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Cambridge researchers warn of an "intention economy" where AI predicts and manipulates your decisions.

Also, Geoffrey Hinton raises human extinction risk from AI to 20% by 2055.

Plus, the IRS deploys advanced AI tools to combat a $360B fraud surge.

Oh yeah, and Meta plans to flood social media with millions of AI-generated profiles.

So, grab your beverage of choice.

Here’s your weekly dose of AI news.

Today’s newsletter includes:

• 📰 AI NEWS RECAP

• 🤿 AI DEEP DIVE

• 🛠️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK

• ⚙️ GPT OF THE WEEK

• 🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK

• 📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK

• 🎨 AI IMAGE OF THE WEEK

📰 AI NEWS RECAP

AI Might Decide For You 🫨

Is AI making your decisions without you?

That's what has Cambridge researchers worried.

AI systems are becoming sophisticated enough to predict...

And potentially sell information...

About choices you'll make before you're even aware of them yourself.

Everything from purchases to life choices.

But how can AI do this?

1️⃣ AI analyzes past behavior patterns

2️⃣ AI sells predictions to businesses

3️⃣ AI predicts your future choices

4️⃣ AI influences your decisions

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆

Social media companies have been spending billions for your attention.

Cambridge predicts that its only a matter of time until they come after your intention.

Supercharged with AI that can predict your every want and desire.

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲🤔 

We're entering an era where AI might know what you'll choose for dinner before you feel hungry.

Or which career path you'll take before you've had your mid-life crisis.

The scariest part?

Somewhere, right now, an AI might be packaging up predictions about your future choices into neat little data bundles for sale.

Your morning coffee preference.

Your next career move.

Maybe even who you'll fall for.

All up for grabs to the highest bidder.

When algorithms can predict and influence our choices, do we still have free will?

Or are we just acting out a script written by AI?

AI Godfather, Geoffrey Hinton, raises human extinction risk to 20% by 2055. The Nobel laureate warns AI development is moving "much faster than expected" and calls for urgent government regulation.

US Treasury sanctions Russian and Iranian AI-powered election interference operations. Both nations used generative AI to create deepfake videos and false news stories targeting American voters.

IRS deploys advanced AI tools to combat $360 billion fraud surge. The agency's Criminal Investigation branch uses pattern detection and privacy-enhancing technologies to fight sophisticated AI-enabled financial crimes.

AI surveillance system revolutionizes infectious disease tracking worldwide. The platform combines real-time health data analysis with machine learning to detect and prevent disease outbreaks before they spread.

Meta plans to flood Facebook and Instagram with millions of AI-generated profiles. The company's vision shifts social media from human connections to AI-automated interactions, despite concerns about authenticity and user experience.

Hugging Face revolutionizes AI development with three-line solution. smolagents lets anyone create AI assistants that can search the web, process information, and execute tasks - all while running on free, open-source models.

OpenAI breaks promise to protect creator rights with missing opt-out tool. Seven months after announcing Media Manager, a tool meant to let creators control how their work is used in AI training, the company has shown no progress on development despite 2025 deadline

AI Godfather, Geoffrey Hinton, backs Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI's profit shift. The Nobel laureate warns that allowing OpenAI to abandon its nonprofit mission sends a dangerous message to the AI industry.

Google CEO declares 2025 "critical year" for AI advancement. Sundar Pichai urges employees to accelerate Gemini development and reach 500 million users while competing for AI leadership.

Johns Hopkins and Stanford teach surgical robots through video observation. The breakthrough system uses deep learning to analyze surgical recordings, helping robots learn complex procedures without explicit programming.

🤿 AI DEEP DIVE

Sam Altman’s tweet hints at humanity nearing the singularity—

A transformative moment when AI surpasses human intelligence, reshaping civilization.

This milestone, predicted by futurist Ray Kurzweil for 2045, raises profound questions about AI safety, societal shifts, and even the simulation hypothesis.

Altman even ties this moment to the simulation hypothesis, questioning if our reality is real or simulated.

A must watch as we head into the new year!

🛠️ AI TOOL OF THE WEEK

Blogify AI: Transform videos, podcasts, and other content into fully optimized blogs, complete with images, SEO keywords, and affiliate links, making it ideal for content creators and marketers.

With support for 150+ languages and integration across multiple platforms, Blogify simplifies blog creation, publication, and monetization for maximum reach and revenue.

Send your tool here to be featured next week!

⚙️ GPT OF THE WEEK

Image Generator: Want to bring your wildest imaginations to life?

Give ‘Image Generator’ a try today!

🎓 AI COURSES OF THE WEEK

Google is offering FREE AI courses.

No payment required.

Register today!

(What are you waiting for?)

📝 AI PROMPT OF THE WEEK

Copy and paste this into your favorite chatbot.

As a theoretical physicist, analyze the probability that humans live in a simulation. 

Define simulation characteristics, examine evidence for and against, and provide your probability estimate.

Try your prompt here.

🎨 AI IMAGE OF THE WEEK

Copy and paste this into your favorite image generator.

closeup of a line of cocktails on a bar, professional marketing photography --ar 4:7

Not paying for Midjourney or DALL-E 3?
Click here for Microsoft’s FREE image creator.

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