💰GOOGLE'S AI TALENT HEIST: CHECKMATE OR DESPERATE MOVE?

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Here is what we have Today:

• OpenAI`s Secret Tool to detect ChatGPT content with 99.9% accuracy.

• Google meet Character AI — Tech to Team Deal

• 5 New Tech Job Opportunities

• An Open Source Image Generation Tool Challenging Midjourney

IMAGE GENERATION

🎨 FLUX.1: THE NEW KING OF AI ART?

Black Forest Labs has unveiled FLUX.1, a suite of AI image generation models challenging industry giants Midjourney and DALL-E 3.

What flavors does it come in?

• [pro]: High-end performer, available via API and free on Replicate.

• [dev]: Open-weight, non-commercial version matching [pro] quality.

• [schnell]: Ultra-efficient 4-step model for local or personal use.

How does it stack up?

• [pro] claims state-of-the-art performance.

• [dev] reportedly outperforms competitors in efficiency at the same size.

• [schnell] designed for quick, local generation.

What's on the horizon?

Black Forest Labs teased an upcoming text-to-video model rivaling Sora in quality.

Could this change the game?

• FLUX.1's open-source options may democratize high-quality AI image generation.

• The potential for an open-sourced Sora-level video generator looms large.

Are we witnessing a shift in AI creativity tools? FLUX.1's launch could mark a new era of accessible, high-performance AI art generation, with video capabilities hot on its heels.

TODAY`s PICK

• Quamtum Time has the capability of telling time without counting. (How)

• Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and Sam Altman again alleging that the ChatGPT maker and two of its founders — Sam Altman and Greg Brockman — breached the company’s founding mission to develop artificial intelligence technology to benefit humanity.

• Tesla just filed a patent for an AI-powered vision system that could uses a single neural network to process camera data and output detailed 3D environment information without LiDAR or radar.

• Microsoft modified its AI partnership with UAE-based G42, opting to lease AI products instead of transferring sensitive technology amid concerns over G42's ties to China.

• An autonomous robot dentist performed the world's first human dental procedure, preparing a tooth for a crown in about 15 minutes — significantly faster than human dentists.

• OpenAI has built a watermarking tool that can detect if a piece of text has been written by ChatGPT (with 99% accuracy)—designed to prevent students from cheating on their written assignments—but hesitates to release it, despite ready for about a year.

• Figure AI has teased the next iteration of its bipedal robot, which founder Brett Adcock called “the most advanced humanoid robot on the planet.” The full unveiling is scheduled for August 6.

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GOOGLE

💰GOOGLE'S AI TALENT HEIST: CHECKMATE OR DESPERATE MOVE? 

Google has inked a deal with Character AI, securing its language model tech and bringing back the startup's co-founders and key talent in one swoop.

Who's coming back to Google?

Character AI co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas are returning to their old stomping grounds at Google DeepMind Research team after originally quitting in 2021.

What's in it for Google?

• Non-exclusive license to Character AI's language model tech

• About 30 AI experts joining Google's Gemini team

• Boost to Google's AI capabilities in model training and voice AI

How does this affect Character AI?

• Shifting to open-source models like Meta's Llama 3.1

• Moving away from in-house models

• Potential restructuring of their development approach

Is this a trend in Big Tech?

Absolutely. It mirrors recent moves by Microsoft (Inflection deal) and Amazon (Adept acquisition).

What's the bigger picture?

• AI talent wars are heating up

• Tech giants are scrambling to secure top AI minds

• Potential antitrust concerns loom on the horizon

Will this spark more AI talent acquisitions?

This deal suggests the AI talent war is heating up, with tech giants eager to secure top minds. We might see more similar moves in the near future. This talent grab could significantly alter the AI playing field, potentially widening the gap between tech giants and smaller startups.

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