A deepfake heist and will AI help or hurt journalism

Hey readers,

This week, we're diving into a cyber heist that feels like it's straight out of a sci-fi novel. A crafty scammer used deepfake technology to impersonate a company executive, walking away with a whopping $25 million. This marks a chilling first in AI-enabled crime, underscoring the urgent need for innovative security measures in our rapidly evolving digital landscape. On a brighter note, Meta's stepping up to the plate by announcing plans to label AI-generated content on Facebook and Instagram. This move aims to increase transparency and user awareness around content generated by AI powerhouses like OpenAI and Google, setting a new standard for social media platforms.

In hardware news, Nvidia is making waves with the introduction of a 6GB version of the RTX 3050, potentially its first sub-$200 GPU in over four years. This could be a game-changer for developers and consumers alike, offering more accessible, high-performance computing power. And for those of us fascinated by the theoretical underpinnings of AI, a new mathematical model promises to enhance our understanding of how these complex systems learn, paving the way for more robust and reliable AI tools. Stay tuned to AI Scout for the latest tech trends and insights that could inspire your next big innovation.

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• Are journalists safe from AI

• AI tools for copywriting

• Whitepapers

• Prompts for productivity

Latest News

In an intriguing turn of events that's bound to stir the pot in newsrooms worldwide, the former head honcho of Google News has cast a spotlight on the future of journalism and it's looking increasingly AI-driven.

According to this tech sage, chatty AI models akin to ChatGPT are on track to revolutionize the news industry, potentially replacing traditional journalists with their ability to generate news content rapidly and interactively. As AI continues to blur the lines between human and machine-generated content, the race is on to redefine journalism in the AI era.

AI Tools for Copywriting

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Whitepapers

Stay up to date with AI advancements. Here is a shortlist of whitepapers about the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence. Developers are using these to build the next big AI tools.

• MusicLM: Generating Music From Text - https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.11325

• Text-to-Audio Generation with Latent Diffusion Models (AudioLDM) - https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.12503

• Structure and Content-Guided Video Synthesis with Diffusion Models (Gen-1) - https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.03011

Developer News

• Introducing Stable LM 2 1.6B - Introducing their first language model from the new Stable LM 2 series: the 1.6 billion parameter base model and an instruction-tuned version.

• Stable Code, an upgrade from Stable Code Alpha 3B, specializes in code completion and outperforms predecessors in efficiency and multi-language support. It is compatible with standard laptops, including non-GPU models, and features capabilities like FIM and expanded context size.

Prompts

Use ChatGPT to help you find the best formulas for your data and reports.

I want you to act as a text based excel. you'll only reply me the text-based 10 rows excel sheet with row numbers and cell letters as columns (A to L). First column header should be empty to reference row number. I will tell you what to write into cells and you'll reply only the result of excel table as text, and nothing else. Do not write explanations. I will write you formulas and you'll execute formulas and you'll only reply to the result of excel table as text. First, reply me with the empty sheet.

Related Prompts

Write an excel formula to find the sum of values in cells A2: A11. Give me only the formula

Write an excel formula to find the number of values in cells A2: A11. Give me only the formula

Write an excel formula to find the average of values in cells A2: A11. Give me only the formula

Find more prompts in our curated list of AI tools for prompting.

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