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• WormGPT is a new, dangerous ChatGPT alternative

• Companies race faster toward AI agents

• Elon tries to lure AI researchers with money talk

• AI reinvents how online dating works

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HACKERS WORM THEIR WAY INTO A DANGEROUS NEW AI MODEL

AI is hard to regulate. The open-source models that scatter across the internet make it impossible to trace who’s doing what with which models.

That’s how you get a tool like WormGPT. PC Mag wrote about it last Friday, and it’s startling.

Here’s the main point:

A hacker is selling access to this model for 60 euros a month or 550 euros a year. The chatbot runs as an uninhibited, ChatGPT-like AI capable of creating malware and phishing scams.

It helps to picture ChatGPT with an evil, twirly mustache. WormGPT is that evil twin.

However, this bot doesn’t run on GPT-4.

The hacker used an older, open-source model called GPT-J from 2021. It's good enough to craft a convincing phishing email, but apparently, some buyers are unhappy with the performance, given the price.

Given that fact, you shouldn’t panic about WormGPT snapping up your private info anytime soon. A modern model does not power it, and that limits its capabilities.

But that could change. Companies are releasing better, open-source AI transformer models for developers to try without restrictions or registration.

It will be hard to track what people use them for, and we only know about WormGPT because of SlashNext, a company dedicated to cybersecurity issues.

The next version of this malicious chat AI will not be a worm. It’ll be a full-grown snake in the grass.

Digital Asset Investor → learn to invest in online businesses & domains from an expert

The Sweaty Startup → for anyone interested in making money & becoming better at managing people

A Smart Bear → a unicorn founder discusses strategy & decision-making for building

Life-Changing Concepts → gives you an unfair advantage in business using mental models

Master ChatGPT → an e-book to take you from zero to hero

AI AGENTS, MOBILIZE!

You know Jarvis, right? Watching Tony Stark interact with him and get help from an AI with such ease is impressive. There’s no doubt about it.

But when do you get your own Jarvis?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve had this thought at some point in the last eight months: “When are they going to integrate these incredible LLMs, like GPT-4, into Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant?”

It turns out it’s easier to ask the question than to execute the idea, but that doesn’t mean companies aren’t trying.

A frenzy of AI agents is in development, with a handful of startups pouring money into development to try to be the first solution to market. The winner can ascend the ranks of AI royalty with a spot right next to OpenAI.

That is if OpenAI doesn’t beat them to it.

I’m not kidding, everyone and their mother is working on an AI agent, but two speed bumps in research are becoming more like mountains.

The first is the reasoning conundrum. Sure, BabyAGI and other early concepts of autonomous agents proved that there’s a foundation here. But ordering a pizza is more manageable than scheduling a meeting with a few people. 

The latter takes a lot of reasoning and logic that today's models struggle with, and that problem isn’t going away anytime soon.

And then there are the risks involved with agents.

You’re trusting an agent to run multiple tasks and act without oversight. Right now, with these models, that’s like handing the keys to a toddler. It’s dangerous and irresponsible.

Companies need to test a lot until they know they can trust the public with this tech. Trust me that will take time.

So, yes, there’s a race to launch a commodifiable AI agent to the public, but it’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Quick Nuggets

💖 Barbiecore: AI reimagines landmarks in the style of Barbie

💸 Elon Musk tosses huge nine-figure numbers at top researchers when discussing his new AI company

🔮 How to understand the future of AI and how to make sense of the current moment

🍿 Hollywood is about people, not the machines that seem destined to replace them

💘 Online dating will change forever with the rise of AI matchmakers and Gen AI

✨ Wix unveils a new tool that can automatically create your webpage from a prompt

💼 Gen Z is getting screwed by this AI boom taking away entry-level positions that help them move up the ranks

🎥 The Creator’s first trailer hints at a future where AI does more than replace us at work

🔥 Fresh Products

• ClipDrop - tool optimized to edit image aspect ratio (link)

• dstack - cost-effective LLM development (link)

• XO Analytics - e-commerce growth w/ AI-powered analytics (link)

• Raster - host your team's stock photos (link)

• Promp - innovate & monetize AI prompts (link)

• BrainstormGPT - enter a topic, get a brainstorm report (link)

• Formsly - create forms & surveys w/ AI (link)

• Outboundly - prospect research & cold outreach (link)

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