{"id":92504,"date":"2024-08-13T18:04:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=92504"},"modified":"2024-08-13T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T22:07:20","slug":"12-resources-regarding-whats-happening-in-the-world-of-ai-in-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2024\/08\/13\/12-resources-regarding-whats-happening-in-the-world-of-ai-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"12+ resources regarding what&#8217;s happening in the world of AI (in general)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vaOm3dpyxK\">pic.twitter.com\/vaOm3dpyxK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andriy Burkov (@burkov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burkov\/status\/1822360074792112193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The above item is simply excellent!!! I love it!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re going to see a lot more of the Square, Stripe, Shopify-type startups pop up for agentic AI.<\/p>\n<p>This one is like an AI-human broker.<\/p>\n<p>1) Prompt an AI with a need<br \/>\n2) Give the AI a budget (real money)<br \/>\n3) AI turns need into plan with tasks<br \/>\n4) AI finds humans to complete the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UXf1bNZ4AK\">https:\/\/t.co\/UXf1bNZ4AK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alliekmiller\/status\/1822672214858330114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Google just announced their massive AI update in Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>Google Lens is now inside Chrome<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s everything you need to know: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aXdqvi5wMP\">pic.twitter.com\/aXdqvi5wMP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Poonam Soni (@CodeByPoonam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodeByPoonam\/status\/1820029235232448746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also relevant\/see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/chrome\/google-chrome-ai-features-august-2024-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>3 new Chrome AI features for even more helpful browsing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from blog.google from Parisa Tabriz<br \/>\n<em>See how Chrome&#8217;s new AI features, including Google Lens for desktop and Tab compare, can help you get things done more easily on the web.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oneusefulthing.org\/p\/on-speaking-to-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>On speaking to AI<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from oneusefulthing.org by Ethan Mollick<br \/>\n<em>Voice changes a lot of things<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So, let\u2019s talk about ChatGPT\u2019s new Advanced Voice mode and the new AI-powered Siri. They are not just different approaches to talking to AI. In many ways, they represent the divide between two philosophies of AI &#8211; Copilots versus Agents, small models versus large ones, specialists versus generalists.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nathanbenaich.substack.com\/p\/your-guide-to-ai-august-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Your guide to AI &#8211; August 2024<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from nathanbenaich.substack.com by Nathan Benaich\u00a0and\u00a0Alex Chalmers<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/07\/31\/microsoft-says-openai-is-now-a-competitor-in-ai-and-search.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Microsoft says OpenAI is now a competitor in AI and search<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from cnbc.com by Jordan Novet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft\u2019s annually updated list of competitors now includes OpenAI, a long-term strategic partner.<\/li>\n<li>The change comes days after OpenAI announced a prototype of a search engine.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft has reportedly invested $13 billion into OpenAI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ChatGPT Cheat Sheet? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ETsPvJQfVA\">pic.twitter.com\/ETsPvJQfVA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nelly R Q (@nrqa__) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrqa__\/status\/1820415473856758009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automatedteach.com\/p\/ai-detection-openai-chatgpt-synthid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Excerpt\u00a0from by Graham Clay<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fal.ai\/flux-the-largest-open-sourced-text2img-model-now-available-on-fal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mail.beehiiv.com\/ss\/c\/u001.NYx-p7e5V-JJ1ISsSXNFT_5rz9WdGg3eX7X053MxrroMBmMfycqp5crKyl7Pn9TAtKkhYJkYR2_v2MN7pa4Nn9gBkEJ3XDFyUoG8St9JJcydSfrSejd09-7VoQsX7zFJ-DeVUdvBI50A6md5TA_p82YbhJBbyGC4Le9ufMGeTi_LLSmKmS-1DVvrq_i7gZfahGgdzSAlStYlyE_nRIQutzOBNHAlf1JhHRjrBpPAwwUif0ZwbDb3vhrwKscWaxiiaYsQgp-c3sR_a_TzKOBVUTQgAL2hJGwUcprPM8bvVUiMiSrXmqteOJKQ6Fqm24Fc\/48u\/F-9myHLlQpaK6ReWM7SYkw\/h4\/h001.yRLVxDAP7woNcLup1Nw-s2DDgZVZU4SKgzp3-v-o0Qg&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723666546943000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WLEil1bZX1q_ZyJv8Pu6x\">Flux<\/a>, an open-source text-to-image creator that is comparable to industry leaders like\u00a0Midjourney, was released by Black Forest Labs (the \u201coriginal team\u201d behind\u00a0Stable Diffusion). It is capable of generating high quality text in images (there are tons of educational use cases). You can play with it on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fal.ai\/models\/fal-ai\/flux\/dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mail.beehiiv.com\/ss\/c\/u001.YaH5XBbP-UvTYc_5QpBX-5Aub9T9h2vqG9JAxiJ-Aerh5n7KuPQX8OrPNbx2ER14zV4XY-Kle8jBDxDMhCk_ougoYwqeBGCqPZtbB8pVR_SRqmN53uYstbwoYzFGobCrU3Rhyv3A-MlO6CRv_bc6Iehbvl7qqeS6CvPK3BhpQT6-eKSb2Bx2osJ5sK4nqREj5FH6CJJkqrz9JBJgGgpx9SmvlhCvehdafpjIb6eZ3RexYNwpmKHiCfguWVdEqf6EdSj3TlhChOszRJfAQa1k-A\/48u\/F-9myHLlQpaK6ReWM7SYkw\/h7\/h001.biUuT4TdNpbpa161UWntDObres4cPGMB3Fj7_JE-dvw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723666546943000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-_eDcYb7y5qiVete9M0AJ\">their demo page<\/a>, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/poe.com\/FLUX-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mail.beehiiv.com\/ss\/c\/u001.EAtYJQMzXXnuvtPP60uSrLyiqZAb6za2Dh3BryAGUtorS-M3S6zf-kP8gTCPCT4wa4NQDX79cQJmsN4i-DolS-z63X9rYqwuocoaAwSjjciQHJILrZBjRuHFTYEn4Ji1_ZBp2bm2C8F_ltNNikKOdVsokwzygClyXa2nHOahtPEUSI2DMeIa1bkoXv8cJlSGYNsK4CtrcTHbGiClTPybnVgcQTjG2gsCl5yxRT2x0bc\/48u\/F-9myHLlQpaK6ReWM7SYkw\/h8\/h001.5W4Z2I3LEPtNXOEuH--bFiJqvZHs4rSCwAipGG2ldlA&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723666546943000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1GP2CmjMeSUn3kYDFamqcK\">Poe<\/a>, or by running it on your own computer (tutorial\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.mail.beehiiv.com\/ss\/c\/u001.So1Z4bIIVmXoExDq-uuLgYAXNO1M9yVFgxy7nxRaKABVw6iuN1OmSFLP96hG4n7XZnoqCa94Bd6b8bR0Tg1Tf_5xb1CFQBmiOVKcdiz8V969su8VZJR20IHWW-80FRUv9Q0EuDoiS_RWBbJjxXvA_BMrMVL5wP0kYEALoWmsbh5sPI60sYT-8tNEQXU1MQns43u5BzyXg8-a7djVW0OTQ-zNd69Xf6lysBau9VknEI769KzbRBONaCF9bHYntaKyZ92cUGT9Zbf3fCVgJsNtOdyJZQlmauhLYyAb9FzH7R0\/48u\/F-9myHLlQpaK6ReWM7SYkw\/h9\/h001.EyJupCKQt_EV4Y31nhTZzIb9PNtyEWQW_ZI-j5BUnYo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.mail.beehiiv.com\/ss\/c\/u001.So1Z4bIIVmXoExDq-uuLgYAXNO1M9yVFgxy7nxRaKABVw6iuN1OmSFLP96hG4n7XZnoqCa94Bd6b8bR0Tg1Tf_5xb1CFQBmiOVKcdiz8V969su8VZJR20IHWW-80FRUv9Q0EuDoiS_RWBbJjxXvA_BMrMVL5wP0kYEALoWmsbh5sPI60sYT-8tNEQXU1MQns43u5BzyXg8-a7djVW0OTQ-zNd69Xf6lysBau9VknEI769KzbRBONaCF9bHYntaKyZ92cUGT9Zbf3fCVgJsNtOdyJZQlmauhLYyAb9FzH7R0\/48u\/F-9myHLlQpaK6ReWM7SYkw\/h9\/h001.EyJupCKQt_EV4Y31nhTZzIb9PNtyEWQW_ZI-j5BUnYo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723666546943000&amp;usg=AOvVaw209yDPDhQl4S5PC23MOuqw\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Other items re: Flux:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heatherbcooper.substack.com\/p\/how-to-flux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to FLUX<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> &#8212; from heatherbcooper.substack.com by Heather Cooper<br \/>\n<em>Where to use FLUX online &amp; full tutorial to create a sleek ad in minutes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/heatherbcooper.substack.com\/p\/how-to-flux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F76bdc2f1-60df-4c82-9f26-261ef353ea69_1920x1080.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also from Heather Cooper:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introducing FLUX: Open-Source text to image model<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">FLUX&#8230; has been EVERYWHERE this week, as I&#8217;m sure you have seen. Developed by\u00a0Black Forest Labs, is an open-source image generation model that&#8217;s gaining attention for its ability to rival leading models like Midjourney, DALL\u00b7E 3, and SDXL.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What sets FLUX apart is its blend of creative freedom, precision, and accessibility\u2014it&#8217;s available across multiple platforms and can be run locally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Why FLUX Matters<br \/>\nFLUX&#8217;s open-source nature makes it accessible to a broad audience, from hobbyists to professionals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It offers advanced multimodal and parallel diffusion transformer technology, delivering high visual quality, strong prompt adherence, and diverse outputs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It\u2019s available in 3 models:<br \/>\nFLUX.1 [pro]:\u00a0A high-performance, commercial image synthesis model.<br \/>\nFLUX.1 [dev]:\u00a0An open-weight, non-commercial variant of FLUX.1 [pro]<br \/>\nFLUX.1 [schnell]:\u00a0A faster, distilled version of FLUX.1, operating up to 10x quicker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbites.beehiiv.com\/p\/daily-digest-huge-influx-ai-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Daily Digest: Huge (in)Flux of AI videos.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from bensbites.beehiiv.com<br \/>\n<em>PLUS: Review of ChatGPT&#8217;s advanced voice mode.<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>During the weekend, image models made a comeback. Recently released\u00a0<b>Flux models<\/b>\u00a0can create realistic images with near-perfect text\u2014straight from the model, without much patchwork. To get the party going, people are putting these images into video generation models to create\u00a0<b><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RyanMorrisonJer\/status\/1822580811322765466?utm_source=bensbites&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=daily-digest-huge-in-flux-of-ai-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pretty<\/a><\/b><b>&#8211;<\/b><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bilawalsidhu\/status\/1822743159224614921?utm_source=bensbites&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=daily-digest-huge-in-flux-of-ai-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><b>trippy<\/b><\/a><b>&#8211;<\/b><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/levelsio\/status\/1822067118914879808?utm_source=bensbites&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=daily-digest-huge-in-flux-of-ai-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><b>videos<\/b><\/a>. I can\u2019t identify half of them as AI, and they\u2019ll only get better. See this tutorial on how to\u00a0<b><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HBCoop_\/status\/1822705358684475694?utm_source=bensbites&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=daily-digest-huge-in-flux-of-ai-videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">create a video ad for your product.<\/a><\/b><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techthatmatters.beehiiv.com\/p\/7-not-cool-handy-use-cases-new-claude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>7 not only cool but handy use cases of new Claude<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from techthatmatters.beehiiv.com by Harsh Makadia<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Data visualization<\/li>\n<li>Infographic<\/li>\n<li>Copy the UI of a website<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;and more<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/competitive-robot-table-tennis\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Achieving Human Level Competitive Robot Table Tennis<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from sites.google.com<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EqQl-JQxToE?si=AXNbo7ACGjeTcPQ6\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what AI is for. Just this use case alone is worth every dollar invested in it. pic.twitter.com\/vaOm3dpyxK \u2014 Andriy Burkov (@burkov) August 10, 2024 From DSC: The above item is simply excellent!!! I love it! We\u2019re going to see a lot more of the Square, Stripe, Shopify-type startups pop up for agentic AI. 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