News/New Launches
Apple Released AI-Powered Updates in iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia — Here’s How to Join the Waitlist
Apple has released iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 developer betas, offering a preview of the company's first set of AI features dubbed "Apple Intelligence." Key features in the beta: The update introduces several AI-powered enhancements across various apps and services: Siri receives an updated design and gains the ability to maintain context across multiple requests. Mail app gets smart reply and email summary features. Photos app introduces natural language search capabilities. Availability and requirements: To access the Apple Intelligence features, users must meet specific device requirements and join a waitlist: Compatible devices include iPhone 15 Pro or...
read Jul 29, 2024Tripp Launches AI-Powered Meditation Guide on Meta Quest
Tripp, a wellness tech company, has launched Kōkua XR, an AI-powered meditation guide, on the Meta Quest virtual reality platform, marking a significant advancement in personalized wellness experiences. Key Takeaways: Kōkua XR leverages Tripp's extensive mood data from over 11 million global wellness sessions to deliver individualized meditative reflections based on real-time user feedback: The AI-powered experience uses proprietary technology to connect with various large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT4, Gemini, and Claude, ensuring the best responses for users. Kōkua XR's AI interface is built on Tripp's patented and proprietary wellness-focused data environment, designed to deliver experiences that benefit users...
read Jul 29, 2024Apple’s AI Features Will Be Delayed to iOS 18 Launch in 2025
Apple's AI features are set to launch after iOS 18, with rollout extending into 2025 Delayed release: While Apple unveiled its new AI capabilities at WWDC 2024, the company will not include them in the initial public release of iOS 18 and its other operating system updates in September: According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the "Apple Intelligence" features will be available for developers to beta test this week, but they won't be included in the first public releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15. The rollout of these AI features, including the upgraded Siri showcased at WWDC, could...
read Jul 28, 2024AMD’s Ryzen AI Chips Impress, Intensifying Laptop AI Arms Race
Key Takeaways: AMD's new Ryzen AI 300 series processors, seen first in the Asus Zenbook S 16 laptop, deliver impressive performance across productivity tasks, graphics benchmarks, and advanced AI workloads, positioning AMD as a strong contender in the AI laptop market. A Closer Look at the AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series: The new chips feature several architectural upgrades aimed at AI performance: The 4nm process node allows higher transistor density for speed and efficiency improvements The "Zen 5" CPU cores provide a 16% boost in instructions per cycle and up to 12 high-performance cores The RDNA 3.5 integrated GPU delivers...
read Jul 28, 2024SearchGPT is a Direct Challenge to Traditional Search — Here’s What It Means
OpenAI's ChatGPT aims to become a search engine, potentially transforming how we navigate the web and access information online. Key Takeaways: OpenAI is launching SearchGPT, a prototype chatbot designed to directly answer user questions instead of returning links, with plans to eventually integrate its capabilities into ChatGPT: SearchGPT will initially be available to around 10,000 users, with a waiting list for others to sign up and try the service. The success of SearchGPT as a search engine alternative will depend on how well it handles information accuracy, timeliness, and actionability. How to get on the SearchGPT waiting list. Potential Benefits...
read Jul 27, 2024HP’s AI Accessibility Tools Shine Amidst Flashy Reveals at Imagine AI Event
While HP showcased various AI hardware and software at its recent Imagine AI event, the most promising and meaningful applications of are those AI features focused on accessibility, as they have the potential to genuinely help underserved communities and address real-world issues. Key reveals from HP's Imagine AI event: HP unveiled several AI-related hardware and software offerings, including the powerful OmniBook Ultra 14 laptop with an AMD Ryzen AI 300 SoC, AI-enhanced tools for Zoom, music and video editing programs, and an AI system for combating audio deepfakes called Loccus.ai. The OmniBook Ultra 14 is claimed to be 45% more...
read Jul 27, 2024Colin Kaepernick’s New AI Graphic Novel Startup Aims to Empower Creators
Colin Kaepernick, former NFL quarterback, has launched AI startup Lumi to empower creators by removing barriers and streamlining the process of completing, publishing, and selling books and comics. Lumi's AI-powered platform for creators: Lumi offers a suite of AI tools designed to complement users' existing talents and help them create and merchandise their work more efficiently: The company's initial focus is on comic books and graphic novels, as the various creative skills required to produce them make it an ideal market for Lumi's AI-assisted platform. Lumi aims to address the challenges creators face, such as high production costs, lengthy timelines,...
read Jul 27, 2024Google’s Pixel 9 Pro Smartphones Come with an AI Subscription Package
Google's bundled Pixel 9 Pro offer: Google is providing a valuable AI subscription package with the purchase of its upcoming Pixel 9 Pro smartphones, potentially giving the company a competitive edge and attracting consumers to its ecosystem. A comprehensive report reveals that Google will offer a free one-year subscription to Google One AI Premium, worth $239.88, with the purchase of Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold smartphones. The Google One AI Premium subscription includes 2TB of cloud storage and access to Google's most advanced AI features, such as Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini integration...
read Jul 26, 2024ChatGPT Voice Mode Expected to Launch Next Week for (Some) Plus Users
ChatGPT Voice Mode set to launch next week for Plus subscribers: OpenAI has announced that its highly anticipated Voice Mode feature for ChatGPT will begin rolling out to Plus subscribers starting next week, giving AI enthusiasts something new to look forward to. Limited alpha rollout to gather feedback: The initial release of Voice Mode will be limited to a small group of Plus users as part of an alpha test, allowing OpenAI to gather feedback and make improvements before expanding access based on what they learn: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman confirmed the alpha rollout timeline in response to a user...
read Jul 26, 2024OpenAI is Hoping Publisher Partnerships and GenAI Will Give SearchGPT an Edge in Competitive Market
OpenAI's new SearchGPT prototype aims to chip away at Google's dominance in web search by leveraging generative AI and partnerships with publishers to provide users with more efficient and conversational search results. Key details of SearchGPT: OpenAI has revealed limited information about its new search engine prototype, which is designed to help users find information more quickly and easily: SearchGPT uses generative AI to gather links and provide answers to user queries in a conversational manner, potentially integrating with the popular ChatGPT chatbot in the future. The search engine will draw upon information from the broader web as well as...
read Jul 26, 2024“Copyright Traps” Helps Creators Detect AI Training on Their Work
Researchers have developed a new tool that could help content creators prove their work has been used to train AI models without their consent. The method, called "copyright traps," allows writers to subtly mark their text in a way that can later be detected in AI training data. Key points about the copyright trap tool: The copyright traps work by injecting long, gibberish sentences multiple times into a piece of text, which can then be used to determine if that text was used to train an AI model: The trap sentences are generated using a word generator and chosen randomly...
read Jul 26, 2024How to Get on the SearchGPT Waitlist
SearchGPT prototype launched by OpenAI, aiming to revolutionize AI-powered search: OpenAI has surprise-revealed SearchGPT, a new AI-powered search engine running on GPT-4 models that has real-time access to internet-based information, potentially challenging Google's search dominance. Key details about the SearchGPT prototype: SearchGPT is currently a prototype being tested by OpenAI with a limited waitlist for early access: SearchGPT provides a large textbox for user queries and attempts to summarize and organize the information it finds, with links available in a sidebar. The results can be followed up with relevant queries using a chatbox, and summaries are expected to have in-line...
read Jul 26, 2024Microsoft Launches Serverless Fine-Tuning for Its Phi-3 Model
Microsoft introduces serverless fine-tuning for its Phi-3 small language model, allowing developers to adapt the AI for specific use cases without managing their own servers, intensifying competition in the enterprise AI market. Key features of Phi-3 small language model: Microsoft's Phi-3, a 3 billion parameter model, offers affordable performance on coding, common sense reasoning, and general knowledge, now as part of a family of 6 models with varying parameters and context lengths: Phi-3 models range from 4,000 to 128,000 tokens in a single input, with costs from $0.0003 to $0.0005 USD per 1,000 input tokens. Designed with safety features for...
read Jul 26, 2024OpenAI’s SearchGPT Demo Riddled with Inaccuracies, Raising Concerns About AI-Powered Search Reliability
OpenAI's SearchGPT demo has raised concerns about the accuracy and usefulness of its search results. Key issues with the demo: The prerecorded demonstration video of SearchGPT accompanying the announcement of OpenAI's new SearchGPT engine showcased results that were largely inaccurate or unhelpful: In response to a query about music festivals in Boone, North Carolina in August, SearchGPT provided a list of festivals with incorrect dates. For example, it stated that the An Appalachian Summer Festival would be hosting events from July 29 to August 16, when in reality, the festival started on June 29 and will have its final concert...
read Jul 25, 2024Airtable’s AI Cobuilder Let’s Anyone Build an Application Without Code
Airtable's Cobuilder AI tool generates apps in seconds, potentially transforming enterprise software development by empowering non-technical users to create complex applications using natural language prompts. AI-powered app generation: Cobuilder interprets user prompts and leverages large language models (LLMs) to generate appropriate application structures, significantly reducing the time and resources required for traditional software development. Airtable CEO Howie Liu highlights the disconnect between technical developers and business stakeholders in traditional software development, which Cobuilder aims to bridge. Cobuilder currently relies on publicly available data and user-provided information to create applications, with plans to enhance its capabilities by incorporating existing company data...
read Jul 25, 2024OpenAI’s Just Announced SearchGPT, an AI-Powered Search Engine
OpenAI has announced SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine that organizes and summarizes search results, providing users with real-time access to information across the internet. Key features and functionality: SearchGPT goes beyond traditional search engines by not only returning links but also attempting to make sense of the information it finds: Users enter their query into a large textbox, and SearchGPT responds with organized summaries, short descriptions, and attribution links. Follow-up questions can be asked, and a sidebar allows users to open other relevant links. A "visual answers" feature is mentioned, though details on how it works were not provided before...
read Jul 25, 2024Google’s Gemini AI Chatbot Gets Major Upgrade, Enhancing Speed and Quality
Google's Gemini AI chatbot is receiving a significant upgrade with the Gemini 1.5 Flash AI model, which promises to enhance its performance and capabilities. Gemini 1.5 Flash brings speed and quality improvements: The upgrade to Gemini 1.5 Flash is expected to deliver faster response times and improved overall quality across various aspects of the AI's performance: Users can expect noticeable improvements in Gemini's reasoning abilities and image understanding, according to Amar Subramanya, VP of engineering for Gemini. The AI's context window, which determines the amount of text it can process at once, is being quadrupled to 32K tokens, enabling Gemini...
read Jul 25, 2024Microsoft’s Latest Redesign of Bing Puts AI at the Forefront
Microsoft's latest redesign of Bing places AI-generated answers at the forefront, potentially changing how users interact with search engines and the web. Key points of Bing's AI-driven search experience: The new layout fills the search results page with AI-generated summaries addressing various aspects of a user's query, while traditional search results are pushed to a thin column on the side: For example, a search for "What is a spaghetti western?" generates a summary explaining the subgenre, its key characteristics, history, influential movies, and even music details. Microsoft states that this new experience combines Bing search with large and small language...
read Jul 24, 2024Mistral Large 2 Just Dropped, and It’s the Latest Open-Source Powerhouse AI Model
Mistral AI shocks the AI world with the release of Mistral Large 2, a powerful open-source model that takes on Meta's Llama 3.1 in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Key details of Mistral Large 2 release: Mistral's new flagship model boasts 123 billion parameters and is licensed as open-source for non-commercial research use, while commercial applications require a separate license: The model offers advanced multilingual capabilities, supporting dozens of languages including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Mistral Large 2 delivers strong performance in reasoning, code generation, and mathematics, making it ideal for...
read Jul 24, 2024Udio 1.5 Just Dropped with Enhanced Audio, New Music Gen Features, and Expanded Language Support
Udio, the AI music generator, has received a significant upgrade, introducing several new features and audio improvements that enhance the quality and versatility of its music creation capabilities. Enhanced audio quality and clarity: Version 1.5 of Udio brings notable improvements to the generated tracks, resulting in a more authentic and polished sound: The update promises 48kHz-stereo tracks with better clarity, instrument separation, transients, coherence, and overall musicality. Examples provided by Udio showcase warmer vocals compared to the previous version, as well as a more natural sound that feels closer to the speakers and less echo-y. New features for expanded creative...
read Jul 24, 2024Tinder’s AI-Powered Photo Selector: Revolutionizing Online Dating or Fueling Superficiality?
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence technology is transforming various aspects of our lives, and online dating is no exception. Tinder, one of the most popular dating apps, has recently introduced a new AI-powered feature called "Photo Selector" to help users choose the best profile pictures, potentially revolutionizing the way people present themselves on the platform. Key Takeaways: AI simplifies the profile creation process; The Photo Selector feature uses facial recognition and access to the user's camera roll to curate a selection of photos that are most suitable for their dating profile: Tinder's commissioned study revealed that singles aged 18-24...
read Jul 24, 2024Stability AI Just Announced “Video 4D” with with Dynamic 3D Object Viewing
Stability AI has introduced Stable Video 4D, a new generative AI model that adds a new dimension to video generation by accepting video input and generating multiple novel-view videos from 8 different perspectives. A next-gen AI video model: Stable Video 4D builds upon Stability AI's existing Stable Video Diffusion model, taking the concept further by enabling users to view dynamically moving 3D objects from arbitrary camera angles: The model combines the strengths of Stability AI's previously-released Stable Video Diffusion and Stable Video 3D models, fine-tuned with a carefully curated dynamic 3D object dataset. Stable Video 4D is a first-of-its-kind network...
read Jul 24, 2024Lambda Launches On-Demand H100 GPU Clusters, Democratizing AI Training Access
Key details: Lambda, a GPU cloud company, is launching 1-Click Clusters that provide on-demand access to Nvidia's powerful H100 GPUs and Quantum 2 InfiniBand clusters: The service targets companies that need to train AI models for shorter periods and cannot afford long-term GPU contracts. Customers can reserve 2 to 64 nodes on the Lambda cluster for a minimum of two weeks, with pricing depending on the number of nodes and time period required. Lambda's offering focuses on AI model training, unlike cloud providers like AWS and Azure that primarily support AI inference. Addressing a market need: The new service aims...
read Jul 24, 2024Meta AI Introduces New Languages and Features for Personalized, Multi-Lingual AI Avatars
Meta AI's latest feature allows users to create AI-generated images of themselves in fantasy settings, expanding the AI assistant's capabilities and reach to compete with rivals like OpenAI and Google. Key upgrades to Meta AI: Meta is opening up access to its AI assistant geographically, linguistically, and artistically, with several significant enhancements: Meta AI can now communicate in seven new languages, including French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, and is available in 22 countries on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and Facebook. The AI assistant will also be accessible through Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and Meta Quest headsets for the first...
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