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Google’s Gemini AI Will Soon Come to Your Corporate Workspace
Google integrates Gemini AI into Workspace: In its latest blog post, Google announced plans to incorporate Gemini AI into its Workspace productivity suite, marking a significant expansion of the chatbot's reach, and potentially exposing it to millions of new users in corporate settings. The standalone Gemini app will be included as a standard feature in Workspace Business, Enterprise, and Frontline plans starting in Q4 2024. This integration eliminates the need for organizations to purchase a separate Gemini add-on, streamlining access to AI capabilities within the Workspace ecosystem. Google emphasizes that Gemini will be subject to the same enterprise terms as...
read Sep 24, 2024Zoom’s AI Companion Will Summarize Meetings and Create Action Items for You
Zoom's AI Companion: A digital assistant for enhanced meeting productivity: Zoom has introduced an AI-powered feature called AI Companion, available to all paid subscribers, designed to streamline meeting processes and boost productivity. Key features and capabilities: AI Companion offers a range of functionalities to support users during and after Zoom meetings, leveraging advanced language models from tech giants. The AI can generate meeting summaries, create action items, and analyze participant engagement by identifying who spoke the most. It utilizes language models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, trained on Zoom employee meetings to ensure relevance and effectiveness. Users can access AI...
read Sep 24, 2024Spotify Expands AI Playlist Feature to 4 New Countries
AI-powered playlist creation expands: Spotify's AI Playlist feature, which generates customized playlists based on text descriptions, is now available to Premium subscribers in the US, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. The expansion follows the feature's initial launch in the UK and Australia earlier this year, marking a significant step in Spotify's AI-driven personalization efforts. Premium subscribers can access the AI Playlist beta through the mobile app by tapping the "+" button in their library and selecting "AI Playlist" from the drop-down menu. The feature creates playlists containing 30 songs based on user-provided descriptions, which can range from specific themes like...
read Sep 24, 2024Snapchat Teams Up With Google to Upgrade AI Chatbot
Snapchat enhances AI capabilities with Google Gemini partnership: Snapchat is set to upgrade its "My AI" chatbot with Google's Gemini technology, expanding the platform's artificial intelligence offerings and user experience. The collaboration aims to make Snapchat's My AI chatbot more capable and introduce new AI-powered features to the platform. Currently, My AI is powered by OpenAI's GPT models, but the upgrade will incorporate Google Gemini's multimodal capabilities, allowing the chatbot to process and understand text, images, and videos. Enhanced functionality and real-time interaction: The Gemini-powered My AI will offer Snapchat users more versatile and interactive experiences within the app. Users...
read Sep 24, 2024Meta to Add Celebrity Voices to Its AI Chatbot
Meta's AI chatbot gets a celebrity makeover: Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is set to introduce celebrity voices to its AI chatbot, signaling a continued interest in blending star power with artificial intelligence. Meta has reportedly secured deals with notable celebrities including Awkwafina, Kristen Bell, John Cena, Judi Dench, and Keegan-Michael Key to lend their voices to the company's AI chatbot. This move comes after earlier rumors of Meta seeking such partnerships, indicating a strategic shift in how the company approaches AI personalization. AI and celebrity collaborations: While Meta has moved away from celebrity-themed chatbots, the incorporation of famous...
read Sep 24, 2024This New AI Mobile App Can Identify 33,000 Species of Plants in Just 3 Seconds
AI-powered plant identification app revolutionizes gardening: Plantum, a new mobile application, uses artificial intelligence to identify over 33,000 plant species with 98% accuracy in just three seconds, offering a comprehensive solution for plant care and identification. Plantum transforms iPhones and iPads into portable plant experts, providing users with instant access to botanical knowledge and care instructions. The app is currently available at a discounted lifetime subscription price of $14.97, down from its regular price of $59, making it an affordable option for both novice and experienced gardeners. Key features and functionality: Plantum offers a range of tools designed to assist...
read Sep 24, 2024New Amazon AI Tool Transforms Product Images Into Engaging Video Ads
Amazon's AI-powered video ad generator: Amazon has introduced a new generative AI solution that transforms product images into video ads, aiming to streamline the creation process for advertisers and boost its advertising segment. The video generator, currently in beta, is part of Amazon's Sponsored Brands campaign suite and is available to ad partners at no additional cost. French skincare company Gellé Frères has been testing the offering in preparation for the Black Friday rush, reporting significant time savings in video ad production. Amazon has also introduced a live image capability for its existing image generator feature, allowing brands to add...
read Sep 24, 2024Google Photos Launches AI Video Editing Tools for Android and iOS
AI-powered video editing comes to Google Photos: Google is rolling out new video editing tools in the Google Photos app for Android and iOS, featuring AI-powered capabilities designed to simplify and enhance the video editing process. Key updates and features: The latest update brings significant improvements to the app's user interface and introduces new editing tools, making video editing more accessible to users. Popular video editing tools are now prominently displayed with clear labels, replacing the previously small and unlabeled buttons for Mute, Enhance, and Stabilize. An updated Trim Tool offers improved controls for precise video cutting. The new Auto...
read Sep 24, 2024Duolingo Launches AI Video Calls and E-Piano for Enhanced Learning
Duolingo expands beyond language learning: The popular language-learning app is diversifying its offerings with new hardware and AI-powered features to enhance user experience and learning opportunities. Duolingo is entering the hardware market with an electronic piano, developed in collaboration with Loog, a musical instrument manufacturer known for producing keyboards and guitars for children. The e-piano, priced at $249, will be available for purchase on Duolingo's website, catering to users of its music course. AI-powered video calls roll out: Duolingo is introducing OpenAI-powered video calls to all iOS Duolingo Max subscribers, offering a new dimension to language practice. The Video Calls...
read Sep 24, 2024OpenAI Launches Multilingual Dataset to Enhance Global AI Performance
OpenAI's release of a multilingual AI dataset marks a significant advancement in expanding the global reach of artificial intelligence, particularly in languages with limited AI training resources. Bridging the language gap: OpenAI has unveiled the Multilingual Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMMLU) dataset, evaluating AI performance across 14 diverse languages. The dataset includes Arabic, German, Swahili, Bengali, and Yoruba, addressing criticisms of the AI industry's focus on primarily English-based models. MMMLU builds upon the existing Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark, which tested AI knowledge across 57 disciplines but only in English. The new dataset has been made available on the...
read Sep 23, 2024Together AI Launches Enterprise Platform for Secure AI Deployment
AI deployment in private environments: Together AI has unveiled its Enterprise Platform, enabling organizations to deploy AI models in virtual private cloud and on-premises environments, addressing key concerns of performance, cost-efficiency, and data privacy. The platform extends AI deployment capabilities to customer-controlled cloud and on-premises environments, building upon Together AI's existing full-stack platform for open-source LLMs. This new offering aims to meet the needs of businesses that have established privacy and compliance policies within their own cloud setups. Vipul Prakash, CEO of Together AI, emphasizes the importance of efficiency, cost, and data privacy as companies scale up their AI workloads....
read Sep 23, 2024How Altimate AI Is Using Agentic AI to Transform Enterprise Data Management
AI-powered data operations revolution: Altimate AI's new DataMates technology aims to transform enterprise data management by leveraging agentic AI to automate and accelerate a wide range of tasks. The San Francisco-based startup has introduced DataMates as part of its DataPilot platform, designed to address the growing challenges faced by overworked and understaffed enterprise data teams. DataMates acts as virtual teammates, using AI to handle time-consuming and repetitive tasks such as data documentation, testing, and performance optimization. The technology aims to reduce the burden on data professionals, allowing them to focus on higher-level tasks and meet business requirements more efficiently. The...
read Sep 23, 2024Civitai Unveils SPINE to Streamline AI-Powered Content Creation
Civitai unveils groundbreaking AI content creation platform: Civitai, a leading player in the generative AI space, has introduced SPINE, a revolutionary integrated workflow system that consolidates various AI tools for image, video, and music generation. Project Odyssey film festival showcases AI-powered creativity: The company held an exclusive event at Andreessen Horowitz to highlight the winners of its AI film festival, demonstrating the potential of AI tools in filmmaking and content creation. The festival featured standout films created using AI tools, including the first-place narrative winner "RŌHKI - Episode 1" and Dylan Varella's music video "Get to You." Panelists at the...
read Sep 23, 2024Cloudflare Launches AI Bot Detection Tools to Empower Website Owners
Cloudflare's new AI bot detection and blocking tools mark a significant shift in the landscape of web content protection and AI data acquisition. This development empowers website owners with unprecedented control over AI bot access to their content, potentially reshaping the dynamics between content creators and AI companies. Revolutionary web protection: Cloudflare has introduced free AI auditing tools called Bot Management, available to all customers, including its 33 million free users. The tools enable real-time monitoring of AI crawlers visiting websites and scraping data, providing website owners with valuable insights into AI bot activity. Customers can selectively block AI bots...
read Sep 23, 2024OpenAI Launches ‘OpenAI Academy’, Offering Training, Guidance and API Credits
OpenAI launches educational initiative: OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence research company, has unveiled its latest project, OpenAI Academy, aimed at fostering AI development and implementation across various sectors. The new program is designed to support developers and organizations in harnessing AI technology to address complex challenges and stimulate economic growth in their respective communities. OpenAI Academy will offer a comprehensive package of resources, including AI training, technical guidance, and $1 million in API credits to selected participants. Program objectives: OpenAI's initiative seeks to democratize access to AI technology and expertise, potentially accelerating innovation and problem-solving across diverse fields. By providing...
read Sep 23, 2024Wix Releases AI Theme Assistant to Make Website Creation Even Easier
AI-powered website design revolution: Wix has introduced an AI Theme Assistant to simplify and enhance the website creation process, offering personalized guidance and real-time suggestions to users. The new tool aims to streamline website design by providing interactive, conversational assistance to users as they make design choices. Users can ask the AI assistant for guidance on various aspects of design, including color palettes, fonts, and theme experimentation. The AI Theme Assistant is integrated directly into the Wix Editor, allowing for real-time insights and suggestions during the design process. Addressing common design challenges: The AI Theme Assistant tackles the complexities often...
read Sep 22, 2024What Amazon’s New AI Seller Tools Will Mean for Shoppers
Amazon's AI revolution in e-commerce: Amazon has unveiled a new suite of generative AI tools, including Project Amelia, aimed at enhancing the seller and shopper experience on its platform. The announcement was made at the Amazon Accelerate event, with Project Amelia currently in beta and available to U.S. sellers. This development follows the earlier introduction of "Rufus," a chatbot designed to assist shoppers with suggestions, product comparisons, and recommendations. Key features of Project Amelia: The new AI toolset is designed to address various seller needs while simultaneously improving the overall shopping experience for customers. Project Amelia aims to help sellers...
read Sep 22, 2024Magnit’s AI-Powered Workforce Management Platform Makes Finding Talent Easier
AI-powered workforce management: Magnit, a global staffing and talent provider, has introduced an AI-powered Integrated Workforce Management Platform and assistant called "Maggi" to revolutionize the hiring process for temporary and seasonal jobs. The new platform aims to simplify and accelerate talent acquisition by providing hiring managers with a single interface to access data, sourcing, and workforce management tools. Maggi, powered by OpenAI's GPT-4, is designed to be more than a typical chatbot, offering advanced features and capabilities to streamline the hiring process. The AI assistant is connected to Magnit's extensive datasets, including customer data, public sources, and curated industry information....
read Sep 21, 2024Anthropic Introduces ‘Contextual Retrieval’ to Boost Accuracy of RAG Systems
Revolutionizing AI knowledge retrieval: Anthropic introduces Contextual Retrieval, a method that significantly improves the accuracy of information retrieval for AI models, particularly in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Contextual Retrieval addresses the limitations of traditional RAG solutions by preserving context when encoding information, resulting in more accurate and relevant retrievals from knowledge bases. The method combines two techniques: Contextual Embeddings and Contextual BM25, which work together to reduce failed retrievals by up to 49%. When combined with reranking, Contextual Retrieval can reduce failed retrievals by up to 67%, representing a substantial improvement in retrieval accuracy. Understanding the context conundrum: Traditional RAG...
read Sep 21, 2024Salesforce Investing $50M to Launch Free AI Training Courses
AI skills gap prompts Salesforce's ambitious training initiative: Salesforce has launched a comprehensive program to provide free AI training and dedicated learning spaces, addressing the growing demand for AI skills in the workplace. The company is offering its premium AI courses and certifications at no cost through 2025, investing over $50 million in this initiative. Salesforce aims to reach an additional 100,000 learners through its Trailhead online learning platform, which now includes AI-specific training courses. Since June 2023, more than 2.6 million AI and data badges have been earned by employees, job seekers, and learners on Trailhead. Global expansion of...
read Sep 21, 2024NVIDIA Launches AI Aerial to Optimize Wireless Networks With Advanced AI
Revolutionizing telecommunications with AI: NVIDIA has launched AI Aerial, a comprehensive platform designed to optimize wireless networks and deliver advanced generative AI experiences, transforming radio access network (RAN) technology into AI-driven computing infrastructure. The platform aims to support a growing ecosystem for AI-RAN, enabling telecommunications providers to expand beyond traditional voice and data services. AI Aerial is positioned to become a critical foundation for network optimization at scale, promising significant savings in total cost of ownership and new revenue opportunities for telecom operators. Key features and capabilities: NVIDIA AI Aerial is the world's first AI-RAN platform that can host both...
read Sep 21, 2024Samsung to Add Dedicated AI Key to Galaxy Tab S10
Galaxy Tab S10 series to feature dedicated AI key: Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Tab S10 series is set to introduce a significant new hardware feature with the addition of a dedicated AI key on its keyboard covers. The Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and S10 Ultra models will feature the new AI key on both standard and slim keyboard cover versions. The AI key will be positioned near the bottom right of the keyboard layout, replacing the previous Lang key. The key will be easily identifiable by the Galaxy AI logo displayed on it. Design and layout changes: The introduction of the...
read Sep 21, 2024AI-Powered Toy Bear Can Tell Stories in Over 30 Languages
AI-powered storytelling teddy bear debuts: Skyrocket has introduced Poe the AI Story Bear, an innovative toy that combines artificial intelligence with traditional bedtime storytelling. Poe utilizes OpenAI's language models to generate unique stories based on children's input, offering a personalized and interactive storytelling experience. The bear employs AI speech technology from ElevanLabs to narrate stories in a synthetic voice, enhancing the immersive quality of the experience. Children can customize their stories through the companion app, Poe AI Bear: Story Creator, selecting themes, characters, and locations, and even inserting themselves into the narratives. Key features and functionality: Poe's capabilities extend beyond...
read Sep 20, 2024You Can Now Search Google Chrome History with Natural Language
AI-powered search revolutionizes Chrome's browsing history: Google Chrome introduces an experimental feature that allows users to search their browsing history using natural language queries, enhancing the way users interact with their past online activities. The new feature, called "History search, powered by AI," enables users to find previously visited websites using everyday language instead of relying on exact keywords or website addresses. Example queries include asking about a recently viewed ice cream shop, comfortable walking shoes, or vegetarian pasta recipes, demonstrating the feature's versatility in understanding context and intent. How it works: Chrome locally stores and encrypts URL, page title,...
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