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Google's 'Jarvis' is coming
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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’s ‘Jarvis’ browser assistant is coming
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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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OPENAI
🧐 Altman calls ‘Orion’ frontier model rumors ‘fake news’
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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:
Go to HeyGen and navigate to "Labs" in the left sidebar.
Select "Interactive Avatar" and choose "Sofia - Business Coach" from the templates.
Click on Sophia's avatar and select "Start new chat" (or "Connect to Zoom" for team sessions).
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:
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Learn more about how these models can help transform enterprise AI adoption.
AI RESEARCH
🏥 AI transcripts create dangerous errors
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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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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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THAT’S A WRAP
Midjourney's new AI image editor
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The line between real and AI-generated images just got a lot blurrier, and it may be time to start questioning every image we see online.
Midjourney's new editor just put mind-blowing image manipulation tools at everyone's fingertips — but are we ready for the consequences? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Midjourney launches new image editor
OpenAI disbands AGI Readiness team
Improve your website's SEO with Gemini
Biden orders AI push with new security safeguards
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MIDJOURNEY
🎨 Midjourney launches new image editor
Image source: Midjourney
The Rundown: Midjourney just debuted a new AI-powered web editor that allows users to easily modify, retexture, expand, and stylize both generated and uploaded images using text prompts.
The details:
The anticipated update enables features like expand, crop, repaint, and modify for both Midjourney-created and uploaded images using natural prompting.
The new editor also works with Midjourney’s previous features like personalization, style references, and more.
A new re-texturing tool allows users to change aspects like lighting, texture, materials, and more while maintaining the original shape of the image.
Access is initially limited to yearly subscribers, 12-month members, and users with 10,000+ generations for testing before a broader roll-out.
Why it matters: If you were already concerned about discerning between AI and ‘real’ photos, things are about to get a lot more difficult. This new editor brings massive capabilities and use cases for creatives – but also unlocks a powerful deepfake and manipulation tool that makes nearly every image need to be questioned going forward.
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OPENAI
😵 OpenAI disbands AGI Readiness team
Image source: Miles Brundage (@Miles_Brundage on X)
The Rundown: OpenAI is reportedly dissolving its AGI Readiness team, marking the latest in a series of major division changes as senior advisor Miles Brundage departs the company and voices concerns about the industry’s safety direction.
The details:
Brundage announced his departure alongside a lengthy blog post about his role, future, and the industry at large.
He said that both OpenAI, other labs, and the world in general are not ready to handle increasingly powerful AI systems.
Brundage noted that part of the AGI Readiness team will be moving under new Chief Economist Ronnie Chatterji, with the rest distributed across other teams.
The move follows May's disbanding of the Superalignment team focused on AI control systems, coinciding with prominent safety researchers' exit.
Why it matters: For a company that claims to emphasize AI safety, the continued tension, disbanding, and departure of its safety-focused teams certainly sends very mixed signals. But if Brundage’s post is any indication, it's not just OpenAI that is unprepared for what is to come — it’s the entire world.
AI TRAINING
🚀 Improve your website's SEO with Gemini
The Rundown: Google Gemini’s video input feature lets you use AI to analyze video recordings of your website and generate powerful SEO improvements.
Step-by-step:
Access Google AI Studio and select the "Gemini 1.5 Pro 002" model.
Record 5-10 minutes of video showing your website’s navigation, page load times, content structure, and key features.
Use this prompt: "Analyze these website videos. Provide SEO recommendations for meta elements, content, speed, UX, and keywords."
Follow up by asking it to give you insights on technical SEO and to suggest content strategy improvements based on the videos.
Pro tip: Include both desktop and mobile footage for more comprehensive SEO insights. Additionally, we have written detailed prompts that you can copy and paste here.
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GOVERNMENT & AI
🇺🇸 Biden orders AI push with new security safeguards
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The Rundown: The White House just issued a new national security memorandum directing federal agencies to accelerate AI adoption – while establishing clear boundaries for its use in sensitive government areas like defense and intelligence.
The details:
The memo outlined the government’s strategy for leveraging technology across national security departments while managing its risks.
The directive prohibits AI from tasks like making autonomous nuclear weapons decisions, targeting systems without human oversight, and privacy violations.
Biden highlighted the need for improvements to the U.S. AI chip infrastructure, also directing agencies to assist AI labs in defending against foreign espionage.
OpenAI published a blog alongside the memo explaining its stance on national security and the company’s partnerships and government initiatives.
Why it matters: AI safety and development are national security issues, and the US is finally acting on its most comprehensive attempt to craft guardrails to prepare for the evolution to come. The memo’s emphasis on protecting private sector innovations also signals a major shift in treating commercial AI as crucial national security assets.
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AI chipmaker TSMC’S Phoenix plant reported superior chip yields compared to its Taiwan operations, boosting confidence in America's domestic semiconductor strategy.
Anthropic unveiled Claude's new built-in analysis tool, enabling its models to write and execute code directly in chat interactions.
Apple launched a $1M bug bounty ahead of its major AI cloud release next week, offering rewards to security researchers who can successfully hack and find vulnerabilities in its private AI infrastructure.
ElevenLabs added ‘Voice Design,’ a new feature enabling users to create AI-generated voices from natural text prompts.
OpenAI scientist Noam Brown revealed at TED AI that giving AI models 20 seconds to "think" can match the performance boost of scaling up training data 100,000x.
Chinese robotics startup EngineAI just introduced SE01, a life-size humanoid robot that has a much more human-like gait to its walk.
THAT’S A WRAP
Ex-OpenAI insider raises concerns
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
When insiders speak out, the industry listens — and now, a former OpenAI team member is raising serious concerns about the company’s training data.
With these new allegations and even more departures and employee churn, is the next chapter of OpenAI drama about to unfold? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Ex-OpenAI researcher alleges copyright violations
DeepMind open-sources AI watermarking tool
Create your own AI voice clone
Runway debuts Act-One for AI video motion capture
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
👀 Ex-OpenAI researcher alleges copyright violations
Image source: The New York Times
The Rundown: A former OpenAI researcher who helped gather training data for ChatGPT has spoken out against the company, claiming its use of copyrighted materials violates the law and damages the internet and content ecosystem.
The details:
Suchir Balaji, who left OpenAI in August, said the models make complete copies of training data and compete directly with original content creators.
Balaji worked on GPT-4 training and said that OpenAI’s use of internet data shouldn’t qualify as ‘fair use’—the argument made by many AI firms.
Senior policy researcher Miles Brundage also departed OpenAI this week, citing a desire to "publish freely" and conduct independent research.
The company made a new hire this week, appointing former White House economist Aaron "Ronnie" Chatterji as Chief Economist.
Why it matters: While many AI researchers have warned of future risks, this marks one of the first times an insider has spoken out specifically about current harms and legal issues. New departures, even as the company brings in a high-profile hire, add to the constant chaotic feel to the behind-the-scenes at OpenAI.
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GOOGLE DEEPMIND
🔒 DeepMind open-sources AI watermarking tool
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google DeepMind just announced the open-sourcing and availability of SynthID, an advanced watermarking system for AI-generated content, and revealed the tool is already being used in Gemini and other Google products.
The details:
The system uses a ‘tournament sampling’ approach that embeds undetectable watermarks while preserving the quality of text outputs.
Tests across 20M real Gemini user interactions showed no impact on response quality or user satisfaction.
SynthID's watermarks also work across different content types, including embedding into audio waveforms, image pixels, and video frames.
DeepMind open-sourced the SythID code for use by other companies and developers, hoping the tool becomes standard across the industry.
The tool is already integrated into Gemini, ImageFX, VideoFX, and Vertex AI's image tools — marking the first large-scale deployment of AI watermarking.
Why it matters: If you’ve been following the AI boom, it’s clear that the lines between ‘real’ and AI-generated are already completely blurred. Google hopes that open-sourcing SythID will lead to an industry standard, but other rivals have been working on similar tools. Either way, the watermarking problem appears to be nearing a solution.
AI TRAINING
🎙️ Create your own AI voice clone
The Rundown: ElevenLabs allows you to create a digital replica of your voice for different applications like content creation, audiobooks, or personalized AI assistants.
Step-by-step:
Sign up at ElevenLabs and navigate to the "Voices" section.
Click "Add a new voice" and choose "Professional Voice Cloning."
Record 30+ minutes of clear, varied speech samples.
Upload your audio and wait for processing (takes a few hours).
Test your new AI voice using the Text to Speech feature.
Pro tip: Use ElevenLabs’ API and upload your cloned voice to other services like HeyGen so your AI avatar sounds like you.
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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.
RUNWAY
🎬 Runway debuts Act-One for AI video motion capture
Image source: Runway
The Rundown: Runway just unveiled Act-One, a new Gen-3 Alpha video feature that allows creators to map real human facial expressions onto AI-generated characters using a single video and reference image — without any specialized equipment.
The details:
The system captures nuanced performances, including micro-expressions and eye movements, using just a smartphone video and character reference image.
Act-One allows creators to transfer the single video performance across multiple AI characters in different styles and angles.
The tool integrates directly with Runway's Gen-3 Alpha video model for creating complex narrative scenes.
The release follows Runway's recent partnership with Lionsgate to develop custom AI models using their film catalog.
Why it matters: Professional-quality character animation was labor and equipment-intensive, time-consuming, and expensive in the past. Runway’s new tool now gives anyone the ability to craft expressive, believable characters, smashing down yet another barrier to entry for creative storytelling.
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Apple rolled out Apple Intelligence features, including ChatGPT integration, Visual Intelligence, and creative AI tools like Genmoji and Image Playground, in its latest developer beta for iOS 18.2 — with a public launch slated for next week.
OpenAI researchers unveiled sCM, a model that achieves diffusion-level image quality in just two steps, dramatically reducing generation time by as much as 50x.
Qualcomm entered into a multi-year deal with Google to develop generative AI-powered in-vehicle tech like voice assistants and self-driving features, which will leverage Snapdragon technology and Google Cloud.
Over 10,500 artists, actors, and authors signed an open letter condemning tech companies' unauthorized use of creative works for AI training.
xAI posted a job listing for work on autonomous agents, with engineer David Kim saying that “every human will have an AI agent capable of performing complex tasks on their behalf.”
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THAT’S A WRAP
Claude learns to use the computer
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Anthropic's Claude isn't just chatting anymore — it's clicking, typing, and scrolling its way through computers like a human.
The AI agent dam seems to be breaking open this week, and AI capabilities are getting more hands-on by the day (literally). Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Anthropic's AI now navigates computers like a human
Genmo drops open-source AI video model
Master public speaking with ChatGPT
Ideogram debuts AI Canvas workspace
5 new AI tools & 5 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
ANTHROPIC
🖥️ Anthropic's AI now navigates computers like a human
Image source: Anthropic
The Rundown: Anthropic just introduced a new capability called ‘computer use’, alongside upgraded versions of its AI models, which enables Claude to interact with computers by viewing screens, typing, moving cursors, and executing commands.
The details:
Claude can now autonomously navigate computer interfaces, performing complex tasks across multiple applications and websites.
Anthropic said it taught the model ‘general computer skills’ instead of creating a standalone tool, helping it operate more like a human.
The upgraded Sonnet 3.5 significantly improves coding and tool use, outperforming other models (including o1-preview) on key benchmarks.
A new Haiku 3.5 model matches the capabilities of previous high-end models at lower cost and higher speed.
Anthropic highlighted that computer use is still imperfect (including some hilarious examples), encouraging testing on low-risk tasks until skills improve.
Why it matters: While many hoped for Opus 3.5, Anthropic’s Sonnet and Haiku upgrades pack a serious punch. Plus, with the new computer use embedded right into its foundation models, Anthropic just sent a warning shot to tons of automation startups—even if the capabilities aren’t earth-shattering... yet.
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GENMO
🎥 Genmo drops open-source AI video model
Image source: Genmo
The Rundown: AI startup Genmo just launched Mochi 1, a new open-source video generation model that claims to rival closed competitors like Runway, Pika, and Kling — while being freely available to developers and researchers.
The details:
Mochi is built on a new 10B parameter architecture called AsymmDiT, making it the largest open-source video generation model ever released.
The model focuses heavily on motion quality and prompt adherence, generating 480p videos at 30fps for up to 5.4 seconds.
Mochi surpassed top models like Kling, Runway Gen-3, Luma’s Dream Machine, and Pika in motion quality and prompt adherence during testing.
A higher-definition version, Mochi 1 HD, with 720p support and image-to-video capabilities, is planned for release later this year.
Genmo also announced that it secured $28.4M in Series A funding, with Mochi-1 being the company’s first step toward building ‘world simulators.’
Why it matters: Open-source AI video is officially competing with the top of the market. Genmo’s Mochi is an extremely impressive release that showcases how competitive the video generation landscape is about to become — especially with the major dominos (Sora, Midjourney?) still to come.
AI TRAINING
🎙️ Master public speaking with ChatGPT
The Rundown: ChatGPT's Voice mode can be customized to simulate a live audience, providing real-time feedback and follow-up questions to improve your public speaking skills.
Step-by-step:
Download the ChatGPT app and access Custom Instructions in settings.
Set ChatGPT to respond with "mhm" during your speech until you say "Done".
Start a new chat, activate voice mode, and provide the practice prompt.
Deliver your speech section by section, saying "Done" after each part.
Pro tip: Use ChatGPT's custom instructions to ensure it doesn’t interrupt you or provide unnecessarily long responses.
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IDEOGRAM
🎨 Ideogram debuts AI Canvas workspace
Image source: Ideogram
The Rundown: Ideogram just unveiled a new AI-powered workspace called Canvas, introducing advanced tools like Magic Fill and Extend to combine image editing and generation for new creative workflows.
The details:
Canvas provides an endless digital board on which users can generate, organize, and seamlessly blend AI-generated and uploaded images.
Magic Fill allows precise editing of selected image areas, enabling tasks like object replacement, text addition, and background alteration.
The Extend feature expands images beyond their original dimensions while maintaining style consistency, even with text.
Ideogram also features an API, allowing developers to incorporate the new features into their own applications
Why it matters: The design industry is no stranger to AI tools (Photoshop, Canva) — but Ideogram’s latest release feels like the exact type of fastball that AI and design novices can really make magic with. The examples shown also illuminate how drastically creative workflows are changing in the AI era.
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QUICK HITS
Runway debuted Act-One, a new feature that generates expressive character performances from a single video and image without motion capture or rigging.
Stability AI released Stable Diffusion 3.5, featuring Large and Large-Turbo models that improve customization, efficiency, and diversity of outputs.
Cohere enhanced its Embed 3 model with multimodal capabilities, enabling enterprises to perform RAG-style searches across text and image content.
Chipotle launched a new conversational AI hiring platform called ‘Ava Cado,’ which the restaurant says can accelerate the hiring process by up to 75%.
Asana introduced AI Studio, a no-code platform for teams to design and deploy AI agents to automate business workflows.
Canva unveiled Dream Lab, a new image generator powered by Leonardo AI — alongside a series of new AI features added to the platform’s Visual Suite.
Inflection AI launched Agentic Workflows, enabling its enterprise systems to take trusted actions for various business use cases.
THAT’S A WRAP
Microsoft's AI agents are here
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
AI agents are officially here and ready to be your new coworkers — without the human hand-holding.
Microsoft’s new autonomous Copilot agents took a major step into the spotlight and could forever revolutionize how we work. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Microsoft reveals autonomous Copilot agents
xAI opens Grok API to developers
Build a self-improving AI agent with Zep
Haiper launches AI video generator
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MICROSOFT
🤖 Microsoft reveals autonomous Copilot agents
Image source: Microsoft
The Rundown: Microsoft just announced that new agentic capabilities are coming to Copilot and Dynamics 365, allowing users to create their own or utilize pre-built agents to enhance processes across the platforms.
The details:
Ten pre-built agents will be introduced to Dynamics 365, specializing in areas like sales, service, finance, supply chain, and more.
The agents can operate independently, initiating tasks and responding to business signals without constant human oversight.
Copilot Studio will also allow users to create their own autonomous agents, moving from private to public preview next month.
The agents utilize OpenAI’s o1 model series, with features like encryption, data loss prevention measures, and guardrails for enterprise safety.
Why it matters: The agent revolution has felt close for a while now, and this Copilot infusion might be the first major step over the line. Microsoft calls them “the new apps for an AI-powered world”, which feels like a sharp analogy — soon workflows may simply be a matter of choosing which agent a user wants to call on for a specific task.
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XAI
⚙️ xAI opens Grok API to developers
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The Rundown: Elon Musk's xAI just launched a public beta of its API, officially allowing third-party developers to integrate its Grok language model into their applications.
The details:
A ‘Grok-beta’ model is now accessible via the xAI API, priced at $5 / million input tokens and $15 / million output tokens.
Developers can use the API to generate text, create code, and call functions to connect with external tools and databases.
While it’s uncertain what the ‘Grok-beta’ model is (xAI’s current models are Grok 2 and Grok Mini), the two are mentioned in the doc as available via the API.
The launch follows xAI's recent $6B funding round that boosted the company’s value to $24B.
Future capabilities hinted in the documentation suggest upcoming vision model access that can analyze both text and images.
Why it matters: xAI's entry into the API market challenges established players like OpenAI and Anthropic, though the ‘rebellious’ model may be less appealing for more traditional applications. However, the API could be interesting for leveraging Grok’s less restrictive/censored capabilities and the impressive Flux image model.
AI TRAINING
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HAIPER AI
🎥 Haiper launches AI video generator
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The Rundown: AI startup Haiper just launched version 2.0 of its video generation platform, which is officially available to use for free and capable of creating short clips, animating images, and repainting videos.
The details:
Haiper 2.0 lets users generate 1080p videos with smoother motion and enhanced video quality, with future upgrades promising 4K resolution.
The platform offers customizable video templates for quick customization, also allowing users to animate uploaded still images.
Haiper 2.0 is free-to-use and available now, but it has limitations on video length and quality filters.
The company was founded by two ex-Google DeepMind researchers and has raised over $19M in funding to date.
Why it matters: Another AI video generator goes public before Sora — albeit with very limited current capabilities on video length that could mute excitement compared to competitors. But with impressive quality and prompt adherence in provided examples, it’s clear that AI video is primed for a similar leap seen in images over the last year.
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News Corp became the latest organization to sue Perplexity, with the Wall Street Journal and NY Post parent company accusing the AI startup of massive copyright infringement for reproducing news content without permission.
IBM released Granite 3.0, a new suite of advanced open-source enterprise AI models that offers enhanced performance and safety features.
GE HealthCare unveiled CareIntellect for Oncology, an AI tool that consolidates patient data into a single view to help clinicians track cancer treatment journeys.
TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, fired an intern for reportedly sabotaging AI models by injecting malicious code, which caused millions of dollars in damages.
Alcon Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery, alleging the unauthorized use of AI-generated images from the film Blade Runner 2049 in Tesla’s Robotaxi promotion.
Qualcomm introduced its new Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with enhanced on-device AI capabilities, promising improved performance and energy efficiency for next-generation smartphones.
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AI's medical breakthrough
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The future of medical imaging just got much clearer and faster — 5000x faster, to be exact.
UCLA's SLIViT model matches expert accuracy at warp speed, but can it revolutionize healthcare without leaving humans in the dust? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI reaches expert level in medical scans
Meta reveals new AI models, tools
Create brand-consistent visuals with AI
Anthropic unveils new evaluations for AI sabotage risks
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AI & MEDICINE
🧠 AI reaches expert level in medical scans
Image source: UCLA
The Rundown: Researchers at UCLA just developed SLIViT, a new AI model that can analyze complex 3D medical scans with expert-level accuracy in a fraction of the time required by human specialists.
The details:
SLIViT (SLice Integration by Vision Transformer) can efficiently analyze various 3D imaging types, including MRIs, CT scans, and ultrasounds.
The model matches clinical expert accuracy while reducing analysis time by a mind-blowing factor of 5,000.
Unlike other AI models, SLIViT requires only hundreds of training samples, making it more practical for real-world applications.
The framework leverages transfer learning, using prior knowledge from 2D medical data for efficient training with smaller 3D datasets.
Why it matters: With the growing demand for faster diagnostics, SLIViT’s ability to rapidly and accurately analyze imaging offers a potential game-changer for healthcare. The model’s ability to work with small datasets also makes it more accessible for providers with limited resources — potentially democratizing expert medical imaging.
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META
🚀 Meta reveals new AI models, tools
Image source: Meta
The Rundown: Meta FAIR just introduced a collection of new research models and datasets, including an upgraded image segmentation tool, a cross-modal language model, solutions to accelerate LLM performance, and more.
The details:
Spirit LM is an open-source multimodal language model that integrates speech and text to generate more natural-sounding and expressive speech.
Meta’s SAM 2.1 update offers improved image and video segmentation on its popular predecessor, which saw over 700,000 downloads in 11 weeks.
Layer Skip provides an end-to-end solution for accelerating LLM generation times by nearly 2x without specialized hardware.
Other artifacts include SALSA for security testing, Meta Lingua for language model training, a synthetic data generation tool, and more.
Why it matters: Meta continues to push the AI bar forward with big releases across various areas. Given the company’s impressive open-source systems, it's hard to envision a future where closed models and tools have a significant advantage — and the moat between the two seems to be shrinking with each release.
AI TRAINING
🎨 Create brand-consistent visuals with AI
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AI RESEARCH
🕵️ Anthropic unveils new evaluations for AI sabotage risks
Image source: Anthropic
The Rundown: Anthropic just published a set of new evaluations aimed at detecting potential sabotage capabilities in advanced AI systems, focusing on risks that could arise if models attempt to subvert human oversight or decision-making.
The details:
Four new evaluations were developed: human decision sabotage, code sabotage, sandbagging (hiding capabilities), and undermining oversight.
The evaluations use mock scenarios to test models' ability to manipulate and deceive humans, insert bugs into code, and undermine monitoring systems.
Tests were run on Claude 3 Opus and Claude 3.5 Sonnet models, which did not flag concerning results but showed the capability to sabotage.
Anthropic is open-sourcing the evaluations and said stronger anti-sabotage mitigation will be needed as AI continues to improve.
Why it matters: Anthropic’s research shows that AI isn’t very good at sabotaging humans... yet. But the capabilities are there in some capacity — and if the model acceleration continues like many think it will, it’s only a matter of time before these threats will be real and important to mitigate.
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Perplexity is discussing a new fundraising round that would double the company’s valuation to over $8B, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Apple internally believes that the company’s AI tech is 2+ years behind other industry leaders, according to Bloomberg Apple insider Mark Gurman.
Midjourney will release a new tool allowing users to edit uploaded images using its AI model this week, along with new retexturing capabilities — with initial access limited to a smaller group for testing.
AI and quantum tech startup SandboxAQ is seeking new funding at a valuation over $5B, with the Alphabet spinoff featuring backing from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.
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Physics' new AI prodigy
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Step aside, Sir Isaac… There's a new Newton in town, and this one is powered by AI.
Archetype's new model is learning physics from scratch — potentially breaking barriers in autonomous learning. Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Newton AI learns physics from scratch
NotebookLM launches business pilot
Automate web data extraction with Zapier
Worldcoin unveils next-gen eye scanner
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
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Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
ARCHETYPE AI
🤖 Newton AI learns physics from scratch
Image source: Archetype AI
The Rundown: Archetype AI just unveiled 'Newton,' a new foundational AI ‘Large Behavior Model’ that learns complex physics principles directly from raw sensor data, without any human guidance.
The details:
Newton ingests raw sensor measurements to build its understanding of physical phenomena without pre-programmed knowledge.
The model can accurately predict behaviors of systems it wasn't explicitly trained on, like pendulum motion.
It outperformed specialized AI in tasks like forecasting citywide power consumption and discovering systems from data instead of training.
Archetype AI was founded by ex-Google researchers and has secured $13M in funding to date.
Why it matters: Newton is a paradigm shift in AI's interaction with the physical world. A single model could replace highly specialized systems by developing a generalized understanding rather than a narrow focus. The tech also opens the door to truly autonomous AI that can adapt to environments and tasks without human intervention.
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📓 NotebookLM launches business pilot
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google just pushed an update for its viral AI note-taking assistant NotebookLM, adding new features that let users guide AI-generated audio summaries and announcing the upcoming launch of a new business-focused version.
The details:
Users can now customize the AI podcast Audio Overviews feature by providing instructions to focus on specific topics or adjusting the expertise level.
A new Background Listening feature allows users to listen to Audio Interviews while multitasking within NotebookLM.
A pilot program for NotebookLM Business is coming, offering enhanced features for organizations like higher usage limits and team collaboration tools.
Audio Overviews, which turns docs, videos, and other content into podcasts between AI hosts, went viral earlier this month for its realistic audio outputs.
Why it matters: Google is dropping the ‘experimental’ tag on NotebookLM, and the viral feature built in just two months is suddenly being called a ‘ChatGPT’ moment for the company. It’s also an interesting case of users actually enjoying AI-generated content — a quality that is hard to find in most mainstream sentiment for the tech.
AI TRAINING
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Install Zapier Central Chrome extension and log in.
Create a new AI assistant within the extension.
Navigate to your target website and craft a clear data extraction prompt.
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WORLD
👁️ Worldcoin unveils next-gen eye scanner
Image source: World
The Rundown: Worldcoin, the ‘proof of personhood’ startup founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, just announced a rebrand to ‘World’, along with a new version of its iris-scanning ‘Orb’ technology and updated core platforms.
The details:
A new streamlined Orb promises 5x performance to its predecessor, alongside new countries, self-serve, and on-demand Orbs for easier onboarding.
The company introduced World ID 3.0 protocol, featuring new World ID Credentials, Deep Face to combat AI-generated deepfakes, and added privacy infrastructure.
An updated World App 3.0 allows for anonymous integration with third-party apps, and World is also launching the mainnet of its Worldchain blockchain.
The company has previously faced backlash and even bans from certain countries over privacy concerns.
Why it matters: Verifying human identity in the increasing flood of AI-generated content, agents, and systems is clearly going to be massively important — but given Worldcoin’s rocky launch and international struggles, the question is whether the company can overcome the early drama to actually achieve its goals.
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The U.S. Treasury Dept. shared that it leveraged AI to recover $1B in check fraud and prevent $4B in overall fraud in the 2024 fiscal year, showcasing the tech’s growing role in combating financial crime.
OpenAI expanded its partnership with consulting firm Bain & Co. to develop and sell industry-specific AI tools to corporate clients, with OpenAI reporting 1M paying business customers.
Meta is partnering with Blumhouse and other select filmmakers to test its Movie Gen AI video generation tools, gathering feedback to refine the tech before its public release in 2025.
Researchers from Alibaba and Skywork showcased Meissonic, a small, open-source text-to-image model that can generate high-quality outputs that outperform larger models.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft’s AI initiatives for overhyping the sector in an interview with Fast Company, calling its Copilot assistant the ‘next Clippy.’
OpenAI released a preview of its ChatGPT Windows app for paid users, offering file and photo interactions, model improvements, and a companion window mode.
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Open-source AI takes the lead
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Nvidia is already crushing the chipmaking game, but its models are also casually topping the LLM benchmarks and outperforming the giants.
Did the company’s latest Nemotron release just give the open-source AI movement a new champion? Let’s get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
Nvidia’s Nemotron outperforms leading AI models
Mistral AI unveils powerful new AI models for devices
Superstudio is your all-in-one creative AI platform
Boston Dynamics, Toyota team up on AI humanoids
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
NVIDIA
🚀 Nvidia's Nemotron outperforms leading AI models
Image source: Nvidia
The Rundown: Nvidia quietly released a new open-sourced, fine-tuned LLM called Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct, which is outperforming industry leaders like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on key benchmarks.
The details:
Nemotron is based on Meta’s Llama 3.1 70B model, fine-tuned by NVIDIA using advanced ML methods like RLHF.
The model achieves top scores on alignment benchmarks like Arena Hard (85.0), AlpacaEval 2 LC (57.6), and GPT-4-Turbo MT-Bench (8.98).
The scores edge out competitors like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet across multiple metrics — despite being significantly smaller at just 70B parameters.
NVIDIA open-sourced the model, reward model, and training dataset on Hugging Face, which can also be tested in a preview on the company’s website.
Why it matters: Is a smaller open-source model racing to the top? While NVIDIA’s chipmaking triumphs are well-known, more surprising are the powerhouse models the company continues to produce. With open-source foundations and advanced fine-tuning, Nemotron is showing that smaller, efficient models can compete with giants.
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MISTRAL AI
📱Mistral AI unveils powerful new AI models for devices
Image source: Mistral AI
The Rundown: French AI startup Mistral AI just launched two new compact language models designed to bring powerful AI capabilities to edge devices like phones and laptops.
The details:
The new ‘Les Ministraux’ family includes Ministral 3B and Ministral 8B models, which have just 3B and 8B parameters, respectively.
Despite their small size, the models outperform competitors like Gemma and Llama on benchmarks, including Mistral's 7B model from last year.
Minstral 8B uses a new ‘interleaved sliding-window attention’ mechanism to efficiently process long sequences.
The models are designed for on-device use cases like local translation, offline assistants, and autonomous robotics.
Why it matters: While we await the incoming rollout of Apple Intelligence as many users’ first on-device AI experience, smaller models that can run efficiently and locally on phones and computers continue to level up. Having a top-tier LLM in the palm of your hand is about to become a norm, not a luxury.
AI TRAINING
🧑🎨 Superstudio is your all-in-one creative AI platform
The Rundown: Kaiber announced Superstudio, a brand new AI-powered infinite canvas, launching with Flux and Luma to help bring your creative ideas to life.
Step-by-step:
Visit www.Superstudio.app and sign up for a free account
Click the “+” in the top Navigation Bar to add a Flow to your Canvas
Create an image with the Flux Flow or Image Lab Flow
Create a video using the Luma Flow to bring your images to life
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BOSTON DYNAMICS
🤖Boston Dynamics, Toyota team up on AI humanoids
Image source: Boston Dynamics
The Rundown: Boston Dynamics and the Toyota Research Institute just announced a new partnership to accelerate development of advanced humanoids, with plans to integrate TRI’s Large Behavior Models (LBMs) into the Atlas electric robot.
The details:
Toyota’s LBMs aim to teach robots to handle multi-task, dexterous vision, and language-guided capabilities.
The partnership combines two robotics labs owned by competing automakers, Hyundai (who purchased Boston Dynamics in 2020) and Toyota.
TRI‘s ‘Diffusion Policy’ enables robots to learn 60+ complex skills from human demos without coding, a key component of the partnership’s research efforts.
Boston Dynamics retired its hydraulic Atlas robot in April and debuted the electric update, currently being tested in Hyundai’s automotive factories.
Why it matters: The race for commercial humanoids is heating up fast — and this partnership represents a major power move. But with the likes of Tesla’s Optimus, Figure’s 01 humanoids, and others in the mix, there is no shortage of rivals rushing to capture the massive potential of the emerging general-purpose robots.
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ChatGPT's web traffic reached a record 3.1B visits in September 2024, according to Similarweb, representing a 112% year-over-year increase and making it the 11th most visited website globally.
Suno launched Suno Scenes, allowing users to generate songs using images or videos instead of just text prompts.
Google Public Sector announced $15M grants to upskill U.S. government workers in responsible AI with plans to train over 100,000 public sector employees across federal, state, and local levels.
OpenAI published research examining how ChatGPT responds to usernames with various genders, racial, and cultural backgrounds — finding minimal bias but some stereotypical responses in open-ended tasks like creative writing.
Fashion brand Lacoste is leveraging AI for anti-counterfeit technology, using a tool called Vrai AI to analyze tiny logo details that can uncover fakes at 99.7% accuracy.
Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey announced that he is joining OpenAI as the company’s new chief information security officer, helping to drive the ‘development of safe AGI for the world.’
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