AI-assisted Beatles song wins Grammy

Hi everyone,

A bit of light AI news here, but some fun update:

• An AI-assisted song by the Beatles wins best performance at grammy

• The EU AI Act first milestone begins (which means you are PROHIBITED from using AI to do some pretty nefarious things)

• Anthropic has a new model for limiting jailbreaks

Also, we’ve partnered with them before but here’s Artisan again, that deploys AI agents to do outbound sales for you.

Let’s get right into it.

In this issue:

• 🤿Deep Dive: EU AI Act enforcement begins

• 🤝 In Partnership: Your guide to getting meetings while you sleep

• 🔨Trending Tool: AI-powered feedback board

• 🖼️AI Art: Examples of great and trending AI art

• 🤿Deep Dive: Anthropic's better AI security via classifiers

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

EU Rolls Out AI Act, Enforcing Strict Regulations on High-Risk AI Applications

Intelligence: The European Union has begun enforcing its AI Act, which categorizes and regulates artificial intelligence systems to ban those deemed as posing an "unacceptable risk" to citizens and society.

• The AI Act took effect on August 1, 2024, with its first compliance deadline set for February 2, 2025, and categorizes AI systems into four risk levels: minimal-risk, limited-risk, high-risk, and unacceptable risk.

• Unacceptable risk AI, including social scoring algorithms, behavioral manipulation systems, and certain biometric surveillance applications, is banned outright, with penalties for violations reaching up to €35 million or 7% of a company's annual global revenue.

• Some banned applications are reportedly not widely used commercially, suggesting that compliance may not necessitate major changes for most businesses.

• There are exceptions for law enforcement contexts, allowing limited use of AI for biometric surveillance and emotion detection under strict conditions.

• The European Commission has established an AI Office for oversight and offers resources through the AI Pact, including best practices and compliance guidance.

• Full implementation of the AI Act is set for August 2026, with further regulatory guidelines anticipated in 2025.

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🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

Fictional heroes also get tired and just want to chill sometimes 😊 Our favorite superheroes are hanging out by a campfire under a clear, starry night sky with a cool pixel art style. These unique scenes were crafted using Midjourney by IntentionStatus3723.

Here's a sample prompt:
"Iron man seating down next to a tree close to a small campfire, pixel art. The background features a clear night sky with stars and landscape, with an English castle in the top left corner.close up view. —ar 3:4 —v 6.1"

🤿 DEEP DIVE

 Anthropic Introduces Constitutional Classifiers to Combat AI Jailbreaks

Intelligence: Anthropic's Safeguards Research Team has developed a new method called Constitutional Classifiers to enhance the security of AI models against jailbreaks, achieving significant improvements in robustness while managing overrefusal rates.

• The prototype system was tested against extensive human red teaming efforts, totaling over 3,000 hours of attempts, without a single successful universal jailbreak discovered.

• Initial testing had high over-refusal rates and significant compute demands; however, an updated version resulted in just a 0.38% increase in refusal rates and moderate compute costs.

• The system uses a "constitution" of permitted and forbidden content to filter harmful queries effectively. For instance, it allows safe queries (like recipes for mustard) while blocking dangerous content (like mustard gas recipes).

• Automated evaluations showed that, without defenses, the jailbreak success rate for the model was 86%, but with Constitutional Classifiers, this fell dramatically to 4.4%, blocking over 95% of attempted jailbreaks.

• Despite slight increases in computational requirements (23.7% more than the unguarded model), the advantages of significantly enhanced security make the system a promising advancement in AI safety.

• The technique is designed to adapt swiftly to new jailbreaking methods, and while it may not eliminate vulnerabilities, it significantly raises the barrier for attackers.

⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

• 🏢 Tana - Streamlining workspace organization for tech professionals. Free to try.

• 📸 Pimosa - Transform and beautify your media files seamlessly. Payment required.

• 🌐 Skyvern 2.0 - Build complex browser agents with ease. Free to use.

• 🤖 Chat Thing - Easily create AI agents for simplified business operations. Free to try.

• 🕷️ KushoAI - Streamline web user journey testing, effortlessly catch bugs. Free to try.

• 💾 LM Studio - Transform local documents into interactive AI chats offline. Free to use.

• 🚀 Worksaga - Transforming daily IT tasks into career advancements. Free option available.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

🏆 Beatles’ AI-Assisted Song Wins Grammy

"Now and Then," an AI-enhanced Beatles track, won Best Rock Performance at the Grammys after using audio isolation technology to restore John Lennon’s vocals from an old demo.

🚀 Cerebras Hosts DeepSeek AI Model in the US

Cerebras Systems will host DeepSeek’s AI model on U.S. servers, offering speeds up to 57 times faster than GPUs while ensuring data stays within American borders.

🎭 ByteDance Unveils Ultra-Realistic Deepfake AI

ByteDance researchers have introduced OmniHuman-1, an AI system that creates highly convincing deepfake videos from just a single image and audio clip, raising concerns over misuse and regulation.

🤝 SoftBank and OpenAI Launch AI Venture in Japan

SoftBank and OpenAI have formed SB OpenAI Japan to provide AI services to businesses, with SoftBank committing $3 billion annually to integrate OpenAI’s technology across its companies.

🛑 California Bill Seeks AI Warnings for Kids

A proposed California bill (SB 243) would require AI chatbots to remind children they are not human and report instances of suicidal ideation, aiming to address AI’s potential impact on youth mental health.

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