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Hello again, human brain, and welcome back to your daily munch of AI news.

Here’s what’s on the menu today:

• Grok 3 makes OpenAI sweat🤖

  A rundown of the new model family.

• Scarlett Johansson hates AI👺

  AI video of her goes viral.

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MAIN COURSE

Musk's AI just got dangerous🤖

xAI unveiled Grok 3. Here's what you need to know.

The new lineup?

Grok 3's launch introduces a family of models for different needs.

• The standard version handles everyday chat.

• Mini offers quick responses.

• Reasoning models tackle complex math and science tasks.

• Big Brain mode dedicates more computing power to especially challenging problems.

Why do I care?

Grok 3 achieved a record-breaking 1400+ Elo score in blind testing. It matches OpenAI's o1-pro's reasoning capabilities at a fraction of the cost. The new DeepSearch feature rivals Perplexity’s quality, and it’s powered by 200,000 GPUs.

So… It’s good?

Grok 3 shows promising creative and technical abilities. It designed a hybrid game combining Tetris and Bejeweled. It excels at complex visualizations, mathematical competitions, coding challenges, and scientific reasoning tasks.

Is it perfect?

Nah. The search feature produces hallucinations and factual errors. It also has struggles with basic visualization challenges.

How much does it cost?

Basic features come with X Premium+ at $40 monthly. Enhanced reasoning and DeepSearch require an additional SuperGrok subscription for $30 monthly.

What's next?

xAI claims voice interaction features are coming soon, and new computing clusters are in development to further enhance the model's capabilities.

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SIDE SALAD

Deepfake targets Jewish celebrities👺

Scarlett Johansson called for AI regulation after a viral deepfake video went viral. It showed her and other Jewish celebrities allegedly protesting antisemitic content.

The video:

What happened?

Someone created an AI video showing Johansson and other Jewish stars wearing shirts in response to Kanye West's recent antisemitic rants.

Who was targeted?

The fake video included Jerry Seinfeld, Mila Kunis, Jack Black, Drake, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Adam Sandler alongside Johansson.

Why do I care?

Johansson warns AI multiplies hate speech's impact and threatens our grip on reality. She's faced AI misuse before, suing over fake ads and voice cloning.

What's she asking for?

Bipartisan legislation to limit AI use, calling it crucial for humanity's immediate future.

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Think Piece 🧠

AI boyfriends, a billion-dollar industry in China. This allegedly alleviates relationship issues like communication, emotion support, and more.

Startup News 💰

The New York Times announced Echo. It will help create social media content, SEO headlines, coding, and more.

Research 👨‍🔬 

Step-Video-T2V — a video model that utilizes a deep compression VAE, achieves visual improvement with a video-based DPO approach, and supports bilingual prompts.

CoT-Valve — a method to control the length of reasoning in Chain-of-Thought (CoT) models, tuning them for both short and long reasoning paths.

MEMES FOR DESSERT

SPOT THE AI

3 of these are real Scarlett Johansson pics. 1 is fake. 💁‍♀️

Which one is AI-generated? 👇

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