Week 5 of the Data Happier newsletter, from Dappier team!

AI News 📰

AI in the Wild 💡

• Google’s announced the Pixel 9’s new ‘Reimagine” AI photo editor, which is able to instantly create stunningly realistic visual edits to existing photos. The Verge’s takeaway? “It’s also never been easier to circulate misleading photos quickly.” - source

• A telecoms firm that allowed thousands of robocalls to be sent by a client using AI to mimic President Biden’s voice has been dealt a $1M fine. Political consultant Steve Kramer, who orchestrated the calls, still faces up to a $6 million fine. He says he “wasn’t trying to influence the outcome of the primary, but he rather wanted to highlight the potential dangers of AI and spur lawmakers into action.” - source 
  

• OpenAI announced a deal with Condé Nast, continuing a trend in striking direct deals with large publishers for AI usage. The move follows a similar deal with Condé Nast sister company Reddit, which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is a major shareholder in. - source
  

• Leading healthcare software vendor Epic Systems announced “100s of new AI features” in the works at its annual keynote. Epic promises to use AI to significantly reduce redundancies and paperwork in healthcare. - source
  

• DropBox acquired AI scheduling tool Reclaim.ai. The tool, which was backed in part by Calendly, integrates with Google calendar, helps users manage their time and speed up scheduling with AI. - source

Dappier Updates 🛠️

• Are you following us on ProductHunt? Dappier has some upcoming launches in the works, and would love your support! We’re excited to share more soon 🙀

  Want to understand how Dappier can help your brand monetize and prepare for an AI-search driven Internet? Get in touch today.

News That Even AI Couldn’t Hallucinate 🌎

Not everything in the news can be about AI. Here’s some stuff you should know about:

• Tesla is paying people to wear motion capture & VR suits to capture training data for Optimus, its humanoid robot project. - source

• A Greek oil tanker is on fire and has been evacuated following multiple attacks in the Red Sea. Although the Houthi movement has not yet claimed responsibility for the attack, they’ve been associated with two other similar attacks this month. - source

• Apple is reportedly working on a robotic arm for iPad. The product is supposedly seeing increased attention internally following the cancelation of Apple’s electric vehicle project. - source

Advancing AI Awards 🏆

This is where we’ll highlight cool ways people are using AI today!

Want to spotlight your AI tool? Tell us how you’re using a Dappier RAG API to enhance your AI offering! Just respond to this email & let us know.

• Researchers from University of British Colombia & Oxford have partnered with a startup called Sakana AI to build an ‘AI scientist’ capable of undergoing original research. - source

  • The research labs’ latest release? An AI program that invents & builds AI agents. RoboTurtles, all the way down.

Data Model Spotlight ✨

This is where we’ll be spotlighting data models listed on Dappier Marketplace. Anyone can transform their proprietary content into an ‘AI-ready’ data model in just a few clicks, then license that data model as a RAG API at a price point you set!

• IHeartCats: We’ve told you about I Heart Dogs before… but you didn’t know we were just getting started! IHeartCats data model fine tunes your AI with access to 1000s of articles from cat lovers around the world, powered by the largest online cat community.

  

  Turn your AI into a cat care expert.

AI in the Real World 🤖

We want to know how AI is affecting your life & work today! We’ve been asking creators & entrepreneurs from around the world how the recent wave of GenAI tech tooling has - or hasn’t - changed the way they work.

This week’s comment is from Ismael Larrosa, CEO of UX-driven product development company Capicua.

Community Comments 🌎

This is where we’ll spotlight comments & questions from the Dappier community. Respond to this email with your thoughts or questions about AI & Dappier - we’d love to hear from you.

For now, we’ll be using quotes from our recent ProductHunt launch of Dappier 2.0, which was featured in ProductHunt’s daily newsletter!

“Wow! I’ve used similar products but Dappier has much more features, great design, looks super easy to use, and users can get paid! Must give it a shot” - Co-Founder at Ravwork.com