Generative AI News Rundown - A Deep Dive Into ChatGPT-4o, Gemini Upgrades and Intrigue & More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 381

OpenAI introduced GPT-4o as a new model and the foundation for ChatGPT. The company also offered more than a dozen videos and other use case examples, which enabled us to break down many of the nuances enabled by the new model. Is this the voice assistant everyone always wanted?

A day later, Google debuted its latest updates for Gemini and offered a preview of Project Astra, the upgraded future of Gemini assistant, which they say will turn it into an agent for users. Google provided just a couple of videos and examples, but it also showed off a much broader set of impacts across its applications. These include search, Workspace, photos, and smart glasses (?). In all, Google had more than 100 announcement at I/O and most related to AI.

Below are 20 articles and blog posts that provide added context on the biggest news across the generative AI landscape. There were a few stories we did not get to that were also of significant impact and we will likely work them into the next episode of GAIN.

Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦

• ChatGPT 4o is the Voice Assistant We Always Wanted, with Two Exceptions

• 6 Things Announced at Google I/O, One That Mattered A Lot, and One Mystery

OpenAI Rundown 🤖

• Accolades for OpenAI's GPT-4o Are Rising

• OpenAI Shows Off New GPT-4o Generative AI Model and More ChatGPT Upgrades

• Hello GPT 4o

• Introducing GPT-4o and more tools to ChatGPT free users

• OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Leaves Company

• ChatGPT 4o is the Voice Assistant We Always Wanted, with Two Exceptions

Google AI Rundown 🔍

• Google’s ‘Gemini Era:’ The Top Generative AI Google I/O 2024 Announcements

• Google Unveils Gemini ‘Gem’ Custom Generative AI Chatbots to Rival OpenAI’s GPT Store

• Introducing VideoFX, plus new features for ImageFX and MusicFX

• Gemini breaks new ground with a faster model, longer context, AI agents and more

• Generative AI in Search: Let Google do the searching for you

• 3 new ways to stay productive with Gemini for Google Workspace

• 6 Things Announced at Google I/O, One That Mattered A Lot, and One Mystery

• Announcing Trillium, the sixth generation of Google Cloud TPU

• Ask Photos: A new way to search your photos with Gemini

• 100 things we announced at I/O 2024

LLM Lounge 🍸

• Anthropic Taps Instagram Co-Founder for Chief Product Officer to Expand Enterprise Generative AI Services

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

• AWS Launches Amazon Bedrock Studio for to Support No-Code Generative AI Projects

Generative AI in the World 🌎

• YouTube’s AI ‘Jump Ahead’ Tool Helps Users Skip to the Best Parts of Videos