🎁 You get an AI model, everyone gets an AI model

Hey folks,

Google is the latest to show off their 3x new AI models. The last few weeks have been a release frenzy of AI models benchmarking against each other and the competition is only going to create faster, better, cheaper models so keep them coming. Oprah says it all below, so let’s dive in.

🐝 Buzz News

• Google has updated its search algorithm to help fight nude or explicit deepfake images and will scan for duplicates of the nonconsensual image and remove those as well.

• TikTok is one of Microsoft’s biggest AI cloud computing customers paying Microsoft almost $20 million per month to access OpenAI’s models.

• Taco Bell will roll out AI drive-thru ordering in hundreds of locations by end of year, but it didn’t work out well for McDonalds.

• Android released ‘Circle to Search’ which can quickly figure out if an image is fake by using metadata to determine its legitimacy.

• OpenAI starts rolling out its advanced voice mode for ChatGPT which can be used to sing, mimic accents, and correct pronunciation.

AI Models
💪 Google's Gemma LLMs: Small yet mighty AI models

The Buzz: Google's latest unveiling, Gemma 2 2B, is a lightweight AI model boasting merely 2B parameters, yet astonishingly outperforms giants like GPT-3.5 and Mixtral 8x7B.

🔑 Key Points:

• Compact: Gemma LLMs boast a smaller footprint while delivering enhanced performance, making them ideal for a wide range of applications.

• Efficient: These lightweight AI models achieve better results while requiring fewer resources, run Gemma 2 2B efficiently on a wide range of hardware, from edge devices and laptops to cloud deployments with Vertex AI and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). To further enhance its speed, it is optimized with the NVIDIA TensorRT-LLM library and is available as an NVIDIA NIM.

• Versatile: Gemma LLMs have far-reaching potential, from improving language processing and computer vision to enhancing edge AI capabilities.

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AI Friends
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Future of friendship: meet Friend

The Buzz: Meet Friend, the AI companion that's like having a BFF in your pocket! Except, you know, it's not human and won't judge you for eating an entire pizza by yourself. Friend is a wearable orb that chats with you, supports you, and even gives you advice.

🔑 Key Points:

• Companionship - Experience a new level of social connection with Friend, providing personalised companionship and emotional support.

• Flexible and Versatile - Friend seamlessly integrates into your daily life, offering personalised conversations.

• AI Technology - Friend leverages AI technology to provide a unique and engaging experience, ensuring a sense of community and connection like never before.

Takeaway: With Friend by your side, you'll never be lonely again (unless you lose the device, then you're out of luck). Schiffmann's vision is to make Friend a social network for humans and AI friends.

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AI at work
💻️ Use Gemini extensions to chat with YouTube videos.

Gemini’s extensions allow you to chat with a YouTube video. This is a huge timesaver if you want to get an overview of a 20 min video.

• Go to Gemini - https://gemini.google.com/app

• Login and ensure under Settings → Extensions that YouTube is On.

• Start the prompt with “@YouTube” ..

@youtube give me the short summary of this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX9qSaGXFyg

You will get a helpful 1 paragraph overview of this Apple Vision Pro 12 minute video. You can then take it further by prompting things like:

Give me bullet points of the main features of Vision Pro.

What are the main competitors for this product?

Gemini is a great chat companion for YouTube content. Enjoy.

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AI productivity
🔥 Tools to take your workflow to the next level.

• PlusDocs supercharges your slides using GenAI presentations and edit slides with AI in Google Slides and PowerPoint.

• WaxWing is shaping the future of marketing with adaptive strategies and role-based KPI alignment, making every plan a roadmap to success, turning data into your most valuable asset.

• Kusho transforms your API specs into exhaustive test suites that plug into your CI/CD pipeline. Never test your APIs manually again.

• PixelMost lets you create beautiful mockups and app designs with the help of AI, templates and pre-designed components.

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