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OpenAI Whisper: What It Is, How It Works, and How You Can Use This Artificial Intelligence to Transcribe Audios 🤖🔊

Imagine you are in the middle of traffic congestion or in bed before sleeping, and you receive an inspiring lecture or an informative conference that you wish to take note of. You don't have to do it yourself, because Whisper, the latest innovation from OpenAI, is here to do all the tedious work for you.

Whisper is an artificial intelligence tool that specializes in transcribing audios into text. This high technology analyzes everything said and prints each word so you can fully focus on absorbing the content without dividing your attention. Specifically designed for jobs requiring detailed transcriptions, such as journalism and research, Whisper promises to be much more efficient than existing free tools.

🤖 Who would've thought that transcriber would have better ears than us!

Whisper's automatic voice recognition system, now in its third version, has been nourished with more than a million hours of audio, reducing errors by 10 to 20%. This new transcription star has an astonishing error rate of less than 5% when transcribing from Spanish, and it can also switch between other languages effortlessly. Most importantly, it can correctly interpret even pauses in the conversation, ensuring greater grammatical accuracy.

Last but not least, Whisper is open source. This means that companies can integrate it into their own applications and websites through its API to create a valuable transcription tool. For those tech professionals, you can check out their GitHub page. For the less technically inclined, Whisper is also available at replicate.com/openai/whisper. So, whether you are a coding expert or an ordinary person looking to improve productivity in audio listening, Whisper is definitely worth checking out.

Disney Launches NFT Platform With Dapper Labs 🏰🌐

Attention, Disney fans! As a prelude to jumping on the metaverse train, Disney surprises us with the launch of the Disney Pinnacle NFT platform, a collaboration with Dapper Labs, the disruptive blockchain and metaverse company. Imagine being able to collect and trade tokenized representations of your favorite Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars characters. Say goodbye to paper and say "Hello" to digital badges!

The announcement, made on November 14, detailed the upcoming creation of NFTs for various iconic Disney characters. This diversity of tokens will allow fans to collect and trade these digital badges from anywhere in the world, representing another step towards the digitization and globalization of Disney content. Interestingly, Disney Pinnacle will operate on Flow, a blockchain created by Dapper Labs, which was previously used to mint event tickets for Ticketmaster.

🧚 What's next, Tinker Bell on the blockchain?!

Disney Pinnacle, scheduled for later this year, will mark a significant leap for Disney towards crypto adoption. This project is even more interesting, given that Disney recently unplugged its metaverse division in an effort to cut operating expenses. However, with the arrival of Disney Pinnacle, it could be the first step towards a potential re-entry into the world of the metaverse.

In summary, Disney's collaboration with Dapper Labs for the launch of Disney Pinnacle could signal the start of a new era for the entertainment giant. In the meantime, Disney fans and crypto enthusiasts, keep your eyes open for when Disney Pinnacle becomes a reality later this year.

OpenAI CEO Seeks New Funds From Microsoft To Build 'Superintelligence' 🤖🤑

In a fresh twist in the superintelligent development saga, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is again seeking financial backing from Microsoft to take artificial intelligence to the next level. Yes, you heard it right, Altman is betting on creating a General Artificial Intelligence (AGI) as ingenious and efficient as, say, you and me.

In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Altman revealed that his company plans to obtain more financial backing from Microsoft with which to update its acclaimed ChatGPT software. Altman's move is to turn OpenAI into more than just a research lab or API software compiler, he has a bigger vision on the horizon: "to create intelligence, the magical intelligence in the sky." Now that sounds futuristic, doesn’t it?

😉 When your boss tells you they have a vision, you think: "Oh, some strategy and hard work." But when your boss is Sam Altman, you think: "Ahh, a magical intelligence in the sky!"

The path forward for OpenAI is likely to have billions of dollars from Microsoft as fuel. But, what awaits on the freshly paved route? Principally, Altman is seeking to develop "more autonomous agents" capable of efficiently performing tasks and actions, such as executing code, making payments, sending emails, or filing claims.

As we conclude our journey through the future envisioned by Sam Altman, it is clear that the direction OpenAI is taking is no light matter. With the expansion of resources and Altman's ambitions, a future is shaping up where super powerful and autonomous artificial intelligence may be at our fingertips, or should we say, just a click away. Are we prepared for this? Only time will tell.

AI Bites 🍪

Cambridge Dictionary reveals word of the year – and it has a new meaning thanks to AI. Tools such as chatGPT have sparked a surge of interest in AI technology in 2023.

Is Argentina the First A.I. Election? The two men jostling to be the country’s next president are using artificial intelligence to create images and videos to promote themselves and attack each other.

Airbnb acquires AI startup for just under $200 million. The startup is called Gameplanner.AI, which has been in “stealth mode” since its founding in 2020 by Adam Cheyer, one of the founders of Siri, which was acquired by Apple.

Watch this, thank me later... 👀

📱 AI's impact on creative industries is profound, offering artists new tools and challenges. MIT's "Nightshade" tool aims to disrupt AI art generation by "poisoning" the training process. By introducing altered images, like dogs, into AI models' training datasets, Nightshade confuses the models, hindering their ability to accurately generate images based on prompts.

This challenges AI's rapid and efficient image creation, which relies on large datasets and iterative learning. Nightshade's implications hint at a potential shift in the interaction between traditional artistry and AI technology 👇

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