This week has been a game-changer for the AI industry, with major announcements from a wide range of companies, including OpenAI, Warren Buffet, Microsoft, AMD, Palantir, Tesla, Meta, Humane, IBM, Wendy's, Google, HuggingFace, Scale AI, Synthesia, Anthropic, and Stability AI.

These announcements are significant and have the potential to shape the future of AI. Each company's announcement has unique importance, and understanding them is crucial for anyone interested in the AI industry.

Overall, this week's announcements indicate that AI is rapidly evolving and becoming more integrated into our lives. From advances in language processing and computer vision to increased investment in AI research, the industry is moving at a fast pace, and these announcements demonstrate the importance of keeping up with the latest developments.

OPEN AI

OpenAI has recently made headlines again with the launch of their latest groundbreaking project. The company has released the research and code for their state-of-the-art text-to-3D model, called Shap-E. They have made the code open source and is available here.

Google

PaLM 2

This week, Google has made waves in the AI community with the release of PaLM 2, the latest iteration of its advanced language learning model. Since its launch in August 2022, developers have been utilizing the PaLM API to create various generative AI applications, including chatbots and content generation. With PaLM 2, Google aims to push the boundaries of what its predecessor achieved, boasting a more lightweight and easily deployable model, as well as more advanced technical capabilities

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Bard

Google's rush to compete with the success of ChatGPT led to the release of their own chatbot, Google Bard, before it was fully prepared to deliver substantial value to users. However, with an upgrade to PaLM 2, Bard's capabilities have significantly improved, including enhanced coding abilities and support for more languages. Furthermore, upcoming features such as visual responses, integration with Google Lens, and extensions with external partners, demonstrate Google's continued commitment to advancing the capabilities of its AI chatbot.

To learn more and to try bard, check out this page.

Google Search's AI integration

Google unveiled its new Search Generative Experience (SGE) at Google I/O, which will provide users with AI-powered snapshots that offer concise and conversational answers to any search query. The SGE will also help users make shopping decisions by presenting them with a table that compares product features, prices, reviews, and more. This move is a smart strategy for Google to leverage its dominance in the search engine market to establish itself as a leader in the AI space.

Google's Push into AI: Generative AI Features Coming to Google Search and Workspace

Google has brought generative AI to its productivity tools such as Gmail, Google Docs, and Slides in a major update to its Google Workspace. The update also includes new AI features in Gmail, Sheets, and Slides that help users with organisation and visualisation. Google Maps and Photos are also getting AI enhancements, such as a bird's eye view of a user's route and an AI-powered photo editing tool. With this AI update, Google has a chance to outperform Microsoft, which has yet to release its own AI revamp to Office 365 apps.

Personalisation to Android Devices

Google announced new personalisation features for Android, enabled by generative AI. Magic Compose in Google messages allows users to add different tones to their messages such as "professional", "funny", and "chill". Android 14 also brings new customisable aspects to the lock screen, while new wallpaper features such as the emoji wallpaper and the cinematic wallpaper will come to Pixel devices next month.

Google unveils Duet AI, a development interface powered by AI for cloud developers

Google has unveiled Duet AI, a development interface powered by AI that assists developers on the Google Cloud platform with code and chat assistance. With AI-driven code completion and generation, the code assistant can identify errors and suggest fixes in real-time. The chat assistant can provide responses to specific cloud questions using simple natural language prompts.

Gemini

At Google I/O, DeepMind introduced Gemini, a new large language model that is currently in its early stages of development. It is expected to be utilized similarly to PaLM 2 and may potentially compete with OpenAI's GPT-4, which is their latest and most advanced language model