I am particularly interested in the AI advancements of leading companies such as Google, Meta, Apple, OpenAI, AWS, NVIDIA, Microsoft, AMD, Hugging Face, Snowflake, Cohere, Anthropic, Perplexity, Mistral and other promising startups. My focus includes products like language models, GPUs, chatbots, AI agents, robotics, image generation, video generation, speech synthesis, code assistants, and more. I don't want news about autonomous driving or news unrelated to AI.
AlphaFold, a technology, solved the problem of predicting protein structures in minutes, with remarkable accuracy, helping researchers understand protein functions and interactions. This breakthrough allows for redirecting time and resources into advancing research on medical and environmental challenges.
AIGoogle | Rating: 93 | 2024-09-12 08:45:02 AM |
NotebookLM, a tool that helps make sense of complex information, has introduced Audio Overview, a feature that allows users to turn their documents into engaging audio discussions. With one click, two AI hosts start a lively discussion based on the user's sources, summarizing the material and making connections. The feature is powered by Gemini 1.5's multimodal capabilities, which were used to expand NotebookLM globally and add new features such as Google Slides and web URL support.
AIGoogle | Rating: 83 | 2024-09-11 09:01:49 PM |
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to raise $6.5 billion in new funding, valuing the startup at $150 billion. The funding round will be led by Thrive Capital, with other investors including Microsoft, Apple, and Nvidia. OpenAI is also in talks to raise $5 billion in debt from a few banks.
AIOpenAI | Rating: 88 | 2024-09-11 08:41:04 PM |
Google has announced the addition of an 'audio conversations' feature to its AI note-taking and research app, NotebookLM. The feature uses AI-generated virtual hosts to summarize and explain source materials in a conversational tone, allowing users to digest information better through listening rather than reading.
AIGoogle | Rating: 86 | 2024-09-11 07:00:54 PM |
Meta has admitted to scraping all public Facebook and Instagram posts made since 2007 to train its generative AI model. The company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, revealed plans to use user posts and photos to train its AI systems, which has raised major concerns. The announcement was made during a public enquiry in Australia, but the company's statement applies globally.
AIMeta | Rating: 83 | 2024-09-11 01:01:24 PM |
YouTube has officially named its AI-powered radio station creator 'Ask Music', which allows users to turn any musical idea into a custom station. The feature is currently in testing and has rolled out to some English-language users on Android in the US, Canada, and Australia. The feature enables users to describe the kind of music they'd like to hear, such as 'melancholy indie'.
AIYouTube | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 83 | 2024-09-11 11:22:57 AM |
OpenAI's Project Strawberry, codenamed ChatGPT, is expected to launch before the iPhone 16 on September 20, with reports suggesting it could arrive in the next two weeks. The new AI model will be a standalone offering at launch, allowing customers to choose from a dropdown menu of AI models, including Strawberry, which can think and respond in more detail and take longer than GPT-4o.
AIOpenAI | Rating: 81 | 2024-09-11 10:42:34 AM |
Apple Intelligence is a new suite of AI features coming to iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 on compatible devices, including the new iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro. The features will debut in October and additional features will arrive later in the year and into 2025. Craig Federighi, Apple's executive, described Apple Intelligence as a personal intelligence system that uses powerful generative models.
AIApple | Duplicated with: 1 | Rating: 83 | 2024-09-10 08:52:05 PM |
Apple Intelligence, a new set of AI capabilities in iOS 18, is expected to revolutionize the way users interact with apps. The iPhone maker's AI capabilities include writing helpers, summarization tools, and generative art. Apple's AI strategy is focused on making AI the preferred way to search for answers, be productive at work, and experiment with creativity. The App Store model is under regulatory attack, and Apple's services revenue, which generated over $6 billion last quarter, is at stake.
AIApple | Rating: 84 | 2024-09-10 08:50:47 PM |
Meta unveiled its next-generation MTIA chip, designed to power ranking and recommendation models on Facebook and Instagram. The chip was updated to double compute and memory bandwidth. Meta noted that using GPUs for recommendation engines has challenges, including peak performance not always translating to effective performance, resource-intensive deployments, and capacity constraints exacerbated by growing demand for Generative AI.
AIMeta | Rating: 83 | 2024-09-10 07:52:03 PM |