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Back in the Saddle!

With CES behind us and everyone getting back to the grind of utilizing the new tools and workflows as well as gadgets that have now been released it’s time to really focus on the use cases of AI and what we should be expecting in the coming months.

Let’s get right to it!

The Rundown

• EDUCATION

  • AI Lemon Academy

• TOOLS

  • Consistent Character GPT

  • Zapier GPT

  • Magnific

  • Audio to Photoreal by Meta

• CREATORS

  • Liam Ottley

• NEWS

  • OpenAI’s big plan to combat election misinformation

  • AI Study claims human fingerprints aren’t actually unique

  • Apple tells dozens of employees in San Diego to move to Austin or face layoffs

EDUCATION: BEST WAY TO LEARN AI

• AI Lemon Academy

  • AI Lemon Academy offers an immersive, hands-on learning experience designed for creative professionals and teams, focusing on integrating AI into the creative process. Their "Creative X AI Bootcamp" aims to help participants unlock the full potential of AI in their creative workflows.

  • The academy also provides a free live AI workshop for creatives, where attendees can learn about AI's role in creative industries, how to implement AI in their workflow, and advanced prompting techniques.

  • Enrollment for the bootcamp is currently open with limited seats, starting from January 15th.

TOOLS: Try It Yourself

• Consistent Character GPT:

  • Your creative partner in consistent character design.

• Zapier GPT:

  • Discover opportunities to save time with automation at work and get them setup for you

• Magnific:

  • An advanced AI upscaler and enhancer that allows users to upscale images to high resolutions and enhance them

• Audio to Photoreal by Meta:

  • A framework for generating full bodied photorealistic avatars that are naturally gesture driven by the author’s voice

Creator Spotlight - Liam Ottley

• Liam is a 23 year old AI entrepreneur from New Zealand who now lives in Dubai. He has created a model of agency called the AI Automation Agency and in his channel gives away all of his tips and tricks to doing what he does on your own.

  His mission is to inspire others to take advantage of the AI opportunity by documenting his own journey.

NEWS: Your Weekly Tech Update

• OpenAI’s big plan to combat election misinformation

  • OpenAI has updated its policies to combat election misinformation, particularly in the context of the upcoming 2024 elections. The new rules prohibit users of OpenAI tools like ChatGPT and Dall-e from impersonating candidates or local governments, using these tools for campaigns or lobbying, and from discouraging voting or misrepresenting the voting process. Additionally, OpenAI plans to integrate the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity’s (C2PA) digital credentials into images generated by Dall-E, making it easier to identify AI-generated images. However, these measures are still in the process of being implemented and rely on user reporting, emphasizing the importance of media literacy and skepticism towards news or images that seem too good to be true.

• AI Study claims hum

  an fingerprints aren’t actually unique

  

  • A recent study published in Science Advances challenges the long-held belief that human fingerprints are unique. Researchers used an AI model, similar to those used in facial recognition, to analyze over 60,000 fingerprints. This AI was able to identify patterns and similarities in fingerprints, achieving 75 to 90 percent accuracy in matching prints from different fingers of the same person. This finding, which goes beyond traditional fingerprint analysis methods, could have significant implications for forensic science, potentially aiding in both criminal identification and exoneration.

• Apple tells dozens of employees in San Diego to move to Austin or face layoffs

  • Apple has issued an ultimatum to 121 employees in its San Diego office, instructing them to relocate to Austin, Texas, or face termination. According to a Bloomberg report, most of these employees, part of the Data Operations Annotations team working on Siri, are unwilling to move. They have until the end of February to decide, with termination set for April 26 if they choose not to relocate. This move comes amidst Apple's broader return-to-office mandate and contrasts with the company's efforts to avoid mass layoffs, unlike other major tech firms.