Google's 'Mind-Reading' AI

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🧠 Google's 'Mind-Reading' AI

By examining a person's brain activity, artificial intelligence (AI) can produce a song that matches the genre, rhythm, mood and instrumentation of music that the individual recently heard.

Scientists have previously "reconstructed" other sounds from brain activity, such as human speech, bird song and horse whinnies. However, few studies have attempted to recreate music from brain signals.

Now, researchers have built an AI-based pipeline, called Brain2Music, that harnesses brain imaging data to generate music that resembles short snippets of songs a person was listening to when their brain was scanned. They described the pipeline in a paper, published July 20 to the preprint database arXiv, which has not yet been peer-reviewed.

🪖 US Air Force Successfully Uses AI to Pilot XQ-58A Valkyrie

In a historic first, the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) successfully flew an XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft piloted entirely by AI. The 3-hour flight took place on July 25th at Eglin Air Force Base, marking a major step forward for autonomous military aviation.

The XQ-58 Valkyrie, a low-cost, high-performance, stealthy unmanned combat aerial vehicle, has been at Eglin for a little less than a year. The successful flight is a testament to the intensive development process the Autonomous Air Combat Operations (AACO) team underwent in creating the AI algorithms. They honed the AI during millions of hours in high-fidelity simulation events, sorties on the X-62 VISTA, Hardware-in-the-Loop events with the XQ-58A, and ground test operations. It is not just an accomplishment for the AFRL, but a clear signal of the direction that modern aviation and warfare are heading.

🏷️ Instagram Considers AI-Generated Content Labels

Instagram is reportedly considering a feature that would notify users when artificial intelligence (AI) has played a role in creating a post. Posts created by AI would be accompanied by a label explaining its involvement. This raises the question of whether such labels could also help users identify when an entire account is AI-generated.

Three popular influencers on Instagram, Lil Miquela, Imma, and Shudu, have amassed millions of followers and secured lucrative brand deals. Despite their bios referencing their “digital persona” and their photos having an uncanny appearance, many followers still believe they are real. In truth, these influencers are the creations of tech firms that utilize graphic designers, digital artists, and AI technology to generate images.

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Topic: How to become a better public speaker
Audience: Sales executives
Format: Speech
Tone: Inspirational and informative 
Goal: Inspire the audience to speak more confidently
Additional instructions: The speech should be under 10 minutes

Hat tip to Superhuman for the great prompt idea.

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