AI 'Godfather' Doesn't Fear AI
Yann LeCun rejects the notion of AI posing a significant danger to humanity as "preposterously ridiculous"
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Midjourney v5.2: outstanding improvements
Fast SAM: really fast Segment Anything
Unity shows a new AI platform
OpenAI and Microsoft sued for $3 billion for data theft
AI 'Godfather' doesn't fear AI
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Midjourney v5.2: outstanding improvements
Midjourney released extraordinaire improvements in the last 5.2 version!
Here are the highlights:
Expect enhancements in aesthetics, coherence, and sharper images.
Finally text understanding.
Midjourney added the amazing zoom-out outpainting feature.
Twitter comments are filled with positive feedback, suggesting that the update is a hit among users. Get ready for an even better image generation experience with version 5.2!
Fast SAM: really fast Segment Anything
Remember SAM from Meta?
SAM is a powerful model that can segment objects in photos with a single click. It became a crucial tool for tasks like image editing due to its accuracy. However, the computational cost limited its widespread adoption.
So, we have Fast SAM now. Fast SAM offers a 50x increase in runtime speed compared to SAM. Now you can experience faster and more efficient object segmentation.
Give the demo and code a try to see it in action!
Unity shows a new AI platform
Great news from Unity! Unity is launching a waitlist for their latest AI tools and features: Unity Muse + Chat and Sentis.
Unity Muse empowers artists of all levels to create 3D games more efficiently. Whether through text input or sketches, you can bring your ideas to life.
With Unity Sentis, you can seamlessly integrate AI models into your Unity-made games or apps. This enhances gameplay and unlocks exciting new possibilities on the user's device.
Additionally, Unity has introduced AI features that allow users to search through Unity documentation using a chat-like interface.
Exciting times are ahead for game developers and creators!
OpenAI and Microsoft sued for $3 billion for data theft
OpenAI and Microsoft face a massive lawsuit!
OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued in a class action lawsuit demanding $3 billion in damages.
Here are the highlights:
The lawsuit accuses them of unlawfully collecting "vast amounts of private information" from internet users without consent to train ChatGPT.
Sixteen anonymous plaintiffs are part of the lawsuit, alleging that OpenAI secretly scraped 300 billion words from the internet without proper registration or consent.
Microsoft, as OpenAI's main customer and partner, is implicated due to their licensing of AI technology.
The lawsuit further claims that both companies continue to collect personal data from unsuspecting consumers worldwide to develop and train their products, referring to the data fed into AI models as prompts.
A significant legal battle unfolds as allegations of privacy violations rock OpenAI and Microsoft's collaboration.
AI 'Godfather' doesn't fear AI
AI 'godfather' debunks existential threat concerns.
Yann LeCun, renowned AI pioneer and Meta's chief AI scientist, rejects the notion of AI posing a significant danger to humanity as "preposterously ridiculous."
LeCun believes that fears of AI takeover stem from an exaggerated projection of human tendencies onto machines.
While LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio are collectively referred to as the 'godfathers of AI' after receiving the Turing Award in 2018, it's important to note that Bengio and Hinton hold differing views from LeCun (we wrote about it here).
LeCun dismisses the idea of a super-intelligent AI escaping human control as unrealistic, emphasizing that there are always safeguards in place, including the ability to deactivate the AI.
LeCun holds an optimistic outlook on AI, envisioning it as a catalyst for a "new renaissance for humanity."
Top-5 AI tools this week
LLM curator - A front-end and annotation tool for LLM (link)
Tango AI – Supercharge your digital freelance or agency business (link)
Final Touch - Create studio quality images for your website and social media channels (link)
Fantoons - Create your own AI-generated comic characters and designs (link)
e2b smol developer - Your personal AI developer (link)
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Reverse-engineering Reddit's public source code using GPT-4, Activeloop, and Langchain (link)
Fundamentals of generative AI for real-world applications (link)
How I built a no-code AI lead generation chatbot (link)
Weekly meme
ChatGPT, describe a new mascot for a country. Midjourney, visualize this nightmare (source)
Weekly AI image
The Alien Influencer (all images here)
Weekly Thread
Weekly Midjourney Prompt
Learning how to make a portrait:
hyper realistic, photo realism, unreal engine, ultra detailed, Black and white portrait of a beautiful norwegian woman’s face 30 years old blue eyes big lips pale white skin, portrait photo, contrast, bokeh, use a leica m11 Camera with a noctilux 50mm at f 1.2 --upbeta --quality 2 --stylize 1000
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