👾 Russian bot farm seized

Happy Friday,

Plenty of drama unfolded with the Bot Farm recently, and we saw major upgrades to Claude 3.5 for developers. Also, Samsung has a huge lineup of new releases in 2024 so let’s dive in.

⚡️ Buzz News

• Etsy has announced they will allow AI-generated art for sale but not AI prompt bundles, which is seen as crossing the creative line.

• Bumble is asking its users to help keep the dating app free from AI-generated profiles by reporting them.

• Microsoft gives up an observer seat on the OpenAI board amid regulator scrutiny, which means Apple won’t get one either.

• Quora’s Poe now lets users create and share web apps, but this new cross-platform aggregator works across a range of LLMs.

• SenseNova 5.5 released at the World AI conference in Shanghai as a major GPT-4 competitor, just as OpenAI restricts access in China.

• Samsung Galaxy event unpacked a Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Watch Ultra and plenty of AI in 2024.

AI Security
🔒️ Bot farm operated by the Russian government seized.

The Buzz: The DOJ announced on Tuesday that it seized two domain names and over 900 social media accounts linked to an “AI-enhanced” Russian bot farm. These accounts, masquerading as Americans, spread content about the Russia-Ukraine war.

🔑 Key Points:

1. Bot Farm Operation: An RT employee set up the bot farm, creating email servers and nearly 1,000 social media accounts to amplify Russian propaganda about the Russia-Ukraine war.

2. FSB Involvement: In 2023, a member of Russia’s Federal Security Service formed a private intelligence group with RT employees to spread disinformation, aligning with the FSB's mission.

3. Cybersecurity: The bot farm used AI-enabled software Meliorator to create profiles with detailed personas to evade verification methods on X, aiming to spread disinformation.

Takeaway: The DOJ's crackdown on an AI-enhanced Russian bot farm highlights the sophisticated tactics used to spread disinformation. This operation involved state actors and AI technology to create convincing online personas, underscoring the need for heavier cybersecurity measures and vigilance against foreign interference.

^{Source: TheVerge}

AI Prompts
⌨️ Claude adds a prompt playground to improve your apps

The Buzz: Anthropic has rolled out new features in their dev Console to simplify the creation, testing, and evaluation of AI prompts. This aims to make prompt engineering more accessible and efficient for newcomers.

Key Points:

1. Prompt Generation: The Console now boasts a built-in prompt generator. Users can describe tasks (e.g., "Triage inbound customer support requests"), and Claude generates high-quality prompt templates using handlebars notation for variables.

2. Test Case Generation and Evaluation: Users can auto-generate input variables, manually add or import test cases, and customize generation logic. The new "Evaluate" feature allows for testing prompts against multiple inputs directly in the Console, with side-by-side output comparisons and quality grading by experts.

Takeaway: Anthropic's latest Console features significantly streamline prompt engineering, making it easier for developers to create, test, and refine AI prompts. Users can enhance AI model performance more efficiently.

^{Source: TechCrunch}

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AI at work
💻️ Translate whiteboard notes

If you need to transcribe any handwritten notes, just drop the image into ChatGPT and it will transcribe them perfectly for you.

• Login to ChatGPT.

• Upload your image and use the prompt below

Prompt: Translate these whiteboard notes for me.

Prompt: “Legend of Zelda Zora's domain, aquatic race, Minecraft city above ground, sea elves, fantasy, D&D 5e, 3D render of Minecraft world, aquatic themed, hide and seek, parkour map, --ar 16:9 --v 6.0 -”

AI productivity
🔨 Tools to take your workflow to the next level.

1. Podify allows you to grow your audience on LinkedIn to get more reach, engagement and followers in 5 min per day.

2. AITestKitchen is an experiment at the intersection of AI and creativity. Play with Video, Image, Music or Text.

3. Uizard turns product ideas into concepts instantly with GenAI to visualise, communicate, and iterate on wireframes in minutes.

4. ConsoleX is the ultimate playground to unleash LLMs. Chat, test, and evaluate in one place, boosting efficiency of your GenAI apps.

5. Alva streamlines your workflow by adopting a solution of a Task Manager, AI Chat, Network Insights, and a Capturing Tool.