Generative AI and fake celebrity endorsements 🔴 AINTS 051

This week, Tristan and Tasia check out a new YouTube AI chatbot — but it's not what you might expect — and Perplexity ads coming soon to a screen near you — which is exactly what you might expect. We also review the latest in AI image generation and how it's being used to trick us into thinking public figures are endorsing products or politicians that they most definitely aren't. This is why we can't have nice things. Join us as we scream ferociously. Maybe we need to calm down.

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FOLLOW-UP

• Microsoft says Windows ‘Recall’ preview will be available in October
• OpenAI signs multi-year deal with Condé Nast to use content in products
• See also: Google avoids “link tax” bill with deal to fund California journalism and AI
• Google's Gemini AI platform can now help put that final polish on your work emails
• Inside the NEW Gmail AI Features

GENERATIVE AI NEWS

• Midjourney AI generator opens up, offering free images to all
• See also: FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands
• See also: Black Forest Labs - Frontier AI Lab
• Procreate defies AI trend, pledges “no generative AI” in its illustration app

AI-GENERATED FAKE CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

• Data shows spread of fake 2024 celebrity endorsements on social media
• Trump Says He’s Afraid of AI After Sharing AI-Generated Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement
• See also: How this startup uses AI to target fake content and protect the digital identities of public figures

OTHER AI NEWS

• YouTube's New Troubleshooting Tool for Hacked Accounts Is...an AI Chatbot
• Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity

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