More At: VentureBeat

🧠 Research 🧠 

Revolutionizing Last-Mile Logistics with AI

Matthias Winkenbach from MIT discusses using artificial intelligence to improve last-mile logistics, which are often the most costly part of delivery routes due to inefficiencies like long distances and varying delivery conditions. The integration of machine learning offers more efficient, adaptable vehicle routing that can handle unexpected events and specific customer needs. This approach leverages detailed real-time data from drivers' devices to enhance traditional route optimization methods, potentially surpassing them in efficiency and adaptability.

Read More At: MIT News - Artificial intelligence

🔨 AI Powered Tools 🔨 

A run down of the latest SaaS products and services which leverage AI to help you take back some time.

• Spikes - Leverages AI to automate the creation of video clips for platforms like YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram Reels

• Vidon - AI-enhanced video editing platform designed to streamline the video creation process for marketers and content creators. It stands out by employing artificial intelligence to automate tedious editing tasks, enabling users to produce high-quality video content efficiently.

• Murf - Transforms text into realistic voiceovers in over 20 languages, offering a variety of voices for various applications like e-learning modules, corporate videos, and marketing content.

🗞️ Other News Rollup 🗞️ 

AI Agents Revolutionize Tech Incubator - Betaworks supports AI startups automating tasks. Twin, Skej, and Jsonify aim to streamline processes and boost efficiency.

Artist Protection Upgrade - Glaze 2 offers faster image protection against AI mimicry and plans to extend protection to videos.

AI Progress & Concerns - Stanford's AI Index 2024 report shows AI outperforming humans in some areas but facing rising costs and public worries.

Farewell to Atlas - Boston Dynamics says goodbye to Atlas, the iconic humanoid robot known for its dance moves and backflips.

AI Powerhouse Unleashed - Los Alamos activates Venado supercomputer with ten exaFLOPS for AI tasks, excelling in HPC simulations and material science.

Pandas AI Data Analysis - Pandas AI simplifies data analysis with Generative AI, offering conversational data exploration and visualization capabilities.

Ampere GPUs Expansion - Nvidia introduces RTX A400 and RTX A1000 GPUs for AI design and productivity, enhancing performance and creativity.

AMD's AI Revolution - TensorWave chooses AMD over Nvidia for AI infrastructure, deploying 20,000 MI300X accelerators by 2024.

AI Customer Service Innovation - Zendesk launches advanced AI agents and copilots to streamline customer support interactions. Human-AI collaboration enhances efficiency.

AI in Japan - OpenAI launches GPT-4 model for Japanese, enhancing performance and speed. Collaboration with local businesses and government.

AI Bias Allegations - US EEOC supports case against Workday for AI discrimination, while Workday denies allegations.

AI Tools Collaboration - Linux Foundation's OPEA fosters open AI systems for enterprise with industry heavyweights collaborating on standardization and evaluation.

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