Today’s Menu… 🍽️👇️

Length: 7 minutes ⏰

• OpenAI to seek more funding 🤑

• Copilot debuts on the Android store 🛍️

EXCITING AI NEWS

OpenAI to seek more funding 🤑 

OpenAI is reportedly in early discussions to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion. The terms, valuation, and timing of the funding round have not yet been finalized and could still change 📈 

If the funding round happens as planned, it would make OpenAI one of the world’s most valuable startups. The company is set to complete a separate tender offer in early January, which would allow employees to sell their shares at a valuation of $86 billion 💵 

OpenAI has also held discussions to raise funding for a new chip venture with Abu Dhabi-based G42. The startup has discussed raising between $8 billion and $10 billion from G42. It’s unclear whether the chips venture and wider company funding efforts are related 🤔 

Apple silently releases its LLM 🤖 

Apple has recently unveiled an open-source multimodal large language model called Ferret. Ferret is a new machine learning model that can use regions of images for queries ⌨️ 

Researchers working for Apple and from Cornell University quietly pushed an open-source multimodal LLM in October, a research release called “Ferret” that can use regions of images for queries. The introduction in October to Github largely flew under the radar, with no announcement or fanfare for its introduction 📰 

The release is important to researchers, as it shows Apple is keen to be more open with its AI work, rather than its usual secretive stance. Ferret’s release to open-source is being performed under a non-commercial license, so it cannot be commercialized in its current state. However, there’s always a possibility for it to become used in a future Apple product or service in some way 📈 

Copilot debuts on the Android store 🛍️ 

Microsoft has launched a standalone version of its Copilot AI chatbot for Android. The app is available on the Google Play Store and is developed by Microsoft Corporation 🪟 

It features Microsoft’s AI chatbot powered by GPT-4 and provides chatbot capabilities, with image generation through DALL-E, and the ability to draft text for documents and emails ✉️ 

This is a significant step in making AI technology more accessible to users across different platforms 🙍 

New York Times vs OpenAI 🥊 

The New York Times (NYT) is suing OpenAI and Microsoft. The American daily alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft used their copyrighted material ©️ 

The lawsuit claims that “millions” of articles published by the New York Times were used without its permission to make ChatGPT smarter, and claims the tool is now competing with the newspaper as a trustworthy information source 🗞️

The New York Times is fearing that ChatGPT is kind of becoming its rival, by generating text which answers questions based on the original reporting by the newspaper’s staff. If the Times goes ahead with the lawsuit, it will mark a high-profile legal battle over copyright protection in the age of generative AI 😳 

Alibaba’s new 3D-AI tool 🤖 

Alibaba has recently unveiled a new tool called Make-A-Character (aka Mach). This tool uses large language and vision foundation models to generate detailed and lifelike 3D avatars from simple text descriptions, or natural language 🧬 

The researchers said that its current version focuses on generating visually appealing 3D avatars of Asian ethnicity, as its selected SD model is primarily trained on Asian facial images. They look to expand support for different ethnicities and styles in the coming months 📈 

30% OFF New ChatGPT Prompt Guide 🎁

Why you should get it:

🚀 You’ll get over 665+ prompts that have been tested & verified by automation pros

🗑️ The ChatGPT responses you get now probably suck (I’ve been there too)

♻️ The prompt bundle gets updated daily to ensure long-term value

👨🏼‍💼 Your boss will probably love you for automating his work with ChatGPT

Click here 👉 (link) and grab yours now!

AI TOOL GUIDE

Automate Your YouTube Shorts Creation Using ShortX 🤖 

ShortX (link) is an AI-powered video automation tool that integrates script generation, voice-over, and editing into a single, user-friendly platform 📈 

You can create content for an infinite number of niches, and target specific audiences and hobbies, and even save all those creations as templates 📄 

Here's how you can use it 👇️ 

1. Visit the ShortX website and create a new account 🧾 

   
   Use the exclusive discount code "howtoai" for a 33% discount on your first purchase, courtesy of our partnership with ShortX 😎 

   Once you're signed in, your page should look like this 👇️

2. Next up, simply navigate to the Automation Library and choose a template to begin your video creation 📹️ 

   You can also explore various settings, such as using pre-made prompts that ShortX will use to generate GPT-3.5 scripts 🤖 

   
   (I always generate the script with GPT-4 in ChatGPT to get the highest possible quality 💪)

3. Now, move to the image generation settings, from which you will be able to customize the visual style of your video 🖼️ 
   

   You can opt for a custom image style or use your own prompts for a personalized touch ✨ 

4. All you have to do now is choose your desired AI voice. You can either choose from some lesser quality voices (which are obviously cheaper) or you can choose the ElevenLabs voices at the bottom which are the best ones ✅ 

   

   And all the way to the right, you can also utilize the editing controls to fine-tune your video, adjusting subtitles, transition speed, and eliminating unwanted elements ❌ 

5. Last but not the least, just click "Run Automation" button 🚀

   
   Now sit back and let ShortX create your high-quality video 📸 

Take a look at some videos I made in 1 minute ⬇️ 

Check out 5 examples here (link)

Since ShortX creates shorts with human-like edits and original images, your content will be 100% monetizable on all platforms, despite being fully made with AI.

Try ShortX here 👈️ 

AI ARTIST FEATURE

Artist highlights ✨

🧑‍🎨 Artist Credits: Render-ella

TRENDING AI TOOLS

These AI tools are buzzin’ on X 🐝 

Murf - Make studio-quality voice overs in minutes 🗣️ 

Ideal if you want lifelike AI voices for podcasts, videos or presentations 🎤 

Motion - An AI assistant app that enhances your schedule, task management, project tracking, and meeting organization for improved productivity and fewer disruptions 📈 

Motion increases productivity by 137% by building the perfect to-do list for your day ✅ 

SudoWrite - Sudowrite helps with blogs, novels, and scripts. This tool improves descriptions, expands scenes, and simplifies sentences 📤️ 

Use voice-matching, grammar checking, feedback, and word discovery 📈 

Aragon.ai - Create stunning and realistic AI photos of yourself that look like they were taken by a professional photographer 📸 

This AI tool creates polished headshots from 10 different selfies, saving time and costs 💵 

Get the ChatGPT Masterclass for FREE when referring 3 friends!

We read all replies daily 💬

Leave us a comment with your vote!