Google adds Thinking Mode to Flash 2.0: OpenAI’s o1 now available in the API
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Google adds Thinking Mode to Flash 2.0: OpenAI’s o1 now available in the API

Speech-to-speech models fall short on benchmarks. Backlash against misleading news summaries. Google updates its video and image models. Nvidia’s $250 palm-sized computer for AI developers.

December 20, 20243 min read
Microsoft’s Phi-4 proves AI power isn’t just about size: Projects and Canvas get ChatGPT ready for work
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Microsoft’s Phi-4 proves AI power isn’t just about size: Projects and Canvas get ChatGPT ready for work

NotebookLM gets a plus-sized update. Meta’s Motivo model marks a return to the metaverse. New synthetic data generator makes training easier. NeurIPS 2024’s sabotage controversy.

December 16, 20243 min read
Microsoft’s Phi-4 proves AI power isn’t just about size: Projects and Canvas get ChatGPT ready for work
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Microsoft’s Phi-4 proves AI power isn’t just about size: Projects and Canvas get ChatGPT ready for work

NotebookLM gets a plus-sized update. Meta’s Motivo model marks a return to the metaverse. New synthetic data generator makes training easier. NeurIPS 2024’s sabotage controversy.

December 16, 20243 min read
Harvard University releases giant dataset of public-domain books: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash beats top models on benchmarks
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Harvard University releases giant dataset of public-domain books: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash beats top models on benchmarks

ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode can see as well as hear. GM drops robotaxi division in favor of AI-assisted driving. Ruliad’s new model offers transparent reasoning in a small package. Large Concept Models move on from token-based AI.

December 13, 20243 min read
Harvard University releases giant dataset of public-domain books: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash beats top models on benchmarks
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Harvard University releases giant dataset of public-domain books: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash beats top models on benchmarks

ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode can see as well as hear. GM drops robotaxi division in favor of AI-assisted driving. Ruliad’s new model offers transparent reasoning in a small package. Large Concept Models move on from token-based AI.

December 13, 20243 min read
Sora has landed (for Pro and Plus users): ElevenLabs unveils podcast tool to challenge NotebookLM
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Sora has landed (for Pro and Plus users): ElevenLabs unveils podcast tool to challenge NotebookLM

Meta’s 70-billion parameter Llama 3.3 beats 3.1 405B on some metrics. WorldLabs shows off its 3D world model. PaliGemma 2, Google’s open vision-language model. Could new AI models hide their true goals?

December 9, 20243 min read
Sora has landed (for Pro and Plus users): ElevenLabs unveils podcast tool to challenge NotebookLM
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Sora has landed (for Pro and Plus users): ElevenLabs unveils podcast tool to challenge NotebookLM

Meta’s 70-billion parameter Llama 3.3 beats 3.1 405B on some metrics. WorldLabs shows off its 3D world model. PaliGemma 2, Google’s open vision-language model. Could new AI models hide their true goals?

December 9, 20243 min read
Amazon’s Nova bursts onto the scene: OpenAI’s full o1 model now available in ChatGPT
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Amazon’s Nova bursts onto the scene: OpenAI’s full o1 model now available in ChatGPT

HunyuanVideo vies with Sora, etc. A new record for underwater robot speed. Apple partners with Amazon for search and inference. More publishers sign on with Perplexity.

December 6, 20243 min read
Amazon’s Nova bursts onto the scene: OpenAI’s full o1 model now available in ChatGPT
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Amazon’s Nova bursts onto the scene: OpenAI’s full o1 model now available in ChatGPT

HunyuanVideo vies with Sora, etc. A new record for underwater robot speed. Apple partners with Amazon for search and inference. More publishers sign on with Perplexity.

December 6, 20243 min read
OpenAI considers ads: Cohere’s new search model
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OpenAI considers ads: Cohere’s new search model

U.S. shuts down more chips and tech to China. Claude’s Google Docs integration. Adobe’s MultiFoley generates sound for video. Canadian media companies sue OpenAI.

December 2, 20243 min read
OpenAI considers ads: Cohere’s new search model
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OpenAI considers ads: Cohere’s new search model

U.S. shuts down more chips and tech to China. Claude’s Google Docs integration. Adobe’s MultiFoley generates sound for video. Canadian media companies sue OpenAI.

December 2, 20243 min read
Qwen’s QwQ-32B-Preview packs a big punch: Anthropic’s MCP, an open-source data protocol for agents
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Qwen’s QwQ-32B-Preview packs a big punch: Anthropic’s MCP, an open-source data protocol for agents

Jina updates CLIP embedding model. OLMo2 delivers state-of-the-art performance for smaller open models. Nvidia’s Fugatto produces a wide range of sounds. U.S. antitrust regulator takes a hard look at Microsoft.

November 29, 20243 min read
Qwen’s QwQ-32B-Preview packs a big punch: Anthropic’s MCP, an open-source data protocol for agents
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Qwen’s QwQ-32B-Preview packs a big punch: Anthropic’s MCP, an open-source data protocol for agents

Jina updates CLIP embedding model. OLMo2 delivers state-of-the-art performance for smaller open models. Nvidia’s Fugatto produces a wide range of sounds. U.S. antitrust regulator takes a hard look at Microsoft.

November 29, 20243 min read
Cobot’s Proxie robot tackles warehouse tasks: VBench++, a new benchmark suite for AI video
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Cobot’s Proxie robot tackles warehouse tasks: VBench++, a new benchmark suite for AI video

Anthropic and Amazon strengthen their ties. Windsurf blends copilots with agents in one IDE. Mistral introduces Pixtral Large to its APIs and chat platform. H’s first product launch is a business agent.

November 25, 20243 min read
Cobot’s Proxie robot tackles warehouse tasks: VBench++, a new benchmark suite for AI video
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Cobot’s Proxie robot tackles warehouse tasks: VBench++, a new benchmark suite for AI video

Anthropic and Amazon strengthen their ties. Windsurf blends copilots with agents in one IDE. Mistral introduces Pixtral Large to its APIs and chat platform. H’s first product launch is a business agent.

November 25, 20243 min read

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