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AI Bytes 📰 

Firefly Takes a Seat at the High Table

Adobe Firefly is an AI image generation model that has gained significant popularity, this AI-powered image generation platform has been making waves, enabling users of all levels to create stunning images just by using simple text prompts. The latest buzz is about the Image 2 Model, which brings even more control and higher image quality to your creative process. Not just that, Firefly now offers the Vector Model, allowing you to create fully scalable and editable graphics, and the Design Model, which makes crafting templates a breeze. Read more

Disney Launches New AI Robot

At the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Disney Imagineering introduced an adorable, unnamed bipedal robot. It can walk independently and maintain balance, even under challenging conditions, thanks to the efforts of a team from Disney Research in Zurich, led by Moritz Bächer. Notably, the robot can convey emotions through its movements, featuring animated gestures such as wiggling antennas and expressive head tilts. With collaboration from animators, Disney's versatile robotics platform enables efficient character development, hinting at exciting prospects for future animatronics, despite this particular creation not yet appearing in Disney Parks. This breakthrough highlights significant advancements in the field of robotics and animatronics technology. Read more

Google's Promise on Copyright Protection

Google recently announced its commitment to defending users of its generative artificial-intelligence systems on Google Cloud and Workspace platforms against claims of intellectual property violations. This initiative, the first of its kind in the industry, provides protection for both the use of existing content to train AI systems and the content generated by these systems. Notably, the policy excludes cases where users intentionally misuse generated content to infringe on others' rights, and recent legal disputes primarily involve companies owning the AI systems, citing fair use under U.S. copyright law for training data scraped from the internet. Read more

AMD to Acquire Nod.ai

On October 10, 2023, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) revealed its plan to acquire Nod.ai, a leading open-source AI software specialist, aiming to boost its open AI software capabilities. The acquisition targets the acceleration of AI deployment on various AMD platforms and supports the company's open-source software strategy. AMD's focus on establishing an open software ecosystem aligns with its mission to facilitate access for customers through developer tools, libraries, and models. This strategic move emphasizes AMD's commitment to enhancing its AI offerings and expanding its influence within the AI software landscape. Read more

Replit's New AI Model is Available on Hugging Face

Replit recently unveiled its latest code generation language model, Replit Code V1.5 3B, now accessible on Hugging Face. This model, tailored for code completion tasks, is equipped with a wealth of permissively licensed training data, enabling flexible application-specific fine-tuning without stringent commercial constraints. Featuring state-of-the-art techniques like Grouped Query Attention and Flash Attention Triton Kernels, it ensures swift performance and high-quality code generation. Notably, it surpasses larger models like CodeLlama7B when fine-tuned on public Replit user code. Developers can leverage this model using the transformers library, experimenting with different decoding methods and parameters for optimal results. Further insights on GPU usage and training specifics are available in Replit's Hugging Face README and training guide. Read more

This week’s How to guide 🤯 

Learn to Create Customized Stickers in Dall-E

OpenAI introduced DALL·E 3, a significant advancement over its predecessor, DALL·E 2. This new model comprehends more nuance and detail, enabling users to convert their ideas into stunning images. Microsoft’s Bing integrated with OpenAI’s Dall-E 3, making it accessible to everyone at no cost.

So here’s a simple guide to designing your own stickers with prompts on Dall-E,

• To begin, open your preferred web browser and go to the official Bing website.

• Once on the Bing homepage, you will find the chat icon.

• Click on the chat icon to initiate the chat.

• Upon opening the chat, you will encounter a message that reads "Chat now with Dall-E 3 AI image generator."

• Now, enter the prompt for your sticker in the chatbox

  eg- “Custom sticker design on an isolated white background with the words AIsamosa written in an elegant font decorated by minimalistic styles”

• Click Create, and your sticker is ready.

AI Art 🎨 

Spookzza! 👻 

Narrative Nook📔

AI-generated story

Brushstrokes of Resilience

Henri faced the canvas with a trembling brush in gaslit Paris. He longed to summon his soul's fire, yet doubt smothered inspiration's spark. One night, the city's lights dimmed, and Henri painted through the darkness. His strokes danced, colours colliding like shooting stars. Morning, he revealed a masterpiece born of adversity. Henri's palette mirrored life itself as “vibrant despite shadows”. Paris learned that an artist's brilliance isn't in avoiding darkness but in painting through it.

Mind Teasers🕵️ 

Autumn's Palette: A Comparison of Real and AI-Crafted Foliage Imagery

Last week’s trivia answer: A - AI-generated and B - Real photograph

Check if you got it right 🥇 

Tool Spotlight 🛠️ 

Create an Interactive Book with MYreader AI

Myreader AI is a tool that allows users to upload almost any document or ebook format and ask questions to get answers along with relevant sections to read more. Users can chat with a single book, an entire library, or a group of books, and create different contexts such as Philosophy, Finance, Health, etc. The tool supports up to 20,000 pages; all books stay in the cloud for reference at any time. Myreader AI stores data in a secure cloud storage and does not share data between users. The tool supports 16 languages and users can have documents in multiple languages in their library.

Editor's Note ✍️ 

This newsletter comes straight from the desk of John V Jayakumar, CEO of Superposition Technologies.

My life's journey is a testament to the transformative power of education and technology—my dad broke free from poverty through education, and I achieved millionaire status thanks to technology. My takeaway for you? Wholeheartedly embrace technology; it's a game-changer for you and everyone in your orbit.

Note: The views expressed are solely those of the editor.

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