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Bible Verses of the Day

3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. [Matthew 5:3-6 ESV]

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• 🤓 We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI

• 📱 25% of smartphone owners don’t care for AI, study reveals

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• 📰 AI News

• 🧰 AI Tools

There’s finally an “official” definition of open source AI. The Open Source Initiative (OSI), a long-running institution aiming to define and “steward” all things open source, today released version 1.0 of its Open Source AI Definition (OSAID).

The product of several years of collaboration with academia and industry, the OSAID is intended to offer a standard by which anyone can determine whether AI is open source — or not.

To be considered open source under the OSAID, an AI model has to provide enough information about its design so that a person could “substantially” recreate it. The model must also disclose any pertinent details about its training data, including the provenance, how the data was processed, and how it can be obtained or licensed.

While companies worldwide are rushing to adopt AI into their products, a new survey has revealed that not all smartphone users are focused on the technology with 34% having privacy concerns.

It was in a study by CNET, published on Sunday (October 27), where a quarter of smartphone owners (25%) said they don’t find AI features helpful. 45% of respondents are reluctant to pay a monthly subscription fee for AI capabilities and a huge 34% have privacy concerns.

According to the study, artificial intelligence isn’t a favorable excuse to upgrade a phone either with only 18% saying they would do so to gain AI integrations. The biggest motivator is actually to have a longer battery life (61%), followed by more storage (46%) and better camera features (38%).

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Listen or read the following transcript as R.C. Sproul explores the doctrine of predestination, explaining its biblical foundation and significance in Christian theology. Sproul discusses how predestination relates to God’s sovereignty, grace, and the assurance of salvation for believers. He addresses common misunderstandings and emphasizes the comfort and assurance that this doctrine provides to Christians.

The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.

AI News

• 🎙️ Meta releases an ‘open’ version of Google’s podcast generator (link)

• 📧 Notion teases new approach to emails with Notion Mail along with automated upgrades (link)

• 💲 Stripe’s biggest acquisition yet, and what’s a16z doing with all of those Nvidia GPUs? (link)

• 🏊‍♀️ Breakthrough in soft robotics: First toroidal micro-robot to swim autonomously in viscous liquids (link)

• 🚕 Elon Musk sued for using AI-generated Blade Runner imagery at robotaxi event (link)

AI Tools

• ❤️‍🩹 TRIPP: A mobile mindfulness app promoting mental wellness through guided sessions (link)

• 💵 DollarDrip: An AI-powered investment tool that simplifies the dollar-cost averaging strategy (link)

• 🐋 Beluga: Christian sermon and lecture transcripts, translations and more (link)

• ✒️ QuillBot: Improve writing clarity with paraphrasing, grammar checking, and plagiarism detection (link)

• 🚀 Super Time Travel: Upload photos and discover how they look in any time period (link)