Adobe's AI image generator, Firefly, has been found to produce historically inaccurate AI images, similar to the recently shut down Google Image Tool in the chat app Gemini. Firefly generated on-demand images of black soldiers in Nazi Germany and black Founding Fathers in the U.S., suggesting that the app is attempting to avoid racial stereotypes or intentionally create diversity that did not historically exist, as first reported by Semafor. Adobe emphasizes that Firefly is not "meant for generating photorealistic depictions of real or historical events." The company has implemented feedback mechanisms in its generative AI products to identify issues and resolve them by fine-tuning or adjusting the filters. Meta's image generator is also generating historically incorrect images. Critics view this as a distortion of history. An alternative perspective is that image generators are not intended to be history books and are allowed to be imaginative.
"image of the Founding Fathers and the constitutional convention in 1787", Firefly 2 prompted by THE DECODER
Reddit announced on Friday, as part of its upcoming IPO, that the company is under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its data licensing practices. The FTC informed Reddit that it is conducting a non-public investigation into the practices by which user-generated content is sold, licensed, or shared with third parties to train AI models. Reddit emphasized that these practices are consistent with the values and rights of its users. The company expects to generate around USD 60 million in 2024 from the data licensing agreement it signed with Google in January alone. Reddit expects its growing platform data to be a key element in training leading Large Language Models (LLMs) and serve as an additional monetization channel.
According to Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, Elon Musk's AI startup X.AI currently pays the highest salaries for AI developers, ahead of even OpenAI. In addition, Elon Musk himself is a selection criterion for many applicants. This makes it difficult for Perplexity to compete with X.AI, says Srinivas. According to Srinivas, it is often the more highly valued companies that attract the best candidates because they can offer higher salaries through stock-based compensation. His strategy is to focus on candidates who are genuinely interested in working for the company. Character.ai also offers high salaries. Anthropic and OpenAI are on par, with OpenAI offering more "standardized compensation." Musk's AI startup has so far produced Grok-1, the AI model behind the X chatbot Grok, which is set to go open source this week. Grok-1 is roughly at or slightly below the level of OpenAI's GPT-3.5.
