AI News – Jul 10, 2023
Summary of Recent News
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New Mind-Expanding Tools, News & Videos
Meta released their new Threads app, similar to Twitter, Google changed their privacy policy to inform users about scraping web data for training AI, and game developers faced restrictions from Steam for using AI in their games.
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Leonardo Canvas V2
Leonardo released version 2 of their Canvas editor, which allows users to insert and edit objects within an image. Leonardo also offers a generous amount of free daily credits for users to try the tool.
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WhatTheBeat
WhatTheBeat is a website that uses AI to reveal the true meaning behind songs. Users can input the name of a band or song to discover the song’s actual meaning.
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Submagic
Submagic is a tool that adds stylized captions to videos, highlighting important words and incorporating emojis. This tool is popular for creating engaging short-form content.
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MidJourney Pan
MidJourney introduced a “pan” feature that allows users to generate more of an image to the left, right, top, or bottom of a previous generation. This feature enables the addition of more people or subjects to an image, creating unique and visually appealing effects.
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Bullet Points
Bullet Points is a tool that provides AI-generated news briefs on customizable topics. Users can input their niche or area of interest to receive curated news summaries, saving time in staying updated with specific topics.
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Google’s Data Scraping Policy
Google updated its privacy policy to disclose the use of publicly available scraped data from the web to improve its AI products, such as Bard and Google Translation tools. This change sparked attention from tech news sites and raised questions about data privacy and consent.
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Steam’s AI Content Policy
Steam clarified its policy regarding AI-generated content in games. While Steam does not discourage the use of AI in game development, they want to avoid unpermitted use of images trained on models. This move aims to address potential copyright issues and protect creators’ rights.
