US House Allows ChatGPT

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Here's what we're covering today:

• US House allows ChatGPT with restrictions

• What a leading AI-advertising platform says about the future of ads with generative AI

• Checking in on emerging controversies in politics, education and more

Let’s get to it! 👇

TODAY'S PERSPECTIVE

What to learn from the US House Memo on ChatGPT usage about Data Privacy

Yesterday, the US House sent out a memo limiting the usage of large language models to ChatGPT Plus ONLY and with two major security requirements:

1. Chat history must be turned off

2. No non-public data can be put in

Interestingly, the memo calls out that only ChatGPT is allowed - no other large language models, which we assume refers to Bard, Bing and others. This could be because the data sharing policies of those products are significantly less clear than OpenAI’s recent communication on ChatGPT.

But zooming out - why does this matter?

Tons of companies and businesses are essentially in a holding pattern on their AI adoption plans right now out of concern about making a wrong move when it comes to data privacy, security, hallucinations, and other valid risks.

But many of those issues seem likely to resolve, and potentially sooner than later.

Data privacy is one of the biggest areas of concern, and one we cover a lot here because of how critical it is for most businesses’ AI adoption. As we’ve spoken to many businesses, they often seem like they’re stuck between a rock and a hard place:

Do we use ChatGPT and risk data privacy issues?

Or do we ban it and risk falling behind our competitors?

And for anyone working at a company, it feels even worse when AI tools are banned - meanwhile, other people are getting experience using these tools in their work.

This move by the US House could be helpful to organizations looking for a good data privacy standard to abide by.

And we’ll share again, if you want the full debrief on data privacy considerations in ChatGPT, here’s our free resource.

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Generative AI will go deeper into advertising than you might think

It’s no secret that generative AI is dramatically changing the landscape of advertising. Anybody can hop in an AI image tool and probably create something good enough to run in an ad.

But deeper beneath the surface, AI-powered advertising platforms like Omneky are pushing the limits of what’s possible.

Here were some of the insights Hikari Senju (CEO at Omneky) shared during his workshop:

• The future of ads will be powered more and more by generative AI. But you won’t want that happening on Facebook, Google, etc. individually; you’ll want to have one platform to coordinate it all to maximize your results

• As we use generative AI more for advertising, one fear is that “all ads will look the same because it's all AI.” Hikari challenges that based on what his platform is building — “the authentic message that works is different for every brand."

• Today there are many use cases where brands or even agencies don’t have the manpower to test all the ideas and ads they would like; that’s where generative AI can really shine - helping you test more to find what works, faster.

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For your reading list 📚

AI in politics, education and life …

• The upcoming US election sets off a scramble for guardrails

• Teachers are starting to put AI tutors to the test

• And popular voice cloning tool launches their Voice Library, even amidst a lot of controversy about how much risk the tool poses since it’s so convincing

Is Stability AI doing hot, or not …

• Stability AI launched SDXL 0.9 which improves image generation quality (and hands!)

• But Midjourney’s v5.2 outshined the release with their new “zoom out” feature and other quality improvements

• And at least two high profile employees have left Stability AI in recent weeks

And if you're really nerdy...  

• The Verge released a study of 2,000+ people and their opinions about AI adoption

• Job postings about generative AI went up 20% in the month of May alone, according to Indeed.com jobs

That's all!

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