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PLUS: Amazon's New AI Assistant 🛒

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Today’s AI insights:

  • 🛒 Amazon launches AI shopping assistant “Rufus” in the USA

  • 🕵️‍♂️ OpenAI's secret NDAs exposed

  • 💬 Google In talks to buy Cyber Startup Wiz

  • 🎤 Create professional AI voiceovers with AI

  • 🛠 New AI tools

  • 🗞️ Latest AI and tech news

  • 📝 AI Meme of the day

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AI NEWS

AMAZON

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Amazon has officially launched its AI-powered shopping assistant, Rufus, to all users in the U.S. through its mobile app. This rollout aims to enhance the shopping experience by providing intelligent, personalized assistance.

The Details:

  • After an initial beta phase, Rufus has been rolled out nationwide, following extensive testing with millions of customer interactions. Rufus is now accessible to everyone in the U.S. through the Amazon app.

  • Rufus can help customers find products, compare them, and offer tailored shopping advice based on Amazon’s extensive product catalog and customer feedback.

  • Customers can inquire about product details, receive buying tips, and get tailored recommendations for various needs, enhancing the overall shopping experience.

Rufus marks a step forward in enhancing the online shopping experience, offering personalized guidance and support. As this AI continues to learn and improve, it could significantly change how we shop, making the process more interactive and informed. 

OPENAI

Image Source: OpenAI

OpenAI is under scrutiny for its non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), as whistleblowers have reached out to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking an investigation into the company’s practices.

The Details:

  • Whistleblowers have contacted the SEC, asking for an immediate review of OpenAI’s NDAs, which they claim could restrict federal whistleblower rights.

  • The whistleblowers argue that these NDAs require employees to waive rights to whistleblower compensation, potentially violating federal regulations.

  • They suggest that OpenAI should be fined for each NDA that infringes on these rights, to enforce compliance with the law.

The allegations against OpenAI have sparked concerns about ethical standards and transparency within AI companies. This situation highlights the importance of regulatory oversight to ensure that employee rights are protected and that ethical practices are followed in the rapidly evolving AI industry.

AI TUTORIAL

AI TUTORIAL

Play.ht is an AI-powered text-to-speech platform that allows you to convert text into natural-sounding audio in over 130 languages and dialects. It’s ideal for creating voiceovers for marketing videos, e-learning modules, podcasts, and more.

Steps to follow:

  1. Sign Up for Play.ht: Visit the Play.ht website and sign up for an account to start using the platform.

  2. Select a Voice: It offers a diverse range of over 800 AI voices. Choose a voice that best fits the style and tone of your content.

  3. Customize Your Voice: Adjust key voice parameters like speed, pitch, and volume to match the desired delivery of your audio content.

  4. Input Your Text: Type or paste your script into Play.ht. The platform supports various text formats and lengths.

  5. Generate and Download Your Audio: Once your text is set up with the chosen voice and settings, generate the audio. Listen to a preview, make any necessary adjustments, and then download the final audio file.

NEW AI TOOLS


NEW AI TOOLS:

🤖 Promptly- Build generative AI apps and workflows without code

📝 Otter- A platform that provides automatic meeting notes, transcriptions

🎬 Viggle- AI video generator that makes any character move as you want

🔊 ElevenLabs- Generate high-quality AI voices in minutes.

🖼️ Meta AI- AI assistant for tasks and image creation

💬 Monica- Your personal AI assistant for effortless chatting and copywriting.

AI & TECH NEWS

Google is in talks to acquire cloud security company Wiz for around $23 billion to enhance its cloud business. OpenAI whistleblowers allege illegal restrictions on employee communications with regulators. Despite $35.5 billion invested in AI startups in H1 2024, experts warn of a potential AI bubble..

Microsoft under UK antitrust scrutiny after hiring Inflection AI team

The U.K.‘s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a probe into Microsoft’s hiring of the core team behind Inflection AI, a U.S.-based OpenAI rival. This “phase 1” merger inquiry will investigate whether this move constitutes an attempt to circumvent regulatory scrutiny, highlighting concerns over big tech’s M&A strategies in the AI sector.​

Exa bags $17M from Lightspeed, Nvidia, Y Combinator to create a Google for AIs

Exa, a startup building a search engine for AI, raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed and NVentures. Exa’s unique approach trains its model to predict web links instead of text, enhancing AI responses and aiding data curation for companies like Databricks. The tool, designed for AI platforms, has gained significant traction, serving thousands of developers with both free and tiered-fee levels.

YouTube Music tests AI-generated radio and adds song recognition tool.

YouTube Music is introducing an AI-generated conversational radio feature and a Shazam-like tool for song recognition. The radio feature lets select Premium users create custom stations by describing their preferences. The song recognition tool, available on iOS and Android, allows users to find songs by singing, humming, or playing them.

AI MEME OF THE DAY

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