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Today we’ve got a writeup on a new paper on image editing - DragGAN. Next, after the rumours of acquisition, Neeva is shutting down its consumer search product and Wired has got a first review of Google Duet AI tools.

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DragGAN, the new AI-driven photo-editing technique gaining popularity^1,969†

AI really is well on its way to giving everyone the ability to be a pro editor with all sorts of arty skills, and something dropped over the weekend that’s been getting a lot of attention on Twitter⁵⁵². DragGAN uses AI techniques to give users an interactive ability to drag aspects of a photo around to morph and edit it. Click the link and check out those demos - it’s awesome! You can do all sorts - change the shape and size of a car, stretch the ears of a dog, make yourself taller and skinnier (or shorter and fatter, whatever floats your boat). Get morphing!

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Neeva is shutting down their AI-driven search engine business⁴⁴⁷

RIP - one of the good guys has officially fallen foul to the presence and dominance of Big Tech. Neeva has been at the forefront of making the ‘search’ experience the best one possible, with AI-centric search, ad-free, private, customisable product.

As it turns out, convincing people to use a better search engine is just really really hard, and the dominance of other players like Google and Microsoft is simply not going anywhere. It’s so hard that they’ve had to shut shop. But it’s not all doom and gloom - they’re gonna push forward to apply their expertise in AI and LLMs to advance the industry in the best direction possible.

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The first full review of Google’s Duet AI tool for Gmail and Docs⁷⁹⁹

Journos getting weird in their stories is always funny, and this Wired report is same. He tested new AI features in Gmail - Help Me Write and docs - Duet AI throughout planning his wedding. Quick highlights:

A fair bit of inconsistency in its ability to provide responses to similar questions in both versions. Then there’s the rather hairy trait of reinforcing gender and sexual stereotypes. A decent job on getting the facts right, but inaccuracies are not rare. Every now and then, it’d refuse to generate something like his wedding vows and speech. I hope everything went smooth, ha.

With such an aggressive race to get to market, it’s hardly a surprise that these sorts of pitfalls are sneaking in, but I’m sure they’ll get ironed out with time.

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• Intercom’s AI evolution - An interview with co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Des Traynor. (link²²⁴)

• A conversation with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. (link⁴⁰²)

• Apple is on the hunt for generative AI talent. (link⁵⁰⁰)

• Here’s how AI will come for your job. (link¹⁵¹, without paywall here⁵⁷⁰)

• Does AI mean we don't need the semantic web? (link³⁴⁵)

• Using advanced camera tech and AI to target the poor. (link²⁶⁷)

• On-boarding your AI intern. (link^431†)

• Legendary CS professors on ChatGPT - Don Knuth (link²³⁸) and Rodney Brooks (link¹⁵⁴)

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• The AI revolution already transforming education. (link¹⁴⁷, without paywall here⁴⁹²)

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• The ChatGPT memory project. (link⁵²²)

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