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Thursday's tech thrills: Microsoft's deepfake debut at Ignite 2023, DeepMind's AI reigning supreme in classic games, and a trailblazing AI creating unseen proteins. Let's explore these tech marvels!…
TODAY'S SCOOP
Top Notch AI News in a Flash
Microsoft's unveiled a surprise avatar creator
DeepMind's AI outplay humans in classic games
5 Useful AI Tools
Christmas Cat Pool (AI IMAGE)
TOP-NOTCH NEWS BITES
A groundbreaking Generative AI model is now capable of designing proteins that don't exist in nature.
A study reveals AI might displace around 4 million jobs in South Korea.
Malaysia and Google launch a strategic partnership to enhance skills development opportunities.
Artificial intelligence is playing a key role in advancing the battle against acute myeloid leukemia.
Google opens access to its AI chatbot Bard for teens, implementing specific safety guardrails.
NAVIGATING AI REALMS
Microsoft Ignites Deepfake Buzz with New Avatar Tool
At Microsoft's Ignite 2023 event, they unveiled a surprise: an avatar creator that's not just any run-of-the-mill tool. This one's a deepfake artisan, named Azure AI Speech text-to-speech avatar. Picture this: upload a photo, script a dialogue, and voilà – you've got a photorealistic avatar parroting lines, possibly in a voice cloned from the person in the picture.
Microsoft envisions this tech jazzing up everything from training videos to customer service bots. The avatars can even chat in multiple languages, and when combined with AI models like GPT-3.5, they become interactive, responding to unscripted queries.
But hold your horses – with great power comes great responsibility. Microsoft is well aware of the potential for misuse (think propaganda or fake news). So, they're keeping a tight leash. For now, most users will only get their hands on prebuilt avatars, while custom avatars are a VIP feature for specific, approved use cases. It's deepfake technology with a dash of caution, as Microsoft steps into a future where reality's boundaries blur ever so slightly.
TECH & AI
DeepMind's 'Student of Games': The AI That Masters Chess, Go, and Poker
Google DeepMind's latest AI marvel, the 'Student of Games' (SoG), is turning heads with its ability to outplay humans in chess, Go, and even poker. This isn't just about winning games; it's a giant leap towards a versatile artificial general intelligence. SoG's prowess across both perfect-knowledge games like chess, where everything is in plain sight, and imperfect-knowledge games like poker, where secrecy reigns, showcases its adaptive strategy skills.
The birth of SoG is a tale of collaboration and evolution, tracing back to DeepStack, the first AI to outwit human pros in poker, and AlphaZero, a champion in chess and Go. By blending these models' strengths, DeepMind has created an AI that doesn't just excel in a single domain but across multiple game-playing frontiers. This achievement is more than a showcase of superior gaming tactics; it's a hint at an AI future where versatility and adaptability reign supreme.
TREASURE TOOLBOX
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🗣️ Listnr AI is an AI voice and video generator with over 900 voices in 142 languages.
📸 The Multiverse AI transforms your selfies into 100 professional-grade headshots, perfect for LinkedIn.
AI ART
Christmas Cat Pool
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