💠Google Explores Diverse Ad Formats, Personalize YouTube Playlist with AI👀

Hello vTeamers, and welcome to our AI fast-paced ride. Secure your seat belts as we explore:

📈Trend Google Explores Diverse Ad Formats

👩‍🔬Research AI-Generated Content Vulnerabilities in Watermarking Study

💵Investment CentML Secures $27M Investment

💁Tips & Tricks Image Resolution to Super-High Levels with Midjourney

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So let the journey begin 🚀🚀🚀

And first, check out the vTeam AI Insight Index 👽️

The vTeam AI Insight Index is our nifty tool to give you a heads-up on what’s popping in the AI scene. We’ve got three key markers to track the buzz:

• Research: using arxiv.org, where the fresh AI papers drop, we see how much new AI chatter there is

• Trend: with Google Trends, we gauge how hot AI is right now

• Investment: at Crunchbase, we’re tracking the money flow and buzz in AI

This week’s numbers:

• Trend: 121 - Folks are talking more about AI

• Investment: 56 - Money’s still flowing into AI

• Research: 153 - Lots of new AI stuff being studied

Catch our AI beat every week! 

TREND📈

Google Explores Diverse Ad Formats for Generative AI Search

vTeam: Google is actively exploring new ad formats for its AI-powered generative search experience, aiming to customize ads at every step of a user's search journey.

Main highlights: Despite diversification efforts, the majority of Google's revenue still comes from ads. CEO Sundar Pichai expressed confidence in the transition to AI-enhanced search during the Q3 2023 earnings call. The company introduced its generative AI search experience at Google I/O and has been expanding it to more users. While Google already displays ads above and below search results, it is working on customized ad formats within the search experience, with specifics yet to be revealed.

Read the full article here 📖

Personalize Your Playlist Art with AI on YouTube Music

YouTube Music now allows users in the U.S. to create custom playlist art using generative AI. It offers various themes and prompts for personalized artwork. The platform is also adding a feature to quickly access recent favorites, aiming to improve user experience.

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Bill Gates Suggests AI Advancements May Slow; GPT-5 May Not Bring Major Leap

Bill Gates believes that Generative AI, like GPT-4, may have reached a plateau, but still sees short-term potential in AI advancements. He predicts AI accuracy will improve, costs will be reduced, and developing nations will benefit. Gates also emphasizes AI's role in healthcare, drug development, and addressing climate change.

Read the full article here 📖

RESEARCH 👩‍🔬

AI Enhancements Improve Wikipedia's Reliability, Study Finds

AI Improves Wikipedia Reliability" - A London-based AI company, Samaya AI, aims to enhance Wikipedia's reference system by using AI to verify and recommend reliable sources. Users preferred AI recommendations 70% of the time, showing potential for more trustworthy online information.

Read the full article here 📖

AI-Generated Content Vulnerabilities in Watermarking Study

Study Reveals Vulnerabilities in Watermarking AI-Generated Content, Sparks Innovation in Copyright Protection for AIGC" - Researchers identify strategies to remove or forge watermarks on AI-generated content, prompting innovation in copyright protection.

Read the full article here 📖

INVESTMENT 💵

🤑 CentML Secures $27M Investment to Enhance Efficiency of AI Models.

👾 Cleanlab Secures $25 Million to Tackle AI Model Data Challenges.

🤖 AI Funding Skyrockets to $17.9 Billion Amidst Tech Downturn.

TIPS & TRICKS 💁

Image Resolution to Super-High Levels with Midjourney

Midjourney has unveiled a fantastic new feature! You can now upscale AI-generated art to whopping resolutions of up to 4096 x 4096 pixels, perfect for larger prints and top-notch digital use.

Simply head over to your Midjourney Discord channel, log in, input your image prompt and choose from 2x or 4x upscaling options. It's that easy!

hyper realistic photograph, close up of a child, reflection in his eye--v 5.2 --ar 16:9

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AI FUN 👻

That was a fun ride, see y'all at the next stop 🙂