AI Pulse #15: Almirall’s AI Deal, Jazz-Autifony Partnership & SAB’s $67M, Exposed: Schwab & WEF’s Blueprint to Control Life, + MORE
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In this edition, we’re thrilled to bring you some remarkable articles. Explore the exposé on ‘Schwab & WEF’s Blueprint to Control Life’ and uncover the behind-the-scenes strategies. And don’t miss the funding buzz with ‘Almirall’s AI Deal, Jazz-Autifony Partnership, and SAB’s impressive $67 million funding.
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1. Secret Blueprint Revealed: Klaus Schwab & WEF’s Plan to Control Your Life
Publisher: Breitbart Politics
Published: 11/12/2023
The World Economic Forum is allegedly plotting to control various aspects of society’s future, including finance, energy, food, health, and technology.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ WEF transformed from humble gathering to exclusive club.
2️⃣ WEF exerts influence with $20 trillion in member coffers.
3️⃣ WEF plots to control finance, energy, food, health, technology.
4️⃣ WEF expands control through CBDCs, climate lockdowns, ban on gas vehicles.
5️⃣ WEF pursues health control with mandatory medical technologies, digital IDs, and pushes AI and transhumanism.
2. OpenAI Offers $10 Million to Lure Google AI Staff
Publisher: Business Insider
Published: 11/13/2023
OpenAI is offering massive pay packets to Google researchers as it seeks to attract top talent in the AI industry.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ OpenAI is offering $10 million pay packets to attract Google researchers.
2️⃣ OpenAI has hired former Google and Meta employees to work at the AI firm.
3️⃣ OpenAI is exploring an employee share sale that could value it at $86 billion.
4️⃣ Top Google AI researchers could receive compensation packages of $5 million to $10 million after the share sale.
5️⃣ OpenAI has already hired at least 93 people who previously worked at Google and Meta.
3. Microsoft Unveils AI-Focused Custom Chips
Publisher: The Verge
Published: 11/16/2023
Microsoft has developed its own custom AI chip and Arm-based CPU to power its Azure data centers and support AI workloads.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Microsoft creates own AI chip to train large language models and reduce reliance on Nvidia.
2️⃣ Azure Maia AI chip and Azure Cobalt CPU arriving in 2024 to power Azure data centers.
3️⃣ Maia 100 AI accelerator designed for cloud AI workloads, including OpenAI partnership.
4️⃣ Microsoft’s Cobalt CPU shows up to 40% better performance than current Arm servers.
5️⃣ Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 are the first generation chips, with plans for future iterations.
4. Web3 and AI Platform AGII Applies for Listing on Binance and Coinbase
Publisher: AP News
Published: 11/17/2023
AGII, a Web3 and AI platform, has applied for listing on Binance and Coinbase cryptocurrency exchanges to expand its presence in the global market.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ AGII applies for listing on Binance and Coinbase cryptocurrency exchanges.
2️⃣ AGII’s listing applications signify the fusion of AI and cryptocurrency in Web3.
3️⃣ AGII aims to expand its presence and accessibility in the global market.
4️⃣ Binance and Coinbase listings will enhance AGII’s user base and liquidity.
5️⃣ AGII leverages AI to drive innovation in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape.
5. New Tool Prevents AI Voice Hijacking in Deepfakes
Publisher: NPR
Published: 11/13/2023
A new tool called AntiFake is being developed to help detect and prevent deepfake abuses, protecting people’s voices from being manipulated without their consent.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ New tool AntiFake helps detect and prevent deepfakes.
2️⃣ Artificial intelligence can create convincing fake voices and faces.
3️⃣ AntiFake scrambles audio signals to confuse AI models.
4️⃣ Deepfake detection technologies can identify AI-generated content.
5️⃣ Consent is important in preventing deepfake abuses.
6. Child Psychiatrist Receives 40-Year Sentence for AI-Altered Child Porn
Publisher: The Blaze
Published: 11/12/2023
Child psychiatrist in North Carolina receives 40-year prison sentence for using AI to create child pornography from photos of children.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Child psychiatrist sentenced to 40 years in prison for creating child pornography using AI.
2️⃣ David Tatum altered photos of clothed children into sexually explicit images.
3️⃣ Tatum secretly recorded his cousin and patients undressing and showering.
4️⃣ Tatum collected child pornography and viewed over 1,000 files.
5️⃣ The judge ordered Tatum to pay restitution and register as a sex offender after his release.
7. Google Embeds Inaudible Watermarks in AI-Generated Music
Publisher: The Verge
Published: 11/16/2023
Google is using inaudible watermarks to identify AI-generated music created by DeepMind’s Lyria model.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Google is using inaudible watermarks in its AI-generated music.
2️⃣ The watermarks help identify if Google’s AI tech was used in a track.
3️⃣ The watermarks cannot be heard by humans and won’t affect the listening experience.
4️⃣ SynthID converts audio waves into unique visualizations to create the watermarks.
5️⃣ Watermarking AI-generated content is seen as an important safeguard against fakes.
8. Dolly Parton: AI Terrifies as No One Wants to Be Duplicated
Publisher: Breitbart Entertainment
Published: 11/16/2023
Dolly Parton is concerned about AI duplicating human beings and their talents, as it seems unnatural and frightening to her.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Dolly Parton expresses fear of AI taking over entertainment industry.
2️⃣ Parton believes AI duplicating humans is not right.
3️⃣ Celebrities and media figures also voice concerns about AI.
4️⃣ Warner Bros. Music Group plans to use AI to create documentary about Edith Piaf.
5️⃣ Justine Bateman criticizes SAG-AFTRA deal for potentially expanding the use of AI in Hollywood.
9. Researchers Use AI to Track Threatened ‘Shy’ Sharks
Publisher: CNN
Published: 11/16/2023
Researchers are using AI to track and protect endangered shysharks off the coast of South Africa.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Shysharks, known for their protective behavior, are in danger.
2️⃣ Researchers are using AI to track and protect shysharks and other marine life.
3️⃣ Cape RADD engages biologists and citizen scientists for conservation efforts.
4️⃣ The AI system called Fin Spotter identifies individual sharks and their species.
5️⃣ Tracking helps conservationists protect threatened marine life.
10. Microsoft Unveils Custom AI Chip to Rival Nvidia
Publisher: CNBC
Published: 11/15/2023
Microsoft introduces its first AI chip and an Arm-based chip for general computing tasks to its Azure cloud, competing with Nvidia and Intel.
TAKEAWAYS
1️⃣ Microsoft introduces its first AI chip and Arm-based chip for general computing tasks at its Ignite conference.
2️⃣ The Graviton Arm chip from Amazon Web Services has gained widespread adoption.
3️⃣ Microsoft’s AI chip could compete with Nvidia’s AI graphics processing units.
4️⃣ Microsoft’s Cobalt Arm chip is aimed at general computing tasks and could compete with Intel processors.
5️⃣ Microsoft plans to make its Cobalt chips commercially available through its Azure cloud in 2024.
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