AI News & Launches

The article discusses a project to index iCloud Photos using AI with LLaVA and pgvector to enhance photo search capabilities. The author, Mustafa Akin, uses a locally operated multi-modal LLaVA that understands images and informative prompts to create image descriptions, which are then embedded as vectors for searchability.

Adaptiv offers personalized career recommendations and learning paths tailored to individual skills and goals using an AI-powered mentor, Ada. The platform provides unbiased job insights, cost and time efficiency through AI analyses, and long-term career planning with micro-learning courses.

HollyHires.ai offers an AI-powered virtual recruiter named Holly who simplifies the hiring process. Holly sources candidates automatically, vets them according to requirements, and reaches out to them. The platform can integrate with tools like LinkedIn, GitHub, and various ATS systems providing a seamless hiring experience. With a database of over 750m profiles, Holly brings efficiency to recruitment by managing sourcing, outreach, and screening, allowing clients to focus on interviews and decisions.

ai-o is a feature-rich AI Assistant web extension designed to enhance productivity by providing users with various tools for web browsing, chat management, and AI-powered assistance. It offers functionalities to chat with GPT-4 Turbo & GPT-4 Vision, import ChatGPT history, organize chats into folders, use custom prompts, text-to-speech, and Markdown support. Future updates will include an AI writing assistant, AI email assistant, and more.

OpenAI bans a developer who created a ChatGPT-powered bot mimicking presidential candidate Dean Phillips. The move was a response to a misuse of AI in political campaigns, violating OpenAI's rules. The action came after a Washington Post report on the bot developed for a super PAC, which was taken down upon OpenAI's account suspension.

The University of Chicago has developed Nightshade, a tool to combat the unauthorized use of images by AI models through 'data poisoning', making AI recognize images incorrectly. It complements Glaze, a defensive tool that prevents style replication. Nightshade has limitations, and its countermeasures may improve over time.

Langfuse, a Y Combinator-backed W23 company, is seeking a Founding Engineer for full-stack development on its open-source observability and analytics platform for LLM apps. The role is full-time with 3+ years experience required, based in Berlin, and offers €60K-€100K plus 0.10%-1.50% equity.

WittyWingMan is an AI-powered tool designed to help users craft smart, personalized replies for dating apps. By uploading chat screenshots, users receive context-aware suggestions and witty replies that reflect their personal style, improving their online dating conversations.

AI Lawyer is an innovative virtual assistant designed to simplify legal processes for consumers and lawyers. It offers document automation, case research, educational tools for law students, and 24/7 support, all aimed at making justice more accessible and cost-effective.

Meta Research introduces a new paradigm in language model training called Self-Rewarding Language Models (SRLMs), which utilize self-generated rewards for continual improvement, overtaking traditional training approaches. By leveraging Direct Preference Optimization (DPO) and the LLM-as-a-Judge prompting, SRLMs, in just three iterations, have demonstrated GPT-4 level performance on benchmarks without the need for human-generated rewards.

AI-generated fakes are becoming increasingly undetectable, stumping detection software and rendering watermarks less effective. Despite efforts from tech companies and researchers, the pace at which AI is advancing suggests that fakes may evade current and future identification methods.

A study by AWS AI Lab discovers that over 57% of sentences on the internet are AI-generated, raising concerns about content quality and implications for non-English languages. Poor-quality translations, driven by machine translation tools, degrade web content. This hampers AI model training, particularly in lower-resource languages.

The paper 'Efficient LLM inference solution on Intel GPU' discusses advancements in the efficiency of Large Language Models (LLMs) for inference on Intel GPUs. The authors propose a system with reduced memory access frequency and system latency, a segment KV cache policy, and a custom Scaled-Dot-Product-Attention kernel. Results show up to 7x lower token latency and 27x higher throughput compared to standard implementations.

Chile utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to locate over 1,000 individuals missing from Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. The initiative led by Justice Minister Luis Cordero aims to digitize millions of pages from judicial records and administrative case files. By implementing AI and data analysis, the government seeks crucial cross-referencing to identify the disappeared.

British comedian Stephen Fry reads a letter by Australian musician Nick Cave, expressing concerns about generative AI's impact on creativity. In an event at the Royal Albert Hall, Cave's letter discusses the threat of AI like ChatGPT to the 'collective, essential and unconscious human spirit', emphasizing the importance of the human struggle in the creative process.

FlushAI is a platform aimed at revolutionizing the way businesses integrate artificial intelligence into their processes. By offering cloud-based solutions, FlushAI makes access to advanced AI technologies simple and efficient for organizations of all sizes.

AItoZee is an AI-driven content platform offering a range of tools including AI Writer, AI Image, AI Code, AI Transcriber, and AI Voiceover. It provides a variety of templates, supports multiple content types, and is designed for individuals and businesses.

The FDA has approved DermaSensor, an AI-powered medical device capable of detecting all major types of skin cancer, including melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. This groundbreaking device offers a non-invasive scanning process and AI-based risk assessment, promising to improve accuracy and accessibility of skin cancer screening.

Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta, has indicated that achieving human-level artificial intelligence (AI) will take significant time and require new scientific breakthroughs. During a meeting in Davos, LeCun stated that human-level AI isn't around the corner, countering the push for premature regulation. Nick Clegg, president of Meta's Global Affairs, stressed the importance of regulating products, not research. The EU's AI legislation was a central discussion topic at the Davos forum, with experts exploring the nuances of enabling innovation while protecting citizens.

A French start-up named Mistral is aiming to rival industry giants such as Google and OpenAI in the field of artificial intelligence. Mistral's approach signifies a competitive edge in the dynamically evolving AI landscape, although details about their strategies or advancements are not accessible without a subscription to the Financial Times.

Voxos is a project under beta release, aimed at vocalizing desires through a voice interface. It is available at voxos.ai and is actively seeking funding support through a GoFundMe campaign.

Illustroke.com stands out as an innovative generative AI design tool, specifically tailored for creating vector illustrations from text prompts. This platform harnesses the power of AI to transform user-entered text into scalable vector graphics (SVG), a feature that is both unique and highly efficient in the realm of digital design. Its ability to generate three different illustration variants for each prompt offers users a valuable choice, catering to diverse design needs and preferences. Moreover, with over 40 distinct styles available, Illustroke is versatile enough to produce a wide range of illustrations, suitable for various applications such as website visuals, logos, and social media content.

Neverscene offers hyper-realistic AI-generated interior concepts for designers to find inspiration and redefine creativity. It provides an efficient workflow and complete ownership of created content.

AlphaGeometry, developed by Google's DeepMind, represents a significant advancement in AI's mathematical reasoning, particularly in solving complex geometry problems. It approaches the capability of a human Olympiad gold-medalist by solving 25 out of 30 problems within standard competition time limits. The system leverages a neural language model and a symbolic deduction engine, and has been trained on a vast dataset of synthetic examples.

Arbius is an innovative decentralized network focused on machine learning. It operates through a token with constrained inflation, with new coins generated via GPU power. Emphasizing a permissionless AI model interaction, Arbius enables holders to participate in governance and model creators to earn income through DAOs. The platform aims to democratize AI away from corporate and government control.

RUNology is a unique running application launching in June 2023, providing a comprehensive training program tailored to an individual's running style. It offers technique analysis, personalized training plans, and exercises to correct running form, designed to match the user's lifestyle and time.

Snapquiz offers a plethora of quizzes in categories like history, science, and pop culture. It allows users to explore a library of over 150,000 quizzes, partake in multiplayer challenges, create and share quizzes, track progress, and learn new topics.

This website features AI Steve, a virtual product growth consultant, offering strategies and insights for app and website conversion optimization. The content is delivered with a dose of humor through bad dad jokes and engaging copy. You can sign up to receive a product psychology cheat sheet, conversion examples, and three custom 'Conversion Blueprints' tailored to your product goals.

Photify AI is an innovative mobile application that utilizes advanced artificial intelligence to transform a single selfie into hundreds of different looks. The app offers features for exploring various hairstyles, skin tones, genders, and even outfits inspired by popular characters or fashion trends, all at the tap of a screen.

EmbedAI offers a variety of AI-powered tools to enhance online platforms, including chatbots powered by ChatGPT, text summarizers, paraphrase tools, headline generators, and more. With a focus on simplicity and efficiency, EmbedAI provides solutions for generating compelling digital content and engaging user interactions.

NinjaCraft AI from CreateLikeNinja is a cutting-edge AI technology that boosts SEO rankings and online visibility. It simplifies content creation, offers improved SEO, is easy to use, and accelerates the publishing process. Free tools are available to enhance SEO and facilitate the production of high-quality blog content.

Davinci Pencil is a tailored drawing app for iPad that utilizes AI to enhance the drawing experience. Features include AI rendering, multiple page creations, and customizable painting sizes. It's designed for ease of use and frequent updates.

CuServly is a versatile AI chatbot platform that offers immediate customer support in 95 languages. It's designed to be easily customizable, ensuring seamless integration with business websites. With intuitive training through data sources and full access to chatbot knowledgebases, it streamlines customer interactions and reduces support costs by up to 80%.

Axonn is a personalized AI writing partner designed to help users create on-brand content at scale, particularly for Twitter and LinkedIn. It offers features like personalized AI training, automated content suggestions, and social media post scheduling to facilitate personal brand growth.

1min.ai is a platform offering AI-powered content summarization tools to help users digest and understand large texts quickly.

Retinello is an innovative e-learning platform designed to enhance learning with AI-driven flashcards and spaced repetition. Suitable for students, it allows for efficient studying through interactive learning, document handling, and upcoming features like note summaries and quizzes, without requiring a credit card to start.

Modelize.ai offers automated AI workflows expertly designed to streamline various business tasks, ranging from contract reviews to e-commerce strategies. It facilitates task building, team finding, and content creation for diverse industries.

Upollo's blog post titled '10 Second Teleportation' discusses an intriguing issue involving peculiar device behavior, exhibiting 10-second-delayed page loads from various locations without any user cookies, resembling an outdated version of Chrome. Speculation includes the use of VPNs, virtual desktops, and security systems. The post reveals it's likely a security system scanning pages with sensitive information, posing potential privacy concerns.

Multiple provides an AI Load Test Generation feature that creates load tests from OpenAPI 3.x.x specifications and HAR files. Users can upload files, select endpoints, and generate tests with a sequence of concise steps. Limitations exist on REST API support and file sizes.

Dr. GPT is your personal AI health assistant, designed to help you interpret your symptoms and understand your medical reports more clearly. It's an interactive service that requires signing up and subscribing to ChatGPT Plus.