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- OpenAI Wants Your Eyes Verified!
Welcome back, folks.
OpenAI is reportedly working on a social media platform that could require users to scan their eyeballs for access.
The company wants to build a bot-free network using biometric verification. Will you trade your iris data for a cleaner timeline?
Let’s get into the details. . .
Today in the “Incredible AI” world:
OpenAI Plans Bot-Free Social Network
Apple Buys Israeli AI Startup for $2 Billion
Anthropic Faces $3 Billion Music Lawsuit
How to Supercharge Your Sales with AI
5 Super-Useful AI Tools You Should Try
Top AI-Generated Image of the Day
Read Time: 4 minutes
- LATEST DEVELOPMENTS -
Sam Altman's Eye Scan Social Platform Coming:
OpenAI is apparently building a social media platform. The twist? You might need to scan your eyeballs to join. A small team is exploring biometric verification to keep bots out of yet another social network.
Things to Know:
The Platform Plan: OpenAI has fewer than 10 people working on this early-stage project. The goal is creating a human-only space using Face ID or Sam Altman's Orb scanner for verification.
The Orb Problem: Only 17 million people have used the Orb so far, nowhere near the billion-user target. Getting your iris scanned at one of 674 locations worldwide isn't exactly convenient or appealing.
The Bot Irony: Altman complains constantly about bots ruining online spaces, even though his company literally builds AI tools. Now he wants to solve the problem he helped create with mandatory biometric data collection.
OpenAI thinks biometric verification will attract users tired of bots. But several countries have already banned or investigated the Orb technology over privacy concerns. Getting people to hand over their eyeball data for social media feels like a tough sell.
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Apple Acquires Facial AI for Nearly $2 Billion:
Apple just wrote a $2 billion check for Q AI, an Israeli startup that reads your facial movements. It's their second-biggest acquisition ever. The tech could let you control Siri without saying a word.
Things to Know:
What's the Big Deal: Q AI developed technology that analyzes facial skin micro-movements to interpret silent speech. Think controlling your AirPods by moving your jaw slightly.
The Brain Behind It: Q AI was founded by Aviad Maizels, who previously created PrimeSense, the startup behind Face ID. Apple bought PrimeSense in 2013 for $350 million.
Why This Matters: The acquisition signals Apple's push into advanced wearables as competition heats up with Meta's Ray-Ban glasses. Google and Snap are preparing their own smart glasses this year.
This ranks as Apple's second-largest acquisition after buying Beats for $3 billion in 2014. Apple typically does small acqui-hires under $1 billion. Spending this much shows they're serious about reimagining how we interact with devices.
Anthropic Faces Billion Dollar Music Piracy Lawsuit:
Anthropic is getting sued for $3 billion by major music publishers. They claim the AI company illegally downloaded over 20,000 songs, lyrics, and sheet music. This could become one of the biggest copyright cases in U.S. history.
Things to Know:
The Smoking Gun: Music giants like Universal and Concord caught Anthropic red-handed downloading copyrighted music. The discovery happened during another copyright case involving book authors, revealing way more violations than originally thought.
Deja Vu Moment: This isn't Anthropic's first rodeo with copyright lawsuits. They previously settled for $1.5 billion with authors. The judge ruled training AI on copyrighted content is legal, but acquiring it through piracy definitely isn't.
Playing Dirty: Publishers initially sued over 500 works but found thousands more during discovery. When they tried amending the original lawsuit, the court denied it. So now they're back with a fresh case naming CEO Dario Amodei directly.
For a company valued at $183 billion, even a $3 billion hit might feel like pocket change. But this lawsuit questions Anthropic's self-proclaimed identity as an AI safety company when they're allegedly building their empire on pirated content.
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By following these steps, you can reduce manual work, stay organized, and efficiently reach more prospects.
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- DAILY POLL AND RESULT -
Today’s Poll:
Q) Should AI be used to design personalized exercise programs? |
Vote and find out the result tomorrow.
Yesterday’s Result:
Q) Should AI be used to monitor our social media activities?
A) Yes, to prevent harmful behavior - 23%
B) No, it invades privacy - 77% 👑
- AI IMAGE OF THE DAY -
Mona Lisa Meets Her Mortal Side:
Prompt:
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