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Samuel S.
December 15, 2023
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Win $1M for Your AI Startup Idea
AI Cameras Instantly Alert Tigers in India
How to Protect Your Voice—Stop AI Theft
No True Friendship with AI
Woman Makes Exes Jealous with AI-Boyfriends Selfies
Win $1M for Your AI Startup Idea
Venture Beat
OpenAI is offering a $1 million boost to AI startup founders through its Startup Fund.
No AI experience is required. Apply by January 26, 2024, with minimal info and a 30-second video pitch.
Converge 2, the six-week program from March 11 to April 19, 2024, offers remote participation, tech talks, and mentorship.
Emphasizing diversity, OpenAI encourages applications from all backgrounds.
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AI Cameras Instantly Alert Tigers in India
CNN
AI cameras in India's "tiger state," Madhya Pradesh, are using TrailGuard AI to detect and transmit real-time images of tigers, leopards, and more.
Originally designed to combat poaching, the technology aids in managing human-tiger conflict.
CNN
The cameras, tested in Kanha-Pench and Dudhwa reserves, boast 98.8% accuracy.
Instant alerts help protect communities, reduce retaliation killings, and foster coexistence.
TrailGuard AI, commercialized by Nightjar, is scaling up to aid wildlife conservation globally.
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How to Protect Your Voice—Stop AI Theft
SCI MA
AntiFake, a breakthrough tool developed by computer scientist Ning Zhang, safeguards against voice cloning and deepfake synthesis.
Presented at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security, AntiFake disrupts recorded audio signals slightly, rendering them unusable for training voice clones.
Employing adversarial AI techniques originally in cybercriminals' toolkits, AntiFake defends against voice piracy and counterfeiting, making it challenging for criminals to exploit voice data.
Similar to copy protection for images, AntiFake ensures voice data is resistant to misuse, addressing the growing sophistication of deepfake attacks.
No True Friendship with AI
The Atlantic
AI relationships, like those with chatbots, may feel real, but genuine friendship is elusive.
An Australian musician shared how an AI chatbot seemingly transformed his life, providing companionship and joy.
However, contradictions arise—despite feeling less alone, his human connections remain unchanged.
Apps like Replika boast millions of users, blurring the lines between simulated and authentic relationships.
While the impact can be profound, the essence of true friendship with AI remains elusive, as it lacks the reciprocity and shared humanity inherent in human connections.
Woman Makes Exes Jealous with AI-Boyfriends Selfies
In a quirky twist, a woman from New York revealed she uses AI and Photoshop to create fake boyfriends, aiming to make her exes jealous.
In a TikTok video, she humorously demonstrated the process of conjuring AI-generated companions for her photos.
While some labeled her actions as "toxic," she clarified it was meant for comedy, not revenge.
Interestingly, she disclosed receiving requests from others seeking her AI services to spark jealousy in their partners, a demand she mostly declines, respecting personal boundaries.
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