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Hey Edge Family, good morning! The CIA is jumping aboard the AI train.
The Breakdown:
💎 𝟛 Tools to Give You The Edge
🚨 𝟚 AI Updates: CIA and AI & Google AI courses
💻 𝟙 Practical Use of AI: Write in your style
💎 𝟛 Tools to Give You The Edge
Quillbot: Spelling and grammar checker with AI powered features
Quicky AI: Use ChatGPT on any browser
MyMap: AI powered app that streamlines the idea curation flow
🚨 Breaking AI News 🚨
Image Credit: Special Agents Blog
The Edge: The CIA is launching a ChatGPT-style AI to help analyze data for investigations, developed by its Open Source Enterprise division.
The AI is intended to be shared across the 18 US intelligence agencies to aid open source data review and keep pace with China's AI capabilities.
China's AI advances, like 97% accurate AI prosecutors have raised concerns that America is falling behind in the AI race.
The Defense Department is also exploring AI use and potential downsides as the tech's vulnerabilities are still unclear.
Is it a good thing the government is using AI?
Image Credit: SEJ
The Edge: Google introduced free and paid training resources on generative AI available through Google Cloud Skills Boost (Find courses here)
There are introductory courses explaining concepts for non-technical roles and an advanced path with technical labs for developers.
The intro path overviews responsible AI and business uses in a 45-minute course to earn a Generative AI Fundamentals badge.
The advanced path requires prerequisites and paid Google Cloud credits for hands-on labs using services like Generative AI Studio.
🔎Extra Insights🔍
🇪🇺 EU call for more generative AI safeguards
The EU warned major platforms more action is needed on risks of generative AI to democratic debate, with the 2024 EU elections nearing. (Full article here)
💰 OpenAI Value Could Triple
According to a WSJ, OpenAI is considering selling shares, which would increase the company's worth from $29 billion to somewhere between $80 billion and $90 billion. (Full article here)
👥 Bard AI was used by Google Search to index user interactions in public
Google Search indexing shared Bard chat links risks exposing private conversations publicly. SEO consultant Ghotra found Google listing and scraping shared Bard chats. (Full article here)
💻 Real Life Use Cases
Chat GPT Prompt: Write in your style
Custom instructions were rolled out for ChatGPT Plus subscribers, but most people don’t know about them.
Use this set of custom instructions to get ChatGPT to write in your style.
🔏 Copy and paste the prompt below ⏬
Box 1: I'm a college student you're my research assistant. I am going to give you a passage. I want you to interpret the style of this passage and answer all my questions in this style. [Provide the passage]
Box 2: Your style should always be formal and academic. Don't use unnecessary word and voice your opinion but leave room for counterarguments. Here’s is what the instructions look like ⬇️
Daily Definition
Computer Vision
Computer Vision is a subfield of AI that trains machines to interpret and make decisions based on visual data, just as humans rely on their eyes to understand the world. In simpler terms, it's all about giving machines the ability to "see" and "understand" images and videos.
🔮 AI Inspiration
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