GPT Store launch, ChatGPT Teams $30pm, Midjourney's v6 alpha, Bland.ai for sales, and Perplexity taking over search
Jan 12, 2024
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Martin discusses the new GPT Store on ChatGPT's website, while Paul highlights Midjourney's v6 alpha testing. Bland.ai revolutionizes sales and customer service with its real-time AI phone call system. Advancements in robotics, including Figure 01's coffee-making skills and Samsung's automation goals, are explored. Chevrolet's AI chatbot vulnerability and Perplexity's massive funding are also highlighted. CES 2024 showcases various AI-powered hardware innovations.
The GPT Store launch by OpenAI has led to significant website traffic and monetization opportunities for creators.
ChatGPT Teams subscription service offers enhanced collaboration features, making it ideal for businesses requiring secure and efficient chat GPT usage.
Midjourney's v6 alpha testing showcases advancements in AI image generation, promising highly realistic images and soon, video generation capabilities.
WISP, an assistive AI technology, converts whispered and affected speech into clear, natural voice, benefiting individuals with speech impairments.
Starkey Labs' Genesis AI hearing aid utilizes onboard deep neural network acceleration to enhance hearing and speech clarity.
Volkswagen plans to integrate an AI-powered chatbot into its models, providing assistance using OpenAI foundational models.
Deep dives
Open AI's GPT Store Goes Live
Open AI has launched the GPT Store, where users with a chat GPT plus subscription can access and use publicly available GPTs. This store has been widely adopted, with some users experiencing a significant increase in website traffic since its launch. The GPTs in the store are categorized by use case, and users have found clever ways to promote their own offerings through the GPTs' outputs.
Chat GPT for Teams Offers Secure Data Handling
Open AI has introduced Chat GPT for Teams, a subscription service that provides a higher usage cap, access to a 32K context window, and secure data handling. The subscription is cost-effective, and users can have up to 149 individuals on a team. This development is exciting for businesses that require secure and efficient chat GPT usage for customer support and other purposes.
Mid-Journey Version 6 and Potential for Video Models
Mid-Journey has been testing version six of its image generator, which offers highly photorealistic images. Additionally, Mid-Journey announced plans to train video models, which could be a game-changer in the AI video generation field. The potential for consistent character development in AI image generation is also on the horizon with advancements in DreamTuna. These developments show the progress being made in creating more realistic and versatile AI-generated images and videos.
Assistive AI: WISP converts affected speech into clear, natural voice
WISP, developed by a Netherlands-based startup, is an assistive technology that uses AI to convert whispered and affected speech into clear, natural voice. It helps individuals with severe stutter, throat cancer, vocal cord paralysis, or other speech impairments. The technology is language independent and works on both iOS and Android platforms.
AI-Powered Hearing Aid: Starkey Genesis AI enhances hearing quality
Starkey Labs has developed the Genesis AI, a hearing aid that incorporates an on-board deep neural network accelerator engine. This AI-powered device improves hearing by enhancing the ability to hear soft sounds without noise interference, enhancing word recognition and speech clarity, and reducing listening effort. The hearing aid is waterproof, lasts up to 51 hours, and is designed as a receiver in canal type.
Volkswagen to integrate AI-powered chatbot into its models
Volkswagen plans to integrate an AI-powered chatbot, based on Serence Chat Pro, into all its models equipped with the IDA voice assistant. The chatbot will communicate with users and provide assistance using OpenAI foundational models. The rollout of this feature will begin in Europe in the second quarter.
CES Highlights: Fractional Nanny - an AI-powered pram
Gluxkind Rosa introduces the Fractional Nanny, an AI-powered pram designed to make parenting effortless and enjoyable. The pram features automatic braking, soothing white noise, and a lightweight design. While it adds convenience, it may not live up to the claim of making parenting completely effortless.
CES Highlights: Microsoft Co-Pilot button for Windows keyboard
Microsoft plans to introduce a Co-Pilot button on its Windows keyboards, representing the first significant change to the keyboard in 30 years. This change aligns with the rebranding of Bing as Microsoft Co-Pilot and aims to enhance user experience and access to AI-powered features.
CES Highlights: Apple's LLM in a Flash - Large Language Model on Smartphone
Apple presented a research paper titled 'LLM in a Flash' that explores running a large language model directly on a smartphone using its hardware. This on-device implementation of a large language model ensures enhanced privacy by eliminating the need for data transmission to external servers.
CES Highlights: New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI
The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, claiming copyright infringement as OpenAI used its content to train models. This case will have implications for the future of model training and how publishing companies are compensated for their content used in large language models.
CES Highlights: Bing rebranded to Microsoft Co-Pilot
Microsoft announced the rebranding of Bing as Microsoft Co-Pilot. Alongside this rebranding, they also introduced the Co-Pilot app for iOS and Android, which offers chat-like capabilities. Additionally, Microsoft will introduce a Co-Pilot button on Windows keyboards to enhance user access to AI-powered features.
GPT Store Goes Live Martin discusses the new GPT Store on ChatGPT's website. It's driving significant traffic and potential monetisation for creators. OpenAI plans to enable US creators to earn revenue soon.
ChatGPT Teams Launch The team version is now available at $30/month, offering enhanced collaboration features.
Midjourney's AI Image Generator v6 Paul highlights Midjourney's v6 alpha-testing. It promises consistent characters, high resolution, and soon, video generation tools.
Bland.ai's Impact Martin examines Bland.ai, a real-time AI phone call system revolutionising sales and customer service.
AI in Robotics: Figure 01 and Optimus Gen-2 Paul delves into Figure 01's coffee-making skills and Tesla's Optimus Gen 2 robot, showcasing advancements in humanoid robotics.
Samsung's Automation Goals Samsung aims for human-free, fully automated factories within six years, sparking debates on the future of labour.
Chatbot Vulnerabilities Martin discusses the susceptibility of Chevrolet's AI chatbot to prompt injection, highlighting security concerns in AI deployment.
Perplexity's Massive Funding Paul reveals Perplexity's $73.6 million raise, now valued at $520 million, aiming to rival Google.
CES 2024 AI Innovations From Whispp's voice conversion technology to Volkswagen's AI chatbot, CES 2024 showcased diverse AI-powered hardware.
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New York Times sues OpenAI
Microsoft Copilot, formerly "Bing," now on iOS and Android
Apple's "LLM in a Flash" research
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