Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore the potential benefits of Meta's open-source approach to AI. Next, they discuss MyHeritage's plans to retire an AI feature. Then, they review the AI image generation features recently added to Adobe Illustrator.
In this week’s Tip of the Week, they share valuable insights on crafting effective, hallucination-resistant, AI prompts using the “role, task, and format” prompting method.
The RapidFire segment covers Apple's AI delays, Google's impressive math achievements, Reddit's web crawling restrictions, OpenAI's venture into AI-based search, and Meta's groundbreaking image recognition advancements.
This episode offers a perfect blend of practical applications and future possibilities, making it essential listening for genealogists navigating the AI revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a family history buff, this show provides the knowledge you need to stay ahead in the rapidly changing world of AI.
Timestamps:
## In the News
03:18 Meta's Impact on Corporate Genealogy: Discussion of Meta.ai's release and its implications
07:54 MyHeritage's AI Feature Removal: Retirement of AI Record Finder tool
10:11 Adobe's AI Integration: New AI features in Adobe Illustrator
## Tip of the Week
19:32 Building Better Prompts: Role, Task, and Format: Explanation and examples of this prompting technique
## RapidFire Topics
27:55 Apple's AI Delays: Postponement of Apple Intelligence Tools
33:18 Google's AI Math Achievement: AI Performance in Math Olympics
36:55 Reddit's Web Crawling Restrictions: Implications for AI training data
41:22 OpenAI's SearchGPT Development: Potential impact on search engines and competitors
45:30 Meta's SAM 2 Release: Advancements in image and video recognition
Resource Links:
Adobe Acrobat: https://acrobat.adobe.com/
Adobe Illustrator: https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html
Adobe Lightroom: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html
Adobe Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/
Apple Intelligence: https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/
Claude (Anthropic): https://claude.ai/
FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/
Gemini (Google): https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/
Google AI: https://ai.google/
Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/
Meta AI: https://ai.meta.com/
Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/
MyHeritage: https://www.myheritage.com/
OpenAI: https://openai.com/
Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/
SearchGPT: https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/
Segment Anything Model (SAM) by Meta: https://ai.meta.com/sam2/
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