What's in this week's issue?

From Google to Microsoft, OpenAI, and many smaller startups at the other end of the scale, LLMs and the AI tools they train have changed technology as we know it. AI is here to stay, it is already making a significant impact on our online world and everything that runs through it.

Further evolution appears inevitable but at what cost, and to what extent? We know already it is extremely expensive to provide the engine room that powers AI, with the server-heavy system just about coping. The advances in AI are remarkable but so is the depth of resources required for the big tech companies to underpin the system.

“Model collapse” considers that we might already have witnessed the peak of AI models, presenting the theory that as more and more web content becomes AI-generated, the tech will eventually “inbreed” on existing trained data leading to flaws as human-led data becomes increasingly scarce.

When Rep. Jennifer Wexton gave remarks on the House floor Thursday, she spoke using a voice that she and her colleagues thought they’d never hear again.

After a rare neurological disorder affected her ability to speak, the Virginia Democrat now enlists artificial intelligence to speak using her old voice. Wexton’s speech Thursday was the first time a voice cloned by AI was used on the House floor — and comes as Congress itself is wrestling with how to regulate and legislate on artificial intelligence.

"I can no longer give the same kind of impassioned impromptu speeches during debates on the floor or in committee hearings," Wexton said using assistive technology. "This very impressive AI recreation of my voice does the public speaking for me now."

Easy Cloud News

• ⛅️ Easy Cloud’s Services (link)

• 🗞️ Easy Cloud’s Latest News (link)

• ❓️ Why Easy Cloud (link)

AI News

• 🇪🇺 The re-elected president for EU and what that means for tech (link)

• 🍎 Over 100K YouTube videos have been scraped to train AI for Apple and Nvidia (link)

• 🇮🇱 Israel’s startup scene shows resilience despite nine months of war (link)

• 💻️ OpenAI unveils GPT-4o mini, a smaller and cheaper AI model (link)

• 🎲 How AI is transforming sports betting for better odds (link)

AI Tools

• 🎦 Fliki: Transform your ideas to stunning videos (link)

• 🖋️ HyperWrite: AI content writing assistance delivered in less time (link)

• ✅ Copy.ai: Automate tasks and power your sales and marketing (link)

• 📰 Article Forge: Get high-quality articles and content quickly (link)