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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced to the public that it has referred its legal complaint against Snap Inc. to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The FTC pointed out that the AI chatbot launched by Snap may pose 'risks and harms' to young users and stated that Snap may be violating or is about to violate relevant laws. Source note: Image generated by AI, image provided by service provider Midjourney. Snap is a popular social app among young people, especially teenagers.

Dr. Alan Becker, a deep learning scientist who previously led the development of Snapchat's 'My AI' chatbot, has recently come back to launch a new company called eSelf. This startup is focused on creating a real-time, video-based conversational AI assistant platform and has successfully secured $4.5 million in seed funding, officially entering the fierce competition in the field of AI assistants. eSelf's early goal is to provide a more realistic and interactive AI experience for verticals such as education, sales, financial services, real estate, and healthcare.

At the intersection of technology and creativity, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has once again showcased its innovative prowess. During the Snap Partner Summit held recently in Santa Monica, California, the company announced a series of exciting AI tool upgrades aimed at providing creators with a more powerful and intuitive content creation experience. The most notable new feature is 'Easy Lens.' This innovative tool allows creators to easily generate Snap's unique augmented reality (AR) objects, 3D effects, and characters through simple English descriptions.

At the recently concluded Snap Partner Summit, Snap (the parent company of Snapchat) unveiled an exciting new feature - 'Easy Lens'. This feature is fantastic as it can transform users' simple English descriptions into Snap's augmented reality (AR) lenses. Simply enter your desired effect in Snap's developer platform, Lens Studio, and Easy Lens will automatically generate it for you using generative AI models.

Snap and Meta are set to unveil their latest AR glasses prototypes next month, with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel releasing the fifth-generation Spectacles on September 17, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg showcasing the AR glasses codenamed Orion on September 25. However, due to the current immaturity of AR technology, neither pair of glasses will be available for public sale. Snap will distribute a small production run through partners and developers.

In the digital media era, video has become our primary means of self-expression and storytelling. However, creating high-quality videos typically requires professional skills and expensive equipment. Now, with Snap Video, you can automatically generate videos just by describing the scene you want in text.The current image generation models have already demonstrated excellent quality and diversity. Inspired by this, researchers have begun to apply these models to video generation. However, the hi

The model is small enough to run on smartphones and fast enough to render frames in real-time based on text prompts. He noted that while the emergence of generative AI image diffusion models is exciting, these models need a significant speed increase to have a major impact on augmented reality. Therefore, Snap's team has been dedicated to accelerating machine learning models.

The Huawei Cloud CodeArts Snap Intelligent Development Assistant officially launches its public beta. CodeArts Snap is a software development tool based on the Pangu large model, providing three core capabilities: intelligent generation, intelligent Q&A, and intelligent collaboration. Huawei Cloud CodeArts Snap can help developers improve efficiency in various development scenarios such as requirement management analysis, new code development, existing code optimization, code quality monitoring, and convenient application deployment.

Snap has released the latest version of Lens Studio 5.0 Beta, introducing AI functionalities to enhance AR development efficiency. In collaboration with OpenAI, developers can use ChatGPT to create new experiences for Snapchat users. The new AI features in Lens Studio 5.0 Beta include a 3D facial mask generator. Improved productivity allows developers to create more complex AR projects. An updated Lens Creator Rewards program supports AR creation.

The UK Information Commissioner's Office has issued an initial enforcement notice expressing concerns about Snap's generative AI chatbot. The investigation indicates that Snap failed to adequately identify and assess the privacy risks posed by 'My AI' to children and other users, but the findings are still inconclusive. Snap has committed to collaborating with the Information Commissioner's Office to ensure its risk assessment procedures are robust, while the AI chatbot underwent legal and privacy reviews prior to release. Snap's AI chatbot operates based on OpenAI's ChatGPT and includes parental notification and anti-offensive features.