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Ex-MZ CEO launches BeFake, an AI-based social media app

August 17, 2023
Alias Technologies, an AI company started by former Machine Zone CEO Kristen Garcia Dumont, has introduced BeFake, a social media app for digital self-expression. It’s built on the catch phrase, “Why be real when you can be fake?” The app, now available on both the App Store and Google Play, offers a refreshing alternative to the conventional reality portrayed on existing social media…
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OpenAI promotes GPT-4 as a way to reduce burden on human content moderators

August 16, 2023
One of the most unsung jobs of the internet era is that of the content moderator. Casey Newton, Adrien Chen and others have previously reported eloquently and harrowingly on the plight of these laborers, who number in the thousands and are tasked by large social networks such as Facebook with reviewing troves of user-generated content for violations and removing it from said platforms. The content…
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Dialpad launches generative AI trained on 5 years of proprietary conversational data

August 16, 2023
In the latest example of the trend towards smaller, domain-specific large language models (LLMs) trained on proprietary data, Dialpad, the AI-powered customer intelligence platform, announced today the launch of DialpadGPT. It is the first LLM specifically designed and fine-tuned to power features around customer service, sales and recruiting, automating tasks such as summarizing sales, customer…
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How FraudGPT presages the future of weaponized AI

August 15, 2023
FraudGPT, a new subscription-based generative AI tool for crafting malicious cyberattacks, signals a new era of attack tradecraft. Discovered by Netenrich’s threat research team in July 2023 circulating on the dark web’s Telegram channels, it has the potential to…
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Forget SEO: Why ‘AI Engine Optimization’ may be the future

August 15, 2023
According to founder, investor and longtime industry analyst Jeremiah Owyang, Bill Gates’ vision of a personal AI is coming.  That future is one that will disrupt SEO and e-commerce and require marketers and creators to move beyond optimizing traditional search engines to optimize AI, he told VentureBeat in an interview. And, it means planning for disruption and developing new strategies…
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