Midjourney Unveils New Website and Teases Major Update ✨

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Midjourney takes important steps to tackle the competition with the launch of its new website and the upcoming v6 update. In a fiercely competitive landscape, where newcomers like DALL-E are making waves, could these improvements help secure Midjourney's continued success?

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Midjourney Unveils New Website and Teases Major Update ✨

• Technology Experts Call for AI Safety Checks

• AI Tutorial: Use ChatGPT to analyze your social media data

• AI Image of The Day🎨: Nicki Minaj's Interpretation of Taylor Swift's Album Covers

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

MIDJOURNEY

Midjourney Unveils New Website and Teases Major Update ✨

Midjourney has launched a new website in beta mode. While Midjourney has up until now operated primarily through Discord, the new website offers key improvements:

• Enhanced search capabilities to easily locate images and prompts within Midjourney's vast user-generated library

• Smoother image browsing

• Faster viewing of images alongside their prompts

• Additional organizational features like collections to be added in future iterations

However, the most crucial development is direct in-browser image generation, currently labeled as "coming soon" on the site. This will eliminate the need to use Midjourney through Discord, reducing friction for new users. The increased accessibility is critical as Midjourney seeks to expand its user base.

The company is also charging ahead with v6 later this year, promising even higher quality output and better text-to-image capabilities to rival DALL-E.

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AI REGULATION

Technology Experts Call for AI Safety Checks

In a new policy proposal, 23 AI experts, including Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, two of the three 'godfathers of AI,' call for urgent action to ensure these powerful AI technologies are developed responsibly.

The authors outline several recommendations, including:

• Devoting a third of all AI R&D funding specifically to safety research

• Mandatory independent audits of AI labs

• A licensing system for building cutting-edge AI models

• Making companies liable for harm caused by their AI systems

The proposals come ahead of a major AI safety summit next week at Bletchley Park in the UK. The high-profile event will see academics, politicians and tech leaders gather to address existential risks posed by AI.

Striking the right balance between innovation and regulation remains a major challenge.

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AI Tutorial

Use ChatGPT to Analyze your Social Media Data

Using ChatGPT Advanced Data Analysis you can analyze your social media data and get key information to enhance your account's growth.

Note: To use Advanced Data Analysis, previously known as Code Interpreter, you need access to ChatGPT Plus.

For example, these are the steps to determine the optimal days and times for tweeting to maximize your reach, engagement, and interaction, including impressions, replies, likes, and retweets:

1. Toggle on “Advanced Data Analysis” on ChatGPT

2.  Go to Twitter Analytics, access your “Post Analytics”, and export your data by tweet

3. Upload the CSV file you got to ChatGPT and add the prompt to get the information you want

In our case, we want to get the best days and times to tweet, so we can add this prompt:

“I'm uploading a CSV file containing my Twitter data from the last 28 days. Analyze the data and provide insights on the best days and times for maximizing impressions, likes, replies, and retweets.”

ChatGPT will give you the best date and hour to post

You can also ask ChatGPT to create graphs so you can look at the information in more detail, just enter another prompt and ask ChatGPT to generate the chart that you want.

AI Image of The Day

Albums from top to bottom: Fearless (2008/2021), Speak Now (2010/2023), Reputation (2017)

Source: @VENUSMlNAJ on X

The latest in AI and Tech

Microsoft's $5 Billion Investment to Propel Australia into the AI Era

Today Microsoft announced a massive $5 billion investment in Australia, aiming to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure while also boosting cybersecurity protections and tech skills training. The company plans to nearly triple its local data center presence while working with the government to enhance threat intelligence sharing and build "next-generation cybersecurity solutions."

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YouTube Music Lets you Customize Your Tunes with AI Art

YouTube Music unveiled a new way to personalize playlists. The feature lets users create one-of-a-kind cover art for playlists using AI-generated images. Just select a theme like animals or fantasy, choose from prompt options like "bear in a flower field" or "wizard casting a spell", and YouTube Music makes unique art.

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Bill Gates Doubts GPT-5 Will Be a Game Changer

Microsoft founder Bill Gates believes current AI systems like GPT-4 are reaching a plateau. In an interview, he said he doubts GPT-5 will be significantly better, though he admits he could be wrong. Still, Gates sees potential if costs and reliability improve in 2-5 years, enabling medical applications. He believes explainable AI will be solved in the next decade.

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