🗣️AI speaks like humans, but stays locked away 🔒 Why?

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Today we have significant advancements in AI speech technology, mobile AI integration, and shifts in AI governance. From groundbreaking speech synthesis to AI-powered smartphones and changes in OpenAI's leadership structure.

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• AI speech model achieves human-like quality

• Samsung integrates AI into new Galaxy devices

• Microsoft and Apple leave OpenAI's board

• Everything you should know today

• New 5 AI Job Opportunities

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Everything You Should Know Today

• AI Domination in Hollywood - AI controls All

• Neuralink hosted a livestream with new updates on its BCI, including potential telepathic and limb-controlling integrations with Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots, new patient testing, and more.

• OpenAI announced a partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to evaluate the safe use of models like GPT-4o in bioscience lab settings and assess AI’s potential to enhance research while reducing risks.

• Amazon announced a new tool–called App Studio–that’s built on multiple AI models (including Amazon Titan and Anthropic) and builds enterprise software applications from written prompts, with no coding experience necessary.

• The Republican National Committee released the GOP platform for the 2024 election, saying if elected the party will repeal President Biden’s AI Executive Order and support AI ‘rooted in free speech and human flourishing’.

• Spotify is no longer just a streaming app, it’s a social network With Spotify’s recent launch of comments on podcasts

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🗣️ AI speech model matches human quality

Scientists develop an AI speech generator that achieves human-like quality but deem it too risky for public release.

The Details 📊

• VALL-E X model developed by researchers from Anthropic, Google, and Stanford

• Can generate speech in multiple languages with human-like quality and emotion

• Capable of mimicking specific voices with high accuracy

• Trained on 60,000 hours of speech data across 300 languages

• Outperformed human evaluators in naturalness tests for some languages

• Scientists decided against releasing the model due to potential misuse concerns

• Risks include voice cloning for fraud, impersonation, and misinformation spread

• Researchers propose strict guidelines for future development of such technologies

Why It Matters: This breakthrough demonstrates the rapid advancement in AI speech synthesis, while highlighting the ethical challenges and potential societal risks associated with such powerful technologies.

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📱 Samsung embeds AI in new Galaxy devices

Samsung introduces advanced AI features in its latest Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Z Flip 6 smartphones.

The Details 📊

• Devices feature on-device AI processing for improved performance and privacy

• New AI capabilities include:

  • Live Translate: Real-time two-way voice and text translations during calls

  • Chat Assist: Suggests tone adjustments for messages

  • Note Assist: AI-powered note-taking and organization

  • Transcript Assist: Generates summaries and translations of voice recordings

• Generative AI photo editing tools for object moving, resizing, and background generation

• AI-enhanced camera features for improved low-light photography and video stabilization

• Flex Window on Z Flip 6 offers AI-curated app suggestions based on usage patterns

Why It Matters: Samsung's AI integration signifies a major shift in smartphone capabilities, potentially setting new standards for user experience and functionality in mobile devices.

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🔄 Microsoft and Apple exit OpenAI board

Microsoft and Apple have stepped down from their positions as board observers at OpenAI.

The Details 📊

• Both companies held non-voting observer roles on OpenAI's board

• Decision aims to address potential conflicts of interest as AI competition intensifies

• Microsoft remains OpenAI's largest investor with a $13 billion stake

• Apple's involvement with OpenAI has been less publicized

• Departure follows controversy over Sam Altman's brief dismissal and reinstatement as CEO

• OpenAI's board now consists of six members, including Altman

• Changes come amid increased scrutiny of Big Tech's influence in AI development

• Move may help OpenAI maintain independence in decision-making

Why It Matters: This shift in OpenAI's governance structure could impact the company's strategic direction and potentially alter the dynamics of collaboration and competition in the AI industry.

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