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🍨 Tech Scoops This Week: ChatGPT Plugins, Lunar Photography Controversy, and Congress' Tech-Troubles

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Kelvin Zhao
March 26, 2023

This week, we're excited to share the latest developments in AI technology, including ChatGPT's new plugins that act as personal shopping assistants and Samsung's use of AI in lunar photography. We'll also explore Adobe's new Firefly AI model and Canva's "magic" tools for graphic design. However, not all technology is hitting the mark, as Google's chatbot, Bard, is struggling to find its voice, and U.S. Congress proves their lack of tech-savviness during a TikTok hearing.

🦾 ChatGPT Plugins: The Language Model with Bionic Arms!

ChatGPT plugins are like the new toys in town, and everyone's excited to play with them. It's like giving a language model a set of bionic arms - they can now reach out and grab information from all over the internet. From Instacart to Wolfram, these plugins are like a language model's personal shopping assistants. Just be careful not to overload them with too many shopping carts, or they might go on a digital shopping spree and leave you with an empty wallet!

https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt-plugins

🌕 Unveiling Samsung's Lunar Photography: Exploring the Moon with AI and Deep Learning

Samsung's new blog post about their moon photography techniques has shed some light on the controversy surrounding the enhanced detail in their photos. It turns out that Samsung's cameras are not only skilled photographers but also expert painters, adding a touch of moon-like texture to anything that vaguely resembles the lunar surface. So next time you take a photo of a plain gray square and it magically transforms into a high-resolution image of the Moon, just remember to thank Samsung's AI-powered paintbrush.

🪲 Adobe's Firefly: The New Creative Sidekick That'll Make You Shine Brighter Than a Lightning Bug

Adobe recently announced their new family of AI models called Firefly, aimed at generating media content for their suite of apps and services. The first beta model offers basic text-to-image generation and the ability to apply styles and textures to lettering and fonts. In the future, Adobe trains Firefly models exclusively on content from Adobe Stock and other public domain sources, allowing users to fine-tune the models with their own content. This new AI tool has the potential to revolutionize content creation and even benefit contributors to Adobe Stock through a possible compensation model.

💬 Google's Bard Struggles to Find Its Voice, Lags Behind ChatGPT and Bing in Chatbot Chatter

Looks like Google's attempt at a conversational chatbot, Bard, is not hitting the right notes with users. Apparently, it's losing badly to Bing and OpenAI's GPT-4, even struggling to generate a basic "Star Wars" plot in the style of David Lynch. Maybe they should rename it to "Off-Bardway" or "Bard-ly Making It." Ouch, that hurts more than a $100 billion drop in Alphabet's valuation.

🪄 Canva's New "Magic" Tools: Making Graphic Design as Easy as Abra Cadabra

Canva has just unveiled a suite of new AI-powered features, including a "Magic Replace" tool and a "Magic Design" tool that generates personalized templates from any image. With 953 new fonts and non-workspace-specific tools also added, it seems like Canva is becoming the Houdini of graphic design platforms, making it even easier for non-designers to create stunning visuals. Move over Adobe, Canva's new "Magic" tricks might just be too spellbinding to resist.

👨🏻‍💻 U.S. Congress Goes Viral for All the Wrong Reasons: TikTok Hearing Exposes Tech-Troubles

During a recent TikTok hearing, some members of Congress showed their lack of tech-savviness when Representative Richard Hudson struggled with his WiFi, and Representative Buddy Carter espoused conspiracy theories about biometric data. It's clear that some of the elected officials may not be up to speed on social media, but let's hope that with time and education, they can better understand this vital aspect of modern communication.

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