The hottest Generative AI Substack posts right now

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NVIDIA Builds Safety Net

Sector 6 | The Newsletter of AIM • 39 implied HN points • 28 Aug 23
🕹 Technology AI Cloud Computing Software Generative AI Partnerships
  1. NVIDIA launched the AI Foundation, a cloud-based service that helps businesses use generative AI for different projects like medical research and artwork.
  2. They partnered with VMware to help companies create and use smart AI applications, like chatbots and virtual assistants.
  3. This move shows NVIDIA is trying to diversify its business and stay strong in the GPU market.

The Googlisation of Payments; B2B fintech pricing: Pricing model definitions; Embedded fintech revenue model;

Fintech Wrap Up • 39 implied HN points • 28 Jun 23
💼 Business Fintech Payments Generative AI
  1. Payments platforms can be attractive for advertisers to invest in due to access to data and trust
  2. Embedded finance is changing how customers and businesses interact with financial services
  3. Financial institutions can generate revenue by offering bundled fintech services through subscription tiers
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🖼 Google planing to AI stuff in everything, AI can re-create images by brain scans.

aidaily • 39 implied HN points • 08 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Social media Content Generation
  1. Google is planning to integrate AI into all its important products to catch up with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
  2. AI can recreate images seen by people by analyzing their brain scans with the help of an algorithm.
  3. Generative AI allows for the creation of endless viral videos, potentially altering the landscape of social media.

Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Human Intelligence. So What?

Mimir's Well • 39 implied HN points • 08 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Future impact
  1. The practical impact of AI matters more than philosophical debates on human-like intelligence.
  2. Generative AI is being used to improve productivity and creativity in workplaces, potentially impacting job roles.
  3. Despite current limitations, generative AI has potential for creating high-quality work and will likely improve further in the future.

New Week #130

New World Same Humans • 40 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Virtual Worlds Generative AI
  1. OpenAI unveiled Sora, a new text-to-video model that produces photorealistic videos and accurately simulates physical dynamics.
  2. The emergence of generative AI models like Sora raises concerns about intellectual property rights and the future of human creativity in fields like filmmaking.
  3. Advances in AI technology, such as Sora, are rapidly transforming the creative and social media landscapes, moving towards a visual-centric culture and raising profound questions about our understanding of reality.

AI & Experience Design Conference

AI and Experience Design • 19 implied HN points • 02 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Design Conference Generative AI Experience
  1. The AI & Experience Design Conference brought together creative minds from AI, art, design, and technology to explore the impact of Generative AI on designing meaningful experiences.
  2. The conference was a space for dynamic discussions, collaboration, and hands-on workshops on various topics like emotional design, AI in UI/UX, and assistive technologies for visually impaired users.
  3. The event highlighted the importance of AI in design, not just as a support tool, but as a collaborator in the creative process, reshaping the future of art and design in the digital era.

🗞️ AI is a 'public problem'; 'Fauxmation'; and the surveillance AI pipeline.

Untangled with Charley Johnson • 19 implied HN points • 28 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Surveillance Ethics Generative AI
  1. Generative AI should be considered a public problem requiring collective consideration.
  2. Technology problems are not just about technology, but also about social, cultural, political, and economic factors.
  3. An important aspect of addressing AI issues is to collectively debate, account for, and manage them.

Maximizing Product Management Efficiency with ChatGPT and Generative AI

An Innovator's Sketchbook • 19 implied HN points • 28 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Product Management Generative AI Automation Data Analysis
  1. Leverage AI to boost personal productivity in product management through planning, execution, and user feedback analysis.
  2. Use large language models (LLMs) in product strategy for idea generation, evaluation, and decision-making.
  3. Optimize day-to-day efficiency by using AI to break down goals into manageable tasks and plan daily schedules.

Global Cultures & Artificial Intelligence

The Digital Anthropologist • 19 implied HN points • 17 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI
  1. AI systems have cultural biases, so considering a global perspective can help humans benefit more from AI.
  2. Different countries adopt AI tools at varying rates, with Generative AI being more accessible and popular in developing nations.
  3. Cultural, gender, and racial biases are unintentionally embedded in AI tools, influenced by the cultural perspectives of the developers.

Seeing isn't always believing: video edition

Conspirador Norteño • 36 implied HN points • 17 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Deepfakes
  1. The advancement of text-to-video generative AI like Sora raises concerns about deceptive video content, introducing the concept of the "liar's dividend."
  2. Despite impressive quality, AI-generated videos by Sora exhibit anomalies that reveal their synthetic origins, such as sudden appearance and disappearance of objects.
  3. While AI-generated videos can be photorealistic, they often contain telltale signs of synthetic generation, cautioning against an excessive distrust of all videos and emphasizing the long-standing history of manipulating video content.

Hey Google, Who Ate My Job?

aidaily • 19 implied HN points • 15 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI
  1. Google cutting over 1,000 jobs and restructuring hardware teams.
  2. Amazon's Alexa gets new generative AI experiences for interactive play and custom songs.
  3. Zuckerberg shifting focus from the metaverse to AI to establish tech credibility.

Update #70: Apple Shutters Autonomous EV Project and Griffin + Hawk Compete with Transformers

The Gradient • 24 implied HN points • 12 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Autonomous Vehicles Generative AI Research Studies Software Engineering
  1. Apple terminated its Project Titan autonomous electric car project and shifted focus to generative AI, impacting hundreds of employees.
  2. Challenges faced by Project Titan included leadership changes, strategic shifts, and difficulties in developing self-driving technology.
  3. Research proposes RNN-based architectures Hawk and Griffin that compete with Transformers, offering more efficiency for language models.

Sorry, But A.I. Doesn't Exist.

The Digital Anthropologist • 19 implied HN points • 09 Dec 23
🕹 Technology AI Machine Learning NLP Tools Generative AI
  1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) doesn't actually exist as a singular entity, but rather as a collection of various tools and technologies.
  2. While AI tools are important and valuable, they are currently limited to Narrow AI, meaning they excel at specific tasks but lack overall intelligence.
  3. Understanding the reality of AI, including its limitations and the motivations behind the hype, is crucial for regulation, governance, and innovation in the field.

Using Microsoft Purview for Data Classification and Labeling to Secure Generative AI

Rod’s Blog • 19 implied HN points • 20 Nov 23
🕹 Technology AI Data Governance Security Generative AI
  1. Data classification and labeling can enhance data quality by ensuring authenticity, reliability, and relevance, and help remove unnecessary or erroneous data for Generative AI systems.
  2. Data classification and labeling can safeguard data privacy and confidentiality, prevent unauthorized access, and aid in compliance with data protection regulations like GDPR and CCPA.
  3. Using Microsoft Purview for data classification and labeling can efficiently manage data access, apply sensitivity labels, and provide insights to improve data security and reliability for Generative AI.

Old Advocacy, New Algorithms: How 16th century "Devil's Advocates” Shaped AI Red Teaming

Humane AI • 20 HN points • 11 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Cybersecurity Generative AI Red-Teaming Language Models
  1. The practice of 'Devil's Advocates' shaping decision-making dates back centuries, like in the case of determining the legitimacy of saints.
  2. Red teaming has evolved from military war games to modern applications in cybersecurity and ensuring ethical implications in generative AI systems.
  3. Guidelines for effective red teaming include partnering with civil society organizations, collaborating with humanities departments, and expanding efforts for diverse linguistic contexts.

Google and Microsoft integrate generative AI into consumer products: Can they change how we work?

Stemble - for the love of STEM! • 19 implied HN points • 21 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Tech Integration Consumer Products Cloud Computing Generative AI
  1. Google and Microsoft are integrating generative AI into consumer products like Gmail, Docs, Outlook, Bing, Edge, Teams, Word, and Excel.
  2. The integration of generative AI aims to simplify tasks for users and reduce their workload.
  3. Human oversight is important to ensure the accuracy and reliability of information generated by AI integrated products.

TechLetters #134 cyberattack on WATER TREATMENT. GDPR reform. Competition authorities enforcement GDPR. France considers social network shutdown during unrest. Avast collects/sells customer data, and?

Lukasz Olejnik on Cyber, Privacy and Tech Policy Critique • 19 implied HN points • 10 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Security Privacy Technology Policy Generative AI
  1. Cybersecurity incidents on critical infrastructure are a major concern globally
  2. Proposed GDPR reforms aim to enhance enforcement mechanisms and transparency
  3. Countries are implementing stricter regulations to protect data privacy and crack down on unethical data practices

Tech Nostalgia & Why We Love It

The Digital Anthropologist • 19 implied HN points • 06 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Nostalgia Generative AI
  1. We enjoy looking back at past predictions on future technologies, finding humor and nostalgia in how they were portrayed.
  2. Future technology predictions are influenced by cultural norms and biases, shaping how artists and designers envision the future.
  3. Nostalgia helps us deal with changes by making us feel more comfortable with the present and provides a lens to imagine possible future scenarios.

Software Engineering Radio

One Thing at a Time • 19 implied HN points • 08 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Software Engineering Generative AI Cloud Computing Artificial Intelligence Programming
  1. Dave Cross shared his experience of being a guest on a podcast to discuss GitHub Actions.
  2. Dave Cross found Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to significantly boost his productivity in coding.
  3. Dave Cross is exploring AI services like CodeWhisperer at the AWS Summit and is looking for work opportunities in Perl, Linux, web development, databases, and more.

Week 75 - E3 - 🛠️ Prompt Engineering Basics and 50+ Free 🎁 Product Management Prompts 🚀

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 23 implied HN points • 21 Jan 24
🕹 Technology AI Product Management Prompt engineering Generative AI
  1. Prompt engineering is crafting effective natural language prompts to get desired outputs from AI.
  2. Prompt engineering is crucial for product managers to unlock AI potential in workflows and decision-making.
  3. Well-structured prompts include clear instructions, context, format, and tone, enhancing coherency and relevance.

Week 78 - E6 - 🏰 Building a Moat for Your AI Startup 🏰

The Product Channel By Sid Saladi • 20 implied HN points • 11 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Startups Product Management Data science Innovation AI Generative AI Product Management Data Training AI Startups
  1. Building a competitive moat in AI involves strategic navigation of the generative AI value chain to create unique advantages.
  2. For AI startups, it's crucial to focus on acquiring proprietary data, integrating AI into comprehensive workflows, and specializing models through incremental training techniques.
  3. Companies like Anthropic, Landing AI, and Stability AI showcase effective moat-building strategies in AI by emphasizing ethical development, democratizing technology, and niche specialization.

Generative AI and the death of the artist

Kyle Chayka Industries • 71 implied HN points • 26 Feb 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Generative AI Artists Creativity Technology Culture
  1. Generative AI tools are being used to replicate artists' styles, impacting the livelihood of traditional artists.
  2. The role of the artist is changing as AI allows anyone to easily create art, potentially diminishing the value of artistic skill.
  3. AI is making it possible for people to generate art or music in the style of established artists, leading to a redefinition of what it means to be an artist.

Leviathan wakes

Gradient Ascendant • 16 implied HN points • 21 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI Forecasting Generative AI Models Artificial Intelligence
  1. The author quit their job to work on a new AI-related project motivated by the transformative potential of modern AI technology.
  2. Google's Gemini 1.5 model is a significant advancement in AI capabilities, able to handle an impressive 10 million tokens for input, marking a major leap forward in AI development.
  3. Despite its imperfections, Gemini 1.5 and other advanced AI models are drastically reducing limitations and opening up new possibilities for future technological innovations.

A.I. And The Nature of Human Search

The Digital Anthropologist • 19 implied HN points • 25 May 23
🕹 Technology AI Search Generative AI Information Management Ethics
  1. Our brains are essentially search engines that help us make sense of the world around us and communicate with others to find common ground in our varied realities.
  2. Generative AI tools like Large Language Models can enhance our natural search behavior by helping us find context faster and take action more efficiently, although they are not without risks like generating misinformation.
  3. As GAI tools evolve and societal rules around their use are established, they have the potential to greatly improve productivity in information and knowledge management within organizations while also aiding in better understanding human behavior and societal complexities.

What I learned after surveying 150 ChatGPT users

aiproinsights • 5 HN points • 26 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative AI Programming Productivity
  1. 90% of participants in the study used ChatGPT, a popular Generative AI tool for tasks like coding, bug-finding, test case writing, and more.
  2. Programming was the top use case among participants, with developers utilizing ChatGPT to save time in writing code, finding bugs, creating test cases, and generating code documentation.
  3. Users reported an average time saving of 1 hour and 20 minutes per session using Generative AI tools, showcasing significant productivity gains in completing programming tasks.