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Strange Daily: OpenAI disputes class-action lawsuit from book authors

Check out Graph of Thoughts, a novel approach to iterative prompting, NYU researchers introduce a breakthrough AI technique for altering facial age

Happy Tuesday! Here’s our curated briefing of the most important news, partnerships, and experiments in AI and creativity. Found this useful? Forward it to a friend!

We’ll be releasing our first deep dive research report very soon. Don’t miss it!

✨ Inspiration

Our inspiration for this issue comes from , who created this Miyazaki-esque animation using Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and RunwayML. Even better— he shares great tutorials on exactly how he did this.

🔥 Latest news

  • OpenAI responds to a class-action lawsuit from book authors and disputes claims that “generative AI is derivative work” http://tinyurl.com/5ywx58hn

  • OpenAI releases a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom, including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias https://bit.ly/3r1P1gc

  • X’s privacy policy confirms it will use public data to train AI models https://tcrn.ch/3sGYU3l

🤝 Partnerships

  • Sony and Universal Music Group-owned production music firm APM Music partners with AI startup Incantio to improve catalog discovery https://bit.ly/45NOj4S

🎓 Recent Academic Papers

  • Graph of Thoughts presents a prompting approach that more closely resembles human reasoning http://tinyurl.com/29erx3f7

  • NYU Tandon School of Engineering introduces a breakthrough AI technique for altering facial age while maintaining distinctive identity traits  https://bit.ly/3P7n8em

  • FaceChain is an open-source deep-learning toolchain for generating portraits http://tinyurl.com/yt2ketn9

🔧 Cool Tools and Experiments

  • Substack introduces AI-powered audio transcription tools for podcasts https://tcrn.ch/3qSwXVM

  • TikTok’s AR development platform Effect House exits beta, allowing creators to build AR effects for use in the video app https://tcrn.ch/44JjKfv

💰 Latest Startup Fundings

  • OpenAI-backed language learning app Speak raises $16M to expand to the US https://tcrn.ch/3qSwXFg

  • AI-powered social networking platform BeFake secures $3M in seed funding https://bit.ly/3qSwWRI

  • Martian Lawyers Club raises $2.2M in a pre-seed funding round led by Fly Ventures: Taking game personalization to the next level with generative AI https://tcrn.ch/3qPJWaM