AI goes mainstream in politics 📺

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Google and Microsoft released their quarterly earning reports yesterday.

Google’s cloud unit made profit for the first time and a $70B stock buyback made everyone overlook the declining Ad-revenue. Microsoft on the other hand is putting all its weight behind AI.

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On to our today’s update:

• AI goes mainstream in Politics

• Automate data analysis with ResearchGPT

• Tools to help you learn any topic

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AI goes mainstream in Politics

What: GOP released an AI-generated ad in response to Joe Biden’s reelection bid!

The ad is a prime example of how quickly AI can generate convincing imagery to influence large audiences! Watch the Ad here.

In the 30 second ad, AI generated the audio of news announcer and the images of Biden and VP Harris, China invading Taiwan, Crime skyrocketing in SF and 80,000 illegals overwhelming the border!

Why it matters: Hyper personalized targeted ads are becoming a reality.

Earlier this week Google announced “AI-powered Ads”, allowing advertisers to create text, images and videos for ad campaigns.

AI-powered Ads can generate custom visuals tailored specifically to a user. This is a slippery slope towards exploiting user’s emotions in order to persuade a user to make a purchase or amplify their echo-chambers.

On the political spectrum, you could see ads created only for you with AI-generated visuals on topics that matter to you, to influence your decision.

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US Gov begins testing ChatGPT

ChatGPT is now helping Congress to summarize huge bills! Last month, the Congressional offices received 40 licenses of ChatGPT plus to ‘experiment’ with the new AI chatbot.

According to the House Digital Services, ChatGPT might be used to generate constituent response drafts, press documents, summarize text in speeches and drafting policy papers or bills!

Gov getting ahead of the curve to test emerging tech is great, but considering we have no real way to audit ChatGPT’s correctness or security, it is worrisome to be used on real bills.

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Today’s category is geared towards education and learning. The AI-powered tools can help you generate quizzes from text and feature an AI chatbot to assist with learning.

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Misc 🌎
From the corners of the Internet

• TikTok is launching generative AI avatars from your pictures (link)

• ChatGPT’s new privacy update allows you to control how your data is used. (link)

• Las Vegas-To-California bullet train inches closer to reality (link)

• US officials are policing AI at companies to make sure it doesn’t violate civil rights (link)

• UK Gov to invest $125M to develop its own Sovereign AI (link)

• Tinder to use AI and video selfies to verify users (link)