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ChatGPT-4o is everything an AI Should be and more #Issue 18
Your Weekly AI Digest: [18-5-2024]
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Open AI had the internet in a frenzy this week after they unveiled their new model, ChatGPT-4o that understands and generates content in various forms, including voice, text, and images and presents numerous use case. Not long after this announcement, Google unveiled a new development in Gemini - as it stands, it looks like the AI revolution would not be decelerating anytime soon. We have a lot more to loop you in - so, grab a seat, sit back, and indulge. It's time to savor the excitement of what the AI world has served up this week!
Here's your curated dose of the most significant events in the AI ecosystem this week:
Open AI introduces ChatGPT-4o, and its mindblowing
Instagram Co-founder joins Anthropic
Google announces Gemini new trip planning feature
OpenAI Co-founder, Ilya Sutskever exit the company
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— The AI Colony (@TheAIColony)
3:34 PM • May 14, 2024
OpenAI has launched GPT-4o, an iteration of the GPT-4 model that powers ChatGPT. The updated model boost of a faster performance and improved capabilities across text, vision, and audio. It will be available for free to all users, while paid users will continue to enjoy higher capacity limits. GPT-4o's multimodal nature allows it to understand and generate content in various forms, including voice, text, and images. One of the exciting new features coming to ChatGPT's voice mode is the ability to act as a real-time voice assistant, observing the world around you and responding accordingly. OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, acknowledged a shift in the company's vision, moving from creating direct benefits to enabling developers and third parties to leverage their AI models through paid APIs, fostering a wide range of innovative applications. Considering expectations were high for the launch of an AI search engine or a new GPT-5 model, GPT-4o's release strategically precedes Google I/O, setting the stage for a potential AI product showdown between the tech giants.
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Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger is taking on a new role as Chief Product Officer at AI company Anthropic. Krieger was previously the CTO at Instagram, growing the platform to over 1 billion users during his tenure. He joins Anthropic at an exciting time - just a year ago, the company had only released its first chatbot without much fanfare. Now, Anthropic's AI assistant Claude is a major competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT in both enterprise and consumer markets. With Krieger's hire, Anthropic aims to further this competition and expand its product offerings. He will oversee product engineering, management, and design as the company works to bring Claude to a wider audience and develop new enterprise applications. This follows Anthropic's recent launch of its first enterprise product called Team, as well as an iOS app for consumers. The AI startup has attracted massive investment recently and Krieger will lead its latest initiatives to establish itself as an AI leader.
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This summer, we're adding new trip planning capabilities to Gemini Advanced. With advanced reasoning that considers space-time logistics, Gemini will be able to create a personalized itinerary, saving you hours of work. #GoogleIO
— Google (@Google)
6:14 PM • May 14, 2024
Just a day after OpenAI announced GPT-4o, Google took the stage at its annual I/O conference to showcase major AI updates. One highlight was Gemini Advanced - Google's premium AI chatbot - demonstrating improved trip planning abilities. By leveraging spatial data and reasoning, Gemini can now build personalized travel itineraries considering flights, hotels, activities, and user preferences all in one seamless experience. Travel experts are impressed, noting Gemini's access to Google's suite of products like Maps and Gmail gives it an edge in understanding logistics. A live demo showcased Gemini effortlessly crafting a Miami family vacation itinerary based on flight details, restaurant choices, and child interests - a process that typically takes hours. Google also unveiled Project Astra, a multimodal AI agent that can observe the world through a phone's camera and voice, mirroring OpenAI's GPT-4o. As the AI race intensifies, Google's native travel integration combined with these powerful models could significantly enhance trip planning and exploration for users.

OpenAI is undergoing a major leadership change as Chief Scientist and co-founder Ilya Sutskever departs the artificial intelligence company. Sutskever, a renowned AI researcher who helped guide OpenAI's safety discussions, will be replaced by Research Director Jakub Pachocki. This exit marks the end of months of speculation surrounding Sutskever's future after he briefly participated in the attempted ouster of CEO Sam Altman last year, only to later express regret. While he largely stayed out of the public eye since then, Altman had hoped they could continue working together. In his farewell, Sutskever called OpenAI's trajectory "miraculous" and expressed confidence in its current leadership to build safe and beneficial AI. Altman praised Sutskever as "one of the greatest minds of our generation." Pachocki, who led the development of GPT-4, will now take over as OpenAI's new Chief Scientist as the company continues pushing boundaries in the competitive AI industry.
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