🖲️ Total Recall

😬 Tech is getting ridiculous.

Microsoft is recalling a recall feature on Windows that used AI to enhance screenshots. The feature inadvertently captured sensitive information, causing privacy and security concerns and consequently benefiting… nobody? Even though it seems like AI applications are getting out of hand, why don’t we take a look at what else is buzzing in this area?

🌶️ Hot Take

What AI Thinks a Beautiful Woman Looks Like

Using dozens of prompts on three of the leading image tools—MidJourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion—The Post found that they steer users toward a startlingly narrow vision of attractiveness. Does AI shape our perception, or do we influence it? Read the investigation in this article.

Sony Pictures to Use AI to Produce Movies and Shows In “More Efficient Ways”

Sony Pictures is coming off of Madame Web’s flop at the box office, which wiped out plans for a new franchise. The solution for covering financial losses seems to be… using AI? Wonder no more and check out what is new at Hollywood executives’ offices.

🛠️ Toolbox

Text Blaze

Are you tired of writing the same emails throughout the day? Do you want to save time and follow-up on your latest pitch by clicking just a couple of buttons? Save any “snippet” of text in Text Blaze as a template and give it a shortcut. Getting on somebody’s nerves just can’t get any easier!

Turbular

Leverage your data potential with AI-powered analytics. Get quick insights, build dashboards, generate reports, and ultimately make better-informed decisions for your business. Who needs data analysts when you have AI, right?

💡 Insights

AMD Unveils New AI Chips To Compete With Nvidia

What happened: AMD presented new AI processors, the MI325X accelerator, at the Computex trade show. Set for release in Q4 2024, this is part of AMD’s strategy to compete with Nvidia, the current leader in AI semiconductors.

Why it's important: AMD’s aggressive entry into the AI chip market is long overdue as it challenges Nvidia’s dominance, which holds about 80% of the market.

What is the prospect: AMD is projecting AI chip sales of $4 billion in 2024. If successful, AMD could significantly disrupt the current market dynamics and break the non-stop growth of Nvidia’s stocks.

Patronus AI Raises $17 mil To Detect LLM Mistakes at Scale

What happened: Patronus AI has raised $17 million in a Series A funding round led by Notable Capital, bringing their total funding to $20 million. Founded by former Meta engineers, the company offers an automated platform to detect mistakes in LLMs at scale.

Why it's important: Patronus AI addresses key issues like model hallucinations and safety risks, providing transparency and accuracy, which is crucial for confident deployment of AI technologies.

What is the prospect: The fight with LLM hallucinations could be the new black among the AI startups. Or is it?

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👁️‍🗨️ User Experience

How MSCHF Turns Irreverent Ideas into a Real Business

One of the headier promises of AI is that it will make the creation of goods cheaper. How can a startup survive in this environment? The answer is deceptively simple: Have good taste. This is what we want to share.

Google Explains how it is Improving its AI Overviews

Google responded to the bad press surrounding it’s recently rolled out AI Overviews in a new blog post by its new head of Search, Liz Reid. Basically, these AI Overviews are not going anywhere. If you want a little more details, we’ve got them right here.

🛍️ Marketplace

Supabase

Ever wanted to launch an app all by yourself in one sitting over the weekend? Even though it sounds crazy, for cases like this, try this open-source Firebase alternative and let us know how it went!

Inbox Zero

In case you wanted to clear your inbox, but never had the time (you were procrastinating) this app is the right for you. Delete all spam, encrypt your protection, and become more productive with this particular app.

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