🥟 Chao-Down #270 ChatGPT gains a digital memory to remember conversations, Ivy League launches first AI undergrad degree, Researchers unveil an AI model that can predict a person's lifespan
Plus, a look at how people are getting emotionally attached to their chatbots as AI girlfriends and boyfriends.
It’s Valentines Day! Hope everyone is able to spend time with their loved ones!
One thing that has been true during this time is a rise in online dating scams. Especially with the prevalence of AI from deepfake profile pics to chatbots impersonating real people (and doing so convincingly), the public is getting duped. CBS News recently covered this phenomenon and offered these tips to make sure you aren’t falling for an AI:
Here are some warning signs you may be communicating with a scammer on a dating app:
Overly formal or non-conversational messages — That's a sign that a scammer is using AI to craft a message. Check for this by copying and pasting the message into an online generative AI detection tool.
Inconsistent information — Sometimes fake accounts are created by a cybercrime ring, with two or three scammers behind one dating profile. Look for abrupt changes in personality and tone.
Odd patterns — If the person you're communicating with tells you he or she lives in your state but messages you in the middle of the night, this could indicate the scammer is based abroad.
Unrealistic photos — If that match looks like a model, a scammer may have found a photo from the internet to use as a profile picture. You can check this by putting the photo into an online image search tool.
Money requests — A classic red flag that you're being scammed.
-Alex, your resident Chaos Coordinator.
What happened in AI? 📰
ChatGPT now has a digital memory to remember conversations (Axios)
Chatbot users are getting emotionally attached to their AI girlfriends and boyfriends (AP News)
University of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degree (qz.com)
How AI Improves The Health And Safety Of NFL Players, And Elevates Careers (Forbes)
Google, OpenAI fall short of outright ban on AI elections content (The Washington Post)
New AI model can predict human lifespan, researchers say. They want to make sure it's used for good (phys.org)
Always be Learnin’ 📕 📖
AI agents as a new distribution channel (kojo.blog)
The Future of Education and AI: Beyond Traditional Degrees with Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz (HackerNoon)
Small multiplies - If you’re good at something, just do that? (benn.substack)
Projects to Keep an Eye On 🛠
Nvidia’s Chat with RTX is a promising AI chatbot that runs locally on your PC (The Verge)
llmware-ai/llmware: Providing enterprise-grade LLM-based development framework, tools, and fine-tuned models. (Github)
netease-youdao/QAnything: Question and Answer based on Anything. (Github)
The Latest in AI Research 💡
More Agents Is All You Need (arxiv)
Mobile-Agent: Autonomous Multi-Modal Mobile Device Agent with Visual Perception (arxiv)
Self-Discover: Large Language Models Self-Compose Reasoning Structures (arxiv)
The World Outside of AI 🌎
Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer. (The New York Times)
A dating app with credit scores: what’s not to love? (ft.com)
Universal Music Group pulled the plug on songs for TikTok. Now what? (Vox)
Big Tech jobs have lost their glamour (bbc.com)
The World Is Quietly Losing the Land It Needs to Feed Itself (Bloomberg)
One Last Bite 😋
Cocoa prices at 47-year high before Valentine's Day (NPR)
