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š„$6M fine for Biden robocall
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Fridayās top story: The perpetrator behind the President Biden deepfake Robocall which told New Hampshire voters ānot to voteā, has been indicted and fined $6M, sending a strong warning to other political scammers.
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š„$6M fine for Biden robocall
š¬ Meta and Google woo Hollywood
š² Call to search?
š Hola! Spotify's Spanish DJ
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ROBOCALLS
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Our Report: Steve Kramerāthe political consultant who sent AI-generated robocalls to New Hampshire voters, mimicking President Bidenās voice telling them ānot to voteā, ahead of the presidential electionsāfaces a huge fine and criminal charges.
š Key Points:
New Hampshireās general attorney charged Kramer with 26 counts for violating the law by impersonating a presidential candidate and attempting to deter someone from voting.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued Kramer with a $6M fine for the "scam calls he set up to defraud voters" in violation of a federal Caller ID law.
The FCC has also fined Lingo Telecomāthe telecom company accused of transmitting the robocallsā$2M for violating its āknow your customerā principles.
š¤ Why you should care: The FCC said that this enforcement is the āfirst-of-its-kindā involving AI, and comes after they confirmed that AI voice-cloning tools in robocalls are banned, and introduced a proposal requiring political advertisers to disclose if theyāve used AI content in TV or radio ads, showing theyāre taking steps to prevent the spread of AI-generated misinformation in political campaigns.
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Our Report: Meta and Google are in talks with major Hollywood studios to license their content to improve their AI video generation models, which can generate realistic scenes from text prompts.
š Key Points:
Google announced its new AI video generation toolāVeoāduring its Google I/O conference last week, and Meta has been working on its own AI video modelāEmuāsince last year.
Netflix and Disney donāt want to license their content but have āexpressed interestā in some sort of collaboration, while Warner Brothers is willing āto license some of its content.ā
This comes after Google and Metaās rival, OpenAI, had discussions with Hollywood execs, back in February, about the potential integration of its text-to-video model, Sora.
š¤ Why you should care: Thereās a growing concern among Hollywood studios about how AI companies might use (and have used) their creative work without permissionāinfringing copyright lawsāwhich was exacerbated this week, when actress Scarlett Johansson accused OpenAI of copying her voice for its āSkyā voice assistant in ChatGPT.
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SEARCH
š² Call to search?
Our Report: The AI-powered search app, Arc Search (from The Browser Company), has a new featureāCall Arcāwhich allows users to get search results, by calling the app.
š Key Points:
While Arc Search already has a āVoice Searchā feature, Call Arc delivers answers faster than typing and is a new āfunā way for users to get immediate answers to questions, on the go.
To activate the new feature, users just open the app, hold their mobile to their ear, ask their question and the app will provide a voice response and wait for your next question.
The new search experience is designed to make it feel like users are āpicking up their mobile and calling a buddyā and is ideal for āon the goā situations like making dinner.
š¤ Why you should care: Although it sounds similar to a voice search feature, which is nothing new, The Browser Company have launched Call Arc because it taps into the natural habit we have of picking up our mobiles and talking to someone, making the search process even quicker and easier, especially when weāre āon the go.ā
MUSIC
š Hola! Spotify's Spanish DJ
Our Report: Spotify is reportedly developing a Spanish version of its AI DJ feature (DJX), which plays AI-powered, personalized song selections for users.
š Key Points:
According to reports, users will be able to switch the DJs language from English to Spanish, it will be available for Mexican users first, and it will be called āDJ Liviā, rather than āDJX.ā
DJ Livi will be the first language expansion for Spotifyās AI DJ feature, as DJXāwhich was launched, globally, in March last yearāis currently just available in English.
Spotify is likely doing this because 42M people speak Spanish in the US (a key market for them), and Spanish is the fourth most spoken language (behind English, Mandarin and Hindi).
š¤ Why you should care: This comes as Spotify announced its testing an AI-powered playlist feature, and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek hinted at plans to use AI for new personalization features, ads and podcast summaries.
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WhatsApp is testing an AI feature that enables users to generate a custom profile picture from a text description.
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Google's AI Overview seems to be giving users inaccurate and dangerous responses.
Microsoftās new AI weather forecast feature has improved capabilities that give users real-time forecasts and highly accurate cloud and precipitation maps.
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