🕶Harvard Students Expose Smart Glasses Flaw

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You might be surprised to learn how students can build something remarkable and concerning with just a little creativity.

I will show you two Harvard students doing crazy things with Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses.

But that's not all! I’ll also share some amazing new launches in the world of AI.

Plus, I’ll guide you on how to create an app without any coding expertise.

So grab your favourite drinks and snacks, and get ready for a roller coaster ride with me!

What’s Inside Today’s Newsletter

🪰 Buzz Around AI

😀 AI Recap 

🧩 AI Creation

🔹 AI Learning

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

📰 AI News

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🪰 Buzz Around AI

BlackForest Labs Updates FLUX Creates Images 6X Faster

BlackForest Labs just launched FLUX 1.1 Pro, a new AI tool that makes images faster and better than before.

They also released their first API for developers to use.

What's Better Now:

The new FLUX can:

• Make images 6 times faster than before

• Create better-looking pictures

• Follow instructions more accurately

• Soon make very large 2K images

• Work through more websites

How Good Is It?

BlackForest Labs tested FLUX 1.1 Pro against other tools like Ideogram v2 and Midjourney v6.1. They say it works better at:

• Following what users ask for

• Making images that make sense

• Creating clear results

How to Use It

You can try FLUX 1.1 Pro through:

• Together.ai

• Replicate

• fal.ai

• Freepik

The new API lets developers:

• Choose image size

• Pick different models

• Control content rules

• Make custom image projects

Harvard Students Turn Smart Glasses into Privacy Threat

Two Harvard students found a way to hack Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses to track and identify strangers in public. Their tool, called I-XRAY, can find people's names, addresses, and personal details just by looking at them.

What They Did

The students, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, built a system that:

• Breaks into the glasses to send video to a computer

• Uses AI to scan faces

• Searches the web for matching faces

• Finds personal details about people

The Test

• Found info about many classmates without asking

• Proved it worked by talking to people using their private info

• Did this without people knowing they were being scanned

Why It's Worrying

Meta's glasses have safety features like a light that shows when they're recording. But this hack shows these safety measures don't work well enough. People could use this to:

• Stalk others

• Steal personal info

• Trick people

• Harm privacy

What This Means

This shows how easy it is to misuse smart glasses. It warns us that:

• Current safety features aren't enough

• We need better rules about this tech

• Privacy is at risk from smart glasses

• Companies must make safer products

🧩 AI Creation

🔹AI Learning

How You Can Create Apps Without Coding Using Replit AI Agent 🚀

Follow these simple steps to build your app! 

🛠️ Start a New Project

- Head to the homepage and click “Create Repl.”

📝 Describe Your App

- Write a detailed prompt about your app. Include key features and functions!

🔍 Review the Plan 

- Look over the development plan. Make adjustments to refine your app’s structure.

⚙️ Add Necessary Inputs

- Provide any required inputs, like API keys or feedback, to improve functionality.

🧪 Test Your App

- Thoroughly test your app to ensure everything works as expected.

🚀 Deploy Your App

- Once you’re happy, use Replit’s deployment feature to launch your app!

And there you go! Your app is ready for the world! 🌍

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

Meta Takes On AI Video Creation with New MovieGen Tool

Meta just showed off MovieGen, its new AI tool that makes and edits videos from text. Users can create videos just by typing what they want to see.

What's New:

MovieGen comes with four main parts:

- A tool that turns text into videos

- A system that adds sounds and music

- A feature that makes custom videos

- An editor that changes videos using simple commands

The tool can make clear, 16-second videos with matching sounds. Users can also change videos by typing what they want to fix, or upload pictures to help create new videos.

How Good Is It?

Meta says MovieGen works better than other AI video tools, including OpenAI's Sora. They tested it against other top tools and found that people liked MovieGen's videos more.

What's Next

Mark Zuckerberg, says Instagram will get MovieGen next year. He shared some videos showing what it can do.

Why It Matters:

MovieGen makes it easy for anyone to create and edit videos. You won't need to learn complex video editing - just type what you want. When it comes to Instagram, this means more people can make great videos without special skills.

Meta outlines more technical detail for Movie Gen in a 92-page research paper: Read Here

📰 AI News

1. Google just added new AI features that let you ask questions about photos and videos. Now you can point your phone at anything and Google will tell you what it is.

2. The person who helped create OpenAI's video tool Sora is leaving to work at DeepMind. This is the fourth major leader to quit OpenAI in just two weeks, showing big changes at the company.

3. ElevenLabs, a company that makes AI voices sound real, might soon be worth $3 billion. Many investors want to put their money into the company, which shows how valuable AI voice tech has become.

4. Apple will add new AI features to iPhones when iOS 18.1 launches on October 28. Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who often gets Apple news right, shared this update about the release.