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Your Weekly AI News: Highlights from Meta's FAIR, Perplexity's New Features, X's Privacy Policy Update & More..

Welcome to your weekly dose of the latest news in the world of AI & more.

Hey AI enthusiasts,

Stay ahead with the latest in Generative AI! This week, we dive into Open Ai’s Latest updates, Meta’s 2024 Fair news, Perplexity AI newest features and more. Additionally, explore groundbreaking tools like Gamma AI.

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…

🖥️ OpenAI's Latest: Windows App, Fairness Study, and CISO News

Image Source: Microsoft

OpenAI has released several significant updates aimed at improving user interaction and AI fairness.

  • ChatGPT Windows App: OpenAI has begun previewing a dedicated Windows app for ChatGPT, available to Plus, Team, Enterprise, and Edu users. It allows users to upload files and photos, summarize documents, and generate images using DALL-E 3.

  • Evaluating Fairness: A recent study on ChatGPT revealed that responses to users' names resulted in less than 1% of harmful stereotypes, demonstrating strong bias mitigation efforts.

  • Show Changes Feature: The new canvas tool allows users to track real-time changes in writing and code, improving collaboration.

  • Dane Stuckey Joins OpenAI: Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey has been appointed as OpenAI’s new Chief Information Security Officer, enhancing the company’s security strategy.

💡 Meta’s AI Innovations: Boosting Performance and Security

Image Source: Meta

Meta has introduced cutting-edge updates across AI performance, multimodal capabilities, and security:

  • Performance & Efficiency: SAM 2.1 improves segmentation for occluded and small objects, while Layer Skip boosts large language model (LLM) generation speed by 1.7x. Meta Lingua accelerates large-scale model training, enhancing research productivity.

  • Multimodal Models: Meta Spirit LM integrates speech and text for natural, expressive outputs, while MEXMA improves cross-lingual sentence encoding for 80 languages.

  • Security & Materials Discovery: SALSA strengthens post-quantum cryptography security, Self-Taught Evaluator uses synthetic data to train reward models, and oMAT24 offers 100 million examples for AI-driven materials discovery.

📊 Compare Gemini Models in AI Studio for Best Performance

Image Source: Google

Google AI Studio introduces Compare Mode, a feature that aids developers in model selection by offering direct comparisons of Gemini models.

  • Response Quality: Compare outputs for different models and assess which delivers the best quality for your needs.

  • Latency: Gain clear insights into how model speed affects performance and budget optimization.

  • System Instruction Optimization: Experiment with different system instructions and evaluate how they impact responses across models.

📈 Perplexity AI Enhances Search, Finance Insights, and Teamwork

Image Source: Perplexity

Perplexity AI enhances its platform with updates for finance, internal search, and collaboration.

  • Perplexity for Finance: Get real-time market data, historical earnings reports, and peer comparisons to streamline financial research.

  • Internal Knowledge Search: Search internal files and the web in one integrated platform, improving productivity for Enterprise Pro customers.

  • Spaces for Collaboration: Create AI-powered collaboration hubs that allow team members to connect files, customize AI settings, and securely share research.

⚠️ X’s Privacy Policy Now Includes 3rd Party AI Training on User Data

Image Source: X Daily News

X has updated its Privacy Policy, allowing third-party AI models to be trained on user data. Something that most X's users didn't sign up for knowingly.

  • Third-Party AI Training: Unless users opt out, X allows third-party collaborators to use data to train their AI models, similar to other companies like Reddit.

  • Opt-Out Mechanism: Users are directed to the settings to opt out, but the specific toggle will be introduced by November 15.

  • Data Retention: The new policy changes how long X retains user data, shifting to indefinite periods based on service and legal needs.

Top AI Tool of the Week

🗎 Gamma ai: Your AI-Powered Document Creator

Image Source: Gamma ai

Gamma’s AI tools turn raw text into professional presentations and documents quickly, offering drag-and-drop functionality and templates.

  • AI Content Generation: Gamma quickly transforms text into polished documents or presentations.

  • Customizable Templates: Choose from a range of templates to fit your needs.

  • Effortless Media Addition: Drag-and-drop features allow seamless media integration into your content.

 

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 🖍️⭐

Image source: Midjourney

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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