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Stay ahead with the latest in Generative AI! This week, we dive into Perplexity AI’s upgrade, Midjourney’s web version with Editor tools, Mcafee’s deepfake detector and more. Additionally, explore fine-tuning for GPT-4o, ElevenLabs global endeavors and AI tool for Music, Suno.

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THIS WEEK’S MENU:

• Top 5 AI News of the Week 📰

• Top AI Tool of the Week ✂️

• Gen AI Art Picks 🎨

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Top 5 AI News of the Week

🤝 This Week’s News…

🤖 Perplexity AI Upgrade: Smarter Code Interpreter and Plot Rendering Roll Out

Perplexity has unveiled a powerful update, introducing code interpreter and plot rendering, enhancing its conversational AI capabilities. This upgrade positions Perplexity as a strong competitor in the AI-powered research and learning tools market.

• Advanced Features: The update allows for library installation and chart display in results.

• Expanded Use Cases: Users can now perform more complex tasks, such as creating stock market charts using yfinance and creating charts out of any available data.

• Strategic Rollout: The new feature is being slowly introduced to users, as confirmed by Perplexity's CEO Aravind Srinivas.

🎨 Midjourney's AI Editor: A New Era in Digital Creativity

Midjourney has rolled out a major update to its AI image editor, enhancing its web interface with powerful new features. This upgrade significantly expands the tool's capabilities, rivaling and even surpassing some competitors.

• Advanced Editing Tools: New features include erase, restore, and scale options for precise image manipulation.

• Intuitive Interface: The editor offers user-friendly controls like undo, redo, and reset buttons. Midjourney also offers features like outpainting that some competitors lack.

• Web Version: Midjourney has a fully functional web interface, allowing users to generate images directly instead of accessing it through Discord. This feature is now accessible to everyone, including free users.

🔒 McAfee & Lenovo Launch World’s First AI Deepfake Detector

As deepfakes become more sophisticated, McAfee, in collaboration with Lenovo, offers advanced tools to help users identify and avoid these digital deceptions in audio. Their new AI-driven solutions ensure users stay informed and secure.

• Instant Deepfake Alerts: The McAfee Deepfake Detector quickly identifies AI-modified audio in videos on select Lenovo AI PCs, maintaining user privacy by processing data locally without cloud storage.

• Empowerment Through AI Hub: The McAfee Smart AI Hub serves as a resource center, providing education on deepfake threats and enabling users to submit questionable content for expert analysis.

• Pricing and Access: Available from August 21, 2024, on Lenovo AI PCs, the service offers a 30-day trial, with annual pricing starting at $9.99 in select regions.

💡 1M Free Tokens for Fine-tuning GPT-4o Until Sept 23: Customize Results with Less Data

OpenAI has introduced fine-tuning for GPT-4o, empowering developers to customize the model for specific applications. This feature promises enhanced performance and cost-effectiveness across various domains.

• Customization Power: Developers can fine-tune GPT-4o with custom datasets for improved performance and cost-efficiency.

• Free Token Offer: Organizations receive 1M free training tokens daily until September 23.

• Impressive Results: Partners like Cosine and Distyl have achieved state-of-the-art performance in benchmarks using fine-tuned GPT-4o models.

🌐 ElevenLabs Goes Global with its Text-to-Speech Reader App

ElevenLabs has launched its Reader app globally, bringing AI-powered text-to-speech to a worldwide audience. This expansion marks a significant milestone in making written content accessible in 32 languages through advanced voice synthesis technology.

• Wide Language Coverage: The app now supports 32 languages from Portuguese to Japanese, catering to diverse global users.

• Innovative Voice Options: Integration of celebrity voices adds a unique dimension to content consumption.

• Technological Edge: Powered by the Turbo v2.5 model, the app offers enhanced speed and quality in text-to-speech conversion.

✨ Top AI Tool of the Week ✨

🎶 Suno: Compose Like a Pro with AI

Suno is an AI-powered music generator that creates full songs from text prompts. It offers an accessible way for users to compose music without traditional musical skills.

• Rapid Song Creation: Generates complete songs in seconds, including vocals, instrumentation, and original lyrics.

• Multi-Language Support: Capable of creating songs in multiple languages, expanding its global accessibility.

• Flexible Usage Plans: Offers free and paid tiers with varying levels of generation credits and commercial usage rights.

GenAI Art Picks: Your Weekly Dose of AI Inspiration

We’re back with our top AI art picks this week to get you inspired to create your own AI masterpieces 🖍️⭐

Isn't it incredible that these stunning images were entirely AI-generated? Believe it or not, every single pixel was crafted by a machine!

That's it for this week's AI tips & news! Hope you found some gems to spark your curiosity and imagination. Stay tuned for more AI news and tips next week. Keep exploring and stay awesome in the world of AI!

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