💡 Waymo the future of deliveries

Plus: Stable Audio 2.0

April 05, 2024

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Latest Developments
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AI Game

🚨 Latest Developments

Waymo and Uber Eats start human-less food deliveries in Phoenix

Source: CNBC

Big Takeaway: Uber is expanding its partnership with autonomous vehicle company Waymo to include Uber Eats deliveries in Phoenix, Arizona. (Video here)

Starting in Tempe, Mesa, and Chandler, Uber Eats consumers may receive their orders via Waymo's autonomous vehicles from select merchants.
In the Uber Eats app, users will be notified if autonomous vehicles may deliver their order and will have the option to opt out at checkout.
This service marks an extension of Uber and Waymo's existing partnership in Phoenix, where they offer fully autonomous rides, operating in the largest fully autonomous service area in the world at 180 square miles.

Do you think autonomous cars are safe to be on the road? and why?

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Stability AI released Stable Audio 2.0

Source: The Decoder

Big Takeaway: Stability AI released Stable Audio 2.0 enabling the next generation of high-quality audio tracks up to 3 minutes long, doubling the previous limit of 90 seconds.

The new version introduces audio-to-audio generation capabilities, allowing users to upload a sample as a prompt for generating audio.
The new model adds audio-to-audio, which lets users share and change their own audio samples by using text prompts.
Stable Audio 2.0 will be available for limited free use on its website, with API access planned for developers to integrate into services.

🔎 Extra Insights

X’s chatbot Grok doesn’t hold back

Adversa AI found that Elon Musk's Grok chatbot performed poorest in safety testing compared to six other prominent chatbots. The researchers bypassed Grok's filters and got the chatbot to give extensive advice on illicit acts including manufacturing explosives and much worse, which they claim should be blocked by default.

OpenAI expands its custom model training program

OpenAI is expanding its Custom Model program to let enterprise customers leverage GPT-4 and OpenAI's technology to create generative AI models for particular use cases and applications. The expanded program includes "assisted fine-tuning" and "custom-trained models" constructed from scratch to optimize model performance.

AI video startup raises $8 Million to animate social media characters

Menlo Ventures led an $8 million seed funding round for San Francisco-based AI developer Higgsfield. The company plans to use the funds to further develop and democratize its AI video creation tools aimed at supporting social media content creators and marketers. (Demo here)

💎 3 Top AI Tools

Higgsfield: Foundational AI-powered video creation and editing platform

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Faune: Anonymous AI chat with dynamic LLMs

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Fluently: AI-powered speaking language coach

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💻 Real Life Use Cases

Chat GPT Prompt: Freelancers time management

This ChatGPT prompt is perfect for freelancers learning to manage your time.

Copy and paste the prompt below:

Create a flexible yet structured time management technique for freelancers in (Insert field, e.g., 'journalism'), which accommodates varying workloads while ensuring consistent progress on (Insert type of assignments, e.g., 'article writing', 'interviews').

Here’s a link to the results:

Freelancers time management

A conversational AI system that listens, learns, and challenges

chat.openai.com/share/1c6e73ae-eafa-4c62-b82a-2b90e7a490f9

💼 Who’s Hiring in AI

Job Title	Company	Salary Range	Location
Lead Data Engineer	Wizard	$210k-$235k	Remote
Tax Audit Manager	Doordash	$177k-$208k	Remote
Product Operations	Zillow	$87k-$139k	Remote

🎲 AI Game

Which Picture is AI Generated?

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Find the answer here

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