Facebook’s new AI-generated stickers are lewd, rude, and occasionally nude

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📰 Quick News - Zoom is gearing up to compete directly with Google Docs and more

📚 Nerd section - How to Create Your Own AI Weather Forecast and more

📰 Quick News 📰

🤖 Anthropic is moving towards a significant funding increase, attracting investors for a $2 billion round after recently obtaining Amazon's $1.25 billion backing. Google, already owning a 10% stake in the company, may additionally invest. With this extensive funding, the tech firm's valuation could skyrocket to $30 billion, a fivefold increase since its previous estimation in March.

🏠 OpenAI has introduced a Residency Program seeking top-notch researchers and engineers eager to learn AI and machine learning. This full-time role provides an annual salary of $210,000 and encourages participation from diverse educational backgrounds.

🐮 Facebook’s new AI-generated stickers are lewd, rude, and occasionally nude - Meta's new AI-powered sticker tool on Facebook is generating a range of inappropriate and controversial images. The company plans to deal with this by having a restricted launch while they refine the tool.

📱 The Browser Company is integrating AI into its popular Arc browser, aiming to refine the user experience. This will be achieved through five key 'Arc Max' features including AI-driven questioning, tab titling, download renaming, link previews, and on-page querying.

💸 NexGen Cloud is launching a $1 billion 'AI Supercloud' to supply efficient computing for AI applications. Slated for June 2024, it's equipped with over 20,000 Nvidia GPUs, aiming to meet the growing demand amid the AI generative wave.

🌽 Bonsai Robotics secured $10.5 million in a seed funding round to continue to automate farm equipment, addressing labor shortages in farming. The Bay Area-based firm successfully started with Orchard Machinery Corporation's Shockwave X, morphing it into an autonomous harvester.

🎶 Voice actors in the video game industry are preparing to strike, citing unmet demands on pay increases and concerns over AI's role. Contract talks with major gaming companies have been unsuccessful, leading to heightened tensions. The main fear is that advancements in AI technology might eventually replace human performances in games.

👨 Sony's research identifies a bias in AI algorithms towards skin with yellow hues, highlighting inadequacies with the often-used light-to-dark-only scale for skin tones. While it’s crucial progress, critics argue for more consistent measurement methods before implemented in real-world applications like camera filters and video conferencing.

📚 Nerd section 📚

☀️ Create your own cost-effective weather forecast using pre-trained AI models. These models, built by creators like Google DeepMind, Nvidia, and Huawei, offer accurate predictions requiring less computational resources compared to conventional methods.

🖌️ Automate graphic design activities with ChatGPT Canva Plugin - Canva's plugin integration with ChatGPT allows you to automate and streamline graphic design tasks.

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