In this episode of the Family History AI Show, Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore the latest AI news, views and reviews for family historians.
They start with Google Gemini's new file upload capabilities and examine AI's impact on genealogy education, offering practical advice for researchers. Then, they discuss the increasing availability of saved prompts across AI platforms.
Don’t miss this week’s Tip of The Week: Using examples to improve the reliability of the responses that you get from your AI.
RapidFire announcements include the upcoming release of OpenAI's "strawberry" model and potential upgrades to digital assistants such as Alexa.
This episode blends news with practical tips, providing listeners with valuable insights to harness AI's potential in uncovering family stories and improving research techniques.
Timestamps:
AI In the News
01:37 Google Releases Gemini Gems: New features for document analysis and mobile access
07:35 Genealogists go Back to School: The Impact of AI of Education
13:30 Saved Prompts: Discussion on the widespread adoption of saved prompts across AI Tools
Tip of the Week
19:45 Building Better Prompts - Examples: Improve responses by providing examples in prompts
RapidFire
27:00 OpenAI's "Strawberry" Announcement: Enhanced Reasoning Capabilities
32:00 Top 50 List of AI Tools Announced
36:02 Amazon's Alexa Upgrade: Claude AI Coming to an Alexa Near You
40:33 Wild Vision Arena Leaderboard: New benchmark for AI image analysis capabilities
45:42 Perplexity Plans To Introduce Ads: AI search tool's future business model
Resource Links
Google Gemini
https://gemini.google.com
OpenAI ChatGPT
https://chat.openai.com
Anthropic Claude
www.claude.ai
Perplexity AI
https://www.perplexity.ai
Google Gemini "Gems"
https://blog.google/products/gemini/google-gemini-update-august-2024/
Anthropic "Projects"
https://www.anthropic.com/news/projects
OpenAI
https://openai.com
Character AI
https://character.ai/
Suno AI
https://www.suno.ai
Amazon Alexa
https://www.amazon.com/alexa-help-resources/b?ie=UTF8&node=21576560011
Wild Vision Arena Leaderboard
https://huggingface.co/spaces/WildVision/vision-arena
OpenAI "Strawberry" model
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-o1-strawberry-problem-reasoning/
Andresen Horowitz Top 100 List
https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps/
ChatGPT Advanced Voice
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9617425-advanced-voice-mode-faq
Apple iPhone
https://www.apple.com/iphone
Apple Intelligence
https://www.apple.com/ca/apple-intelligence/
Google Pixel phones
https://store.google.com/category/phones
Microsoft Copilot
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot
OpenAI Search GPT
https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/
Tags
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