Google left behind as ChatGPT app released

Plus: Apple Ban, Dark Wed ChatGPT, and smol-ai/developer

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Jordan Wade
May 22, 2023

In this week's edition of The Breakdown, we have the ChatGPT iOS app, Apple banning ChatGPT, Dark Web ChatGPT, and a couple of awesome Open Source Tools.

The app will initially be available only to users in the United States but will expand to other countries in the future. Its features include saving chat history and a speech recognition system, eliminating the need to type every question.

Google may be sweating a bit, since ChatGPT is a superior ad-free alternative. I guess the AI race is in full swing.

In an internal memo, Apple expressed concerns about the potential collection of confidential data by AI platforms. Additionally, Apple has been secretly testing a new technology called "Bobcat" to enhance Siri with generative natural language capabilities.

So, there are two things to remember: first, AI platforms collect all the data you input into them, and second, Apple has acknowledged that Siri is subpar.

DarkBERT is an AI model developed by South Korean researchers that has been trained on data from the dark web. It is reported that DarkBERT can assist security researchers and law enforcement agencies in delving deeper into the hidden parts of the web. I sincerely hope that they don't let that database fall into the wrong hands.

🌎 Around the Web

Here are some interesting stories and tools that caught our attention this week:

  • DragGAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation of images (link)

  • Blockade Labs introduces Sketch to Skybox AI: a tool that simplifies the process of generating 3D environments using hand-drawn digital sketches (link)

  • Dora: a no-code solution for generating 3D animated sites (link)

  • Brandsnap: AI driven domains & social handle finder for your next product (link)

  • Personified: Create your own ChatGPT with your organization’s data (link)

  • TLDV.io: A meeting recorder that transcribes & summarizes your calls (link)

  • HuggingFace LLM Leaderboard: LLM Leaderboard, where you can explore and compare AI models (link)

🛠️ The Best Open Source Tools

I've got two awesome open source projects for you this week. The first is smol-ai/developer, which gives you the power to generate apps using prompts. The second is Stability AI's new StableStudio, the open-source version of DreamStudio.

GitHub - smol-ai/developer: with 100k context windows on the way, it's now feasible for every dev to have their own smol developer

with 100k context windows on the way, it's now feasible for every dev to have their own smol developer - GitHub - smol-ai/developer: with 100k context windows on the way, it's now feasible ...

github.com/smol-ai/developer

GitHub - Stability-AI/StableStudio: Community interface for generative AI

Community interface for generative AI. Contribute to Stability-AI/StableStudio development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com/Stability-AI/StableStudio

🎧 Listen Up!

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— Jordan Wade