🖥️ AI takes over your mouse and screen

Hey folks,

TGIF! We’re hitting territory where AI is taking over your screen and interacting by using your mouse to perform tasks. This is taking the pilot seat a little more seriously now. What could go wrong seeing an AI click around your computer?? This demo is a good example of AI wandering off its task.. let’s dive in.

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🖥️ Anthropic AI takes over your mouse and screen

🐝 The Buzz: Anthropic's new AI tool can operate a computer just like a human by moving the mouse, clicking buttons, and typing. Like a human, this demo shows Claude stopping midway through a task to browse photos of Yellowstone National Park, just like a human would.. random!

• The "Computer Use" tool lets users give multi-step instructions for tasks like clicking and typing on a PC.

• It's built on an API with an "action-execution layer" that lets the AI interact with computer interfaces.

• Developers are advised to test low-risk tasks as scrolling and dragging still pose challenges.

• Anthropic's Sonnet model outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4o and Google's Gemini in reasoning tasks, improving AI-powered coding efficiency by 10%.

💡 Takeaway: This new tool could simplify and automate countless computer-based tasks, potentially changing how people interact with their devices. By teaching AI to use computers like humans, Anthropic is making strides towards more intuitive digital work tools, just be wary of what other tasks it’s going to perform if it can stop for an internet browsing break.

🪨  IBM's Granite 3.0 enhances enterprise AI capabilities.

🐝 The Buzz: IBM just rolled out the Granite 3.0 large language models for enterprises, which they claim are top-notch in performance compared to models from Google and Anthropic. These are open-source, allowing businesses to easily build upon them.

• IBM's Granite 3.0 models cater to customer service, IT automation, and more.

• The models were trained using 12 trillion tokens, including language and code data.

• They outperform competitors and come with safety features to prevent harmful content.

• Granite 3.0 is released under the Apache 2.0 license, promoting open-source flexibility.

💡 Takeaway: With Granite 3.0, IBM is putting a big emphasis on performance and openness in AI technology for businesses. By prioritizing open-source licensing, IBM hopes to create community collaboration and broaden AI adoption across different industries.

🎨 Ideogram introduces Canvas, Magic Fill and Expand

🐝 The Buzz: Ideogram Canvas is launching to offer designers endless creativity through image generation and editing. Its Magic Fill and Extend tools let users tweak images precisely and expand them beyond their borders.

• Magic Fill (in-painting) helps replace objects or edit regions with new elements using text prompts.

• Extend (out-painting) lets you expand images to fit different sizes without losing consistency.

• Developers can integrate these tools using the Ideogram API for customized applications.

💡 Takeaway: Ideogram Canvas is a valuable tool for designers looking to push their creative boundaries. It offers flexible features through its advanced AI tools, making image manipulation more detailed and user-friendly.

💻️ How to clone your voice with AI

ElevenLabs allows you to create a clone of your voice that sounds just like you for use in podcasts, audio books or content creation.

• Go to ElevenLabs and signup

• Click Voices → “Add new voice”

• Choose “Instant Voice clone” with a few mins of audio.

• Choose “Professional Voice clone” with 30+ mins of audio.

• Upload your audio and wait for processing time (up to a few hours)

• Test your new AI voice clone by trying text-to-speech.

🐝 AI buzz bits

🖼️ Generative Art

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