This week has been the most exciting in terms of AI news in 2023. Here are the highlights:
Open AI’s 12 Days of Announcements
Open AI initiated a special event titled “12 Days of Open AI,” with daily announcements and releases:
- Chat GPT Pro: A new $200 per month plan for Chat GPT.
- Open AI 01 Models: The full Open AI 01 model and a new 01 Pro mode are now available, offering improved reasoning capabilities.
- Reinforcement Fine-tuning Research Program: A tool for developers to fine-tune GPT models for specific tasks.
Other Open AI News
- Partnership with Tom’s Guide to use content from its publications.
- Collaboration with Andil for AI enhancements in defense systems.
- Hiring of their first marketing chief.
Google AI Updates
- Spotify Rap Podcast: Spotify now offers AI-generated podcasts that summarize your listening habits.
- Gemini Model Update: The latest Gemini model has improved performance and is now the top model on the leaderboard.
- Gen Cast: A new AI model that can predict weather and extreme conditions up to 15 days in advance.
- Pixel Phone AI Enhancements: Improved features for Gemini integration, app automation, call handling, and image organization.
- Genie 2 Model: A large-scale AI model that can generate playable worlds in real-time, allowing users to interact with NPCs and experience realistic physics.
Other AI Developments
- Groc: Groc, the AI chatbot, is now available to all without a subscription.
- Meta: Release of the LLaMA 3.3 model with improved performance at coding and math.
- Microsoft: Co-pilot Vision feature, allowing AI to assist with computer tasks based on visual inputs.
- Vilica: A small language model designed to run locally on devices.
- Amazon: Introduction of the Amazon Nova suite of foundation models for various tasks, including text, image, video, and customer service.
- Amazon and Anthropic Collaboration: Partners for a supercomputer project.
- Luma AI: Partnership with Amazon to bring Luma’s video and image generation models to Amazon Bedrock.
- Huo AI: Release of Huo 12 V1 Live, an image-to-video model for creating dynamic animations.
- 10cent: Release of Hon Video, an open-source AI video generation model.
- Leonardo AI: Introduction of Flow State, a feature that streamlines image generation by allowing users to scroll through and refine images until they find the desired result.
AI Audio
- 11 Labs: New podcast feature for generating podcasts from text and PDF inputs.
- Hume AI: Release of voice controls that provide developers with precise control over various voice dimensions.
AI Drama
- Elon Musk filed for an injunction to prevent Open AI from transitioning to a for-profit company, citing concerns about unfair competition.
AI and Crypto
- Donald Trump announced David Sachs as his AI and crypto advisor.
Other
- Humane released its operating system for potential use in cars and other devices.
- Clone Robotics unveiled a visually impressive Android concept with a realistic skeletal structure.