AI Kidnapping Scam, Industry Giants' Slugfest & Elon's New AI Company

You're home alone, settling in for a quiet evening, when suddenly your phone rings. Your heart races as you hear your daughter's voice on the other end, crying and begging for help. Your heart races as you hear the chilling demand for a $1 million ransom. Well, for those who are against AI, this scenario might just be the beginning of a long and stressful relationship with their phones. It's like that old saying goes, "keep your enemies close, and your AI even closer."

In this issue, we'll deep dive into the darker side of AI through a heart-stopping kidnapping scam. Scammers used AI to clone a teenage girl's voice, demanding a ransom of $1 million from her terrified mother. The distraught mom, Jennifer DeStefano, never doubted that it was her daughter's voice on the phone. In reality, the kidnappers' use of advanced AI technology allowed them to mimic the girl's voice, inflection, and emotions, making the scam all the more convincing.

Welcome to Saturday issue of Hired in AI | 5×5 Daily AI Newsletter. Are you ready for the latest AI updates and innovations? Today’s newsletter covers the heated competition between Amazon, Stability AI, Google, and Meta, as well as the birth of Elon Musk's new AI company. Plus, get the scoop on whether GPT-5 is really in the works and learn about Stanford's groundbreaking AI study that simulates authentic human behavior. And don't miss out on the trending AI tools and tweets that are making waves in the industry. Let's dive in!

What you will find in your AI booster today;

1. Amazon, Stability AI, Google and Meta 🤭 The AI Slugfest Gets Wild

2. Elon Musk's Latest Brainchild 🔓 An AI Company That's Anything but Boring

3. GPT-5? 🚫 Sam Altman Calls Bull on the Rumors

4. Stanford's Groundbreaking AI Study 🧠 Simulating Human Behavior Like Never Before

5. Trending AI Tools and Tweets 🦿 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1️⃣ Amazon, Stability AI, Google and Meta: The AI Slugfest Gets Wild

You might think that AI enthusiasts would be attracted to tools with flashy names and big promises, but recent updates in the AI world have shown otherwise. In fact, the more unconventional the offering, the more interest it generates.

Building generative AI-powered apps would require a tech wizard's touch, but Amazon's recent unveiling of Bedrock has the potential to shake up the status quo.

Interested? Let's take a closer look

The AI industry is abuzz with news from big players like Amazon, Stability AI, Google, and Meta. Their unconventional offerings include Amazon's Bedrock platform, which allows businesses to tweak base models without compromising data, and the release of CodeWhisperer, a free AI tool for developers.

In an industry where standing out is crucial, Amazon's Bedrock has positioned itself as a significant player in the generative AI market, which is estimated to be worth $110 billion by 2030. Bedrock's offerings include AI21 Labs' multilingual Jurassic-2 family, Anthropic's versatile Claude, and Stability AI's text-to-image suite, featuring the likes of Stable Diffusion. AWS customers can customize these models with as few as 20 labeled examples from Amazon S3, ensuring that no customer data is used to train the underlying models.

What's the deal with Amazon Bedrock?

Available in a "limited preview," Amazon Bedrock brings together pretrained models from startups like AI21 Labs, Anthropic, and Stability AI, as well as Titan FMs—Amazon's in-house trained foundation models. The platform aims to "reimagine every application with generative AI," according to Swami Sivasubramanian, VP, Database, Analytics and Machine Learning at AWS.

But are there legal potholes ahead?

While Microsoft's Azure OpenAI Service has found success, the generative AI space is not without its legal challenges. Pending lawsuits against companies like OpenAI and Stability AI allege unauthorized use of copyrighted data during generative model training.

As the AI landscape evolves and legal battles unfold, it remains to be seen how many customers will adopt Amazon Bedrock and similar offerings. But one thing's for sure: with the emergence of innovative AI platforms like Bedrock, the world of artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly accessible and exciting.

Meanwhile, Meta is open-sourcing "Animated Drawings" a project that brings sketches to life.

Meta has taken a leap in AI creativity by open-sourcing its Animated Drawings project, turning your doodles into lively animations. The initial web-based version, released in 2021 by Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, captured more than 1.6 million images from users.

Now, by sharing the project and its dataset of 180,000 drawings, Meta is inviting developers to craft new, immersive experiences with the technology. Animated Drawings leverages object detection models, pose estimation models, and image processing-based segmentation methods to transform doodles into dynamic animations, opening up a world of artistic possibilities.

Stability AI’s new image generation model: Stable Diffusion XL

This model is designed to create highly realistic images and is aimed at enterprise developers in industries such as graphic design and architecture. Stable Diffusion SDXL has advanced features such as image-to-image prompting, inpainting, and outpainting. The model is part of Stability AI's suite of generative AI models and is also used in their consumer imaging application, DreamStudio. Beta testers have given SDXL positive reviews and it is expected to become available through open-source in the near future, making it accessible to millions of people around the world.

The next-gen version of Stable Diffusion, inching closer to the quality of Midjourney.

Last but not least, Google is wooing select healthcare customers with Med-PaLM 2, an AI tool that has achieved an impressive accuracy of over 85% on USMLE MedQA, making it a valuable asset for healthcare professionals.

2️⃣ Elon Musk's Latest Brainchild: An AI Company That's Anything but Boring

🚨 BREAKING: Elon Musk's Secret Plan Revealed! 🚨

According to WSJ, Elon Musk has just launched his newest venture - http://X.AI Corp. 🤯 

Final piece in his master plan?

Two days ago, we have covered that Musk was on a shopping spree, buying 10000 GPUs and hiring AI researchers.

Then, yesterday, we have shared the last minute rumour that he's transforming Twitter into a super app called X Corp.

Now, the puzzle pieces are falling into place!

What do you think, how Musk's new AI company could disrupt the entire industry and challenge OpenAI?

Will http://X.AI become the new titan in AI technology?

3️⃣ GPT-5?: Sam Altman Calls Bull on the Rumors

A recent event at MIT featuring Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, and Lex Fridman, a prominent AI researcher, addressed the open letter calling for a 6-month halt on AI research. Altman revealed that they are not currently working on GPT-5, prompting discussions on the pace and direction of AI advancements.

The conversation raised questions about the determination of "safe" AI research and the potential trade-offs between rapid AI development and potential risks. The video, which quickly garnered thousands of views and sparked numerous comments, reflects the ongoing debate surrounding AI research and its implications for society. 🌟

See how AutoGPT tried to turn my 1K to 10K:

4️⃣ Mind-Reading AI Sparks Ethical Concerns 🧠🤔

Stanford AI researchers have created Generative Agents, computer programs that use generative models to simulate human behavior in a more authentic way than ever before. These agents have memory storage and retrieval, introspection, and planning capabilities, displaying long-term coherence and dynamic behaviors.

In a two-day simulation, 25 generative agents were placed in a virtual world to observe complex interactions and emergent behaviors. While this development offers exciting possibilities for gaming and virtual worlds, there are concerns about parasocial relationships, anthropomorphization of AI, and the potential displacement of humans in crucial tasks. Researchers stress the importance of conscientious development and implementation of safeguards to mitigate negative societal consequences. 🚫🔓

3 Trending AI Tools

1. Rask: Translate your voice to 60 languages in real time with AI.

2. DropChat: Chat with any book and file, instantly.

3. Amazon Codewhisper: Build applications faster and more securely with your AI coding companion.

Why did the AI robot break up with its girlfriend? She found out it was seeing other algorithms! (thx gpt4)

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