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• 🤡US Senate to summon AI experts

• 👴🏽Google isn't confident about Bard's answers

• 🤶🏽Australia lags behind other countries in AI regulation

• 🤯11 amazing AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom

Alarmed by the potential risks, Senate to hold hearing on AI safety later this year

👩🏽‍💻News - U.S. senators, alarmed by the potential for artificial intelligence to be used for malicious purposes, will convene a series of hearings later this year to discuss possible laws.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said that there is "real bipartisan interest in AI" and that the Senate will hold "the first-ever AI Insight Forums" to hear from experts on the issue.

🧛🏽‍♂️What more information did Schumer reveal? Schumer said senators were briefed on AI on Wednesday by experts at the U.S. Energy Department, the National Science Foundation, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee took a vote to send a bill to the full Senate. The bill proposes to appoint a chief AI officer in every federal agency.

Additionally, the bill aims to create a council for these AI officers, allowing them to work together and plan how the federal government should use AI.

Bard chatbot can't be a replacement of search engine, says Google

👨🏽‍🎓News - Google is informing users that its new chatbot, Bard, should not be used as a replacement for traditional search engines.

"Bard is not really the place that you go to search for specific information," said Debbie Weinstein, Google's UK chief. "It's more of an experiment that's best suited for collaboration around problem solving and creating new ideas."

Bard's homepage states that it has limitations and may not always be accurate. However, it does not repeat the advice from Google's UK boss, to check all results using an orthodox search engine.

🦹🏽‍♀️So what’s the verdict? Despite these warnings, some people have expressed concern that chatbots like Bard could "kill" traditional search. However, Google says that it believes that both chatbots and traditional search engines will have their own roles to play in the future.

🤴🏽And what Google thinks about AI’s impact on jobs? Google is of the opinion that many people are interested in the economic opportunities that AI offers, but they don't know how to take advantage of them.

Google recently released a report stating search interest in AI reached an all-time high in the UK in the first half of 2023. The most searched "how to" question was "how to make money with AI". The question "how can AI help a business?" was also asked frequently.

Australia's medical association calls for stronger AI regulations in healthcare

🐸News - The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for stronger rules and transparency around the use of artificial intelligence in the healthcare industry.

The AMA has also stated that Australia lags behind comparable countries in regulating AI. This is because Australia does not have any specific legislation governing the use of AI in healthcare.

👨🏼‍💻What did AMA suggest then?

• AI protections should include requiring clinicians to make the final decisions about patient care, and obtaining informed consent from patients before using AI for any treatment or diagnostic.

• The AMA emphasized the need to protect patient data and ensure that AI systems are used ethically to prevent greater health disparities.

• The association has also recommended that the proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act be considered for Australia. This act would categorize the risks of different AI technologies and establish an oversight board.

👩🏼‍💻What else is happening?

• German political parties split on how to regulate increasing AI adoption

• Photoshop’s new generative AI feature lets you ‘uncrop’ images

• Vulnerabilities in Bard and ChatGPT chatbots discovered by AI researchers

• Ferrovial to expand AI use at Heathrow, on toll roads by 2024

• AI will definitely destroy jobs, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

• U.S. chipmaker AMD to invest $400 mln in India by 2028

• FTC Chair Lina Khan discusses AI and its potential impact on fraud and competition

🧏🏼‍♀️AI-based podcast

• Concerning AI by Brandon Sanders & Ted Sarvata. This is a thought provoking podcast that delves into the philosophical aspects of AI and its profound impact on present-day society and the future, offering a unique perspective on the potential of the technology.

• Bot Love by Anna Oakes and Diego Senior. This podcast explores the subject of intimacy between humans and chatbots, delving deep into what such connections can look like by analyzing the relationships of diverse individuals' with their AI companions.

• The Bot Canon by Hannah Keefer. It explores the intriguing outcomes of AI co-writing. The episodes, basically, discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and storytelling. Topics covered include the use of AI in fiction, the ethical implications of AI, and the future of storytelling.

 😵Discover mind-blowing AI tools

1. Podpilot - Creates high-quality podcast series by using a website as a starting point

2. Audioatlas - Allows users to find the most suitable music from a vast global database of over 200M songs

3. Scribo - A no-code AI platform that allows users to build their own AI assistants

4. Frontdoor - An AI knowledge assistant that helps users capture and organize information from the web

5. TurboSite - Allows users to effortlessly create beautiful landing pages without any design experience

6. Medgic - An advanced AI robot created to analyze skin conditions

7. DPTH - Adds depth to photos and creates a 3D photo effect

8. Deepgram ASR - A speech-to-text tool that converts spoken language into written text with high accuracy, speed, and cost-effectiveness

9. FaceApp - Photo editing app that uses advanced AI technology to transform portrait photos

10. Watermelon - An all-in-one automated customer service tool powered by GPT-4

11. Konjer - Ask your favorite book a question. Chat with a historical figure or fictional character

📚AI comic books

• Stargazer Episode Zero (2022) - A short sci-fi comic book that was illustrated using Midjourney, an online image generator. The story retells the experiences of American soldiers in Vietnam when an extraordinary cosmic anomaly emerges on their path.

• The Bestiary Chronicles (2022) - A four-part comics series illustrated entirely using Midjourney, with a few minor adjustments made via Photoshop. The series has been praised for its beautiful artwork, its imaginative take on the fantasy genre, and its innovative use of AI.

• Goats (2022) - A comic book by filmmaker Elvis Deane, created using Midjourney. The story follows Julia, a young financial analyst who finds herself drawn into the mysterious world of the supernatural after moving to London.