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Today's pulse-pounding edition has Marvel's Black Widow dodging Sky's rogue AI killbots ๐ท๏ธ๐ฅ๐ค, Apple doubling down on artificial intelligence at WWDC24 with ChatGPT and Siri upgrades, and Open AI revealing the double-edged sword of open AI as we navigate the risks and rewards ๐โ๏ธ๐ค.
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Marvel's Black Widow Dodges Sky's AI Killbots ๐ท๏ธ๐ฅ๐ค
Just when you thought the AI model wars couldn't get any crazier, OpenAI landed itself in hot water over a voiced assistant allegedly mimicking Scarlett Johansson's sultry tones. Let's just say the situation gave new meaning to "Black Widow dodging killbots!"
The brouhaha erupted around GPT-4o's upgraded voice capabilities, which include distinct AI personas for more natural conversation. One voice dubbed "Sky" bore an uncanny resemblance to Johansson's memorable performance voicing an AI assistant in the 2013 sci-fi film Her.
๐ค While imitation is the highest form of flattery, this AI voice double-crossed the line into creepy deepfake territory.
In a surprise twist, OpenAI preemptively yanked Sky from GPT-4o's voice cast before any legal troubles hit. The company cited unintended similarities with zero intent to mimic Johansson directly.
Remember โHerโ??
Despite averting a celebrity spat, the incident underscores deepfake voice risks as conversational AI explodes in sophistication. Sure, open-source voice models already enable anyone to theoretically clone celebs. But mainstream consumer apps like ChatGPT shoving that power in everyone's pockets? That's entering a whole new cinematic universe of ethical perils!
Still, the show must go on. OpenAI remains bullish on voice interfaces, planning an alpha launch of GPT-4o's full Voice Mode soon with its remaining character voices. The dramatic detour is just another day in the office for AI's dizzying ascent.
Not to be outdone, Alphabet made its own blockbuster reveal - AI-powered search overviews aiming to revolutionize result quality. The news drew grumbles from publishers fretting about web traffic disruption. But will Sundar Pichai's sci-fi vision reinvent search like ChatGPT upended open-ended dialog?
One thing's certain - AI's star is burning brighter than ever across the cloud-computing cosmos. Grab some popcorn and prepare for even more twists, because this explosive generative saga shows no signs of jumping the shark!
Apple Doubles Down on AI at WWDC24 with ChatGPT & Siri Boosts ๐๐๐ค
All eyes are on Cupertino as Apple gears up for its biggest AI push yet at WWDC24 on June 10th. If the rumor mill is to be believed, Tim Cook and co. are finally going all-in on generative AI after years of cautious dipping toes.
Front and center is a blockbuster partnership with none other than OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT across Apple's products and services. The tie-up aims to supercharge Siri's capabilities while Apple plays catch-up developing its own advanced language models.
๐ค That's right - soon you could be chatting with the AI darling on your iPhone while Siri graduates to virtual assistant extraordinaire!
But the AI blitz won't stop at chatbots. Apple is reportedly transitioning to a hybrid on-device/cloud model for heavy-duty AI computing. Under the hood upgrades like these could unlock game-changing features in the upcoming iOS 18.
New Apple AI Upgrades comingโฆ
Among the marquee additions: AI-powered photo editing tools, auto-summarizing notifications, and voice transcription free from Siri's current shackles. The venerable assistant herself may receive a sorely needed voice upgrade to match the AI era's more natural flows.
It's a sweeping AI renaissance aiming to narrow massive gaps with generative AI titans like OpenAI and Google's Gemini platform. Apple's historical insistence on local, on-device processing limited Siri to relatively puny machine learning models compared to cloud-centric behemoths.
Those restraints appear headed for extinction as Apple embraces the cloud while fortifying data protections on other fronts. The revamped AI strategy heralds brighter prospects in search, digital assistants, and perhaps even autonomous vehicles down the road.
All the pieces are falling into place for Apple to author its next transformative innovation story arc. WWDC24 looks primed to be Cupertino's biggest developer event in ages as ChatGPT and generative AI put the AI in FAAANG for real this time!
The generative AI revolution is rapidly evolving, birthing immense potential alongside daunting risks. As open-source models narrow the performance gap with closed counterparts, the debate around democratizing this disruptive technology intensifies.
On one edge lies the tantalizing upside - accelerating breakthroughs across science, education, and the economy by open-sourcing Gen AI's building blocks. Unfettered access could usher in an era of transparency, reproducibility, and collaborative innovation.
But the other edge cuts deep with existential perils. Unchecked open-source prowess may careen us towards an unintended "intelligence explosion" triggering cataclysmic scenarios like human extinction or global catastrophe.
๐ก๏ธ The grand challenge? Navigating open-source's double-edged sword to maximize upsides while robustly mitigating risks.
Researchers are taking up that gauntlet with vigor. A new classification scale offers a framework for assessing Gen AI pipelines' openness levels - fully closed, semi-open, or completely libre. It's the first step towards rigorously categorizing and regulating AI software stacks.
Beyond indexing openness, the study promotes responsible open-source development emphasizing model reproducibility and risk mitigation. Specific recommendations span near, mid, and long-term horizons as Gen AI capabilities rapidly advance.
While the paper doesn't solve the existential risk enigma, it underscores open-sourcing's double-edged capacity. Democratized access seeds societal dividends, yet paves paths towards potential civilization abandonments too.
The generative genie is out of the bottle, and the debates are only intensifying. Mapping openness levels and instituting safeguards emerge as pivotal first steps.
But the saga's biggest chapters remain unwritten. Will we wield open-source AI's creative bounties, or succumb to its destructive sharp edge? Navigating the coming decades will prove OpenAI's biggest double-edged sword yet.
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