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Oct 25, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read Read on X
🚨 BIG LEAK: Google's secret AI tool codenamed 'Stubbs' was just exposed.

Plus, huge announcements from NVIDIA, Etsy, Nightshade, YouTube, 3 new AI jobs, and 10 new AI tools.

Here's the rundown of everything going on in AI right now:
According to a leak by Bedros Pamboukian on Medium, Google is set to reveal a new AI tool called 'Stubbs' on Google Makersuite.

Stubbs can generate, deploy, and even publish AI apps with no-code.

He shared screenshots to provide validity to his claim of exclusive access. Image
The leaks also came with news for Gemini:

-Gemini will replace Google’s PaLM-2 and may power Google's Makersuite and Vertex AI.
-Demis Hassabis said Gemini will surpass the capabilities of GPT-4
-Speculation of a late 2023 release date. Image
If Google really did train Gemini on all their data (including YouTube transcripts), Q4 of 2023 is going to get crazy in the world of AI.

The leak of Stubbs shows Google has plenty of other AI tricks up its sleeve.
Lenovo and Nvidia just announced a partnership to provide end-to-end AI solutions.

This enables companies to easily build + deploy custom AI models.

Offerings include Lenovo servers/workstations optimized for AI, Nvidia's AI software, and Lenovo services.
As first reported on Reddit, Etsy is reportedly accidentally shutting down legit seller stores.

Their bot is seemingly unable to distinguish real mockups from AI art — removing storefronts without notice and sparking uproar. Image
Researchers have developed a new tool called ‘Nightshade.’

The tool subtly corrupts images to derail AI if scraped for training without consent.

The 'data poisoning' is intended to give artists power against unauthorized use of their work. Image
YouTube Music's new tool allows users to create custom playlist art with AI using just a text prompt.

This interesting feature adds a new layer of personalization to the platform, imo.

YouTube has been on an AI integration frenzy lately. Image
3 new jobs were posted in the world of AI today from @shieldaitech @C3_AI and @cohere.

Get all the latest AI job alerts with my AI job board: jobs.therundown.ai
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@shieldaitech @C3_AI @cohere 10 new AI tools.

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Plus, more news from Google, Baidu, MiniMax, Proactor, Krea, and Intelligent Internet.

Here's everything you need to know:
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— Meta’s offering $100K bonus to poach OAI talent
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— OAI has a better shot at AGI, will eventually be more valuable
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The co also started rolling out a hyper-efficient Flash-Lite model (in preview)

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Plus, more news from OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Flowstep, The Alan Turing Institute, and Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence.

Here's everything you need to know:
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It can synthesize objects with cinematic textures and realism while covering their light interactions

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Plus, more news from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Microsoft, Manus, and Skywork AI.

Here's everything you need to know:
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—New Live translation for FaceTime, Messages, and calls
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Plus, more news from Captions, Cohere, PlayAI, Character AI, and Topaz Labs.

Here's everything you need to know:
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Also dropping on Desktop soon
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Particularly good for product marketing
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Plus, more news from ElevenLabs, Resemble AI, DeepSeek, Sakana AI, Hume, and Tencent.

Here's everything you need to know:
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iOS version coming soon!
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Here's everything you need to know:
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—Real-time transcription of chats
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