AI Field Notes: Tavus, Model, and more

“In a viral X post, Factory CEO Matan Grinberg warned that ethics are "being thrown out the window" in the AI industry, making two accusations toward Factory’s competitor Cognition. He claims Cognition’s engineers posed as job applicants to conduct espionage, and also accused a former board member of passing along compa”

“In a viral X post, Factory CEO Matan Grinberg warned that ethics are "being thrown out the window" in the AI industry, making two accusations toward Factory’s competitor Cognition. He claims Cognition’s engineers posed as job applicants to conduct espionage, and also accused a former board member of passing along compa”

“Sam Bankman-Fried’s eye-watering investment returns keep going viral. On paper, he’s one of the best investors of the decade. Instead, he’s serving a 25-year prison sentence (1M views).”

“If you listened to this 2-minute musical score, you would never guess it was AI-generated. The piece has circulated online, with one musician pointing out that it includes a circle-of-fifths sequence (1M views).”

“How to build an edge before capital catches up”

“Ideogram 4.5 generates high-quality images and lets you make repeated, targeted edits to specific sections without disturbing the rest of the image or degrading quality from one round to the next. The lab says it’s easy to refine colors, change text, restore old images, and make other changes. It’s available now. Try i”

“Griffin holds conversations that feel fluid and authentic by interpreting and responding to your expressions, tone, gestures, and timing in real time. The lab calls Griffin its first Human Interaction Model and claims it fooled 48% of the people who talked to it into believing it was a real person. Watch people talking”