Top 10-ish Articles
How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the Election
Chas Danner, Intelligencer of New York magazine
With the rapid advancement of generative AI technology over the past few years, it’s no longer a question of whether artificial intelligence will have an impact on this fall’s rematch of Joe Biden and Donald Trump and other races — but how much. See also NYC bill would ban AI use in elections ‘intentionally manipulated to depict speech or conduct of a candidate’.
With AI forcing data centers to consume more energy, software that hunts for clean electricity across the globe gains currency
Naureen S. Malik & Bloomberg, Fortune
Tech giants are racing to ward off a carbon time bomb caused by the massive data centers they’re building around the world.
How AI Helps Winemakers Understand What People Taste
Jill Barth, Fortune
Could AI help lift the trend and deliver wine that appeals to more customers, at least by matching their taste preferences? Some may argue that wine is too complex, too diverse, and too rich in tradition to be distilled into data points. However, companies like Winespace and Tastry prove there is a place for AI technology in the wine world.
Not always honest at supermarket self-checkout? AI is out to get you
Chris Matyszczyk, ZDNet
As some retailers experience severe doubt about the efficacy of self-checkout, one tech company says it has a powerful solution.
Can ChatGPT edit fiction? 4 professional editors asked AI to do their job – and it ruined their short story
The Conversation
We are professional editors, with extensive experience in the Australian book publishing industry, who wanted to know how ChatGPT would perform when compared to a human editor. To find out, we decided to ask it to edit a short story that had already been worked on by human editors – and we compared the results.
Vatican research group's book outlines AI's 'brave new world'
Bernard G. Prusak, National Catholic Reporter
Meghan O'Gieblyn argues in her new book, Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Investigations, that there is evidence that Catholic theologians and philosophers, among others, aren't quite willing yet to cede the field and retreat into merely historical studies.
Here’s how AI experts think ChatGPT might help the military
Eva Dou, Washington Post
OpenAI, Amazon and other companies touted their AI systems for military and intelligence use at a Pentagon-organized gathering this week. See also Swarms of AI "killer robots" are the future of war: If that sounds scary, it should.
AI Is in the Midst of a Fever Dream and It’s Only Getting Worse
Maxwell Zeff, Gizmodo
The world of AI had some glaring, embarrassing moments this week that prove how green the technology still is.
AI doomsayers funded by billionaires ramp up lobbying
Brendan Bordelon, POLITICO
Nonprofits backed by tech billionaires and warning of an AI cataclysm are deploying lobbyists in an effort to press Capitol Hill to pass AI safety bills.
GPT-4 developer tool can hack websites without human help
Jeremy Hsu, New Scientist
The developer version of OpenAI’s leading large language model can be repurposed as an AI hacking agent, researchers have found. That could make it far easier for anyone to launch certain cyberattacks online.
Let's dissect: the #AIAct! (video)
Hosted by Joost Gerritsen, Legal Beetle
Stocks
After Nvidia’s latest blowout, here are 20 AI stocks expected to rise as much as 44%
Philip van Doorn, MarketWatch
Missed Out on Nvidia? Buy These Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Instead.
Will Healy, Justin Pope & Jake Lerch, The Motley Fool
5 big analyst AI moves: CMB starts Amazon at Buy; Super Micro PT lifted
Vahid Karaahmetovic, Investing.com
AI Stocks: The Powerful Sector Sending Portfolios to the Moon
Luke Lango, InvestorPlace
Podcasts
Eye On A.I.
Richard Sutton currently serves as a professor of computing science at the University of Alberta and as a research scientist at Keen Technologies. Sutton is considered one of the founders of modern computational reinforcement learning, having made several significant contributions to the field, including temporal difference learning and policy gradient methods.
Apps to check out
5 Helpful tips for getting started with AI
Tibi David, Generative AI Tutorials
Innovating with AI
Our courses, community and personalized coaching have helped tens of thousands of professionals leapfrog their competition, launch AI-powered products and integrate AI into their existing business workflows. Start here, with our Free No-Code AI Toolkit.
The best new AI search
Jeremy Caplan, Wonder Tools
10 Ways to Improve Desktop Productivity with GenAI
Mark Hinkle, The Artificially Intelligent Enterprise
AI Bots
ChattyDocs
ChattyDocs is an AI-powered tool that allows users to upload and analyze large sets of documents.
Audio
Taranify Mood AI
Enjoy Spotify playlists, Netflix shows, Books or Food Cuisines resonating with your current mood & vibe!
Denoiser
Remove static background hums and hisses and give your recordings a proper studio sound.
Education
Brilliant
The best way to learn math and computer science. Guided interactive problem solving that's effective and fun. Master concepts in 15 minutes a day.
Images
Lexica
See the help manual.
Text-to-Image with SDXL-Lightning
This demo utilizes the SDXL-Lightning model by ByteDance, which is a lightning-fast text-to-image generative model capable of producing high-quality images in 4 steps. As a community effort, this demo was put together by AngryPenguin. Link to model: https://huggingface.co/ByteDance/SDXL-Lightning.
Journal
Hiccup
Available in Apple’s app store.
Miscellaneous
thinksmarterwithAI
A thoughtfully composed collection of GPTs, built to empower your thinking, enhance your logic, and make better decisions.
ai LaMo
ai LaMo is the fun, free app for learning about Al tools through quick, bite-sized lessons. Watch courses, save prompts, compete with others, and future-proof your career with in-demand Al skills.
RingleDingle
RingleDingle lets you create greeting cards with custom illustrations and personalized songs. No artistic ability required!
Hyperplace
Create dedicated places for your interests, collect relevant ideas and discover how they come together in meaningful new ways.
Notetaking
Speech to Note
Experience the power of our AI-driven tool as it instantly transforms your spoken words into summaries!
NotesOllama
Use Ollama to talk to local LLMs in Apple Notes. Summarize notes, ask questions, and craft prompts without leaving your notes, all while keeping your data private.
People
Gaia
Your copilot for people search.
Presentation
Decktopus Al
Presentation aide.
Research
Giga
GigaBrain scans billions of discussions on reddit and other online communities to find the most useful posts and comments for you.
Spreadsheets
Report PDF
AI generated PDF reports from spreadsheets.
Sheet Savvy AI
Use AI to save hours on repetitive tasks, like categorizing, extracting, writing text, data cleaning. Works with Google Sheets.
Text
Chrome’s new AI feature can help you write on the web
You can now turn on “Help me write,” a new experimental AI feature in Chrome that can help you write content online.
I've made over $3,500 editing ChatGPT-generated content. Here are 4 tips on how to make AI's writing sound more human.
Sultan Ali & Aaron Mok, Business Insider
Get started with Help me write in Chrome
Google Chrome Help
Excuse Generator
Excuse Generator is a fun tool which... well, you guessed it - lets you generate excuses! Whether it be for your coworker, teacher or employer, excuse generator will give you a perfect excuse to hand over. Just enter their name along with the reason you need an excuse and hit "Make an excuse"! You can also adjust the professionalism slider to make the excuse more professional, or alternatively, more....
Summary Cat
A YouTube summarize.
WriteHuman
Bypass AI detection with the world's most powerful AI Humanizer.