🧠 AI can read brain waves and generate photos

Hello folks,

Crazy advances in AI today. In particular, an AI that can read your brain activity and generate photos (so, basically, mind reading). I don’t buy it though, what do you think?

Also, over 100K jobs have been lost - maybe it’s something to do with how you can create AI Apps with prompts now (check it out below).

Let’s get into it.

In this issue:

• 🤝 In Partnership: Create powerful apps in seconds with ZAPT

• 📕 Learn Something: Create AI apps with prompts

• 🤿 Deep Dive: Mind-reading AI turns thoughts into pictures

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

• 🤿 Deep Dive: Apple's AI privacy vs. Android's hybrid AI

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

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

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📕 LEARN SOMETHING

Create AI apps with prompts

Zapt is great for builders. You can create an AI app in 1-2 minutes with prompts. Here’s one I made that calculates how much taxes I owe in Canada.

It’s pretty basic, but a good way to start.

How to do it:

1. Go to Zapt

2. Login, and select Build an app

3. Put in your prompt. Mine was “Create a basic tax calculator for Canadians“

4. Click Next, and then Build, and voila - you have your app.

You can modify other things about your app too, like details, logic, landing pages, user data, etc.

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Breakthrough Mind-Reading AI Turns Thoughts into Pictures

Intelligence: Researchers from Radboud University have made a significant advance in AI and neuroscience, creating a mind-reading AI system that can reconstruct images from brain activity with unprecedented accuracy.

• The researchers used two different studies to test their AI system. In the first, volunteers were shown pictures while in an fMRI machine, and the AI was able to reconstruct images based on the captured brain activity.

• In the second study, the AI reanalyzed data from a previous experiment involving a macaque monkey. The AI could recreate images almost identical to the original ones from the monkey’s brain activity, thanks to the precise data provided by implanted devices.

• The AI system was unique in its ability to learn which parts of the brain to focus on, resulting in highly accurate image reconstructions.

• Umut Guclu, a member of the research team, stated these are the "closest, most accurate reconstructions" to date.

• The technology has wide-ranging potential applications, particularly in the medical field for restoring vision and enabling new forms of communication for those with disabilities.

Significance: This is a significant development, as it promises innovative treatments for vision loss and improved communication for individuals with disabilities. Furthermore, it represents a leap forward in our understanding of brain activity and the practical application of AI in neuroscience.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Apple's AI Privacy Approach Versus Android's 'Hybrid AI' Strategy

Intelligence: Amid growing privacy concerns, Apple claims its unique AI architecture offers superior data protection compared to the 'Hybrid AI' strategy adopted by Samsung and Google.

• Apple's Private Cloud Compute (PCC) allows core tasks to be processed on the device, with more complex requests handled by a cloud-based system that masks the origin of AI prompts.

• Critics argue that the hybrid AI processing adopted by Samsung and Google may pose risks as some data is sent to cloud servers without the same level of accountability that Apple offers.

• Apple's partnership with OpenAI could potentially compromise its privacy claims, as some data may be collected and analyzed by OpenAI.

• Apple and Google are encouraging security researchers to find vulnerabilities in their AI solutions, acknowledging the potential security risks as AI technology integrates deeper into their operating systems.

Significance: This issue underscores the importance of privacy and security as AI becomes increasingly integrated into our devices.

⚒️ TOOL SNAPSHOTS

Futuristic tools within AI, no-code, and productivity

• 🤖 Document AI - Extracts and validates data from documents, and integrates widely. Free to try.

• 🎨 Figma Slides - Slide creation made easy, captivating, and shareable. Free option available.

• 📺 AI Logo Reveals - Transform static logos into captivating animated videos. Free to use.

• 📲 Airclap - Fast, easy cross-platform file transfers within your network. Free to use.

• 🔄 TrustLoop - Capture user feedback and amplify quality reviews effortlessly. Free to try.

• 🤝 Partnerplace.io - Automate and manage IT industry partnerships.Free to try.

📰 TOP NEWS

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

🚓 Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Gets a Run-In with the Law

Despite finding it in the wrong lane, a Phoenix police officer was "UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER" after pulling over an empty Waymo robotaxi that fumbled due to "inconsistent construction signage".

🎯 Microsoft's 'Downsizing Dart' Strikes Again

Microsoft, in pursuit of maintaining profits amid increased capital spending, has again laid off employees from various teams and locations, adding to the 100,000 tech workers who have already lost their jobs this year, according to Layoffs.fyi.

🎭 Tokens: The Triumphs and Tragedies in Generative AI

Generative AI models, like OpenAI's GPT-4o, utilize tokens to process text, but unfortunate tokenization quirks like odd spacing, capitalization, and language differences lead to interpretative errors and language inefficiencies, while "byte-level" state space models like MambaByte present a potential solution by eliminating tokenization.

🤖 Amazon's Robot Army Surges to 750,000, Burning 100,000 Jobs

Amazon's deployment of over 750,000 robots, including models like Sequoia and Digit, has coincided with a drop of 100,000 employees, igniting a debate about job displacement despite the company's claims of new skilled job categories being created.

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