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Salesforce CEO Calls Copilot the New Microsoft Clippy – Doesn’t Work or Deliver Value
Arjun Sha
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Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce has criticized Microsoft for its Copilot product. He says that Copilot is the new Microsoft Clippy and it doesn't work or deliver value. Further, he slams Microsoft and says the Redmond giant is doing a great disservice to the whole industry.
OpenAI Facing Internal Conflicts Amid Sam Altman’s Push for Moneymaking Products
Arjun Sha
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OpenAI just raised $6.6 billion in the largest funding round ever, but its top scientists, researchers, and co-founders have left the company. Many former employees say the focus is on shipping moneymaking products over doing pioneering research. Under Sam Altman's leadership, the company is going through a huge cultural shift.
Meta Unveils ‘Movie Gen’ AI Video Generation Model to Challenge OpenAI Sora and Veo
Arjun Sha
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Meta has released a set of advanced models under 'Movie Gen'. It can generate AI videos in HD quality, produce background music, and sync it with the video automatically. Movie Gen also promises AI video editing, allowing users to remove, replace, and add elements from videos.
Ads in Google's AI Overviews are officially live now to U.S users. This is to help users make a more informed buying decision anytime they head over to search to find product-centric solutions to problems. Check out all the details of this functionality right here!
Microsoft Revamps Copilot AI with a Fresh UI, Copilot Voice, Vision, & More
Arjun Sha
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Microsoft has finally updated Copilot with a new look. In addition, Microsoft has added Copilot Voice for natural voice interaction and Copilot Vision for web browsing along with Copilot's real-time vision analysis. You can also listen to Copilot Daily on the homepage -- daily news from around the world presented by an AI voice. The new AI model behind Copilot is also pretty powerful.
Microsoft Is Finally Letting You Take Control and Uninstall Windows Recall
Sagnik Das Gupta
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Microsoft is officially making it possible to uninstall Windows Recall. Additionally, the AI tool is also getting a security revamp, where it gets additional encryption layers. Read all about it right here!
Mira Murati’s Sudden Exit Raises Serious Questions About OpenAI’s For-Profit Ambition
Arjun Sha
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In a surprising turn of events, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has abruptly resigned from the company. Another report says that OpenAI is planning to dismantle its non-profit board and move to a for-profit corporation. With Murati's exit, OpenAI has seen a series of high-profile exits in the last few months.
With the launch of Llama 3.2 models, Meta AI has received huge upgrades. You can now voice chat with Meta AI, create AI images of yourself, edit photos using AI, and even perform AI analysis on images. There is also an automatic translation feature for Reels, but it's coming later to all regions.
Meta Releases Llama 3.2 Models with Vision Capability For the First Time
Arjun Sha
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Meta has released four new models under the Llama 3.2 family. Two smaller models include 1B and 3B for on-device tasks. And two other models are 11B and 90B which bring support for image analysis. You can start using the new vision models through the Meta AI chatbot.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says Superintelligence is a Few Thousand Days Away
Arjun Sha
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes an astounding claim and says superintelligence can be achieved within the next few thousand days. OpenAI believes scaling current AI systems will lead to generalized intelligence. However, other prominent AI researchers argue that LLMs are not sufficient to unlock intelligence.
SocialAI Is a New AI Bot-Powered Twitter Clone That You Should Try Out!
Sagnik Das Gupta
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There's a new social media app in town called SocialAI, where you're the only human, while the rest are all AI bots. From actively dropping replies to your posts to interacting with you, these bots are out there to listen to you. We finally went hands on with the app, and here's what we think!
A Reddit user shared a conversation with ChatGPT where the chatbot had initiated the conversation without user prompting. Another user said ChatGPT inquired about his health. It seemed bizarre, but OpenAI has now confirmed the issue. The company says the issue has been fixed now.
OpenAI's new o1 models excel at advanced reasoning tasks and in fields like math, science, and coding. However, for natural language processing, GPT-4o is still the better choice. As for coding, the smaller o1-mini model outperforms the larger o1-preview model. OpenAI says the new o1 models pose a "Medium" risk in terms of biological threats and persuasion.
Microsoft has announced several Copilot AI features for business customers. You can collaborate with your teammates using Copilot Pages. It can browse the web and find information for you in a tailored manner. Apart from that, you can build Copilot agents to create a custom chatbot and it can perform actions as well.
If you have not tried Google's NotebookLM AI tool yet, you must check it out. It lets you upload your personal notes and documents, and you can chat with the notebook and gain new insights. You can even listen to an AI-generated podcast discussing your personal notes.
Gemini Live is Rolling Out to All Android Users For Free; Here’s How to Use It
Arjun Sha
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Android users can now use Gemini Live for free. Google is rolling out the feature in English first. Support for more languages is coming soon.
Strawberry AI is Here: OpenAI Introduces ‘o1’ Advanced Reasoning Models
Arjun Sha
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OpenAI has finally introduced a series of new advanced reasoning models called 'o1'. The new models excel at science, coding, and math. It beats all AI models out there in all kinds of benchmarks. ChatGPT Plus users can access new o1 models starting today.
OpenAI is planning to release its intelligent Strawberry AI system in the next two weeks, ahead of the release schedule. Those who tested Strawberry say that it takes 10 to 20 seconds to generate a response.
Boost Your Video Quality with Media.io Video Enhancer Online for Free
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If you are looking for an AI video enhancer, you should check out Media.io's video enhancer tool. It leverages the power of AI to upscale videos to a higher resolution and makes videos smoother by generating more frames. You can also denoise videos and apply color correction.
OpenAI’s SearchGPT Falls Short of Expectations, Reveal Early Access Users
Arjun Sha
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According to a recent report, OpenAI's SearchGPT, a potential alternative to Google Search, is said to be underwhelming, and it's even less impressive than Perplexity. SearchGPT occasionally hallucinates and struggles to answer local and shopping queries.
This App Brings iOS 18’s AI Notification Summary Feature to Android Phones
Abubakar Mohammed
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Apple's upcoming iOS 18 has an AI notification summary feature that, well, sums up your pending notifications. The same feature is now available on Android via the Sum Up app, and it's extremely easy to set up on any Android device. All you need is a Gemini API key, which you can get for free, and then set up the app by granting permissions.
For training a Flux LoRA model, you can use fal.ai which allows you to train custom models on your own images in a straightforward manner. You don't need beefy GPUs or technical knowledge to create a custom AI image generation model.
Best AI Video Quality Enhancer in 2024: Three Ways to Increase Video Quality with VideoProc Converter
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VideoProc Converter AI is a versatile video tool that offers functions like video compression, downloading, editing, and AI-powered enhancement features. Its AI capabilities include Super Resolution, Frame Interpolation, and Stabilization, which improve video quality, frame rate, and smoothness. It's suitable for various users, from students to professionals, and offers a choice between a yearly subscription or a one-time payment for the full version.
Nvidia is the dominant player in the AI hardware space. However, there are other players developing powerful custom silicon, specifically for AI workloads. From Google to Amazon, Microsoft, Groq, and Cerebras, the race to build highly-performant AI accelerators is heating up. Read our piece to understand what makes Nvidia a unique company and what stops developers from using other hardware for AI training and inferencing.
Google has finally rolled out custom Gems to Gemini. It allows you to create custom AI chatbots for your specific use case. You can add custom instructions to steer the model for your specific role. That said, you can't upload files to add extra knowledge.
Cerebras has finally launched its Wafer-Scale Engine that delivers unparalleled AI inference speed. On the 8B model, it reaches a massive 1,800 tokens per second, and 450 tokens per second on the 70B model.
OpenAI Close to Releasing Strawberry AI on ChatGPT; ‘Orion’ Could Be GPT-5
Arjun Sha
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A new report confirms that OpenAI is close to releasing the Strawberry engine to ChatGPT. Strawberry is an AI engine that can significantly improve reasoning capability and improve performance in math and programming areas. It could launch as early as this fall. Besides that, OpenAI is also training its next-gen 'Orion' AI model, said to be the successor of GPT-4/4o.
The Google Pixel 9 series has launched with a bunch of AI features, of which the Pixel Screenshots app is one of the highlight tools. Using this app, you can easily describe a screenshot and it will show the one matching the description best using Gemini Nano. All you have to do is head to the Pixel Screenshots app and use the floating search bar on the home screen to type or voice the description. Right now, it's only limited to the Pixel 9 phones though.
According to the latest reports, Apple is working on a human-like interface based on Generative AI that could run the tabletop device and future Apple robotic devices. These robotic devices are in the early stages of development and they might arrive with a price tag of approximately $1,000, if they ever see the light.
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In this article, we are discussing all the new AI features that are introduced with the Pixel 9 and the Pixel 9 Pro devices and rank them based on how useful they are. Features like Add me, Auto Frame and Reimagine can be fun to try out every now and then but the rest like Pixel Studio, Video Boost and Zoom Enhance need more work before they become viable for frequent use.
I Tried Out Gemini Live; It Can’t Compete with ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode
Arjun Sha
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Google's Gemini Live was touted as the answer to ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode. Turns out, Gemini Live is a glorified text-to-speech engine, backed by an LLM. It can't understand emotions, the mood of the speaker, or the tone and tenor of the speech. That said, the new Gemini Live experience supports interruptions, but the experience is broken.
The New Grok Image Generator Ignores Nearly All Safety Guardrails & It’s Scary
Arjun Sha
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Grok recently got the ability to generate images on X. However, it seems there are no safety guardrails to prevent users from generating harmful and offensive images. In our testing, X image generator continues to generate images depicting violence, drugs, and explicit images of celebrities and public figures.
xAI has released its powerful Grok 2.0 AI model in beta. I tested the model on many reasoning questions, and it surprised me with its exceptionally strong performance. However, the model doesn't seem to have any safety guardrails. To learn more, go through our article.
Google's answer to OpenAI Advanced Voice Mode is finally here. Dubbed Gemini Live, it allows users to have a natural, free-flowing conversation with the AI model. You can interrupt it, pause the conversation, and resume it later on. Currently, Gemini Live is available in 10 voices. If you are an Android user, you can start using it today by subscribing to Gemini Advanced.
Procreate’s Stance on AI Is Commendable and Other Companies Should Follow
Kanika Gogia
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On August 19, 2024, Procreate posted a video on X where CEO James Cuda said that Procreate is AI-free and they have no plans to add any generative AI to their products. The company further explained that neither they have access to users' work, nor do they track users' activity in the apps.
OpenAI has quietly released an updated GPT-4o model on ChatGPT and it's called "chatgpt-4o-latest". The model improves performance in coding, reasoning, and other key areas. The updated ChatGPT model has again taken the first spot on the LMSYS leaderboard, outranking all other AI models.
If you are looking for a free Midjourney alternative, you must check out Flux. It's a free and open-source model for generating lifelike AI images. You can use it for free on HuggingFace, NightCafe, BasedLabs, etc.
Primate Labs has come up with a new Geekbench AI app to benchmark processors and NPUs on AI workloads. It now supports new AI frameworks including Qualcomm QNN, TensorFlow Lite, and more. Geekbench AI offers three scores for different data types.
Project Strawberry is an internal OpenAI research project that is said to bring human-level reasoning capability. It's related to the Q* project, according to Reuters. Not only that, Project Strawberry can also plan and perform a series of actions unlocking agentic workflows. The project is said to be proficient in solving the hardest math problems.
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AGI is the ultimate AI system that can match or surpass human capabilities, be it intellectual reasoning or performing complex tasks that require cognitive thinking, just like humans. OpenAI says that AGI can be achieved within the next 10 years, whereas other AI researchers believe that AGI is still two to three decades away. While AGI can lead to many scientific discoveries, experts warn that it can also be catastrophic to humanity.
OpenAI Co-founder Schulman Joins Anthropic, Brockman Takes Extended Leave
Arjun Sha
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John Schulman, one of the OpenAI co-founders and alignment head, has left the company to join Anthropic, a rival AI lab. Greg Brockman, OpenAI president and one of the key co-founders of OpenAI, has gone on an extended leave. Schulman says the decision to join Anthropic is a personal one as he wants to work on topics he is interested in.