Welcome back, my AI-obsessed friends.

Shake off the sleep—it’s Tuesday, and the AI world is buzzing! This is the latest issue of /Imagine, your go-to source for the freshest news and developments in AI. Here’s EVERYTHING you need to know. Let’s dive in…

🌎 NVIDIA CEO: Governments Need "Sovereign AI"

The Bytes:

✣ Sovereign AI: NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, emphasized the transformative potential of Sovereign AI at the World Governments Summit. He believes every country needs its own AI production capabilities.

✣ Cultural Codification: Huang highlighted that Sovereign AI allows a nation to codify its culture, society’s intelligence, and history. They should each own their data and the intelligence AI yields from it.

✣ Global AI Impact: The Middle East, and specifically the UAE for example where he is speaking, is poised with projections of a $320 billion boost to the region’s economy by 2030.

Why You Should Care: The concept of Sovereign AI is crucial for nations to maintain control over their data and leverage AI for their development. Execution will be difficult here because AI talent is limited, and building the infrastructure is costly.

📢 Voice Actors: Get Paid for Your Talent with ElevenLabs

The Bytes:

✣ Voice Actor Payouts: ElevenLabs has rolled out a new opportunity for voice actors to monetize their voices—just 30 minutes of audio can get you into their Voice Library and start raking in royalties.

✣ Passive Income Stream: Once a voice actor’s digital replica is part of the library, they earn royalties every time their voice is used in projects worldwide.

✣ Voice Library Marketplace: The ElevenLabs platform will verify the authenticity of the voice submissions, ensuring that the voices are from the individuals who claim them.

✣ Control and Compensation: Voice actors retain control over their voice’s availability and set their compensation terms.

✣ Licensing Arrangement: The voices are licensed, not owned, by ElevenLabs. This arrangement grants voice actors the freedom to terminate their partnerships after 1 year.

Why You Should Care: ElevenLabs’ initiative represents a significant shift in how voice actors can engage with the new AI digital economy, providing them with a platform to reach a global audience and secure financial benefits. It’s a good sign that AI and creators can have a mutually beneficial relationship. It's exciting, BUT there are likely fine-print stipulations (usage rights, payment terms), make sure to give it a read.

🔎 AI Trends to Watch in 2024 According to Microsoft

The Bytes:

✣ Small Language Models (SLMs): Forget mega-sized language models – Small, focused ones could make AI tools easier and cheaper to run. These models, though smaller than their large counterparts, are powerful enough to run on a phone offline and are making AI more affordable and widespread.

✣ Multimodal AI: The evolution of AI now allows for processing multiple data types, including text, images, audio, and video. This advancement is enriching technologies from search tools to creative apps and will unlock new interactive experiences.

✣ AI in Science: Scientists will tap into AI to solve massive research problems (think climate change, new medicines, sustainable agriculture). Tools powered by AI will help to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems by improving everyday tasks and contributing to sustainability efforts.

Why You Should Care: AI isn’t just chatbots and automation anymore. These trends signify a shift towards more nuanced, integrated, and accessible AI technologies that will shape our interaction with digital tools and have a profound impact on various sectors. Read their article here for more.

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TikTok Drops Boximator AI 🌐

Alvaro Cintas Shares His AI Guide Using GPT Vision 4✌🏼

Justine Moore From A16z Drops New AI Market Map 🗺️

/Imagination of The Day: Let's finish the day with something creative. Today, I’m showing you how to achieve a cool retro comic book style. I stumbled on this while creating assets for my other brand and loved the result. Thought I would share. Try it out:

Prompt Share: [realistically illustrated Rosie The Riveter] + [powerful 1950s woman with era-appropriate clothes] + [in comic book style] --style raw --stylize 750 --niji 6

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