Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Siri's about to get a new pair of digital eyes, and developers are currently first in line to test-drive them.

But after a sluggish Apple Intelligence rollout and rivals racing ahead with similar features, will the tech giant finally deliver on its AI promises? Let’s get into it...

In today’s AI rundown:

• Apple preps developers for Siri's AI upgrade

• Tencent unveils open-source Hunyuan-Large model

• Turn any UI design into working code

• Apple exploring smart glasses market

• 5 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

APPLE

📱 Apple preps developers for Siri's AI upgrade

Image source: Apple

The Rundown: Apple just started rolling out new developer tools for upcoming Siri screen awareness features with Apple Intelligence, signaling a major enhancement to the digital assistant's contextual understanding capabilities.

The details:

• New ‘App Intent APIs’ allow developers to make their apps' onscreen content accessible to Siri and Apple Intelligence.

• The system will enable direct interactions with visible content across browsers, documents, photos, and more — all without screenshot workarounds.

• Early ChatGPT integration testing is already available in the iOS 18.2 beta, though full-screen awareness features are expected in a future update.

• The feature will look to compete with recent releases from competitors like Claude’s computer use feature and Copilot Vision.

Why it matters: Apple Intelligence has underwhelmed so far, but evolving Siri beyond voice commands into a context-aware assistant will be a welcomed improvement. Given the lackluster rollouts, these upgrades may require a ‘see it to believe it’ mindset before adding Apple to the AI leaderboards.

TOGETHER WITH SPEECHMATICS

🎙️ Elevate your voice apps instantly

The Rundown: Flow by Speechmatics is a brand new API that is redefining voice-driven applications — helping deliver effortless conversations powered by ultra-accurate speech technology across multiple languages.

Flow offers:

• Real-time responsiveness to every word, embracing interruptions and crosstalk

• Industry-first support for group conversations

• Inclusive understanding of any language, accent, or dialect

Experience the Flow demo and get started with the API today.

TENCENT

🚀 Tencent unveils open-source Hunyuan-Large model

Image source: Tencent

The Rundown: Tencent just released Hunyuan-Large, a new open-source language model that combines scale with a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to achieve performances on par with rivals like Llama-405B.

The details:

• The model features 389B total parameters but activates only 52B for efficiency, using innovative routing strategies and learning rate techniques.

• Hunyuan-Large was trained on 7T tokens (including 1.5T of synthetic data), enabling SOTA performance across math, coding, and reasoning tasks.

• Tencent’s model achieved 88.4% on the MMLU benchmark, surpassing LLama3.1-405B's 85.2% despite using fewer active parameters.

• Through specialized long-context training techniques, the model also supports context lengths up to 256K tokens, double that of similar rivals.

Why it matters: Large open-source models are continuing to accelerate. Tencent’s impressive results with fewer active parameters could reshape how we think about scaling systems — potentially offering a more efficient path forward instead of simply making models bigger.

AI TRAINING

💻 Turn any UI design into working code

The Rundown: v0 can transform screenshots of your favorite interfaces into fully functional code with custom enhancements and interactive features.

Step-by-step:

1. Take a clear screenshot of the interface you want to replicate.

2. Upload the image to v0 and write a prompt describing what you want to build.

3. Enhance your interface by requesting additional features like animations or responsive layouts.

4. Export the production-ready code and customize it as needed.

Pro tip: You can paste the code provided into Cursor Composer, which adds it to your project. To learn more about it, check out this tutorial.

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The Rundown: Join Section and Dan Hendrycks of the Center for AI Safety to explore how humanity can navigate the not-so-distant future of AGI, the most advanced (and potentially dangerous) technology ever created.

Join on Nov 21 for a discussion around questions including:

• Can AGI systems really dominate human interests?

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APPLE

👓 Apple exploring smart glasses market

Image source: Midjourney / The Rundown

The Rundown: Apple is reportedly taking its first serious steps toward potential smart glasses development with a new internal research initiative called ‘Atlas’, according to a report from Bloomberg.

The details:

• The internal 'Atlas' research program is reportedly currently gathering employee feedback on existing smart glasses products and use cases.

• The research follows Meta's growing success in the category with its Ray-Ban smart glasses and recent prototype demos of ‘Orion.’

• Apple’s Vision Pro headset has faced major adoption challenges since debuting in February, with recent reports of scaled-back production.

• While a product would be years away, entering the category could align with efforts to reduce the cost and bulkiness of the Vision Pro.

Why it matters: While the Vision Pro had all the hype, Meta’s glasses have had far more success—and this research may be recognition that the future of AR may be everyday glasses rather than bulky headsets. While just an idea for now, Apple glasses could be more appealing as an accessory rather than a complex new system to learn.

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QUICK HITS

Former Meta AR lead Caitlin Kalinowski announced she is joining OpenAI to lead the company’s robotics and consumer hardware efforts to ‘bring AI into the physical world’.

T-Mobile will reportedly pay $100M to OpenAI over the next three years to develop an ‘intent-driven’ AI platform that can take actions for users and integrate with operations and transaction systems for customer service tasks.

Meta's plans for a nuclear-powered AI facility hit a setback after a rare species of bees were discovered at the proposed site, causing regulatory and environmental issues.

Apple’s iOS 18.2 Beta 2 revealed that ChatGPT integration with Siri will include daily usage limits for free users and a $19.99 monthly Plus upgrade option offering expanded access to GPT-4o features and DALL-E image generation.

Amazon secured FAA approval to deploy its new MK30 delivery drones, enabling beyond-line-of-sight flights and moving the company closer to broader autonomous deliveries.

Unitree Robotics posted a new video showcasing demos of its Humanoid G1 and Go2 robots, including a more natural walking gait and enhanced balance and coordination.

Google announced plans for a new AI hub in Saudi Arabia focused on Arabic language models and regional applications, despite previous commitments to distance itself from fossil fuel industry development.

THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Meta just drew a new battle line in the global AI race — and this time, it's getting literal.

Llama is officially open to government and military use, raising questions about the role of industry and tech in national security. Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• Meta opens Llama AI to U.S. defense sector

• Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 3.5

• Transform meeting recordings into actionable insights

• Physical Intelligence lands $400M for better robots

• 5 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

META

🪖 Meta opens Llama AI to U.S. defense sector

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: Meta just announced it will make its Llama AI models available to U.S. government agencies and defense contractors for national security applications, marking a shift in the company's policy around the military use of its open-source AI.

The details:

• Meta is partnering with tech and defense firms, including Amazon, Microsoft, Palantir, Lockheed Martin, and Oracle, to bring Llama to government agencies.

• Early use cases include Oracle using Llama to analyze aircraft docs for faster repairs and Scale AI fine-tuning it for mission planning and threat analysis.

• The move represents an exception to Meta's policy, which prohibits using Llama for military, warfare, or espionage.

• The policy shift comes shortly after reports of Chinese military researchers using an older version of Llama 2 to develop defense applications.

• Meta frames the decision as crucial for establishing open standards in AI, arguing that U.S. models should set the foundation for global AI development.

Why it matters: AI’s infusion into the government and military was inevitable, but the timing is interesting given the recent Chinese military reports. This move (alongside OpenAI’s increasing ties to government-related efforts) will also raise polarizing questions about the influence of industry and tech on national security.

TOGETHER WITH HUBSPOT

🚀 Turn AI into your personal assistant

The Rundown: HubSpot’s free AI Task Delegation Kit provides you with the essential templates, guides, and dashboards you need to start turning AI into your own 24/7 personal assistant.

With the kit, you’ll access:

• AI Command Center: Quick-reference overview of all your AI tools

• Task Delegation Organizer: Efficiently assign and manage AI-driven tasks

• Productivity Calculator: Monitor and improve your AI delegation effectiveness

Download the kit for free and start discovering the power of AI delegation.

ANTHROPIC

💰 Anthropic releases Claude Haiku 3.5

Image source: Anthropic

The Rundown: Anthropic just released its Claude 3.5 Haiku model, offering new improvements to tool use, reasoning, and coding compared to its predecessor — but it comes with a pricing hike that has drawn criticism from the developer community.

The details:

• Anthropic introduced 3.5 Haiku in October alongside the platform’s announcement of computer use, beating the previous top model, 3 Opus, on key benchmarks.

• The new model's pricing has increased 4x to $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens, compared to $0.25 and $1.25 for Claude 3 Haiku.

• The model also comes in at nearly 7x the cost of similar-sized rival GPT-4o- mini and 13x the cost of Gemini Flash, despite similar benchmark performance.

• Unlike previous versions, the 3.5 release launches without image analysis capabilities but offers an extended knowledge cutoff date through July 2024.

• The model is now available via Anthropic’s API, Google’s Vertex AI, and Amazon Bedrock.

Why it matters: The fact that Anthropic’s small but fast model now exceeds the capabilities of the previous generation’s largest model says a lot about how fast things are moving. Conversely, the price hike to ‘reflect its increase in intelligence’ will ruffle feathers — especially given the cost of similar competitors.

AI TRAINING

📝 Transform meeting recordings into actionable insights

The Rundown: Google Gemini's audio analysis feature can automatically extract key information from your business meetings, providing summaries, action items, and strategic insights.

Step-by-step:

1. Upload your meeting recording to Google Gemini (choose Gemini 1.5 Pro 002).

2. Generate a comprehensive summary of key topics and decisions

3. Extract action items and responsibilities with deadlines

4. Uncover strategic insights and improvement opportunities

Pro tip: Save your favorite prompts as templates for quick analysis of future meetings. We have written detailed prompts you can copy and paste, which are accessible to members here.

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• Deploy production-ready AI with just a few lines of code

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• Build faster with OpenAI-compatible API integration

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PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE

🤖 Physical Intelligence lands $400M for better robots

Image source: Physical Intelligence

The Rundown: AI startup Physical Intelligence just secured $400M in funding led by Jeff Bezos and OpenAI, valuing the company at $2.4B as it unveils its π0 (pi-zero) model for general-purpose robot control.

The details:

• The round brings together tech giants and venture firms, with Thrive Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, and Sequoia Capital joining Bezos and OpenAI.

• The π0 system aims to create a universal model to understand natural language commands across any robotic platform.

• Initial demos showcase robots performing complex multi-stage tasks like folding laundry, packing eggs, bussing tables, and more.

• π0 trained on 10k+ hours of dexterous manipulation data and open-source datasets, claiming it is the largest pre-training mixture ever used in the sector.

Why it matters: Another competitor emerges in the robotics sector — and universal, general-purpose robots may unlock automation across industries where other humanoid robots have been too inflexible and specialized. Plus, physical intelligence will certainly attract the industry's attention with backing from OpenAI and Bezos.

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• 🖼️ Moodpaper - Generative AI image tool that translates your mood and feelings into wallpapers

New AI Job Opportunities

• 📈 The Rundown - Partnerships Manager

• 📱 Meta - Product Marketing Manager, Wearables AI Experiences

• 🤝 Abridge - Partner Success Director

• 🎨 OpenAI - Designer, Marketing

• ✨ Harvey - Brand Designer

QUICK HITS

Section’s AI Crash Course. Write better prompts, organize your AI workspace, and accelerate productivity with use cases from your day-to-day work. Get 25% off with code RDAICC2.*

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas responded to a post on X about the New York Times’ Tech Guild strike, offering AI help with election coverage — which comes on the heels of the platform announcing a new dedicated hub for U.S. election news.

Amazon Prime Video released X-Ray Recaps, a new AI-powered feature that generates personalized show summaries at any viewing point to keep viewers up to date without spoilers.

Hume launched its new app featuring AI assistants that blend the company’s EVI 2 speech-language model with Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Haiku for conversational interactions, emotional reflection, deep questions, and life advice.

Netflix executive Mike Verdu announced that he is transitioning to a new ‘VP of GenAI for Games’ and touted AI as transformational for game development, coming just weeks after the company laid off 35 developers from its Team Blue game studio.

OpenAI released a new ‘Predicted Outputs’ feature for its GPT-4o models, allowing developers to dramatically reduce response times by providing reference text for tasks like code refactoring and document editing.

Google’s Big Sleep AI agent achieved an AI security research milestone by uncovering a major safety flaw in the SQLite database system, which specialized testing programs had missed for years.

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THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

The line between imagination and gameplay just got much thinner, thanks to an AI architect taking gaming into new territory.

A new model called Oasis generates playable, open-world environments in real-time — and traditional game development may never be the same. Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• Oasis AI model generates open-world games

• Runway brings 3D control to video generation

• Turn product photos into creative logo mockups

• Claude gets new PDF vision capabilities

• 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OASIS

🕹️ Oasis AI model generates open-world games

Image source: Etched

The Rundown: AI labs Decart and Etched just launched Oasis, an AI model that generates playable video game environments in real-time — alongside a playable Minecraft-style demo.

The details:

• Oasis responds to keyboard and mouse inputs to generate game environments frame-by-frame, including physics, item interactions, and dynamic lighting.

• Running at 20 FPS on current hardware, Oasis operates 100x faster than traditional AI video generation models.

• The companies are releasing the code, a 500M parameter model for local testing, and a playable demo of a larger version.

• Future versions will run in 4K resolution on Etched's upcoming Sohu chip, with the ability to scale to handle 10x users and massive 100B+ parameter models.

Why it matters: While text-to-video has grabbed headlines, Oasis represents something deeper — real-time interactive worlds generated entirely by AI. This could revolutionize how we think about game development and virtual environments, even potentially eliminating the need for traditional game engines altogether.

TOGETHER WITH ADA

🌟 Boost your AI customer service strategy

The Rundown: Ada is launching a new multi-part webinar series featuring insights from industry leaders at NTT,  Zoominfo, and predictions from Microsoft, designed to help you take customer service to the next level using AI.

In the first episode, you'll discover how to:

• Evaluate your current AI maturity

• Understand the five key dimensions to build a high-performing AI customer service program

• Accelerate your company’s AI adoption and establish a competitive advantage

The webinar series kicks off on Nov. 7 — secure your spot today.

RUNWAY

🎥 Runway brings 3D control to video generation

Image source: Runway

The Rundown: Runway just unveiled Advanced Camera Control for its Gen-3 Alpha Turbo model, bringing new precision to AI-generated video outputs with features that mirror traditional filmmaking techniques and capabilities.

The details:

• Users can now precisely control camera movements, including panning, zooming, and tracking shots with adjustable intensity.

• The system maintains 3D consistency as users navigate through generated scenes, preserving depth and spatial relationships.

• The update hints at Runway's progress in developing ‘world models’ — AI systems that can simulate realistic physical environments.

• The release also follows Runway's recent partnership with Lionsgate, suggesting potential applications in major film production could be on the way.

Why it matters: While AI video quality has taken mind-blowing leaps, the tooling to reliably and accurately shape outputs hasn’t scaled with it—until now. This upgrade signals the start of AI video generation transitioning from luck-based ‘slot machine’ outputs into a real tool that creators can confidently control.

AI TRAINING

🎨 Turn product photos into creative logo mockups

The Rundown: Ideogram Canvas helps you to transform any product photo into a professional logo mockup.

Step-by-step:

1. Access Ideogram and choose the option Canvas in the left sidebar.

2. Upload your product photo using the "Upload" button.

3. Use Magic Fill to select where you want your logo to appear.

4. Describe your logo vision and generate multiple design options.

Pro tip: Save multiple versions to compare different logo placements and gather feedback from your team. You can also type simple prompts to generate consistent AI characters in any setting.

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The Rundown: AssemblyAI just released Universal-2, their most advanced speech-to-text model yet — delivering even greater accuracy and precision for impeccable audio data.

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• Achieve 21% better accuracy in transcribing alphanumerics

• Improve proper noun recognition by 24%, capturing names and places precisely

• Enhance transcript formatting by 15% for clearer, more readable text

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ANTHROPIC

👁️ Claude gets new PDF vision capabilities

Image source: Anthropic

The Rundown: Anthropic just released PDF support for its Claude 3.5 Sonnet model in public beta, unlocking the ability to analyze both text and visual documents like charts and images within large documents.

The details:

• The system processes PDFs in three stages — extracting text, converting pages to images, and performing a combined visual-textual analysis.

• The model supports documents up to 32MB and 100 pages, handling everything from financial reports to legal documents.

• The feature can also be integrated with other Claude features like prompt caching and batch processing.

• The vision capabilities are available both through Anthropic’s Claude platform and via direct API access in applications.

Why it matters: Claude’s ability to handle large documents was already a game-changer — but viewing and understanding imagery within them takes it to a whole new level. This upgrade transforms Claude into a more comprehensive analyst for industries like healthcare or finance, where critical info is often visual.

NEW TOOLS & JOBS

Trending AI Tools

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• ✉️ C3 AI - Email Marketing Manager

QUICK HITS

Chinese military researchers reportedly used Meta's open-source Llama model to develop ChatBIT, an AI tool designed for military intelligence analysis and strategic planning.

Microsoft teased that its ‘Copilot Vision’ feature is coming ‘very soon,’ enabling the AI assistant to see and understand a user’s browser content and behavior.

Google released ‘Grounding with Google Search’ for its Gemini API and AI studio, letting developers integrate real-time search results into model responses for reduced hallucinations and improved accuracy.

Disney launched a new ‘Office of Technology Enablement’ group responsible for managing AI and mixed reality adoption within the company, with the goal of ensuring the tech is deployed responsibly across the media giant’s divisions.

Amazon has reportedly delayed the rollout of its AI-infused Alexa to 2025, as testing has faced technical challenges, including hallucinations and deteriorating performance on basic tasks.

Nvidia researchers introduced DexMimicGen, a system that can automatically generate thousands of robotic training demonstrations from as few as 5 examples and has a 90% success rate on real-world humanoid tasks.

THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

OpenAI just armed ChatGPT with new real-time web access — and the future of search just got a lot more conversational.

Is this the move that reshapes how we interact with information forever, or will Google’s search empire still reign supreme? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• OpenAI launches ChatGPT search

• Sam Altman’s Reddit AMA, Dev Day updates

• Find and connect with company executives

• Tiny AI model masters humanoid control

• 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

OPENAI

🔎 OpenAI launches ChatGPT search

Image source: OpenAI

The Rundown: OpenAI just announced the integration of new web search capabilities directly into ChatGPT, transforming the chatbot into a real-time information hub that puts the platform in direct competition with Google and traditional search engines.

The details:

• The new search feature provides instant answers about topics such as news, sports, stocks, and weather, with direct source attribution and links.

• ChatGPT will automatically trigger searches when needed, though users can manually activate web searches using a globe icon.

• The system runs on a specialized version of GPT-4o, fine-tuned for web info — with outputs including sourcing and clickable links to original content.

• Major publishers, including AP, Reuters, Axel Springer, and others, have signed licensing deals with OpenAI to provide content directly to the platform.

• Access starts with Plus and Team users today, expanding to Enterprise/Edu users within weeks and free users in the coming months.

Why it matters: After months of rumors and speculation, OpenAI’s search transformation is finally here. The move could signal a major shift in how we access info online, blending AI's conversational abilities with traditional search functionality, which could reshape both the search engine landscape and user habits.

TOGETHER WITH SYNCLY

🔎 Surface hidden customer pains with AI

The Rundown: Syncly (YC W23) turns daily customer feedback into actionable product and operations insights, giving you full visibility into your customers’ journey and proactively addressing issues before customers churn.

With Syncly, you can:

• Centralize all feedback from various sources, integrating smoothly with your CX tools

• Track customer sentiments dynamically to act before issues escalate

• Automate VoC reports with powerful dashboards, eliminating manual work

• Ask Syncly AI critical business questions via AI Search to get concise feedback

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OPENAI

🚀 Sam Altman’s Reddit AMA, Dev Day updates

Image source: OpenAI

The Rundown: OpenAI hosted its first international Dev Day in London this week, showcasing new o1 and real-time voice API capabilities — alongside a revealing Reddit AMA with CEO Sam Altman and other members of the leadership team.

The details:

• Demos included the o1-mini model creating a functioning drone control app, utilizing the Realtime API to order pies for the large group, and more.

• OpenAI slashed prices for its Realtime API, discounting text inputs by 50% and audio by 80%, along with five new voices for speech-to-speech capabilities.

• During the Reddit AMA, Altman admitted that OpenAI "can't ship as many things in parallel" as hoped due to model complexity and computing constraints.

• He also noted that the team prioritizes ‘shipping o1 and its successors,’ with OpenAI Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil saying the full o1 release will be ‘soon.’

• Altman revealed that ‘nothing called GPT-5’ will arrive this year, but ‘very good releases’ are still planned for late 2024.

Why it matters: OpenAI is shipping fast, but the candid admissions show that even the AI leader faces infrastructure limitations when it comes to executing each ambitious roadmap item. Even if GPT-5 isn’t coming in 2024, there is enough smoke to guess that Altman and Co. still have something big up their sleeves for December.

AI TRAINING

🔍 Find and connect with company executives

The Rundown: Perplexity's new Reasoning Mode allows you to find executive information and craft personalized connection requests that get accepted.

Step-by-step:

1. Access Perplexity's new Reasoning Mode with free Pro Search credits.

2. Use multi-layered prompts to find executive profiles and LinkedIn URLs.

3. Gather verified recent achievements and initiatives.

4. Use ChatGPT to craft a personalized connection request.

Pro tip: We have written detailed prompts that you can copy and paste from here. Additionally, we are having a workshop today that teaches you how to use Perplexity for enhanced research and collaboration.

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NVIDIA

🤖 Tiny AI model masters humanoid control

Image source: NVIDIA

The Rundown: Nvidia just published new research showcasing HOVER, a small 1.5M parameter neural network that can control whole-body robotic movement effectively across various modes and input methods.

The details:

• Despite being thousands of times smaller than typical AI models, the model achieves superior performance compared to specialized controllers.

• Nvidia trained the system in its ‘Isaac simulator,’ which compresses a year of robot training into just 50 minutes on a single GPU.

• The system works seamlessly with diverse input methods, including VR headsets, motion capture, exoskeletons, and joysticks.

• HOVER also transfers directly from simulation to real robots without requiring additional fine-tuning.

Why it matters: While the AI world races toward larger models, HOVER shows that smaller systems can still outperform. The ability to work across multiple control modes with minimal compute requirements could help democratize advanced robotics control — making building sophisticated humanoid systems more accessible and practical.

NEW TOOLS & JOBS

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• 💻 Browser AI Kit - Run AI tools completely free and directly in your browser

• 💳 Trove - Real-time AI intelligence for financial transactions

New AI Job Opportunities

• 🚀 The Rundown - Head of Growth

• 📋 Palantir Technologies - Administrative Business Partner

• 👥 Shield AI - Technical Recruiter

• 💻 People.ai - Sr Software Engineer, Front End

• 🤖 Abridge - AI/ML Front End Engineer (Staff/Senior)

QUICK HITS

Anthropic announced that Claude is now available via desktop apps on Apple and Windows and is also rolling out new dictation capabilities for mobile and iPad.

Google Maps integrated Gemini into the platform for new personalized recommendations, AI-powered navigation features, and expanded Immersive View capabilities.

Meta’s FAIR team revealed three major robotics advances with open-source tactile sensing systems, including a human-like artificial fingertip and a unified platform for robotic touch integration.

D-ID unveiled Personal Avatars, a new hyper-realistic AI avatar suite for marketers — featuring digital humans capable of real-time interaction generated from just one minute of source footage.

Microsoft is pushing the Copilot Plus ‘Recall’ feature launch to December, marking the third delay this year as the company overhauls security and opt-in controls for the AI-powered screenshot system.

Google also launched a new experimental tool called ‘Learn About,’ which allows for AI-powered exploration of a range of topics via a conversational interactive interface.

ElevenLabs debuted a new ‘X to Voice’ feature allowing users to design a unique AI voice based on their X social media account.

THAT’S A WRAP

See you soon,

Rowan, Joey, Zach, and Alvaro—aka The Rundown Team

Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

The AI image leaderboards were shaken up earlier this week by a mystery ‘Red_Panda’ model, and the culprit was just revealed.

Did Recraft’s impressive new V3 model just give AI image generation its next graphic design leap? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• Mystery AI image leader reveals its identity

• Atlas robot shows off autonomous sorting skills

• Turn sales data into actionable insights

• Osmo gives computers a sense of smell with AI

• 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

RECRAFT

🎨 Mystery AI image leader reveals its identity

Image source: Recraft

The Rundown: Design startup Recraft just announced its new V3 AI model, which features precise graphic design skills, text generation, and vector capabilities — and also revealed it was the mysterious ‘Red_Panda’ AI that surged to the top of the image generation leaderboards in testing earlier this week.

The details:

• The model achieved a 72% win rate and 1172 ELO score on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard, outperforming established players like Midjourney and FLUX.

• Recraft V3 introduces state-of-the-art text generation abilities, allowing designers to create images with accurate text of any size and length.

• The model also shows improved human anatomy realism, positioning and spacing within a scene, and prompt adherence.

• The platform emphasizes designer control with features like custom brand colors, positioning tools, and collaborative workflows.

Why it matters: This Red Panda reveal is a bit of a shocker, with the company ascending to the top tier of image generators seemingly out of nowhere. But with an emphasis on designer control alongside a top-tier model, Recraft may unlock new creative precision that marks the next leap in AI-assisted design.

TOGETHER WITH HIRING.STUDIO

🤝 Elevate your hiring process with AI

The Rundown: Metaview just launched Hiring Studio — a free suite of AI copilots to help 10x the productivity of recruiting teams.

With Hiring Studio, Metaview has fine-tuned an LLM to:

• Collaborate with AI to design interview questions tailored to your recruiting

• Automatically create rubrics for what to look for in candidate answers

• Listen to sample candidate responses in formats like STAR

• Export or share the questions with the rest of your team

Give it a try for free and start revolutionizing your hiring process today.

BOSTON DYNAMICS

🤖 Atlas robot shows off autonomous sorting skills

Image source: Boston Dynamics

The Rundown: Boston Dynamics just unveiled new footage of its electric Atlas humanoid robot sorting automotive parts, showing off new autonomous and real-time adaption capabilities.

The details:

• The all-electric Atlas showcases fully autonomous navigation and manipulation, moving engine covers between bins without human input or pre-programming.

• Atlas uses machine learning and an array of sensors to adapt to the environment in real-time, including detecting bin locations and adjusting to failed insertions.

• The demo arrived shortly after Boston Dynamics' partnership announcement with Toyota Research Institute earlier this month.

• Boston Dynamics previously showed off Atlas’ strength in a demo video of the humanoid robot performing pushups.

Why it matters: Robotics and auto manufacturing seem to be a perfect match, with deployments from industry leaders in factories nationwide. Elon Musk just predicted that there will be 10B humanoids by 2040 — and with Boston Dynamics, Figure, Optimus, and others, the race for commercial humanoids is accelerating fast.

AI TRAINING

📊 Turn your sales data into actionable insights

The Rundown: Claude’s new Analysis Tool can analyze your sales funnel progression and create interactive visualizations to identify conversion bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.

Step-by-step:

1. Visit Claude AI, go to Feature Preview in settings, and enable the Analysis Tool.

2. Upload your sales funnel CSV and use the analysis prompt: "Please analyze this sales funnel data and provide conversion rates, drop-off points, and optimization areas."

3. Create visualizations with: "Create an interactive funnel visualization showing user numbers, conversion percentages, and stage metrics."

4. Generate recommendations: "Based on the analysis, provide top 3 optimization opportunities with specific actions."

Pro tip: Clean your CSV data before uploading for more accurate insights.

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The program offers:

• Tools and framework to find clients and deliver top-notch services

• A 6-month roadmap to build a 6-figure AI consulting business

• Student landing their first AI client in as little as 3 days

Click here to request early access to The AI Consultancy Project.

OSMO AI

👃 Osmo gives computers a sense of smell with AI

Image source: Ideogram

The Rundown: Osmo just announced the successful achievement of ‘scent teleportation,’ showcasing a demo in which an AI analyzes, digitizes, and reproduces the smell of a plum.

The details:

• The company demonstrated full scent digitization using a plum as a test subject, creating an exact replica of its smell without human intervention.

• The process combines gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and AI-driven analysis to create a digital ‘scent fingerprint.’

• Osmo's proprietary AI system uses the world's largest scent database to map and recreate molecular compositions.

• The company is planning public demos of the tech and is considering releasing a limited-edition fragrance of their first teleported scent.

Why it matters: While photos, videos, and audio have been digital for decades, smell has never joined in on the fun — until now. Osmo's breakthrough could transform everything from entertainment and communication to remote experiences and illustrates that seemingly anything can be digitized with the right combination of AI and engineering.

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• 🪄 Wand - Draw and edit anything with AI

• 📸 Renamify - AI-powered photo renaming & organization tool

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• ✉️ The Rundown - Email Marketer

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OpenAI rolled out Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT on desktop platforms, bringing conversational AI to PC and Mac users after its successful mobile launch.

CEO Sundar Pichai revealed during Google’s Q3 earnings call that the company is now using AI to write and produce over 25% of its code, with human engineers reviewing and approving it.

Time Magazine released its ‘Best Inventions of 2024’ list, featuring an AI category that includes Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3, Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha, Google’s NotebookLM, and more.

OpenAI introduced SimpleQA, a new factuality benchmark, and a study showing even GPT-4o struggles with accuracy, scoring below 40% on carefully curated fact-based questions.

Waymo published new data on the autonomous driving company’s usage, with the Alphabet-owned startup now providing over 150k paid trips and driving 1M+ miles each week.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Microsoft’s coding platform GitHub just welcomed rivals Anthropic and Google to the party — and OpenAI isn’t the only fish in the sea anymore.

Is the move a sign of shifting alliances or a glimpse at a multi-model future for the best user experiences? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• GitHub and Microsoft open Copilot to rival AI models

• OpenAI plans first custom AI chip

• Create a custom AI voice with a text prompt

• New AI model predicts early drug development

• 5 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

MICROSOFT

🛠️ GitHub and Microsoft open Copilot to rival AI models

Image source: GitHub

The Rundown: Microsoft's GitHub just announced that it is expanding its AI coding assistant to include models from Anthropic and Google, alongside a series of new updates and features to the platform — breaking from the company’s traditional OpenAI exclusivity.

The details:

• The platform will allow developers to switch between assistants, including Claude and Gemini, although OpenAI's models remain the default choice.

• GitHub also introduced Spark, a new feature that allows users to build applications with natural language prompts.

• The platform announced features including multi-file editing, Copilot code reviews, new agentic updates to Workspaces, and Apple Xcode support.

• GitHub's decision to embrace multiple AI providers comes as its Copilot service reaches a major milestone with over a million paying subscribers.

Why it matters: While some may point to even more smoke from the Microsoft-OpenAI relationship, this move may simply acknowledge that different models excel at different tasks. If GitHub prioritizes giving users the best developer experience, having model choice is a no-brainer — even if it ruffles exclusivity feathers.

TOGETHER WITH CODESIGNAL

🤝 Hire your sales team using AI

The Rundown: CodeSignal's AI Interviewer for Sales leverages AI-driven conversations to automate interviews, helping you hire the best candidates quickly, fairly, and effectively.

With CodeSignal’s AI Interviewer for Sales, you can:

• Simulate authentic sales interactions with your company's talking points

• Allow candidates to complete interviews anytime with 24/7 availability

• Ensure unbiased, consistent scoring backed by data from over 2.7M+ evaluations

See the AI Interviewer in action and accelerate your hiring today.

OPENAI

🤝 OpenAI plans first custom AI chip

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: OpenAI is developing its first custom semiconductor with Broadcom and TSMC while expanding its chip supplier base to include AMD alongside NVIDIA, according to a new report from Reuters.

The details:

• OpenAI has reportedly assembled a team of about 20 engineers, including former Google TPU designers, to develop an AI chip targeted for 2026.

• After initially exploring options to build its own chip factories, OpenAI is instead opting to partner with Broadcom for design and TSMC for manufacturing.

• The company also plans to add AMD's new MI300X processors to its training infrastructure, reducing reliance on Nvidia's GPUs.

• The moves come as OpenAI faces mounting compute costs, with reports suggesting the company could lose $5B this year despite $3.7B in revenue.

Why it matters: The AI boom drives unprecedented demand for specialized chips, forcing industry leaders to rethink their hardware strategies. Scaling compute power is the key to unlocking more powerful AI — and the race may be won or lost on hardware strategy rather than just model capabilities.

AI TRAINING

🎙️ Create a custom AI voice with a text prompt

The Rundown: ElevenLabs’ new Voice Design feature allows you to create unique AI voices on demand with natural accents, emotions, and speaking styles for your creative projects.

Step-by-step:

1. Head over to Eleven Labs and choose “Voices” in the left sidebar.

2. Select "Voice Design" from the Add new voice option.

3. Write a detailed voice description including age, accent, gender, and style.

4. Preview three AI-generated variations, select your favorite, and give it a name for immediate use.

Pro tip: Check out ElevenLabs prompting guide for more details on producing the best possible voices from Voice Design and sample prompts to help you get started.

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With Telnyx Voice AI, you can:

• Enable dynamic conversations with real-time Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech

• Integrate with CRMs or databases to add context and personalization to calls

• Build low-latency, cost-effective Voice AI solutions on a single platform

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IAMBIC AI

🧬 New AI model predicts early drug development

Image source: Iambic

The Rundown: Biotech startup Iambic Therapeutics just revealed Enchant, an AI platform designed to predict how drug candidates perform in human trials before leaving the lab.

The details:

• The multimodal AI system combines extensive laboratory data with limited clinical information to predict a drug's potential success early.

• Enchant sets new accuracy marks for predicting human drug interactions, achieving a 74% correlation compared to the previous 58% SOTA score.

• The technology can begin making reliable predictions after studying five drug molecules, requiring minimal human trial data to generate insights.

• Enchant processes multiple types of research data simultaneously, helping bridge the gap between laboratory findings and clinical outcomes.

Why it matters: One of healthcare's biggest challenges is the massive failure rate of drugs during human trials, despite years of promising lab results. By cutting development timelines and identifying issues earlier, Iambic’s AI can reshape how new medicines reach patients — while reducing the billions spent bringing drugs to market.

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Trending AI Tools

• 📓 Magic Notepad by TimeOS - Turn notes and meeting transcriptions into structured insights, beautiful formatting, and next steps.

• 🐴 Lasso AI - Turn metadata into revenue with additive, verified contact data via industry-leading index accuracy

• 📊 Aptitude - End-to-end customer research platform that uses AI-moderated interviews for deep insights

• 🧠 Inncivio - Learn anything faster with a personalized AI micro-learning platform

• 🤓 Sourcely - AI-powered literature sourcing tool to streamline research for academics

New AI Job Opportunities

• 📈 The Rundown - Partnerships Manager (University)

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• 🔬 Contextual AI - Research Intern (Winter)

• 🏛️ Palantir Technologies - Capture Strategist (US Government)

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Elon Musk predicted at the Future Investment Initiative conference that by 2040, there will be at least 10B humanoid robots priced between $20 and $25K.

Amazon expanded the company’s Rufus AI shopping assistant in beta to European markets, offering personalized product recommendations and comparison capabilities through conversational interactions in the mobile app.

OpenAI launched new search capabilities for ChatGPT history, allowing users to easily reference, navigate, or revisit old conversations.

Elon Musk’s xAI is reportedly seeking a new funding round that would value the AI startup at $40B, a significant jump from its $24B valuation following a raise in May.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company’s multimodal, agentic smartphone app Project Astra, which was demoed at Google I/O, is expected to be available ‘as early as 2025.’

Actor Robert Downey Jr. criticized the use of AI digital replicas in Hollywood, saying he ‘intends to sue all future executives that recreate his likeness,’ even after his death.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Apple just unveiled its first set of long-awaited AI features — but if you were expecting a groundbreaking shift, you might need to wait a bit longer.

Is this initial Apple Intelligence rollout just an appetizer for what’s to come, or is the company’s AI hype about to fizzle? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• Apple unveils first wave of Apple Intelligence features

• Meta builds AI Google Search rival

• Create AI-powered study sessions

• UMG, Klay Vision partner on ‘ethical’ AI music model

• 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

APPLE

🍎 Apple unveils first wave of Apple Intelligence features

Image source: Apple

The Rundown: Apple just officially launched its highly-anticipated AI system, Apple Intelligence, with the latest iOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 updates — introducing a suite of new features focused on productivity, creativity, and privacy enhancements.

The details:

• The initial release brings systemwide writing tools for rewriting, proofreading, and summarizing text, as well as enhanced photo search capabilities.

• A redesigned Siri features new typing support, better context understanding, and upgraded product knowledge to answer questions about Apple devices.

• Only newer devices with the M1 / A17 Pro chips or later can access the AI features, with some users also facing a waitlist system after opting in.

• The next update, expected in December, will include more advanced features like ChatGPT integration, Image Playground, and Genmoji.

Why it matters: The long-awaited Apple Intelligence is finally here… sort of. This first wave of integrations is a far cry from the hyped AI phone revolution expected with the new iPhones. While substantial features should arrive in only another month, this initial release feels much more like a soft launch than a revolutionary upgrade.

TOGETHER WITH SONAR

📶 Ensure code quality with Sonar and AI assistants

The Rundown: Sonar complements your AI coding assistants by improving the quality and security of every AI-generated line of code — allowing you to boost productivity while maintaining high standards.

Sonar allows you to:

• Accelerate development cycles with AI-generated code

• Ensure quality and security standards are met, reducing rework

• Gain peace of mind through comprehensive code reviews

Learn More and secure your AI-assisted coding today.

META

🔎 Meta builds AI Google Search rival

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: Meta is reportedly developing its own AI-powered search engine, hoping to reduce its dependence on Google and Bing to power real-time information in Meta AI conversations.

The details:

• Meta is developing proprietary web crawling tech to power its AI’s real-time knowledge of current events and web info without relying on competitors.

• Internal teams have reportedly been quietly building the search infrastructure since early 2024.

• Meta also recently partnered with Reuters for news content, suggesting a broader strategy to control its AI information sources.

• The development comes as Meta AI reaches 185M weekly active users across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Why it matters: The AI race is turning to a new battleground — search. With Meta’s quest (🥁) to build a self-sufficient AI ecosystem and tech giants increasingly viewing AI as their core business, the race for search independence could spark new competition in how the top models access and deliver real-time info.

AI TRAINING

🎧 Create AI-powered study sessions

The Rundown: NotebookLM's new customizable Audio Overview feature lets you transform your study materials into specific discussions between AI hosts, making exam preparation more efficient and enjoyable.

Step-by-step:

1. Create a new notebook in NotebookLM and upload your study materials (PDFs, notes, slides).

2. Find the Audio Overview feature and click the customize icon.

3. Enter a detailed prompt, e.g., "Create a [topic] exam review focusing on [subjects]. Explain as if teaching a new student, include memory tricks and potential exam questions."

4. Generate and listen to your personalized study session, taking notes as you go.

Pro tip: Use the chat feature to ask follow-up questions and reinforce your learning.

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💻 IBM’s most compact AI models target enterprises

The Rundown: Meet IBM’s new third generation of Granite with new open, compact, and efficient 2B and 8B language models.

Designed to give enterprises more ways to embed and scale AI in their businesses, these new 2B and 8B compact models are:

• Trained with carefully curated data;

• Cost-efficient;

• Designed to run high-performance solutions.;

Learn more about how these models can help transform enterprise AI adoption.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

🎶 UMG, Klay Vision partner on ‘ethical’ AI music model

Image source: Ideogram

The Rundown: Music industry giant Universal Music Group is partnering with AI startup Klay Vision to develop an ethical AI music generator, which comes as the company still actively fights lawsuits filed against Suno, Udio, and Anthropic.

The details:

• The partnership aims to create AI music models that ‘lessen the threat to human creators’ and open ‘new avenues for creativity and future monetization.’

• Klay Vision is actively working on a Large Music Model called KLayMM for commercial use that respects copyright and artist likeness rights.

• Klay Vision is led by former Sony Music and Google DeepMind execs, with the partnership following past AI deals with YouTube's AI Incubator and SoundLabs.

• The deal comes as UMG continues legal action against AI companies like Anthropic, Suno, and Udio for alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted material.

Why it matters: The music industry's largest label is taking a ‘control the narrative’ approach to AI, partnering with those willing to play by its rules and aggressively pursuing those who don't. But Hollywood and media firms have accepted that AI isn’t just a passing fad and are now quickly re-positioning for the new era of creation.

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A new mysterious ‘red_panda’ model surged to the top of the Artificial Analysis Text-to-Image Arena Leaderboard, beating out models like Flux, Ideogram, and Midjourney.

AI startup Sierra raised $175M, with OpenAI board chairman Bret Taylor’s customer service chatbot company now valued at $4.5B just a year after its launch.

Google announced the expansion of its AI Overviews in Search to over 100 countries and more languages, aiming to reach more than 1B users each month.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar revealed that 75% of the company's revenue comes from paying ChatGPT subscribers, with a 5–6% conversion rate from free users and 250M weekly active users.

xAI’s Grok chatbot gained new vision capabilities, with Elon Musk sharing an example of the AI model breaking down a joke after being given a meme as input.

Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA signed a deal with AI company Ethovox to build a foundational voice model for digital replicas, ensuring performer compensation through session fees and revenue sharing.

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Google reportedly has a new agentic AI assistant coming soon, and Tony Stark’s Iron Man would be proud.

‘Jarvis’ is the tech giant’s take on an AI model that can navigate your browser — but is it playing catch-up after Anthropic’s latest release? Let’s get into it…

In today’s AI rundown:

• Google ‘Jarvis’ AI browser assistant is coming

• Altman calls ‘Orion’ frontier model rumors ‘fake news’

• Improve your business strategy with AI Coaching

• AI transcripts create dangerous errors

• 6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs

• More AI & tech news

Read time: 4 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

GOOGLE

🤖 Google’s ‘Jarvis’ browser assistant is coming

Image source: Midjourney

The Rundown: Google is reportedly developing an AI agent codenamed ‘Project Jarvis’ that can control web browsers to complete everyday tasks for users, and a possible preview could come as early as December, according to The Information.

The details:

• The system captures and interprets browser screenshots to navigate websites and input information.

• Jarvis will initially focus on consumer tasks like online shopping, research, and travel booking.

• The agent is specifically optimized for web browsers (not full computer use) and reportedly currently operates with a few-second delay between actions.

• The release is expected to coincide with Google's launch of its next-gen Gemini AI model before the end of the year.

Why it matters: Google’s ‘Jarvis’ news may have been a bit more exciting if the release (still months away) didn’t come immediately on the heels of Anthropic’s live computer use feature. The launch, coming alongside a Gemini upgrade, could give Google some momentum heading into the new year — or disappoint after the longer wait.

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The Rundown: BeaGo is an ultra-fast, AI-powered app that goes beyond traditional search engines by delivering precise direct answers—enhancing your searches with speed and accuracy, providing answers with clear text and rich images

With BeaGo, you can:

• Receive high-quality answers directly, skipping the usual list of links

• Effortlessly access precise text and image-based answers with multimodal AI

• Experience real-time results powered by cutting-edge AI

Download BeaGo now and start getting your answers faster today.

OPENAI

🧐 Altman calls ‘Orion’ frontier model rumors ‘fake news’

Image source: Ideogram

The Rundown: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has seemingly pushed back against reports claiming the company plans to release a powerful new AI model codenamed ‘Orion’ in December, tweeting "fake news out of control.”

The details:

• A report revealed that OpenAI would release its new ‘Orion’ frontier model by December, with Microsoft and other huge companies getting access before individuals.

• Altman responded directly to the report on X, posting “fake news out of control” directly to The Verge. 

• An OpenAI spokesperson clarified that they have no plans for an "Orion" release this year but plan to release “a lot of other great technology.”

• However, Altman previously tweeted a cryptic message about being ‘excited for the winter constellations to rise soon,’ fueling additional speculation.

Why it matters: There have been plenty of rumblings about the major AI firms preparing some major fireworks for the end of 2024. While Altman and Co. deny the Orion report, it would be surprising not to see a big release — and the continued speculation shows that OpenAI still knows how to keep the industry on its toes.

AI TRAINING

💼 Improve your business strategy with AI Coaching

The Rundown: HeyGen’s new Interactive Avatars allow you to have personalized AI-driven insights through immersive, real-time conversations.

Step-by-step:

1. Go to HeyGen and navigate to "Labs" in the left sidebar.

2. Select "Interactive Avatar" and choose "Sofia - Business Coach" from the templates.

3. Click on Sophia's avatar and select "Start new chat" (or "Connect to Zoom" for team sessions).

4. Enable your microphone/camera and begin your AI coaching session.

Pro tip: Create your own AI avatar for a specific use case by selecting the option “All Avatars” instead of a template one.

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💻 IBM’s most compact AI models target enterprises

The Rundown: Meet IBM’s new third generation of Granite with new open, compact, and efficient 2B and 8B language models.

Designed to give enterprises more ways to embed and scale AI in their businesses, these new 2B and 8B compact models are:

• Trained with carefully curated data;

• Cost-efficient;

• Designed to run high-performance solutions.;

Learn more about how these models can help transform enterprise AI adoption.

AI RESEARCH

🏥 AI transcripts create dangerous errors

Image source: Associated Press

The Rundown: Several researchers raised concerns after finding that OpenAI's Whisper transcription tool suffers from frequent hallucinations and invents text that never appears in recordings despite being deployed extensively in healthcare settings.

The details:

• A Michigan researcher found fabricated text in 80% of examined transcriptions, while another reported hallucinations in ‘nearly every’ Whisper output.

• Hallucinations ranged from non-existent medical treatments to racial commentary and violent content.

• Over 30,000 medical professionals use Whisper-based tools despite OpenAI's warnings against high-risk applications, according to the AP report.

• Whisper was also the most popular open-source speech model according to Hugging Face, with over 4.2M downloads in the last month alone.

Why it matters: Hallucinations are currently an unfortunate fact of life in AI systems — and until they are reliably 100% solved, deployment into high-risk environments could be a recipe for disaster. However, commercial pressures seem to be outpacing proper safeguards, with every industry rushing to take advantage of the AI wave.

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New AI Job Opportunities

• 📱 The Rundown - Social Media Manager

• 🚗 Waymo - Technical Lead Manager, Simulation

• 💻 Glean - Web Developer

• 📊 Anyscale - Product Manager, Observability

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The AI Bill of Rights with Section & the White House’s Dr. Alondra Nelson. How do we ensure a future of ethical AI development? RSVP free.*

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinvas revealed in a post on X that the AI search platform now handles over 100M weekly queries.

Meta landed its first AI news deal, partnering with Reuters to provide real-time news responses through its AI chatbot across the company’s Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger platforms.

Coinbase launched ‘Based Agent,’ a tool allowing users to create AI-powered crypto trading bots with on-chain capabilities in under three minutes using OpenAI and Replit integration.

Disney is reportedly preparing to unveil a major AI initiative focused on post-production and VFX workflows, which will mark the content giant’s first major embrace of the tech.

Meta also released NotebookLlama, an open-source version of Google’s NotebookLM that converts PDFs into podcasts using text-to-speech technology.

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