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As summer draws to a close, we've rounded up the most compelling news from the final weeks of August for you.

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?????? Entry into Force of the Digital Services Act (DSA): A Game Changer for Big-Tech

Ursula von der Leyen states, "Our Digital Services Act embeds European values into the digital realm. With stringent guidelines on transparency and accountability, we aim to safeguard our children, societies, and democratic institutions."

????? In effect since August 25, the Digital Services Law (DSL) overhauls the regulatory landscape for big tech, placing Europe at the vanguard of digital governance. It emphasizes transparency, accountability, and the protection of key rights like freedom of speech and privacy.

In the AI Arena: Big tech companies are now obligated to be transparent about their algorithms and recommendation systems. TikTok and Meta have already announced plans to disable their AI-driven recommendation feeds, while Microsoft and X are diligently working on compliance.

The Fines Are Titan-Sized: Penalties could range from a 6% fine on global revenue to outright bans on operating within the EU.

User Impact: The legislation aims to give users more control over the content they see, with potential upsides for creatives and consumers by mitigating algorithmic biases that limit visibility.??

That said, it's crucial to keep a close eye on how these laws are actually put into action and enforced

?????????????? OpenAI Unveils GPTBot: A Global Web Crawler for AI Training. It's indexing the public internet, and here's what you need to know about data scraping, your public content, and the ensuing controversy. ????

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??????? Meta Unveils SEAMLESS M4T: An All-in-One Solution for Multilingual and Multimodal Translation.CC BY-NC 4.

?????? Fable Simulation Debuts AI-Showrunner: A Generative Tool that Achieves 100% Automation for Series Creation from Prompts.??

???? Federal Judge Rules: AI Cannot Own Copyright.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit aiming for AI-created works to be copyright-protected, reinforcing that human creators must be involved.

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?????? Researchers Crack the Code on Pink Floyd with Brain Scans and AI:

UC Berkeley scientists unveil an AI model that translates brain activity into recreated music. This trailblazing research could be a game-changer for more natural and intuitive brain-computer interfaces. Tune in to an exclusive clip from Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" to witness this innovation in action! ??

? IBM Research Unveils Low-Power, Bio-Inspired Analog Computing Chip: Published in Nature, this prototype "brain" chip aims to revolutionize energy efficiency in AI, potentially leading to more efficient chips for phones, computers, and vehicles.????

?? Geoffrey Hinton Advocates for Analog Computing to Improve AI Safety: He suggests that analog computing could be less risky than digital, given that weights can't be transferred instantaneously in analog models, making them less scalable.????

?????? Cornell University's Acoustic Text Prediction: Researchers unveil an AI that can accurately guess what's being typed just by analyzing the sound of the keystrokes, boasting a 95% accuracy rate.??

???? 88-Page Study Co-Authored by Turing Award Winner Yoshua Bengio Explores Systematic Framework for Determining Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence ???

?? IBM Report Work Augmented by AI: The report states that 40% of the workforce will need AI retraining within 3 years. It emphasizes that AI will enhance, not replace, roles. "AI won't replace people—but people who use AI will replace people who don't."??

????♂? Audio Deepfake Alert: University College research finds that humans can currently detect audio deepfakes 73% of the time, warning that this technology is quickly improving.??♂???

????? HEALTH: Experimental Research

???? NeuroSkin: An experimental project uses AI to stimulate muscles via electrodes in smart pants, aiding a UK stroke patient to walk. The AI-controlled pants mimic the movements of her healthy leg.

?? Meta Axes ESMFold Team: The creators of a database 600 million protein structures were let go, as Meta shifts focus towards monetizing AI efforts. This move sparks debate in the scientific community about big tech's changing priorities. ??

??MUSIC

?? YouTube's 'Music AI Incubator': A collaboration with artists to develop generative AI technologies, aiming to spur innovation while dodging copyright issues. ??

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?? Snapchat's My AI Glitch: The chatbot experienced technical issues, posting unexpected content and then becoming unresponsive. Speculation arose about the AI's capabilities, but the company stated it was a temporary outage. ??

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?? Stable Diffusion SDXL: Introduces Control Net, Canny, and depth maps for improved image control in the new open-source model.

??????Architecture, Design, and Programming Models

?? OpenAI Fine-Tunes GPT-3.5 Turbo: Customizable with your own data, this release promises to match or outperform GPT-4 in specific tasks. Future updates for GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k are coming this fall.

?? Meta's Code Lama: A specialized AI tool for code generation, Code Lama offers specialized versions like Code Lama-Python and Code Lama-Instruct for different programming needs.

?? StableCode by Stability AI: This open-source generative language model aims to assist programmers, improving development efficiency. ??

?? Google's Project IDX: An in-browser development environment that boosts productivity through features like code generation and auto-completion. ??

?? Stanford's Smallville Simulator: Now publicly available, this open-source project is a significant academic experiment featuring 25 autonomous AI agents. ???

??HARDWARE

?? NVIDIA's GH200: A high-performance superchip designed for large generative AI models, promising significant cost reductions for running large language models.

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