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May 29, 2024
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Today in Everyday AI
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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: Worried about deepfakes, voice cloning and more? We have an expert explain how you can combat AI scams and ways to detect them. Give it a listen.
🕵️♂️ Fresh Finds: Scammers using AI for Google Search scams, Apple’s plans for AI data privacy and AWS and SAP partnership. Read on for Fresh Finds.
🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: NVIDIA market cap skyrockets, OpenAI’s Partnerships with The Atlantic and Vox Media and why Sam Altman was fired. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.
🚀 AI In 5: The ChatGPT desktop app is live! Here’s 5 things you should know about it. See it here
🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: Avoiding scammers is becoming harder with AI. Luckily we’re giving you the blueprint to prevent and protect yourself from AI scams. Keep reading for that!
↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about OpenAI's new safety committee, xAI Secures $6B and a secret GPT that'll save you SO much time. Check it here!
AI’s Role in Scam Detection and Prevention 🚨
If you think you know scammers, just wait.
↳ Voice cloning will fool the best of us.
↳ Deepfakes are getting sophisticated.
↳ Once-scammy emails now sound real.
How can AI help?
In a lot of ways.
Yuri Dvoinos, Chief Innovation Officer at Aura, joins us to discuss AI's role in scam detection and prevention.
Join the conversation and ask Jordan and Yuri questions on AI and scam detection here.
Also on the pod today:
• Sophistication of AI in Scams 📢
• Countermeasures to Combat AI Scams 🛡
• Deepfakes and Their Increasing Prevalence 😰
It’ll be worth your 36 minutes:
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New AI Tool Spotlight – TimeOS is an AI productivity companion, Converse helps organize your docs and Syllaby is your personal AI video marketing agency.
Trending in AI – An MIT Economist predicts a minimal 1% AI-driven GDP boost.
AI in Society – Scammers are using AI to manipulate Google Search results.
Big Tech – Apple plans to process data from its AI in a ‘virtual black box’ to protect privacy.
Business of AI - AWS and SAP have announced a collaboration on cloud enterprise and GenAI.
AI in Society - EU and Big Tech are clashing over AI data protection, with Ireland's Data Protection Commission raising concerns about privacy issues.
AI Chips – Arm has unveiled new AI chips for smartphones.
LLMs – Mistral has released a new coding model called Codestral.
1. NVIDIA's Market Cap Skyrockets, Closer to Overtaking Apple 🚀
NVIDIA's shares surged by 6% hitting a record high, leaving them just $100 billion shy of overtaking Apple in market value. This surge comes after announcing a stock split and exceeding Wall Street's revenue expectations. With a forward earnings multiple that doesn't scream bubble territory, NVIDIA is showing no signs of slowing down in the AI chip market.
2. PwC Becomes OpenAI’s First Reseller 🤝
PwC has become the first resale partner and largest enterprise user of OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise, offering cutting-edge AI tools to over 100,000 employees across the U.S. and U.K. This strategic alliance not only enhances PwC’s technological ecosystem but also positions them as pioneers in integrating AI solutions into their services.
With OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o model and new voice and image capabilities in play, PwC is ready to drive accelerated impact for its clients by leveraging the power of AI.
3. OpenAI Strikes Partnerships with The Atlantic and Vox Media 📰
OpenAI has revealed new strategic collaborations with The Atlantic and Vox Media. These partnerships are geared towards boosting the visibility and significance of top-notch journalism, all the while fostering advancements in AI technology.
OpenAI will incorporate The Atlantic's articles into its products to enhance news exploration and will work together on developing AI-powered news tools.
Vox Media's content will enrich the experience for ChatGPT users, elevating the standard of AI-generated news. Additionally, they will leverage OpenAI's technology for upcoming consumer and advertising projects.
4. OpenAI Drama Unveiled: Why Sam Altman Was Fired 🔥
OpenAI's co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, faced a tumultuous ousting by the board due to trust issues and alleged manipulative behavior. Helen Toner, a former board member, disclosed on a podcast the reasons behind the decision, including disputes over ownership, safety protocols, and accusations of deceit.
Following Altman's removal, the company underwent a whirlwind of changes, including interim CEO appointments and internal discord among employees torn between loyalty to Altman and concerns for the company's stability.
5. Meta Uncovers AI-Generated Deception on Social Platforms 🚨
Meta's recent revelation exposes a covert operation involving fake accounts posing as Jewish students and African Americans, promoting pro-Israel sentiments amidst the Gaza conflict. The sophisticated use of generative AI technology in spreading deceptive content is a cause for concern, with fears of its potential impact on influencing public opinion and elections.
Despite the tactics employed by these fake accounts, Meta's security experts remain resolute in their efforts to thwart such manipulative schemes.
6. Bilingual AI Brain Implant Unveiled in Breakthrough Study 🧠
Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a bilingual brain implant that uses AI to help stroke survivors communicate in both Spanish and English. Through years of research, they successfully implemented a neural implant in a man named Pancho, restoring his ability to articulate words after being severely paralyzed by a stroke.
The groundbreaking study, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, showcases the incredible potential of this technology to revolutionize communication for bilingual individuals facing similar challenges.
ChatGPT Desktop App (GPT4o) - 5 things you need to know
The ChatGPT desktop app is out now!
To get you prepared, We’re breaking down the 5 things you need to know about the new desktop app.
Check out today's AI in 5.
🦾How You Can Leverage:
Scams are easy to spot, right?
The misspellings.
The desperate tone.
A foreign prince immediately offering you a bajillion dollars if you just send him your banking details cuz he needs help moving the money and ONLY YOU CAN HELP. LOLZ.
Generative AI has changed that.
Online scams and cybersecurity have done a 180-degree turn in the past few years.
Sure, Large Language Models like ChatGPT and voice-cloning tools like Eleven Labs open up a world of creative possibilities.
But they can also unearth an ugly side — scammers are now smarter.
They cannot just write like you, but they can literally sound like you. And look like you. Or your boss. Or your HR Director.
See the problem here?
AI has turned scam detection from ‘can spot it from a mile away’ to ‘not even the smartest human can tell the difference.’
Luckily, we’ve got an expert to help show us the safest path forward.
Yuri Dvoinos is the Chief Innovation Officer at Aura, an AI-powered identity protection service company.
He shared his expertise and gave all of us some best-practice advice to better spot scams trying to take down our business.
Ready to get safer?
Buckle up.
Let’s get safe shorties. 🦺
1 – Hacking humans instead of systems 🧑💻️️
Sophisticated scams used to take time, effort and skill. Now, just about any bad guy can go after you or your business’s goods thanks to GenAI.
Yuri said the biggest changes in security over the past few years is that scam artists are trying to hack humans instead of systems.
Why?
Many of us have been trained on cybersecurity best practices when it comes to protecting company information. But, smart scammers have figured out how to use LLMs and openly available tech to better target individuals.
Then, scammers work their way up.
Try this:
Don’t get hacked, fellow human.
This article talks about how sneaky cybercriminals trick people into spilling the beans on private stuff. It goes over different ways they do it, like phishing, vishing, smishing, baiting, and pretexting.
2 – Verify single channel attacks ✅
Get a weird text from your “Mom”?
Did your boss just email you asking you to immediately transfer a few grand to his “other” bank account?
Yeah, we’ve all seen it.
It can sound real, too.
Like Yuri said, someone’s tone of voice can easily be replicated by LLMs with just a few samples.
Single-channel attacks are the most common, and, if you take the right steps, the easiest to verify.
Try this:
Yuri gave us a strategy that’s so simple, yet we’ve heard horror stories of so many people overlooking this step and still getting scammed.
If you get a weird text, call that person and verify.
If you get a weird email, text the person and verify.
If you get a strange phone call that kinda sounds like someone, shoot them a social DM to verify. Or, all of the above.
In short, Yuri says AI can make it SO easy to send convincing audio voice clones, deepfake videos and simple texts and emails that seem convincing. So always verify on at least one OTHER channel to check if the cry for help is actually real.
Go check out Aura’s article on the things to look out for to avoid these common scams.
3 – Understand the sophisticated future 🤔
Think you can keep up?
Think again.
Yuri said that scams are getting so sophisticated that even the smartest humans with a keen eye have a hard time deciphering scam from real.
(At least the good ones.)
Case in point: A finance worker in Hong Kong was tricked into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology. He was actually on a live video call with deepfake versions of his own coworkers.
And that’s with old tech. Imagine how much more sophisticated future AI systems will be, and then think of all the bad ways that tech could be manipulated.
Text.
Voices.
Photos.
Videos.
Even real-time interactions.
Yikes.
Try this:
Yuri gave some simple advice:
Know that you cannot differentiate real from fake
Invest in security software protocols
Don’t blindly believe what you see/hear/read
Know trust shouldn’t be given easily, and it’s hard to earn
Always use multiple channels to verify anything suspicious
Wanna dive even deeper into AI and cyber security? We’ve got more for you here. 👇
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