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Rabbit R1, the AI-powered device that used LAM that could learn and perform actions for you has just been revealed to be an app running on some sort of version of Android. Mishaal Reehman was able to install its APK on his Pixel 6A and it was working fine except for app integration which required system level permissions. However, Rabbit's CEO, Jesse Lyu, stated that Rabbit R1 runs on a bespoke AOSP, not an Android app.
As we are moving towards the AI era, things are developing at a breakneck pace. In all of this, we have to be mindful of our privacy and how to protect it. In this article, we look at the privacy policies of popular AI chatbots and how companies handle private conversations. We have also discussed how you can minimize your data footprint and opt out of model training.
There's a hidden feature that has been spotted inside the Gemini Settings page which lets you "Choose your default media provider". It will help users select a streaming service as the default, allowing Gemini to start accepting commands related to music streaming, such as "Play my liked songs".
150+ Best ChatGPT Prompts for All Kinds of Workflow
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This comprehensive list of 150+ ChatGPT prompts tackles everything from content creation to project management. You can use these prompts to streamline your workflow, unlock the AI chatbot's hidden functionalities, enhance your creativity, and optimize tasks at hand.
Meta released its Llama 3 models recently so we have taken the liberty to compare the 70B model with the flagship GPT-4 model. Surprisingly, Llama 3 performs as good as the GPT-4 model despite being a smaller model. In advanced reasoning tests, it demonstrates intelligence and does better than GPT-4 in following user instructions.
Microsoft is working on a Circle to Copilot feature that is similar to Circle to Search by Google. The feature is available to try out in the Edge browser on iPhone and iPad. The feature is still in development and there is no confirmation when it will come to Android devices.
If you are looking for an easy solution that lets you chat with your documents locally, you can check out AnythingLLM. It has a slick GUI interface and works even on consumer-grade PCs. No need to have high-end GPUs. Apart from that, you can ingest a variety of file formats including TXT, PDF, CSV, audio files, spreadsheets, and more.
Nobody is safe from the clutches of AI as Logitech has now launched the new M750 AI Edition along with the Logitech Prompt Builder software. Combining ChatGPT integration with recipes, the builder can be assigned as a shortcut with certain Logitech mouse and comes up in a neat pop-up window. I had lots of fun with the app as it let me rewrite text, send custom e-mails, and even draft witty replies all with the power of ChatGPT! The app is free to use but does require the Logi Options App+.
Google has finally given access to Gemini 1.5 Pro API to all users. You can generate the API key from Google AI Studio and start calling the API for both text and image inputs. The API access is currently free as part of a public preview. We have also added some coding examples so go through our guide to understand the documentation.
You no longer have to wait to access the Gemini 1.5 Pro model. Google has made the model generally available to all users via Google AI Studio. You can access a context window of 1 million tokens without paying any fee. In addition to that, Gemini 1.5 Pro can now process audio files too, apart from videos and images.
Using Google Gemini, you can summarize YouTube videos instantly and save up time. On Android, head over to the Gemini app -> profile icon -> Extensions -> toggle on YouTube extension -> then paste the YouTube video link in the Gemini text box -> hit send. On iOS, go to the Google app -> switch to Gemini -> follow same steps as Android. You can also visit Gemini on the web using the browser of your choice and summarize YouTube videos quickly.
While ChatGPT offers the option to disable model training on your content inside ChatGPT's settings page, it also disables Chat History. This discourages users from disabling model training. That said, OpenAI has a separate privacy portal page where you can request the company to not train its model on your data while keeping the Chat History functionality intact. OpenAI doesn't promote this privacy portal page inside ChatGPT's interface. In fact, a passing mention is found on its FAQ page.
DALL-E can generate solid visuals but has lagged behind Midjourney in editing, thus limiting its creative appeal. However, thanks to OpenAI's new update, the tool now offers a powerful new editing interface that allows users refine portions of an images with modified prompts. The new interface boasts a "Select" option that offers precise targeting of areas for modification, enabling you to add, remove, or adjust elements.
ChatGPT brings with it infinite possibilities that you can put to some amazing use. For example, if you are a coder and in need of some help, ask ChatGPT to write code for you. In addition, you can also use ChatGPT to grade essays, play games with you, extract data from text, solve mathematical equations, and the like.
Big Tech Is Using ‘Powered by AI’ as a Marketing Gimmick, and It Needs to Stop
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There is a new trend used by Big Tech to plaster the term "AI-powered" in their marketing for features that are iterative improvements of features we have seen before. This tactic is being used quite freely by manufacturers to highlight of their new smartphones, catch attention and sell more phones. I took a deep dive into this matter and here are my thoughts on it.
This list will offer some of the best options in the realm of AI powered tools that can reproduce human like voice from given text. These include options like the popular Speechify voice generator and other tools like Play.HT that generate almost natural voice-overs. You can try out any of the ones that we have mentioned in this list and see which one works best for you.
If you are a developer building AI products, LimeWire AI API offers great flexibility and pricing. It hosts multiple Diffusion models from OpenAI, Stability AI, Google, etc. to deliver generative AI features. You can use the API to generate images, upscale images, inpaint, and oupaint images as well. In our testing, the API performed pretty well. Not to mention, the API implementation is straightforward and supports many popular languages.
Google's latest update for Gemini allows users to modify and regenerate specific portions of a response according to their preferences. The feature can be used to replace portions of text with a different prompt or you can simply ask Gemini to regenerate selected text or make it shorter or longer. The new feature is available for everyone but is limited to the Gemini web app.
If you have a low-end computer, you can download and run Google's open-source Gemma model on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The model is just 1.5GB in size and takes up around 1.4GB RAM. For creative tasks in English, the model does a good job while running offline. You can download LM Studio and load the model to start using it right away.
As has become a tradition now, I love testing new AI models, and when Anthropic released its new Claude 3 models, I knew I had to test out their tall claims. So, I compare the Claude 3 Opus model against OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro model in this extensive comparison. Does Claude have the magic to beat ChatGPT and Gemini? Find out.
Nothing Phone 2a comes with a new feature called Wallpaper Studio which uses AI to generate wallpapers. It can be found within the customisation menu and lets you create backgrounds by mixing and matching different effects and styles. You can even download the wallpapers locally to your device.
Anthropic has immediately released APIs for its Claude 3 models including Opus and Sonnet. The company says API access for the smallest Haiku model is coming pretty soon. While the API pricing for the Claude 3 models is high, users and developers are keen to test the Opus model, which according to Anthropic, beats GPT-4 and Gemini 1.0 Ultra. We have also added some code examples so go through our detailed tutorial.
Anthropic Announces Claude 3 AI Models; Beats GPT-4 and Gemini 1.0 Ultra
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Anthropic has released a new family of Claude 3 models -- Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku. The largest and most capable Claude 3 Opus model beats GPT-4 and Gemini 1.0 Ultra in all major benchmarks. According to Anthropic, all three models support a context window of 200K tokens and deliver 99% accuracy with great recall. Plus, they come with vision capability as well.
AI Models in India to Require Govt Approval; What are the Implications?
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The Indian IT Ministry (MeitY) has issued a new advisory for tech companies offering AI models and services in India. The advisory asks tech firms to get approval before deploying "untested" AI models in India. The government later clarified that the advisory applies to large companies like Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, etc., and not startups. The advisory also requests companies to embed permanent metadata in generated data to easily identify the first originator.
You can sign up for the Gemini 1.5 Pro waitlist via Google AI Studio and get early access to the flagship model with a context window of 1 million tokens. The model is currently in preview, so Google is offering access for free to test and evaluate the model. That said, there is no API available for Gemini 1.5 Pro yet, just like Gemini 1.0 Ultra.
In a surprising turn of events, Elon Musk has sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman in the San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday. Musk claims that OpenAI has become a closed-source company and it's only developing new technologies to maximize profits. Further, Musk says that Microsoft is leveraging its power and influencing OpenAI's operations. Musk is seeking an injunction against OpenAI and Microsoft from taking advantage of the AGI technology and cashing in for profits.
I Got Access to Gemini 1.5 Pro, and It’s Better Than GPT-4 and Gemini 1.0 Ultra
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We got our hands on the Gemini 1.5 Pro model via Google AI Studio, and after probing the model on a multitude of tests, we can say that Google has finally delivered an immensely powerful AI model. It's easily on par with GPT-4 model by OpenAI and surpasses Google's largest Gemini 1.0 Ultra model. It's excellent at advanced reasoning, can process videos, handles large corpus of data in a single window, and you can do so much more. Read our detailed comparison between Gemini 1.5 Pro, Gemini 1.0 Ultra, and GPT-4.
What the Gemini Image Generation Fiasco Tells Us About Google’s Approach to AI
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After Gemini generated some inaccurate and offensive images, Google has been accused of anti-white bias by critics from many quarters. In response, Google has temporarily turned off image generation of people in Gemini. Moreover, many accuse Google of aggressively tuning the model to represent diversity which seems to have backfired. So what explains this debacle and Google's overall approach to AI? Read on to find out.
Microsoft introduced Windows Copilot with much pomp and hype, but is it really an intelligent AI assistant to help you with everyday Windows tasks? Turns out, it's just another AI chatbot like Edge Copilot with few system integrations. Microsoft decided to replace Cortana with Windows Copilot, but there is close to zero feature parity and feels like a downgrade. Windows Copilot should embrace vision models to perform system actions locally like composing emails, interacting with various files, setting alarms, tweaking system settings, and more.
Meet Groq, a Lightning Fast AI Accelerator that Beats ChatGPT and Gemini
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Groq is a company formed by ex-Google TPU engineers who have developed an LPU (Language Processing Unit) that can generate outputs at a blistering speed. It can generate over 500 tokens per second while using a 7B model and close to 250 tokens per second while using a 70B model. ChatGPT and Gemini generate responses at a speed of 50 to 60 tokens per second. The Groq LPUs are said to be highly performant with much less latency and minimum energy consumption. With the introduction of LPUs, expect instant interaction with AI models soon.
The Samsung Galaxy S24 series brings with it a cool AI feature called AI Generative Wallpapers. Using this feature, you can generate as many AI images as you want and set them as your lock screen and home screen wallpaper. To make AI wallpapers, open the your phone's wallpaper settings by long pressing on the home screen -> select Wallpaper and style -> tap on Change Wallpaper -> select Generative panel -> choose a template -> edit prompt -> hit Generate and Apply.
Touted to be the most capable model by the Google DeepMind team, the Gemini Ultra 1.0 model has been finally released. Gemini Advanced is powered by the Ultra model so we compared it with OpenAI's GPT-4 model. In our tests, we found that Gemini Advanced still lacks rigorous commonsense reasoning capability, hence, it's nowhere close to GPT-4. However, in creating writing, it does a better job than GPT-4. In coding tasks, it's indeed an improvement, but with tools like Code Interpreter in GPT-4, you are likely to get better results in ChatGPT.
How to Replace Google Assistant with Gemini AI on Your Android Phone
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Google has officially started to roll out its Gemini Android app. However, it is currently limited to US users, and if you are not from the US, you will need to make a US Google account. Once you make it, you will be able to find the app listed on Play Store. Now, to set the Gemini AI as your primary voice assistant, open the Gemini app -> tap on Get started -> select I agree. That should automatically set it as your voice assistant. However, if you want to switch between Gemini and Google Assistant, open the Gemini app -> tap on profile icon -> Settings -> Digital assistants from Google -> select the desired assistant.
Google has launched a subscription plan called Gemini Advanced that is powered by the Gemini Ultra 1.0 model. Unlike the free Gemini (formerly Bard), Gemini Advanced is much better at highly complex tasks and performs close to OpenAI's GPT-4 model. It costs $20 per month, but you get two months of free trial. Gemini Advanced also bundles 2TB of storage, and Google One benefits. And soon, Gemini Advanced users will be able to access Gemini AI in apps like Gmail, Docs, and more.
Google has finally added image generation into Bard and you can create images for free. Simply start your prompt with "create an image of" or "generate an image of" and Bard will generate two images at once. Google is using its in-house Imagen 2 AI model with ImageFX tool for added guardrails to power Bard image generation. Right now, it only supports prompts in English and some countries such as the UK, Switzerland, and EEA regions can't access the feature right away.
There are a number of AI photo enhancers that let you restore old photos, upscale images, add more clarity and detail, expand images, and more. We have included the eight best AI tools to improve images including popular ones like Remini, Lensa, Clipdrop, and several others. We have also included some tools that you can run locally on your computer if you don't want to upload your images to the cloud.
Sorry Microsoft, Integrating a Chatbot Doesn’t Make Edge an ‘AI Browser’
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We take a look at Microsoft's claim of Edge being an AI Browser. The tech giant is quite aggressive about the AI Browser tagline, but does it pass the smell test? We have gone through the AI features Edge offers and its chatbot, Copilot's capability to deliver a truly great AI experience. We have also compared Edge with other browsers to understand the difference between an AI browser and a non-AI browser.
Recently, Google released the API key for its Gemini Pro model. Currently, the company is offering text-only and text-and-vision models based on the Gemini Pro model. The best part is that Google is allowing users to test the API for free and without setting up Google Cloud billing, at least for now. To teach you how to set up the Gemini AI API key and use it, we have included three coding examples to showcase the API usage. You can test Gemini Pro's multimodal capability as well through the API, which is not yet available in Bard.
There are several AI image upscalers available online, but we have selected the eight best tools that can boost the image resolution from 1x to up to 16x free of cost. Not just upscaling, these tools also fill in missing pixels and fixes blurry images with just one click. We have included tools from Stability AI, Topaz Labs, Upscale Media, etc., to offer a wide range of services.
Google has finally released a true multimodal AI model called Gemini. While multimodal features are not live yet, you can use Bard to check out the Gemini Pro model. Pixel users can also experience on-device AI with the Gemini Nano update. The most powerful Gemini Ultra model is quite impressive and beats the GPT-4 model on several benchmark tests. In multimodal tests too, Gemini Ultra dethrones GPT-4V model. However, the Ultra model has not been launched yet and is due to go live early next year.
Within a year, ChatGPT has become a full-fledged AI chatbot with knowledge cut-off of up to April 2023. It supports a multitude of features including image analysis, GPTs, voice chat, web browsing, code interpreter, plugins, custom instructions, data analysis, and more. ChatGPT also has apps for both Android and iOS. It's going to get access to the latest GPT-4 Turbo model as well.
The ChatGPT app has a voice chat feature now which is aimed at making conversations natural and meaningful. It's free to use and you can install the ChatGPT app on either Android or iOS to access the new feature. You can also customize the voice to your liking which is awesome. The only con is that it's somewhat slow to respond.