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GOOGLE UNVEILS VIDEO GAME CREATION FROM A SIMPLE IMAGE 🎮

Ever wished you could design a video game? Well, Google’s new Genie is granting that wish. 🧞‍♂️

What’s new? Google has unleashed its groundbreaking AI model, Genie, which allows users to create interactive games from a simple image or sketch.

How does it work? Genie begins with a user-provided image or sketch, and from there creates a one-of-a-kind, interactive 2D game. Unlike traditional game design, Genie eliminates complex coding barriers for those wanting to create games, allowing creators to focus on the sheer joy of their imagination instead. The key lies in Genie’s ability to learn and create controllable virtual worlds without explicit instructions, ensuring consistent control schemes across diverse landscapes. Genie is trained on a vast dataset of internet videos, allowing the model to posses an innate understanding of environmental dynamics and player interactions.

APPLE INVESTORS ARE TIRED OF BEING LEFT IN THE DARK 😠

Q: What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple?

A: Finding half a worm. 🍏

What’s happening? Two of Apple’s largest investors, Norges Bank and Legal & General Investment Management, are demanding increased transparency from the company.

Why? These two shareholders, among the largest in Apple, plan to support a resolution urging the company to “disclose any ethical guidelines that the company has adopted regarding [its] use of AI technology” at its annual shareholder meeting. Norges Bank, which manages the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, emphasizes Apple’s responsibility to consider the social consequences of its operations. In addition, Legal & General criticizes Apple’s current lack of transparency on AI-related risks and calls for more disclosure on the company’s AI use and risk management processes.

What is the significance? This demand comes off the heels of Microsoft’s annual meeting where 21% of shareholders similarly demanded more transparency over the company’s operations and AI-related risk assessment. Microsoft and Apple have both cited concerns about divulging potentially sensitive strategic plans in a competitive AI market. However, the outcome of this proposed resolution at the Apple meeting could set a precedent for tech giants to provide clearer insights into their AI practices, putting an emphasis on responsible development over competitive secrecy going forward.

U.S. MILITARY EMPLOYS AI FOR AIRSTRIKES 🛩️

It’s official: the U.S. military has operationally employed AI. 🪖

What’s new? The era of AI on the battlefield has dawned, as the U.S. military reportedly deployed computer vision algorithms for target identification in recent airstrikes.

What was the mission? In a recent mission across Iraq and Syria on February 2nd, over 85 airstrikes were carried out, destroying rockets, missiles, drone storage, and militia operations centers. This aimed to counter the January drone attack in Jordan that claimed the lives of three U.S. service members, with blame directed at Iranian-backed operatives.

How is AI used? Schuyler Moore, CTO for U.S. Central Command, described the military’s utilization of AI-powered computer vision, stating, “We've been using computer vision to identify where there might be threats.” The algorithms behind this deployment were developed under Project Maven, launched in 2017 to enhance automation within the Department of Defense. This U.S. implementation of AI on the battlefield mirrors a broader trend globally, as it follows Israel’s recent employment of an AI software dubbed, “The Gospel” to assist in similar target selection methods for airstrikes in Gaza.

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