The AI Breakdown First Five - Wednesday October 4, 2023

5. AI Watermarks Prove Very Breakable

Watermarking is one of the hopes to combat AI-created deep fakes, but new research out of the University of Maryland suggests it’s really, really easy to get around them. Said one of the researchers “We don’t have any reliable watermarking at this point. We broke all of them.”

4. Mr. Beast Decries AI Deepfakes

First Tom Hanks and now Mr. Beast?! The ur-famous YouTube shared that many of his fans and followers have received a deep-fake scam ad that promises to give away a new iPhone for just $2. He took to his socials to warn, but it seems increasingly like this is a new fact of life.

3. Morgan Stanley: 40% of Labor Impacted By AI Within 3 Yrs

It seems clear to most observers that AI is going to have a major impact on the economy, but Morgan Stanley analysts have actually tried to quantify it. A new report argues that AI will have a $4.1T effect on the economy, impacting 44% of workers.

2. Yellen Talks AI and the Economy

Speaking of AI and the economy, the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday said that she is cautiously optimistic about the potential for artificial intelligence to supercharge productivity. She also points to it as central to a resurgence of US leadership in science and technology.

1. Anthropic Raising on a $20b-$30b Valuation

Just a week after news broke that Amazon would be investing $1.25B into Anthropic (with an option to invest as much as $4b), The Information reports that the company is in talks to raise another $2B led by Google. The new round would value the company between $20b and $30b. Foundation models, huh? Good work if you can get it.

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