Top 5 Trending AI Topics in Austin on January 2nd: A Comprehensive Guide
Know what's trending for AI in Austin, Jan 2nd 2024
1. Taylor Swift AI Photos
Looks like a little bit of X is spilling into Austin right now.
This is part of a greater meta-trend sweeping the United States.
Trolls are flooding X with explicit Taylor Swift AI generated image fakes. One even got
45 million views before it was finally removed.
2. George Carlin AI
Podcast hosts Chad Kultgen and Will Sasso are being sued by comedian George Carlin’s estate.
Why? Because the team behind the podcast used Carlin’s work to
train an AI program to impersonate him.
In truly bad taste, the hour long episode was called “George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead”.
This is part of an overall meta trend regarding celebrity copyright to their likeness, and whether or not AI fakes like these are outright theft or no more dangerous than something like an Elvis impersonator.
3. Final Round AI
Final Round AI is a software that connects through Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WebEX and more to help interviewers rate potential hires.
This is part of the larger meta-trend in audio and visual processing for AI.
4. Anthropic AI
Anthropic AI is another AI chatbot but its main value to customers is greater trustworthiness.
They publish research papers openly and try their best to mitigate brand risk.
This is part of the meta-trend of ethics in AI.
5. Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI is another ChatGPT competitor but it is meant to improve search engine functionality.
The difference? ChatGPT is better at creating content. Perplexity AI is better for sourcing and as a search engine.
