136 | 🤪 🫨 Enough with so many emojis.

Brainyacts #136

It’s Friday. And it looks like GPT-4 has had quite a week. Or I broke it.

I just used it to tighten up the writing for the Lead Memo section and look how it ended its reply! I mean who needs this many emojis?!? What is it trying to say? Who else feels like this after this week? I kinda do.

Let’s wrap this week up!

In today’s Brainyacts:

  1. Will test a new feature in this newsletter - AI Demos

  2. Broad release of new OpenAI Plus features

  3. OpenAI’s employee stock valuation and more AI model news

  4. AI + animals and other related news

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Lead Memo

🕹️ Attention AI Innovators! 🚀

The landscape of generative AI is evolving at breakneck speed. Every week, a plethora of new tools make their grand entrance, reflecting the dynamism of this field.

Brainyacts is on a mission to be the epicenter of AI enlightenment, and YOU could be a part of it! We're envisioning showcasing crisp, concise demos—no fluff, just like my signature short videos. No scripted formalities; just straight-to-the-point demonstrations.

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Whether you've crafted a tool for your niche needs or you're making waves in the legal market, I want to hear from you. Let's collaborate, spotlight your innovation, and explore the possibility of making this a mainstay feature on Brainyacts.

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This is a passion project, not a cash grab. Your demos will be spotlighted for free; they just need to align with our genuine, no-nonsense style.

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Showcase your tool in front of our 3,000+ subscribers:

  • 🎓 40% Law Firms

  • 🏢 40% In-House Legal Professionals

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Spotlight

📢 OpenAI makes broad release of new features

🎨 🖼️ Want to create images with OpenAI?

DALL·E 3 is now available in ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise. OpenAI says it has added a series of safety controls over it before making it available to all paid users.

WARNING: Some people have been reporting that some days they have the feature and some days they don’t. It has happened to me.

Here is a great tip on how to use Custom Instructions with image creation.

🎙️👂How about using Voice?

Yes, I have shown you how to talk to the mobile app and use it for amazing productivity. Now it can talk back to you so you can have a real conversation. It is definitely cool.

I think I still prefer to talk to it and have it reply in writing (which this does too). I am just not sure I need Voice, except when perhaps I am driving.

Anyway, here is a short video of me testing it out so you get a sense of how it works.

AI Model Notables

► Apple Rumored to have Generative AI features on iPhone in 2024

► Microsoft's new AI assistant can go to meetings for you

► OpenAI Says New Tool Will Detect Images Made by Dall-E

► Google takes aim at Duolingo with new English tutoring tool

► ‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI

► PwC partners with OpenAI and Harvey to build domain-specific foundation models

► OpenAI is in talks to sell employee shares at an $86bn valuation, putting the closely held company in the league of SpaceX and Tiktok’s ByteDance

News You Can Use:

➭ Fugees rapper says lawyer’s use of AI helped tank his case, pushes for new trial

➭ FBI chief warns that terrorists can unleash AI in terrifying new ways

➭ AI Chatbots can guess your personal information from what you type

➭ Marc Andreessen Manifesto Says AI Regulation “Is a Form of Murder”

➭ Walmart's responsible AI pledge: transparency, security, privacy, fairness, accountability, customer-centricity

➭ NYC Releases First-of-Its-Kind Plan to Embrace and Regulate AI

➭ Google says data-scraping lawsuit would take 'sledgehammer' to generative AI

➭ Less than 5 min video on the impact of AI on animals - worth a watch. 

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Who is the author, Josh Kubicki?

Some of you know me. Others do not. Here is a short intro. I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and teacher. I have transformed legal practices and built multi-million dollar businesses. Not a theorist, I am an applied researcher and former Chief Strategy Officer, recognized by Fast Company and Bloomberg Law for my unique work. Through this newsletter, I offer you pragmatic insights into leveraging AI to inform and improve your daily life in legal services.

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