Google's AI Redo to Challenge ChatGPT & The Year of T-Swift
Dec 7, 2023
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Neal and Toby discuss Google's new AI 'Gemini' and its competition with ChatGPT. They also explore the growth and importance of women's sports, grade inflation at Yale and Harvard, end-of-year food trend predictions, and an unconventional sentencing for a burrito bowl assault.
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Google has introduced Gemini, its advanced large-language model, as a competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT, with the aim to challenge OpenAI for the top spot on the AI leaderboard.
McDonald's plans to expand its chicken business by reintroducing the snack wrap, opening over 8,800 new locations, introducing a new Cosmic restaurant concept, and adding 100 million members to its loyalty program by 2027.
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Google reveals Gemini, its advanced large-language model
Google has introduced Gemini, its most advanced large-language model, as a competitor to OpenAI's ChatGPT. Gemini has the ability to analyze both images and sounds and outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4 in certain areas. With Gemini, Google aims to remind the industry of its AI capabilities and challenge OpenAI for the top spot on the AI leaderboard.
McDonald's brings back cult favorite snack wrap and plans expansion
McDonald's has reintroduced the snack wrap, a cult favorite menu item, in response to the growing demand for chicken products. The company aims to expand its chicken business, which is now a $25 billion industry for McDonald's. Additionally, McDonald's plans to open over 8,800 new locations, introduce a new restaurant concept called Cosmic, and add 100 million members to its loyalty program by 2027.
Trends in flavors and food predicted for the coming year
In food trends for the coming year, McCormick named tamarind as the flavor of 2024, while Axios predicted pickle, halloumi, and camel milk as breakout ingredients. Other trends highlighted include a shift towards raw ingredients, the popularity of new Stolgic foods with over-the-top versions of childhood classics, the rise of West African, African, and Lebanese cuisines, and the growth of women's sports driving trends in the industry.
Episode 208: Neal and Toby explain if Google's new AI 'Gemini' will be able to compete with ChatGPT. Plus McDonald's is making big waves; bringing back the snack wrap and planning to open over 9,000 stores in the coming years. Neal shares his favorite numbers including why Taylor Swift was TIME's person of the year and why Tom Petty's streams are up thanks to GTA 6. Also, women's sports have never been bigger and what are the biggest foods supposed to be for 2024? Finally why a woman who assaulted a Chipotle worker was punished by... working at the restaurant.