Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore the AI developments that had the biggest impact on genealogy in 2024.
This week’s episode spotlights MyHeritage's newest viral tool, LiveMemory, which brings old photos to life through animation. Next, Mark and Steve count down the year's top AI breakthroughs for genealogists. The groundbreaking FamilySearch full-text search takes the top spot by providing unprecedented access to huge collections of handwritten records. Mark and Steve also discuss the genealogy community's migration to Bluesky.
Don’t miss this week’s tip of the week, which provides practical tips for using AI to help you research your ancestors’ home countries.
This week’s rapid fire stories include major industry developments at Google, OpenAI, and Amazon.
This episode showcases how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing family history research for genealogists at all levels.
Timestamps:
IN THE NEWS
03:02 MyHeritage's Goes Viral (again!) with LiveMemory
10:56 Top Five AI Breakthroughs for Genealogists in 2024
Chatbots Learn How to Reason (OpenAI’s o1-preview)
Content Creation Within Chatbots (Artifacts, Canvas)
Collaborative Research Spaces (NotebookLM, Claude Projects, Perplexity Spaces)
AI-Enhanced Search (SearchGPT, Perplexity, Google)
FamilySearch Unlocks Handwritten Records
27:27 The Great Bluesky Migration
TIP OF THE WEEK
32:17 Use AI To Research the Home Country
RAPIDFIRE
40:41 Google Loses Antitrust Cases
44:33 OpenAI Announces Web Browser Initiative
48:25 Amazon's $4B Anthropic Investment
Resource Links
IN THE NEWS
MyHeritage's Goes Viral (again!) with LiveMemory
LiveMemory
https://www.myheritage.com/livememory/
Runway ML
https://runwayml.com/
TOP 5 AI BREAKTHROUGHS
Introducing OpenAI o1-preview
https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-o1-preview/
Claude Artifacts
https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/9487310-what-are-artifacts-and-how-do-i-use-them
ChatGPT Canvas
https://openai.com/index/introducing-canvas/
Google NotebookLM
https://notebooklm.google.com/
Claude Projects
https://www.anthropic.com/news/projects
Perplexity Spaces
https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/faq/what-are-spaces
Introducing ChatGPT Search
https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search/
Perplexity
https://www.perplexity.ai/
Google
https://www.google.com/
FamilySearch Full-Text Search
https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/find-the-new-full-text-search-for-historical-records
BLUESKY MIGRATION
Bluesky Social
https://bsky.app/
Mark Thompson’s Bluesky Handle
https://bsky.app/profile/makingfamilyhistory.com
Steve Little’s Bluesky Handle
https://bsky.app/profile/digitalarchivst.bsky.social
RAPIDFIRE
Google Loses Antitrust Cases
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5064624/google-justice-department-antitrust-search
https://www.reuters.com/legal/google-asks-us-appeals-court-reject-app-store-monopoly-verdict-2024-11-27/
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2024/11/26/chrome-google-forced-sale
OpenAI Announces Web Browser Initiative
https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-working-on-a-web-browser-to-compete-with-google-chrome
https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-considers-taking-google-with-browser-information-reports-2024-11-21/
Amazon's $4B Anthropic Investment
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24303185/amazon-anthropic-investment-ai-alexa
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