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Monday Byte: 8 Bits of information to kick start your week

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Hi there! 👋

On this edition:

1. OpenAI enhances the capabilities of ChatGPT 🤖

   1. ChatGPT can now see, hear, and speak (OpenAI)

      1. Now you can have a full conversation with ChatGPT as like you would do with the smartest person you know 🧑‍🏫

2. One step closer to becoming Dr. Dolittle 👨‍⚕️🐶

   1. Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals (Scientific American)

      1. What if you could actually have a full conversation with your pet? Wouldn’t that be amazing?! 🤩😸

3. The AI battle gets more and more interesting ⚔️

   1. Amazon to invest up to $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic (Tech Radar)

      1. The company behind Claude now has all of the power of AWS to stand up against Google’s Bard and Microsoft + OpenAI’s ChatGPT.💰

4. No news from Google on its event this Wednesday? 📱

   1. Google Pixel event 2023: What to expect from the new Pixel 8 and Watch 2 (Engadget)

      1. The details of the new Pixel phones and smartwatches are already available on their website, so unless they have a very well hidden piece of hardware, or a new software integration to showcase, this event may not be really special 🤨

5. It’s official: Elon Musk is now a contractor of the Pentagon 🚀🛡️

   1. Space Force Taps SpaceX for $70 Million Starshield Contract (Gizmodo)

      1. Starshield is the military satellite network that forks out of Starlink - the satellite internet provider for everyday consumers. 🛰️

6. What if you don’t want your website’s contents to feed the training of Bard, ChatGPT & Co? 🤖🍩

   1. Websites can choose to opt out of Google Bard and future AI models (Mashable)

      1. Google and OpenAI have powerful web crawlers to map the Internet and give answers to all of your prompts, but there might be content that you prefer to keep “private”. 🔒

7. Are chatbots a danger for mindkind? Some people think so 😱

   1. 'Counterfeit people': The dangers posed by Meta’s AI celebrity lookalike chatbots (France 24)

      1. Meta allows you to chat with AIs that resemble personalities of coaches, celebrities and “gurus” like Paris Hilton, Naomi Osaka or Charli D’Amelio; but who controls what those fake personalities tell to their teenager target audience? 🫥

8. That’s what I call a 360˚ immersive experience! - 🤯🤩

   1. The Sphere’s first show looks like it was a mind-blowing spectacle (The Verge)

      1. If the exterior of this building is not already outstanding, the footage of the first performance in this venue is just mind blowing! 🔮

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