AI and Politics: At an Ethical Crossroad?

GM, my AI-obsessed friends.

Welcome back! This is the latest edition of /Imagine, your go-to source for the freshest news and developments in AI. Let’s dive in…

High Level: Microsoft Copilot Pro - We Took the Plunge For You and Gave it a Try! 🚀

The Bytes: 

✣ Premium AI Access: I decided to put Microsoft Copilot Pro to the test for you and spent the $20 to see if lives up to the hype. Spoiler alert: it does.

✣ Seamless Integration: Copilot Pro’s deep integration with Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook supercharged my workflow.

✣ Unmatched Speed: Priority access to GPT-4 Turbo, even during peak times. Anecdotally, I felt like my experience was significantly faster than when using Chat GPT, and I had way less failures with heavy use, and no message limits.

Why You Should Care: Microsoft Copilot Pro was a really impressive experience, and honestly, I am considering migrating my entire workflow over from OpenAI and cancelling my paid subscription. I used it HEAVILY and it outperformed my expectations. My Yelp review - 5 stars. Give it a try.

High Level: Magnific AI - Unleash Your Images’ Full Potential 🌟

The Bytes:

✣ Transformative Upscaling: Magnific AI is an incredible image upscaler, and can enhance your images up to 16x.

✣ Accessible Creativity: Designed for both professionals and enthusiasts, and it has democratized high-resolution image creations. It’s interface is intuitive and the creative slider controls make it a tool for all, regardless of skill level.

✣ Continuous Innovation: Magnific may not be the newest kid on the AI block, but its a powerhouse that keeps getting better. The team behind this gem continues to ship improvements.

Why You Should Care: Not enough people use or know about Magnific AI. I use it daily in my content creation for my personal work and brand work. It doesn’t have widespread recognition, but those in the know understand its value. I believe more creators, brands, and our /Imagine tribe need to start using it. (P.S. → they didn’t pay me for this ringing endorsement) 😉

High Level: Locofy - AI Best Friend for Website Frontend Development 🌐

The Bytes:

✣ One-Click Design-to-Code: Locofy’s new tool, Lightning, looks to be a game-changer for frontend dev work. It turns Figma and AdobeXD prototypes into code with just one click.

✣ Large Design Models (LDMs): Built on top of their LDM, Lightning automates close to 80% of all the work for you, and you can edit and make changes before publishing.

✣ Future Expansions: Initially launched for Figma, Lightning will later expand to other design tools, broadening its reach and utility.

Why You Should Care: Lightning is a movement toward a more efficient and creative frontend development process for your websites. It’s an opportunity to accelerate project timelines and bring ideas to life faster and more effectively and for a fraction of the cost.

High Level: OpenAI Sets Ethical Standards for AI Use in Politics 🚫🗳️

The Bytes:

✣ Responsible AI Usage: OpenAI has implemented a policy that prohibits the use of Its AI tools, including ChatGPT and Dall-E, for political campaigning and voter suppression efforts.

✣ Combatting Misinformation: The policy aims to prevent the mass production of misinformation that could influence voters during elections.

✣ Safeguarding Democracy: By banning AI-generated impersonations of candidates and misleading chatbots, OpenAI is taking a stand to protect the democratic processes. They will also help users identify AI-generated content, and encode the origins of images created by Dall-E.

Why You Should Care: 

Now that tech can be used to sway public opinion, OpenAI’s stance is a promising step toward ensuring AI is used ethically and responsibly. Buckle up though, it is still going to be a wild year with the election and AI.

/Imagination of The Day: Let's end on a creative note. I enjoyed creating this and wanted to illustrate to you guys what was possible in MJ v6 as it relates to portraits.

Prompt Share: 1950s woman laying in a pool on Mars with blue eyes looking at the sky, view from above face, in the style of a risograph with postmodern mixed media collage, masterpiece, texture, grain --ar 3:4 --style raw --stylize 750 --v 6

I then took the output from Midjourney and sent it through Magnific AI to upscale.

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