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Anthropic just threw down with Claude 3, ready to rumble with ChatGPT and Gemini. Early tests? Claude 3 might be the new champ.

Plus, the Musk vs. OpenAI saga continues, Perplexity's aiming for billionaire status, AND we've got a sweet password manager deal for you.

Tools, news, productivity hacks – let's crush this week!

INTERESTING AI ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 📰

• Anthropic Ups Its AI Chatbot Game With Claude 3, Rival to ChatGPT and Gemini
  AI startup Anthropic has announced the latest version of its Claude family of AI models, Claude 3, which is designed to exhibit "human-like understanding." The new models can handle more complicated queries with higher accuracy and enhanced contextual understanding, and are better at analysis and forecasting, content creation, code generation, and conversing in multiple languages.

• Perplexity Poised To Become Latest AI Startup To Hit Unicorn Status — Report
  Perplexity AI is on the verge of achieving unicorn status with a valuation of approximately $1 billion, a significant increase from its previous valuation of $520 million just two months ago. The company is finalizing a funding round that will propel it to this new valuation, showcasing the strong investor confidence in AI ventures.

• OpenAI says Elon Musk wanted ‘absolute control’ of the company

  OpenAI responded to Elon Musk's lawsuit by stating that he once sought "absolute control" of the company through a potential merger with Tesla. OpenAI's founders explained that they couldn't agree to Elon's terms for a for-profit structure as it went against their mission for any individual to have absolute control over the organization.

• Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI secrets
  Linwei Ding, a former Google software engineer, has been charged in the US for stealing trade secrets related to artificial intelligence (AI) while working for two Chinese companies. He allegedly took more than 500 confidential files about Google's supercomputing data centers, used for hosting and training large AI models.

• Microsoft engineer warns company’s AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights
  Shane Jones, a Microsoft AI engineer, has raised concerns about the company's AI image generator, Copilot Designer, creating disturbing and inappropriate content, including violent and sexual images. Despite his warnings to Microsoft and attempts to address the issue internally, the company has not taken adequate action.

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• Flowlance - Turn your billable hours into money

  This powerful tool empowers solopreneurs by automating payments and invoices through calendar integration, allowing users to schedule sessions, set hourly rates, and get paid seamlessly. Flowlance helps users stay up to date with their finances.

• Vidiofy - The easiest & fastest way to convert articles into reels

  Vidiofy is an AI-powered tool trusted by major brands and publishers worldwide to effortlessly convert written content into engaging reel-style, short-form videos for social media.

• RivalFlow AI - Improve existing content with AI

  This powerful tool leverages AI-based content creation to help users improve their existing content and enhance their digital marketing strategies. RivalFlow enables users to identify and capitalize on content that resonates with their audience, ultimately maximizing the impact of their content marketing efforts.

MUST WATCH PRODUCTIVITY VIDEOS OF THE WEEK 🍿🎦

I learned a system to work without motivation - The video is about a system that shows you how to work without motivation.

Lazy? Here's The Ultimate Productivity Routine. - The best routine is not one you can copy from someone else, but rather one that you create yourself.

My AI-Powered Productivity Setup for 2024 - Discover productivity apps you can use for work, studying, and organizing your life.

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