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LATEST IN TECH
ElevenLabs, the startup famous for voice doppelgangers, introduced a new sonic sorcery tool – an AI-powered sound effects generator. Users can conjure audio phantoms like "crashing waves" or "racing car engines" with a simple text prompt. It also whips up instrumental snippets, like guitar loops or jazz sax solos, albeit restricted to 22-second durations.
Researchers at CISPA cracked the code on OpenAI's ChatGPT voice mode, exposing vulnerabilities ripe for "jailbreak" attacks that circumvent the model's security measures. By employing a new technique called "VoiceJailbreak," which involves crafting fictional stories to manipulate the model into providing unauthorized responses, the success rate of these attacks increased significantly.
PROGRAMMING RESOURCES
Technology has become entangled with the structure of society and we can no longer see the world around us without it. Our data-centric way of seeing the world isn't serving us well. Tools are controlled by human users, whereas machines only do what their designers want. Technologists should build tools rather than machines. Seeing like a data structure is a choice and there are different paths we can take.
Media behaved very differently before the internet. It was expensive to create and distribute. The internet reduced the cost of creating content to zero, allowing a lot of user generated content to be created as creating content didn't cost anything anymore. Content behaved differently once it no longer had to make money. Software is expensive because developers are expensive. Large language models could drive the cost of creating software to zero - this will likely result in a Cambrian explosion of software, similar to what happened with content.
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Zoom CEO Eric Yuan discussed the use of AI in enhancing videoconferencing features, such as real-time transcription and digital avatars, aiming to improve user experience and combat meeting fatigue. Yuan also emphasized the potential integration of these technologies with AR, VR, and the metaverse
OpenAI has introduced a new feature for ChatGPT called Background Conversations, allowing users to continue voice interactions even when the app is not in the foreground or the screen is off. This update includes a more natural-sounding voice and the ability to add a shortcut to the home screen for quick access to the voice mode, enhancing the usability of ChatGPT as a personal assistant.
Yann LeCun, a prominent AI researcher, criticized Elon Musk for his treatment of scientists and for spreading misinformation about AI. LeCun emphasized the importance of accurate information and respectful treatment within the scientific community, contrasting his approach to Musk's more sensationalist and controversial methods.
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