Hi everyone,

It seems like the holiday break is accelerating AI innovation, not slowing it down. Open is showing off 12 days of ‘shipmas’, whereas Microsoft and AWS is doing some breakthroughs on hallucinations and prompt injections.

Let’s get right into it.

In this issue:

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• 🤿Deep Dive: OpenAI’s 'Shipmas' debuts Sora and a new model

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

• 🤿Deep Dive: Microsoft’s strategies to protect AI from prompt attacks

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

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

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

OpenAI's 'Shipmas' Unveils Sora and New Reasoning Model Amid Artistic Backlash

Intelligence: OpenAI has announced a festive period of daily AI announcements starting December 5th, featuring the much-anticipated release of its text-to-video tool Sora and a new reasoning model, following controversies surrounding its use of artists' work.

• OpenAI will hold a 12-day announcement event dubbed "shipmas," beginning December 5th, showcasing various new AI features and products.

• CEO Sam Altman confirmed the event at The New York Times’ DealBook conference, though specific details about the announcements were not disclosed.

• Sora, now slated for launch, has faced backlash from artists who protested against its development for being based on "unpaid R&D and PR;" they leaked the model before the public announcement.

• Hundreds of artists are currently alpha-testing Sora through an invite-only research preview, allowing them to explore the tool's capabilities.

• Speculative features for ChatGPT during this event may include a holiday-themed voice option, as indicated by code discovered by users that hints at new voice capabilities.

🖼️ AI ART

Examples of great and trending AI art

🤿 DEEP DIVE

Microsoft’s Strategies to Safeguard AI from ‘Jailbreaks’ and Prompt Attacks

Intelligence: Microsoft is proactively tackling the vulnerabilities associated with generative AI tools, such as prompt attacks, through comprehensive security measures designed to protect against both direct and indirect threats.

• Prompt attacks include direct methods like jailbreaks that bypass AI safety protocols and indirect methods that embed harmful commands in benign data such as emails or documents.

• Microsoft is addressing these risks with safeguards like Prompt Shields for real-time threat blocking and Safety Evaluations to uncover vulnerabilities.

• The AI Red Team conducts rigorous product testing to identify weaknesses and strengthen defenses against threats.

• Research focuses on improving AI security by using techniques such as spotlighting and addressing task drift to better distinguish valid and harmful commands.

• Integrated tools like Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Purview provide robust data protection and threat analysis for secure AI operations.

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📰 TOP NEWS

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

🛡️ AWS Launches Tool to Tackle AI Hallucinations

AWS has introduced Automated Reasoning Checks, a Bedrock feature that validates AI model responses against customer-provided data to improve accuracy and reliability. It is now available in preview alongside new AI model distillation capabilities.

🌐 Microsoft Tests Copilot Vision for Smarter Web Interaction

Microsoft's Copilot Vision, now in preview for Edge, lets users chat about website content with AI. Available to select Copilot Pro subscribers, it ensures privacy by wiping session data after use.

🎥 Google Unveils Veo and Imagen 3 for Creative Media

Veo simplifies video production by generating dynamic visuals from text or images, while Imagen 3 creates photorealistic, brand-customizable images. Both are now available on Vertex AI, streamlining workflows safely and precisely.

🌦️ GenCast Enhances Extreme Weather Forecasting

Google's GenCast uses AI to provide faster, highly accurate weather forecasts up to 15 days ahead, helping predict extreme events like cyclones, heatwaves, and high winds for better disaster preparedness.

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