Tech Brew Ride Home Tue. 07/30 – A (Mostly) AI Day
Jul 30, 2024
Perplexity is shaking things up by sharing ad revenues with publishers amid ongoing plagiarism concerns. Meta's Segment Anything 2 boasts new AI capabilities, as Zuckerberg and Nvidia's CEO discuss future tech. Instagram users can now create AI doppelgangers to engage followers. Canva makes a strategic move by acquiring Leonardo.ai to enhance its generative AI offerings. In a significant legal twist, Meta settles a major lawsuit for $1.4 billion over facial recognition issues in Texas.
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Perplexity's Plagiarism Problem
- Perplexity faced plagiarism accusations after its AI paraphrased and summarized Forbes and Wired articles poorly.
- They launched a revenue-sharing program with publishers, possibly as damage control.
The Scraper Bot Arms Race
- Some AI companies constantly create new scraper bots to bypass website blocks.
- This makes it difficult for websites to protect their content from being scraped.
Meta's SAM2 for Video
- Meta's Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM2) allows for object segmentation in videos, not just images.
- This is a major advancement, as processing video is computationally demanding.