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• China Surpasses U.S. in AI Talent Production.

• Streamlining Schedule Imports with AI.

• Voice Cloning's Double Edge.

• 📰 Publications I am currently reading and recommending

• 📰 News and Trends

• 🧰 AI Tools (Automation Workflows II)

📰 AI News and Trends

• Microsoft Reportedly Building ‘Stargate' a $100 billion supercomputer to accelerate their AI models. (Gizmodo)

• How Stability AI’s Founder Tanked His Billion-Dollar Startup (Forbes)

• How Autonomous Racing Is Pushing Self-Driving Cars Forward (Inverse)

• Does AI need a “body” to become truly intelligent? Meta researchers think so (Freethink)

• Grok-1.5 introduces superior reasoning abilities and a vast 128k token context, significantly advancing over previous versions, and soon accessible to 𝕏 platform users (X)

🌐 Other Tech news

• The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? (Nature)

• Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in Republican US states (FT)

• Fast Fashion, Fast Results: SHEIN Profits Jump To $2 Billion (FPJ)

• Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Album in One Day in 2024 (HR)

• In a Fake World, now you can get Fake likes - Meet Palmsy, the fake social network where your posts stay on your device forever (TC)

• YouTube adds a “Members Only” option to put Shorts behind paywalls (YouTubeFilter)

Streamlining Schedule Imports with AI

Recently, I was tasked with transferring my child's baseball game schedule into my Google (this is the best Google calendar template if you need it) or Apple Calendar. Manually inputting each game was not an option I was keen on. To simplify this process, I turned to AI for a solution. Initially, I converted the schedule from a Google Doc to a PDF and uploaded it to ChatGPT.

Prompt: Turn the attached Google doc into a Google sheet with these columns: Summary, Location, Description, Start Date, Start Time, End Date, and End Time - to upload them into Google Calendar.

The outcome was a CSV file ready for Google Calendar import.

Then: Import the CSV file into Google Calendar:

• Open Google Calendar on your computer.

• Click the Settings icon in the top right and select "Import & Export".

• Click "Select a file from your computer" and choose the CSV file you prepared.

• Click "Import" to upload the events.

• Check your Google Calendar to ensure the events were added correctly.

This method proved effective for that particular file. However, when attempting the same with other files, I encountered some inconsistencies. Not all files were directly processed by ChatGPT. To solve this, I manually copied the schedule data into the chatGPT to circumvent this issue. The AI then generated a CSV file structured with the columns above described. This streamlined approach enabled me to swiftly add the games—potentially hundreds of entries—into my calendar within minutes, significantly easing the integration of multiple schedules. You can follow these steps for any pdf, or any file to structure your entries and add it to your calendar.

China Surpasses U.S. in AI Talent Production.

China has overtaken the U.S. in producing top AI talent, now generating almost half of the world's leading AI researchers, a significant leap from one-third just three years ago.

This development, highlighted by new research from MacroPolo, indicates a pivotal shift in the global AI landscape, with China advancing in educating a new generation of AI specialists while the U.S. maintains its numbers. This surge in Chinese AI expertise is attributed to substantial investments in AI education and a reverse in the trend of Chinese scholars staying in the U.S. after their studies.

Despite China's rise, the U.S. continues to benefit from Chinese-born researchers, who now represent a significant portion of top AI talent in American tech and academia, underscoring the global nature of AI competition and innovation.

📰 Publications I am currently reading and recommending:

• 1-Minute Question - Based on Neuroscience Science Practices to rewire your brain for success.

• How Brands Win - Distills the strategies behind great brands. And gives you actionable insights for your business.

• The Business Academy - Learn to be a better investor in 6 minutes per week.

Voice Cloning's Double Edge

OpenAI's Ethical Pause Amidst Breakthroughs and Misuse Concerns

OpenAI has introduced Voice Engine, an AI model capable of creating synthetic voices from a 15-second audio sample. Despite its technological breakthrough, OpenAI is pausing its wide release, citing ethical concerns and potential for misuse.

The technology, which can generate convincing voice clones for various beneficial applications—such as reading assistance, content translation, speech therapy, and more—also poses significant risks. Misuse instances, such as phone scams and unauthorized access to voice-secured accounts, highlight the dangers associated with voice cloning.

This is nothing new, but the technology has gotten very sophisticated and the ubiquity of it is making it a global threat. In 2020, the AI cloning of a UAE director's voice enabled a $35 million fraud, involving international transfers and 17 individuals. This case spotlights the escalating risks of deep fake technology in cybercrime, prompting investigations and calls for enhanced security measures. Recently, An audio deepfake of President Biden told voters not to vote in the New Hampshire primary election. Last week, experts asserted that the racist remarks attributed to a Baltimore County principal were fabricated using AI, highlighting the emerging risks of deepfake technology in damaging individuals' reputations.

The debate around making AI technologies open source, particularly concerning tools like voice deepfakes, stems from the risk of misuse by malicious actors. While open-source AI fosters innovation, it also opens doors for potential fraud and security threats. Balancing innovation with security measures and ethical considerations is crucial to mitigate these risks.

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