⚡️ An Artist's Revenge

Good morning. AI has disrupted many industries, but it hasn't had the smoothest of rides in the world of art. Artists are leveraging a new tool called Nightshade to protect their works from AI misuse. Let’s dive in.

Today’s Highlights:

• Sam Altman on future job market

• AI-based Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

• Image-based attacks on GPT-4V

DEEP DIVE

Nightshade: A Shield for Artists Against AI Infringement

Imagine being an artist, only to find out that AI companies are stealing your work, without your consent or compensation. Enter Nightshade, a new tool that allows artists to add invisible changes to their art, 'poisoning' it before it's uploaded online.

By ‘damaging’ AI's training data with these invisible changes, artists can combat the unauthorized exploitation of their work. Submitted for peer review at the Usenix computer security conference, Nightshade could be a game-changer in the field.

How does ‘poisoning’ work?

• Artists can subtly manipulate the pixels in their images to deceive machine-learning models but maintain the visible integrity of their work.

• The poisoning can tweak the interpretation of images so that the AI might mistake a hat for a cake or a handbag for a toaster. This can cause a malfunction in AI models trained using such data.

• In testing, just 50 poisoned dog images were needed to trigger bizarre outputs from the affected models.

This potent tool isn't limited to individual concept attacks—using Nightshade, artists can essentially 'infect' a whole range of related images and concepts.

Companies including OpenAI, Meta, Google, and Stability AI are already being sued by artists claiming infringement of their copyright and personal data. Nightshade could force AI companies to rethink their disregard for artists' rights and bump up royalty payouts.

Keep reading here.

PUNCHLINES

Ignorance Isn't Always Bliss: Google's Bard locks down if you input 'Israel' or 'Gaza.

Breaking up? Japanese government outlines new guidelines to curb over-reliance on AI tech and promote human rights.

Jack of All Trades: Sam Altman predicts that AI will be capable of doing any human job within the next 10 years.

Silicon Meets Silicone: The world's first immersive AI brothel opens in Berlin.

Agree to Disagree: Unable to agree on how to regulate foundation models, the EU may fail to pass its AI Act in 2023.

TLDR

OpenAI's GPT-4V susceptible to image-based attacks: GPT-4V’s support for image uploads introduces LLM susceptibility to multimodal injection image attacks. This vulnerability can enable attackers to embed malicious commands in images, which can manipulate how images are interpreted by the AI, potentially leading to misinformation and operational disruption.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leaked: Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 reveals a strong focus on AI, allowing AI camera tools like background generators. Supported by a 98% faster Hexagon neural processor, the chip also promises to run diverse AI models—including Stable Diffusion and Meta's Llama 2.

Senate Hosts Second AI Insight Forum: Over 20 AI industry leaders, including Marc Andreessen, will participate in the second Senate AI Insight Forum, discussing AI's transformative innovation and sustainability. The focus of this session is AI's transformational and sustainable innovation in various industries, including medicine, energy, and science.

Mastercard introduces AI and economics to its consulting services: Mastercard has expanded its consulting practices to include AI and economics. The new offerings will help businesses adopt responsible AI strategies and translate economic data into actionable insights.

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