🤖 AI might decide your next leader

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September 11, 2023

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Good day! Here's what’s new this week -

  • 🚨 AI-driven misinformation & voting

  • 🚀 Self-driving cars, Google Duet, Anthropic, OpenAI launches

  • 🤔 AI’s creativity compared to humans

  • 🧠 AI tools for better writing

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🌟 Featured Story

AI-driven misinformation might decide our next leader

2024 is shaping up to be a crucial year for global democracies, with elections on the horizon in the U.S., UK, Taiwan, India, and the EU. However, AI's growing influence threatens to disrupt the integrity of these democratic processes.

  • 🎯 The Rise of Cheap AI Misinformation in Political Campaigns

    From AI-generated attack ads to manipulated images, political campaigns are already employing AI tools in ways that blur the lines between fact and fiction.

  • 🎯 Lax Content Moderation Exposes Risks

    Research has shown that over 85% of misinformation prompts were accepted by popular AI text-to-image generators, underscoring the lack of effective content moderation on these platforms.

🧠 Key Insight

To prepare for a future of AI-driven misinformation, consider enhancing your media literacy skills. Be critical of the content you encounter and fact-check information before sharing it.

📰 News to keep you ahead of the curve

Tech Releases

📃 Google's new Duet AI assistant is now in all Workspace apps like Docs, Drive, Gmail, Slides, etc.
It helps with tasks like turning Google Docs outlines into Slides presentations, generating images, checking grammar, summarising documents, automated meeting summaries in Google Meet, and automatic summaries of long threads in Chat.
It costs $30 per user for big companies, and is equivalent of CoPilot from Microsoft.

🚗 Self-driving taxis by Cruise and Waymo are now more common in San Francisco and can operate 24/7. 
They've had some accidents, but supporters say they could make roads safer in the long run. The technology is still being tested and could be used for more than just taxis. Maybe 2 generations from now, no one will need to drive.

📸 eBay is launching an AI tool that can create a product listing from just one photo. 
While it's a time-saver for sellers, not all users are happy with its quality so far and are calling for improvements.

🗨️ Anthropic, founded by ex-OpenAI employees, rolls out Claude Pro.
This is a premium subscription plan for their text-analyzing chatbot, aiming to offer more advanced features to consumers. Claude Pro is an impressive alternative for ChatGPT Plus.

🎥 Zoom revamps and renames its AI-powered features, including the one formerly known as Zoom IQ. 
The updates aim to help Zoom stay competitive in the crowded videoconferencing market. This includes conversation insights and sales intelligence tools.

Research, Ethics etc.

🤖 An A.I. model recently competed with 24 graduate students in a creativity test. 
According to the study, GPT-4 scored in the top 1% of test-takers for the originality of its ideas. The model demonstrated original thinking that met or even exceeded human capabilities in this area.

🤖 Imbue, formerly Generally Intelligent, raises $200 million in funding.
The startup aims to study human intelligence to make machines smarter and will use the new funds to push this ambitious goal forward.

🛠️ OpenAI announces its first-ever developer conference, set for November 6. 
The company will preview new tools and ideas but is keeping the full agenda under wraps for now.

📈 AI startups in the U.S. are seeing a surge in funding, capturing more than 25% of all startup investments this year. 
This represents a doubling of investment share compared to last year.

👥 A survey reveals that nearly 40% of workers believe generative AI can enhance workplace communication. 
Employees feel it can also help with task automation.

📉 Usage of ChatGPT has declined by 29% since May, with programming assistance being the most common use case. 
The data comes from a comprehensive analysis of user sessions.

⚒️ AI Toolbox: 10x your productivity

Create content like a superhero with these tools

👋 Introduction - Content marketing

Jasper AI is an amazing AI writing tool that can help you write 100% original and SEO friendly content. It’s better for high-volume content production.

📓 Extensive Pre-made templates

One of the standout features of Jasper AI is its pre-made templates for use-cases like

Content Creation & Enhancement: "Text Summarizer," "Paragraph Generator," and "Content Improver."

Marketing & Advertising: "AIDA Framework," "Problem-Agitate-Solution (PAS) Framework," and "Facebook Ad Headline."

Blogging & SEO: "Blog Post Topic Ideas," "Blog Post Outline," and "SEO - Title and Meta Descriptions."

E-commerce & Product Descriptions: "Product Description," "Amazon Product Features," and "Unique Value Propositions."

Social Media & Video Content: "Photo Post Captions," "Video Topic Ideas," and "Short Social Posts."

These templates cover a wide range of content needs, from creative writing to SEO and marketing.

💡 Brand knowledge & voice

Jasper's Knowledge feature allows you to quickly educate the tool about your brand identity, style guide, and other business-specific details. You can either input this information manually or have Jasper scan a webpage to adapt its content creation to match your brand's tone and style.

👋 Introduction - Copywriting

CopyAI is a versatile AI writing assistant that can serve as your brainstorming buddy during your content creation process. It is better as a copywriter compared to content creator Jasper. CopyAI excels in on-the-spot editing, making it a perfect fit for generalists who don't require high-volume content.

📓 Well-defined Use-cases

Copy.ai helps you write content for some of the well defined use-cases similar to Jasper AI which include Long-form articles, Social media posts, Product descriptions, Content briefs, Ad copy, Sales copy, Blog Ideas etc.

💡 Knowledge base, Unlimited Brand Voices & 95+ languages

For $49/mo, CopyAI provides knowledge base feature, unlimited brand voices feature ensures your content remains consistent with your brand's tone and support for 95+ languages makes it an indispensable tool for global teams and multi-regional marketing campaigns.

💵 Ideal for Budget-Conscious Users

CopyAI is well-suited for those who need content intermittently, like product descriptions or quick ad campaign additions. The platform offers a free tier with a 2,000-word limit per month and most features accessible.

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