Meet your ultra-realistic AI clone 👀!

Welcome, humans.

No need for actors or a film crew anymore, learn how to create your AI avatar in just 30 minutes! And guess what? It's now possible to create your AI clone—the more data (videos, audio, PDFs) you provide, the more ultra-realistic and similar to you it will be! Get the picture 🙄? The meteoric rise of Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, showcases the potential of AI and its ability to soon transform our interactions, even with the web. Cache Cookies delivers your weekly dose of groundbreaking tech news, cool apps, brain-boosting knowledge, the latest on AI, and the lowdown on AI's wild side.

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Meet Your Digital Clone!

Imagine having a conversation with your perfect digital twin—an AI infused with your own memories, thoughts, and perspectives. This isn't just fantasy; it's an experience Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and a fervent AI advocate, recently had. Hoffman took part in a Q&A session with REID AI, his digital clone developed by Hour One. This intriguing interview showcased REID AI’s abilities, built on GPT-4 and trained with 20 years of Hoffman’s work and publications. More than just mimicking his voice, REID AI can think like Hoffman, drawing on his knowledge to respond to queries.

Why Does It Matter to Me 🦎 ?

Platforms like Alt AI, Delphi AI, and Coachvox AI now let you create a realistic digital version of yourself that can think, respond, and act just as you would. According to Kazutaka Yonekura, CEO of Alt AI, the primary aim of these AI clones is to simplify life by automating routine tasks such as email responses, phone calls, and preliminary meeting attendances. His company has even pioneered paying salaries to the AI clones of its hundred employees, aiming to create 50 million AI clones of Japanese citizens by 2030 to boost work automation in Japan.

Jodie Cook, founder of Coachvox AI, points out the value of digital clones for coaches and thought leaders, enabling them to meet the demand for personalized, accessible knowledge. Even health guru Deepak Chopra has ventured into digital cloning.

Dara Ladjevardian, co-founder of Delphi AI, observes that content creators, influencers, and professionals are using his platform to craft digital versions of themselves, capable of interactions indistinguishable from real-life exchanges. Users can seek investment advice from a digital Keith Rabois or engage on various topics with a clone of Dara Ladjevardian himself.

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Now, anyone can craft a digital replica of themselves using personal data such as videos, podcasts, PDFs, and blog posts, starting at $29 a month with Delphi AI. As this technology becomes more accessible, its widespread adoption appears inevitable, raising several crucial issues. These include identity confusion from the striking resemblance between individuals and their clones, potential dependency on these digital personas, and the growing challenge of distinguishing between reality and virtual constructs, particularly with deepfakes. This technology is set to deeply influence our professional and social interactions, imagine attending a meeting or a doctor's appointment only to find your counterpart is a digital clone.

Moreover, interacting with an AI clone of a deceased loved one, a concept being explored by Microsoft and HereAfter AI, brings significant psychological implications and opens a Pandora's box of ethical and emotional dilemmas. As we generate more personal data, the mimicking capabilities of these AI clones enhance, leading to serious questions about who accesses this data, how it is used, and the potential repercussions.

AI: The Growth Engine for Google 🚀

Alphabet, the company behind Google, YouTube, and Gemini AI, has shattered expectations with exceptional first quarter financial results in 2024. Alphabet's performance is attributed to three key segments. Google Cloud saw a 28% growth, driven by high demand for its generative AI tools, generating revenue of $9.6 billion. YouTube's advertising revenue increased by 21%, boosted by investments in live sports, improved ad-blocking management, and the monetization of Shorts, TikTok-inspired short videos, reaching $8 billion. Google's search engine itself recorded a 13% increase in advertising revenue, amounting to $61.6 billion.

While Google's search engine remains a colossal revenue source, the growth in advertising revenue suggests that AI-powered chatbots have not yet disrupted traditional search. However, the rapid evolution of AI could radically transform how we navigate the web. Imagine smart chatbots like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Perplexity becoming your new search engines, providing direct, source-based answers instead of endless lists of websites. This AI-driven revolution could reshape SEO and online marketing strategies, heralding an era of intuitive and personalized search.

Why Does It Matter to Me 🦎 ?

Alphabet has joined the elite trio of companies each valued over $2 trillion (Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia), following a 10% rise in its share price, spurred by the payment of the company's first-ever dividend. Microsoft, the most valued, has once again surpassed $3 trillion. The meteoric rise of these tech giants is largely attributed to the spectacular advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) that they develop and deploy on a large scale.

Tech companies now surpass the global economy of countries like Brazil, Canada, or Italy!

This soaring of tech titans, surpassing the economies of entire nations, catapults us into a future where mastering artificial intelligence is not a luxury but a necessity. Whether you're an investor, a professional, or simply curious, this technological revolution is not just a trend but the battlefield on which the next decades of global innovation will be played.

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Recall that in our latest edition, we promised to spotlight the creation of a video using Synthesia. The moment has come: arm yourself with our exclusive, step-by-step guide and produce a captivating presentation showcasing a personalized avatar in under thirty minutes. Additionally, we've also produced an explainer video using another AI tool, Guidde. While it aids in rapid explainer video creation, the voiceover it generates differs significantly from the quality of voiceovers produced by tools like Synthesia. This once again demonstrates the advanced capabilities of the Synthesia tool.

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