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🤖 Google’s Latest AI Announcements
💰 Musk's xAI raises $6 billion funding
🛠 Superhero Tools (Image Generation)
👩🏻💻 Tutorial: WhatsApp + ChatGPT
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Crispy Bites: 2024 has been another big year for AI, culminating in significant updates across AI models, consumer products, and research. Here's a look back at some of Google's AI announcements from December.
Key Insights:
Gemini 2.0: Google launched Gemini 2.0, its smartest AI model so far. It introduces a new feature called Flash Experimental, available in the Gemini AI assistant, making it even more useful. Advanced users also get new tools and updates to make their experience better and easier to use. Try here: Gemini 2.0 Flash Experimental
NotebookLM: Audio Conversations and Premium Access
NotebookLM now supports “join” options for Audio Overviews, allowing real-time interactions with AI hosts. A revamped interface and NotebookLM Plus, a premium version, offer added value to users who want an elevated experience.
NotebookLM's new interface simplifies switching between managing, reading and generating content from your sources, all in one place (Image Source: Google)
Whisk: This AI lets you input or create images that convey the subject, scene and style you have in mind. Then, you can bring them together and remix them to create something uniquely your own, from a digital plushie to an enamel pin or sticker. Try out Whisk here: Link
Veo 2 and Imagen 3:
Google’s state-of-the-art video and image generation models, Veo 2 and Imagen 3, bring unparalleled quality to media creation. Learn how to access these: Here
Image Source: Google
Willow Chip:
Google’s Willow chip performed a computation in under five minutes that would take supercomputers over 10^24 years. It also achieved a breakthrough in exponentially reducing errors, solving a 30-year-old challenge in quantum computing.
Read more here: Link
Android XR:
Google unveiled Android XR, a new operating system for extended reality devices, including AR/VR headsets and smart glasses. This OS is optimized to work seamlessly in the Gemini-powered ecosystem.
Real-time Translation with Android XR
Google’s December announcements showcase groundbreaking advancements across AI, quantum computing, and extended reality. From Gemini 2.0's agentic capabilities to quantum breakthroughs with the Willow chip, these innovations highlight Google's commitment to transforming creativity, mobile experiences, and scientific research.
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Crispy Bites: xAI secured $6 billion in its Series C funding round, attracting investments from prominent firms such as A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and Vy Capital. Strategic investors NVIDIA and AMD also participated, supporting xAI's rapid infrastructure expansion.
Key Insights:
Advancements in AI Models: xAI has developed Grok 2, a frontier language model with state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities, and Aurora, an autoregressive image generation model enhancing multimodal understanding, editing, and generation. The upcoming Grok 3 model is currently in training, promising further advancements.
Supercomputer Development: xAI is constructing a state-of-the-art supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, intended to be the world's most advanced AI system upon completion.
Grok Integration with X: xAI has integrated Grok with the X platform, enabling real-time understanding of global events. Recent enhancements include web search capabilities, citations, and the incorporation of the Aurora image generator..
The new funding will accelerate the development of advanced infrastructure and groundbreaking products aimed at transforming daily life. xAI remains committed to creating AI systems that are truthful, competent, and beneficial for all humanity.
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Superhero Tools (Image Generation)
Microsoft Copilot: AI companion for everyday life (Link)
ChatGPT: Free tier users have limited access (Link)
Grok: Free image generation on Twitter (Link)
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💬 WhatsApp ChatGPT: Quick guide
OpenAI now allows users to interact with ChatGPT on WhatsApp by adding it as a contact and sending messages for information.
Steps:
- Enter 1-800-242-8478 as the recipient on WhatsApp to send a message.
- Start chatting with ChatGPT.
Example: Translate text using ChatGPT
Current Limitations:
Advanced features like image-based chats and search tools are only on the ChatGPT app and website. OpenAI plans to bring these to phone and WhatsApp as they refine the platform. This phased rollout keeps the core experience reliable.
ChatGPT’s integration with WhatsApp signals a shift in mobile AI accessibility, bringing practical AI tools to users in their preferred messaging app.
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