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Welcome to this week's edition of Beginners in AI, where we explore the latest trends, tools, and news in the world of AI and the tech that surrounds it. Like all editions, this is human curated and published with the intention of making AI news and technology more accessible to everyone. 

This week we highlight Meta’s new lawsuit aims to stop apps that “undress” photos, Google DeepMind turns prompts into film scenes, Kalshi proves a Finals-ready ad can be made for pocket change, Samsung’s fridge greets you by name, ChatGPT reminds us outages still happen, and publishers fret over traffic-eating AI search answers. Plus, Boston Dynamics’ robot dogs find the spotlight on national TV.

AI TOP STORY
Meta Bares Its Teeth: Lawsuit Targets AI “Nudify” Apps

What Happened
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, has filed a lawsuit against Hong Kong-based Joy Timeline for advertising AI-powered “nudify” apps, like CrushAI, on its platforms. These apps use generative AI to digitally “undress” people in images without their consent, often targeting women and celebrities. The lawsuit follows a CBS News investigation that uncovered hundreds of such ads across Meta’s platforms, revealing how Joy Timeline repeatedly dodged Meta’s ad review processes to promote these exploitative tools.

What It Means
This legal action highlights the growing challenge of policing harmful AI applications in the fast-moving world of social media. Meta has already removed many of these ads, banned related accounts, and blocked associated URLs, but the persistence of nudify apps shows how tricky it is to stay ahead of bad actors. Beyond violating Meta’s safety policies, these apps fuel serious issues like blackmail, AI fueled“sextortion,” and the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes, with some even reaching children. This case also echoes similar concerns raised by 404 Media and San Francisco’s lawsuit against deepfake websites, pointing to a broader push for accountability in AI ethics.

What to Take Away
For everyday users, this story is a wake-up call about the darker side of AI and how something that was once a complex feat—digitally altering images with lifelike precision—has become disturbingly simple, enabling tools like nudify apps to proliferate with ease. If you’re active on social media, be cautious about the ads you encounter and report anything suspicious to help platforms like Meta catch violators faster.

LAST WEEK IN AI AND TECH

Movie Mood Ring

Google DeepMind teamed with director Darren Aronofsky on Ancestra, a Tribeca-debut short that blends live footage with Veo-generated scenes. Artists tweaked color, lighting, and even emotional tone by typing prompts instead of moving lights, hinting at future DIY blockbusters. “Generative video is the new storyboard,” one producer said.

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$2 K to Courtside

Prediction-market startup Kalshi aired a fully AI-made NBA Finals ad created with Veo 3. The 30-second spot cost just two grand and three days, far below big-game norms. Viewers saw a GTA-style skyline morph into stock charts, underscoring how budget ads may never look the same again.

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Fridge Knows Your Voice

Samsung’s 2025 Bespoke AI refrigerator now recognizes who’s speaking via Bixby, then serves that person’s calendar—or adjusts colors for vision-impaired users. Double-tap the screen to wake it; the display stays off to save energy when idle. Personalized kitchens are inching closer.

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404 Bot Not Found

ChatGPT, Sora, and even OpenAI’s APIs went dark for most of June 10th, stalling homework and help-desk chats worldwide. Service crawled back by evening, but the stumble showed how deeply workplaces lean on AI responses every minute.

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Search Results? What Results?

Publishers report double-digit traffic drops after Google’s AI Overviews answer questions directly in search. One exec likened it to “a library printing the book for you at the door—nobody comes inside.” The debate over fair-use snippets just hit a new high.

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TECH TERMS TO KNOW

Once a choreography engine exists, the same software that makes robots boogie can schedule factory inspections—switching “dance beats” for “camera snapshots” or “torque checks.” It’s a bridge between showbiz flair and industrial precision, letting non-programmers script complex multi-robot scenes the way video editors cut clips.

TOOL SPOTLIGHT (non-sponsored)

Me.bot is an AI-powered personal assistant and productivity app designed to function as your "second brain." Its core purpose is to help you capture, organize, and make sense of your thoughts, notes, tasks, and memories—across formats like text, voice memos, links, and documents—using advanced artificial intelligence.

Key Features:

• AI-Powered Note-Taking & Organization: Me.bot allows you to save ideas, tasks, voice notes, PDFs, and more, then automatically organizes and connects them, surfacing hidden themes and insights.

• Personalized Memory & Insights: The more you use it, the better it understands your preferences, linking past content and providing context-aware suggestions.

• Conversational Interface: You can interact with Me.bot like a friend or assistant, asking it to recall information, brainstorm ideas, or offer emotional support.

• Emotional Support & Mental Health: Many users leverage Me.bot as a safe space to vent, reflect, and receive encouragement, which can be especially beneficial for mental health.

• Productivity Tools: Features include to-do lists, smart daily planners, and the ability to turn scattered thoughts into actionable tasks.

• Custom AI Training: Users can upload their own data (links, recordings, notes) to train the AI, making it uniquely tailored to their needs.

• Privacy & Security: Me.bot emphasizes strong data protection, with options for anonymous use, local storage, and compliance with major data protection regulations.

ROBOTICS AND AI

Spot Steals the Show

Five Boston Dynamics Spot robots danced to Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” on America’s Got Talent. One pup took a tumble, proving even robo-stars get stage fright. The performance doubled as a commercial: the production team hinted Spot’s routine used the same choreography software customers can license for industrial inspections.

TRY THIS PROMPT (copy and paste into ChatGPT, Grok, Perplexity, Gemini

Personal Voice Imprint

You are an expert writing coach and voice analyzer, tasked with improving the user's writing based on their voice conversations with the AI.

Step 1 – Analyze Voice Conversations
Review the user’s recorded voice interactions with the AI thoroughly.

Step 2 – Develop Writing Style Profile
From the voice conversations:
• Extract key patterns in tone, sentence flow, word choice, pacing, humor, formality, and conversational structure.
• Create a writing style profile that translates these vocal traits into a cohesive written voice.

Step 3 – Initial Writing Draft (v1.0)
• Produce a sample piece of writing (e.g., a short response, story, or essay) reflecting the style profile derived from the voice conversations.
• Assign a confidence score (0-100%) indicating how well the draft captures the user’s vocal style in written form.

Step 4 – Iterative Style Refinement (Until Optimized)
For each iteration:

Provide 1-2 sentences of self-critique (e.g., “Writing feels too formal, match the casual vocal tone,” “Sentences need shorter, punchier rhythm,” “Incorporate more of the user’s unique phrases”).

Adjust the writing style profile based on the critique to better align with the vocal patterns.

Rewrite the sample piece from scratch to ensure natural flow, avoiding edits to prior drafts.

Increment the version number (e.g., v1.1, v1.2) and update the confidence score.

Repeat for at least 50 iterations, or until the written output seamlessly reflects the user’s conversational voice.

Step 5 – Deliver Final Output & Style Guide
When the written piece perfectly embodies the user’s vocal style:
• Deliver the final writing sample.
• Include a hidden block (debug) containing the finalized writing style profile, with clear guidelines for the user to apply to their future writing.

Constraints & Approach
• Ensure the written output feels like a natural extension of the user’s conversational voice, avoiding generic AI or overly polished tones.
• Continue refining until the writing could convincingly pass as the user’s own, based on their voice conversations.
• Stop only when the writing style is a precise reflection of the user’s vocal identity.

DID YOU KNOW?

Early Google Image Search launched after users flooded the web looking for Jennifer Lopez’s 2000 Grammys dress.

The spike in demand for visuals of that famous Versace gown pushed Google to debut Image Search in July 2001 so people could finally see the dress instead of just reading about it.

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