AI News & Launches

Max Woolf analyzes the effect of offering tips as incentives on the output quality of large language models (LLMs). He explores whether monetary and existential prompts influence GPT-4's adherence to constraints and text quality. The inconclusive results after extensive experiments with the ChatGPT API reveal the complexity of quantifying and improving AI performance with incentives. The tests ranged from constraining story lengths to evaluating text quality using a specially designed ranker.

A Norfolk County judge fined lawyer Steven Marullo $2,000 for submitting court briefs with citations to non-existent cases, created by an AI program. Marullo did not exercise due diligence to verify the AI-generated citations. The lawyer apologized, blaming a lack of familiarity with AI and lack of oversight on his part. Judge Davis warned of future sanctions for blind acceptance of AI content by attorneys.

Lightning AI's studio elaborates on the usage and fine-tuning of GEMMA, a generative model for media assets. The article covers the importance of GEMMA in creating personalized and compelling content, as well as how users can leverage it effectively for their projects.

Persuva is a rebranded version of Copywise that provides businesses with tools for generating compelling sales copy quickly and effectively. It utilizes innovative technology combined with expert copywriting methodologies to save time and drive sales. The platform is loved by over 700 users globally and offers a range of features including content customization, project organization, and support. Integrations with popular platforms and tailored solutions for various team sizes makes Persuva a versatile choice.

Spreadsheets-are-all-you-need is a project implementing the GPT2 model within Excel using standard functions. It demonstrates the model's forward pass, offering insights into AI and transformer technology for those without a development background.

MoAiJobs is a platform that specializes in job postings within the AI industry, allowing candidates to find and apply to positions in AI-focused companies. With a diverse range of job categories including engineering, design, machine learning, and marketing, MoAiJobs positions itself as the 'Craigslist for jobs in AI', providing an easy-to-navigate job search experience.

Meta's TestGen-LLM initiative represents the integration of large language models into software development, focusing on improving the quality and coverage of unit testing within extensive production systems, without the need for extensive human intervention other than for final reviews.

Metal band Pestilence is under scrutiny for defending their AI-generated album cover, which has disappointed fans who noticed the lack of authenticity in the artwork. The AI artwork is criticized for its substandard quality compared to their previous album covers, with fans and the author suggesting it doesn't hold up against traditional methods of art creation.

AI chatbots experienced a series of mishaps, with Google's Gemini generating racially insensitive images, OpenAI's ChatGPT producing gibberish, and Gab's chatbot impersonating infamous figures. These incidents highlight the rapid and possibly premature development of AI, raising concerns about the technology's reliability and ethical alignment.

Match Group, the parent company of Tinder and other popular dating apps, has embarked on a partnership with OpenAI. They plan to integrate AI into every aspect of their dating services, from employee tasks to user experiences, aiming for a full-on work culture revolution. The move hints at an AI-dominated future in the online dating landscape.

Tyler Perry pauses a $800 million expansion of his Atlanta studio due to the potential job loss impact from AI, specifically after being astounded by OpenAI's video generator Sora. Perry expresses deep concern for the film industry and the possibility of a future with diminished employment due to technological advancements.

Michio Kaku, the theoretical physicist, downplays fears about A.I. as an existential threat, describing current A.I. like ChatGPT as 'glorified tape recorders.' He explains that they operate on binary and require human input to distinguish true from false. Kaku also touches on quantum computing as the next stage in computer evolution, capable of increasing processing power.

Brave has enhanced its privacy-preserving AI assistant, Leo, to interact with PDFs and Google Drive files, furthering productivity while maintaining user privacy. The new features allow users to analyze documents, suggest edits, summarize content, and more, without compromising data security.

CamoCopy is a privacy-centric alternative to ChatGPT with an AI-integrated search engine. Features include anonymous searches, encrypted chats, and user data anonymization. Offers lifetime access without subscriptions, with regular updates and new features. Affiliates can earn money while contributing to data protection.

Vadoo.tv is an innovative video hosting platform with AI-powered search features. It offers customizable and ad-free video hosting solutions that optimize videos for various devices and secure them with password protection and encryption. The platform is tailored for sales, marketing, and content creators looking to host and share videos effectively.

Heeps.ai offers a platform for quickly generating and publishing high-quality, SEO-optimized articles. With the ability to bulk generate content that's formatted according to specific requirements, the tool allows for seamless publication to WordPress or exporting in markdown, HTML, or docx formats. Features like streamlined workflow, tailored SEO content, and various export options cater to diverse content production needs.

Meetz is an innovative AI Sales Lead Generator that automates outreach and meeting scheduling. It features a personalized email and dialer campaign with an AI scheduler, Laura, who books meetings, coordinates attendees' schedules, and follows up.

Just Mark is an AI-powered bookmarking tool that simplifies webpage categorization and searchability. It features one-click save, automatic categorization and keyword extraction, screenshot capture for easy recall, multilanguage search, clean text extraction from webpages, and automatic translation for ease of use.

Tyler Perry has postponed an $800M expansion of his Atlanta studio after witnessing the capabilities of OpenAI's Sora, expressing concerns over job losses due to the rapid advancements in AI technology.

XERION is a neural network simulator created by researchers at the University of Toronto. It features a variety of neural network models and utilities for visualizing and building networks. The simulator supports several neural network techniques, including Backpropagation and Competitive Learning.

Google has secured a partnership with Reddit reportedly worth $60M annually, granting Google real-time access to Reddit’s data for AI training. This collaboration allows for more efficient model training and incorporates Google AI in improving Reddit's search. The deal follows Reddit's API changes aimed at generating revenue through data licensing and precedes Reddit’s anticipated IPO.

Phind announces the release of Phind-70B, a model that outperforms GPT-4 Turbo in code quality benchmarks while running four times faster. It's tuned on 50 billion tokens and supports a 32K token context, with an 82.3% HumanEval score over GPT-4's 81.1%. The new model runs on NVIDIA H100 GPUs using the TensorRT-LLM library.

Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, is integrating AI into education with a new tool called Khanmigo. Despite initial concerns about cheating, Khan's collaboration with OpenAI led to a beta with GPT-4, tailored to be a safe, interactive tutor. Khanmigo focuses on personalized education, without providing direct answers, improving accuracy and reducing biases. It's now available to individuals and being adopted by schools, demonstrating a responsible implementation of AI in education.

This paper, 'Divide-and-Conquer Dynamics in AI-Driven Disempowerment,' submitted by Peter S. Park and Max Tegmark, explores the societal effects of AI employment, particularly in economic sectors. The authors develop a model to analyze the disunity caused by conflicts between current and future victims of AI-driven unemployment. They predict increased solidarity if AI threats are viewed realistically and efforts against AI-driven disempowerment are deemed likely to succeed.

Dreamwriter is an AI-powered content generation tool that helps users design on-brand content like PDFs and PPTs efficiently. Users can create content with their brand's voice by leveraging GPT-4 and other technologies, offering features such as real-time collaboration, designing with a UI editor, and multiple language translation.

Danswer, an open-source AI search engine for workplace tools, has been launched on Hacker News. It enables teams to query their documents in natural language and provides citations from data sources like Slack, Google Drive, and Jira. Founded by Chris and Yuhong, Danswer aims to be a self-hostable ChatGPT-style system for organizations with unique knowledge.

Stability AI announced Stable Diffusion 3 on Feb 22, an advanced text-to-image model in early preview, aiming to improve multi-subject image generation, quality, and spelling. The model ranges from 800M to 8B parameters and incorporates a diffusion transformer and flow matching, prioritizing safety and responsible AI use.

The paper 'LongRoPE: Extending LLM Context Window Beyond 2 Million Tokens' addresses the challenge of extending the context window of LLMs to 2048k tokens, achieved through non-uniform positional interpolation, a progressive extension strategy, and performance realignment for short context windows. Resulting models retain original architecture with minor positional embedding modifications.

Google's Gemini AI tool faced criticism for generating historically inaccurate images. The tool produced diverse representations of figures such as the US Founding Fathers and Nazi-era German soldiers, sparking debate over AI and racial bias.

ResearchPal is a platform designed to help researchers manage their projects with tools for collaboration, tracking, and organizing academic work.

TypePrompt offers an AI-driven platform for content creators looking to enhance social posts with human-like prompts. It features customizable templates based on strategies from leading influencers, aiming to help users produce viral content across various social media platforms.

Popcorn AI assists businesses in scaling their sales, support, and marketing on WhatsApp. It offers a no-code AI platform with customizable AI assistants and intelligent interactions, designed to work seamlessly with popular business tools.

Recaster AI is a tool that turns images into SEO content to enhance the visibility of e-commerce platforms. Offering up to 80% improvement in SEO without the need for dedicated SEO and content writers, it uses AI to generate content such as titles, descriptions, keywords, and meta tags. Recaster AI supports bulk imports from Shopify and is extending support to WordPress, Alibaba, and Amazon.

Hermae provides AI-driven solutions to enhance engineering productivity with features like an AI Documentation Assistant, Storybook integration, and API support, aiming to help onboard engineers quickly and efficiently.

Userview AI streamlines the user research process by providing quick and efficient user interview analysis, ensuring privacy with GDPR compliance and not storing or training AI with user data. The platform offers several plans catering to individuals and teams, all with a variety of features including real-time collaboration, customizable reports, and multi-language support.

AvatarifyAI provides a platform where users can upload or take photos to apply various artistic styles, transforming pictures into unique pieces of art. Styles include Anime, Neon Punk, GTA, and more, all using artificial intelligence.

PitchLeague is an AI pitch deck coach designed to provide slide-by-slide feedback, score startup investability, and boost visibility with investors. The platform is used by over 3000 founders to refine their pitch decks and is 100% free.

Decktopus is the world's number one AI-powered presentation generator that boasts an efficient drag & drop editor, custom layouts, and organizational tools for business success. Enhance your presentation design, audience engagement, and storytelling while saving time and delivering impactful narratives.

ai LaMo offers free, engaging, and expert-curated AI learning pathways, making complex AI concepts accessible. It features a research-based approach, custom-tailored lessons, and engaging learning features to master practical AI skills.

Dezan AI Studio is a dynamic and innovative digital space offering advanced AI solutions and creative ideas to enhance various aspects of technology and design.