AI Powered Tools

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

• Lumen5 - for content developers. Online video creator makes it easy for anyone
  on your team to create engaging video content

• Synthesia - for content developers. Create studio-quality videos with AI avatars and voiceovers in 120+ languages. It’s as easy as making a slide deck

• Cimba.ai - for business groups. Provides a low/no code environemnt for creating and managing autonomous agents. Unlock time and potential by developing an agent network to complete tasks.

News

OpenAI & Meta Enhances AI Image Transparency

OpenAI has announced updates to ChatGPT and DALL-E 3, incorporating metadata tagging to identify images as AI-generated. This move, following Meta's similar announcement, aims to improve transparency across the web. Newly generated images will now include metadata compliant with C2PA specifications, enabling detection of AI-originated content. OpenAI emphasizes the limitations of metadata, noting it can be removed and isn't a foolproof solution for content provenance issues. The initiative highlights efforts to combat misinformation and enhance content authenticity online.

For a detailed read, visit the original article on VentureBeat​​.

AI-Generated Calls Misrepresenting President Biden Uncovered

In January, voters in New Hampshire received AI-generated robocalls falsely claiming to be from President Biden, urging them not to vote in the primary. Investigations reportedly traced these voter suppression attempts to a Texas-based entity with a history of disseminating disinformation. The calls, facilitated by a telecom provider, were identified as part of a broader scheme to mislead voters. Those identified have received cease and desist notices from state and federal authorities.

Read the full details on TechCrunch

AI Revolutionizes Music Mastering

AI-powered music mastering services, such as LANDR and Apple's Mastering Assistant in Logic Pro, are changing the game for musicians. These platforms offer fast, affordable, and surprisingly high-quality mastering, making professional sound accessible to all. With AI, even amateur musicians can achieve a polished, record-like sound, challenging the traditional dominance of human mastering engineers. This development democratizes music production, enabling creators to produce radio-ready tracks without extensive technical training or expensive equipment.

Read more about this transformation in music production on Ars Technica​​.

Large Language Models

No doubt LLMs are the flavour of the month. We like other model architectures too but this is where there is pace, so we need to help you get to the important stuff.

Smaug-72B: Leading the Open-Source AI Revolution

Abacus AI has released "Smaug-72B," a groundbreaking open-source language model, surpassing GPT-3.5 and Mistral Medium in popular benchmarks. Hailing as the best in the world by Hugging Face, Smaug-72B is celebrated for its exceptional performance in natural language processing tasks, achieving an unprecedented average score of 80 across all major evaluations. This advancement signifies a pivotal moment for open-source AI, potentially rivaling proprietary models from major tech firms and democratizing AI development.

Discover more on VentureBeat or ​Abacus.ai