Here is today’s Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown that kicks off a new month and a new quarter. It looks like October is going to be just as active as September. Featured stories this week include:

• Deepfake scams more frequent - Recent deepfakes of MrBeast and Tom Hanks highlight the proliferation of deepfake-fueled fraud and the lack of detection tools on social media (and elsewhere, for that matter).

• The assistants rise again - Bard is coming to Google Assistant, while Meta AI is a new assistant that Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t seem to have much enthusiasm for. What he is enthusiastic about is the new AI characters, which are entertainment-oriented as opposed to the productivity-focused Bard, ChatGPT, Claude, and so on. We break down the different classes of assistants and what you should actually expect from the marriage of Bard and Google Assistant.

• Generative AI winners and losers of the week.

Generative AI News

Links to the stories we covered this week are included below.

Featured Stories of the Week 🔦

• MrBeast and Tom Hanks Followers the Latest Victims of Deepfake Scams

• Bard Comes to Google Assistant

• Meta AI is a Generative AI Assistant, but the AI Characters Shift Focus to Entertainment

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

• Generative AI Learning Startup Gizmo Raises $3.5M

• Ex-Tinder CEO’s Generative AI Relationship Mentor Startup Meeno Raises $3.9M

• Visa Creates $100M Generative AI Startup Investment Fund

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

• Cohere Rolls Out Enterprise Generative AI Chatbot API

• LinkedIn Unveils Generative AI Hiring and Learning Tools

• Meta: Generative AI features for ads coming to all advertisers

• Instagram Founders' Artifact News App Adds AI-Generated Images, Gets More Confusing

Generative AI in the World 🌏

• Facebook’s new AI-generated stickers are lewd, rude, and occasionally nude

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