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Google will harvest all your data to train its AI models

July 5, 2023

July 05, 2023

Made with Midjourney. Prompt: “a robot stealing data out of a human brain --ar 16:9 --v 5.2”

⚡ Today’s Highlights

  • 📰 News: Google updates privacy policy to freely harvest user data for AI model training

  • 💰 Funding: GeologicAI, Causely, Voice.ai, and Quantagonia

  • 🦾 Tools: Enhance productivity and optimize workflows with personalized AI agents

📰 Today's Top Stories

(5 min read) (Source: Gizmodo)

TLDR: Google has updated its privacy policy to state that it can use any information users post online to train its AI models, expanding beyond language models to cover various AI capabilities like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI.

  • The updated policy raises privacy concerns as Google reserves the right to harvest and utilize data from any part of the public web, extending its reach beyond its own services.

  • This practice prompts a reevaluation of online writing, as users need to consider not just who can see their information, but how it may be used by AI systems like Bard and ChatGPT.

  • Twitter and Reddit are also implementing changes to protect their platforms and user generated data, such as restricting free access to their APIs, partly to prevent unauthorized harvesting of their content.

(5 min read) (Source: The Verge)

TLDR: Speaking of Twitter, Elon Musk attributes Twitter's new limitations on reading tweets to AI companies scraping large amounts of data, affecting the user experience and sparking outrage.

  • The temporary limits imposed by Musk restrict the number of posts users can access and read, with unverified accounts allowed to view fewer posts compared to verified accounts.

  • These changes come as part of Musk's efforts to monetize Twitter, including the introduction of API charges and the Twitter Blue pay-for-verification scheme, while focusing on restoring advertiser relationships as the online world takes a whole new shape.

(6 min read) (Source: OpenAI)

TLDR: Over the last few months, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman conducted a global trip to engage with users, developers, and policymakers gaining valuable insights for AI development and deployment. These are the main insights they took away from the trip.

  • Worldwide, users and developers showcased the value of OpenAI tools in various applications, from education in Nigeria to public services in Singapore and reducing food waste in France.

  • Policymakers worldwide are focused on safe AI deployment, addressing risks and maximizing benefits. Ongoing dialogue with leading AI labs and exploring a global framework for managing powerful AI systems are key elements of their approach.

  • OpenAI's future focus includes improving product accessibility and usefulness, developing governance practices for highly capable models, and unlocking AI benefits through AI literacy initiatives and policy research.

Sidenote: OpenAI has temporarily disabled the "ChatGPT Browse with Bing" beta feature due to concerns about displaying content in unintended ways (such as getting by paywalls and generating information that is resulting in lawsuits). They are working to fix the issue and plan to bring back the feature soon.

(4 min read) (Source: Financial Times)

TLDR: Dozens of major European companies, including Siemens and Airbus, have voiced their concerns over proposed EU regulations on AI, arguing that the rules could harm competitiveness and fail to address potential challenges.

  • The companies, in an open letter signed by over 150 executives, believe that the draft legislation could jeopardize Europe's competitiveness and technological sovereignty without effectively addressing the challenges posed by AI.

  • The signatories, including Renault and Heineken, specifically raised concerns about the heavy regulation of generative AI, which could result in high compliance costs and liability risks, potentially leading to companies leaving the EU and creating a productivity gap compared to the US. They called for a more risk-based approach to regulation and the establishment of a regulatory body of industry experts to monitor implementation.

(4 min read) (Source: Humane)

TLDR: Humane, a startup founded by ex-Apple employees, has unveiled its first product, the Humane Ai Pin, a wearable device that leverages AI to enable innovative personal computing experiences. It uses sensors for contextual and ambient interactions and features a projected display and AI-powered capabilities.

  • The Ai Pin aims to offer a seamless, screenless, and sensing mobile computing experience. It can perform tasks such as summarizing emails, translating languages, and making phone calls with fewer gestures and voice commands required.

  • Humane is collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies for the device's hardware, utilizing an advanced Snapdragon platform. The startup has also partnered with SK Networks, Microsoft, OpenAI, LG, and Volvo for various aspects of its platform, services, and potential automotive offerings.

💰 Funding Alerts

  • GeologicAI utilizes AI-powered robot geologists to accelerate resource exploration and extraction.

  • With the funds, GeologicAI aims to further develop and scale its fleet of AI-powered robot geologists, advancing resource exploration and meeting the increasing demand for critical minerals. They will also focus on expanding their digital rock viewing and analysis software, providing geologists worldwide with instant access to high-resolution, AI-enhanced digital rock twins for streamlined workflows, global collaboration, and data-driven insights in resource discovery and extraction.

2. Causely uses AI to automate the detection, prevention, and remediation of critical defects in application environments. They raised $8.8 million in Seed funding, with 645 Ventures leading the round (Aaron Holiday, Managing Partner). Other participants include founding investor Amity Ventures, Glasswing Ventures, and Tau Ventures.

  • With the funding, Causely plans to build its causal AI platform for IT and launch an initial service for applications running in Kubernetes environments. This investment brings their total funding to over $11 million since their establishment in 2022.

3. Voice.ai, which offers real-time voice-changing technology allowing users to modify and disguise their voices, raised $6 million in funding w/ Mucker Capital (Omar Hamoui, Partner) and M13 (Karl Alomar, Managing Partner) leading.

  • With over 480,000 users and a library of 50,000 voice filters, they will use the funding to expand its voice-changing tech. Previously, Voice.ai relied on word-of-mouth growth and self-funding of $3 million.

  • With the new funding, Voice.ai plans to hire more technical talent, develop new SDKs and APIs for platforms like Meta, Unreal, and Unity, introduce multi-language support, and expand into new applications like singing. Additionally, the company aims to address server capacity limitations to meet the overwhelming demand for its services.

4. Quantagonia, a quantum computing startup based in Frankfurt, raised a total of 4.3 million euros. The funding round was led by Tensor Ventures, along with participation from Voima Ventures and other deep tech VCs and private investors.

  • Quantagonia offers their Hybrid Quantum Platform for computationally intensive industrial applications in AI/ML, simulation, and optimization. They aim to make quantum and hybrid computing accessible.

  • With the funding, Quantagonia plans to accelerate the development and implementation of its platform, as well as expand its market reach. The capital will be used for further product development and sales expansion, enabling them to bring the benefits of their Hybrid Quantum Platform to a wider range of customers.

🦾 Trending Tools

  • MindOS creates personalized AI agents for professional tasks. Chat, customize, and deploy autonomous agents. Advanced customization, API integrations, and long-term memory capability. Enhance productivity and optimize workflows with MindOS.

  • Signum.AI 4.0 is an AI-powered customer engagement/retention platform that can boost up-sell, cross-sell, and prevent churn by tracking customer behavior and identifying the ideal reconnect moment. Unlock the power of unique signals and AI-driven insights to maximize results.

  • Submagic creates AI-powered captions for captivating short-form content. Generate trendy captions with emojis in under 2 minutes. Boost engagement, save time, and customize captions to shine on social media.

  • Wondercraft AI helps you effortlessly create engaging podcasts using AI voices and script assistance. Skip recording, clone your own voice, publish to major directories, create audiogram videos, and translate to other languages. Podcasting made easy.

  • EducUp Studio helps you create engaging gamified courses using AI. Monetize expertise, expand audience, and revolutionize education. Create and publish gamified courses, reach a community of 1.5 million learners, and unleash your teaching potential.

👀 More Reading:

🌎 Fresh Content

1. Theoretical physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder published a fascinating video discussing why she believes that an AI’s intelligence is more dangerous than its consciousness. She covers the difficulty around defining intelligence and differentiating it from knowledge, as well as why it is so difficult to measure intelligence in AI systems. (YouTube)

2. The Writers Guild of America has been on strike since the beginning of May and AI has become a central point of contention in their dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. This video from CNBC explains the strike and how AI is rapidly disrupting nearly all forms of media. (YouTube)

📚 Research:

🧠 Prompts

Unlock ChatGPT’s creative prowess in sustainable packaging innovation. This prompt will steer you through an imaginative journey to revamp your product packaging, making it more eco-friendly, captivating, and functional. With your input on the existing packaging and product, ChatGPT will help you brainstorm ingenious concepts that not only reduce waste but also resonate with your environmentally-conscious consumers.

Eco-Friendly Packaging Redesign

  • Prompt: "ChatGPT, as a sustainable packaging consultant, can you guide me in revamping our product packaging to be more eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, and utilitarian? I aim to minimize environmental impact and create a lasting impression on our green-minded clientele. Ask me questions about the current packaging and the products to help brainstorm the best solutions. Notify me when you’re prepared to start the consultation."

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