AI Weekly Rundown (November 11 to November 17)
Major AI announcements from OpenAI, Microsoft, Runway, Nvidia, and more.
Hello Engineering Leaders and AI Enthusiasts!
Another eventful week in the AI realm. Lots of big news from huge enterprises, with major updates from Microsoft.
In today’s edition:
😱 OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman fired
📢 GPT-4 Turbo is now live, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
🏆 Talent tug-of-war between OpenAI and Google
🎞️ Runway set to release new AI feature Motion Brush
🚀 Microsoft’s Ignite 2023: Custom AI chips and 100 updates💻 Nvidia unveils H200, its newest high-end AI chip
🩺 The world’s first AI doctor’s office by Forward
🌟 Meta debuts new AI models for video and images
🌐 Google is rolling out three new capabilities to SGE
🤖 DeepMind unveils its most advanced music generation model
Let’s go!
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman fired
Sam Altman fired.
Mira Murati becomes OpenAI's interim CEO.
OpenAI's official blog cited that Sam Altman wasn't "consistently candid in his communications with the board."
GPT-4 Turbo is now live ~ says OpenAI CEO
In a recent tweet, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman announced the release of GPT-4 Turbo, an improved version of GPT-4 with a larger context window and optimized performance. According to him, this upgraded version is a lot better than the previous models in terms of performance. Users have started sharing their experiences regarding the upgraded GPT-4 Turbo model.
Altman denied allegations of retaliation against Microsoft after the company restricted its employees from accessing OpenAI's AI tools. Microsoft later admitted it was a mistake and rectified the issue.
Talent tug-of-war b/w OpenAI and Google
OpenAI and Google are engaged in a high-stakes talent war as they compete to build superior AI technology. OpenAI is aggressively recruiting top AI researchers from Google, offering them significant stock packages based on the company's projected valuation growth. OpenAI recruiters pitch annual compensation packages of $5-10 million for senior researchers.
Google, on the other hand, is unwilling to match these offers but has increased salaries for key employees. Both companies are also touting access to superior computing resources to attract researchers.
Runway is set to release a new AI feature, Motion Brush
Runway is set to release a new feature called "Motion Brush" that allows users to animate still photos with realistic movements. The tool will be available in Runway's Gen-2 interface.
It will allow users to draw within a photo to highlight areas where they want movement. The AI then animates these areas, creating visually stunning results. Users can simply upload their images to Runway’s in-browser tools and let their creativity flow, transforming static pictures into dynamic animations effortlessly.
Microsoft’s Ignite 2023: Custom AI chips and 100 updates
Microsoft will make about 100 news announcements at Ignite 2023 that touch on multiple layers of an AI-forward strategy, from adoption to productivity to security. Here are some key announcements:
Two new Microsoft-designed chips: The Azure Maia 100 and Cobalt 100 chips are the first two custom silicon chips designed by Microsoft for its cloud infrastructure. Both are designed to power its Azure data centers and ready the company and its enterprise customers for a future full of AI. They are arriving in 2024.
Extending the Microsoft Copilot experience with Copilot-related announcements and updates
100+ feature updates in Microsoft Fabric to reinforce the data and AI connection
Expanded choice and flexibility in generative AI models to offer developers the most comprehensive selection
Expanding the Copilot Copyright Commitment (CCC) to customers using Azure OpenAI Service
New experiences in Windows to empower employees, IT, and developers that unlock new ways of working and make more AI accessible across any device
A host of new AI and productivity tools for developers, including Windows AI Studio
Announcing NVIDIA AI foundry service running on Azure
New technologies across Microsoft’s suite of security solutions and expansion of Security Copilot
(You can get more on all the announcements’ details here)
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Nvidia unveils H200, its newest high-end AI chip
Nvidia on Monday unveiled the H200, a GPU designed for training and deploying the kinds of AI models that are powering the generative AI boom.
The new GPU is an upgrade from the H100, the chip OpenAI used to train its GPT-4. The key improvement with the H200 is that it includes 141GB of next-generation “HBM3” memory that will help the chip perform “inference,” or using a large model after it’s trained to generate text, images or predictions.
Nvidia said the H200 will generate output nearly twice as fast as the H100. That’s based on a test using Meta’s Llama 2 LLM.
The world’s first AI doctor’s office by Forward
In the world’s first AI doctor’s office, Forward CarePods blend AI with medical expertise.
CarePods are AI-powered and self-serve. As soon as you step in, CarePods become your personalized gateway to a broad range of Health Apps, designed to treat the issues of today and prevent the issues of tomorrow. They are being deployed in malls, gyms, and offices, with plans to more than double its footprint in 2024.
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Meta’s new AI milestone for Image + Video gen
Meta’s AI research team has made significant advancements in video generation and image editing.
They are announcing new research into controlled image editing based solely on text instructions and a method for text-to-video generation based on diffusion models.
They have developed Emu Video, a method of creating HQ videos from text prompts. This unified architecture for video generation tasks can respond to various inputs: text only, image only, and both text and image.
Emu Edit is a new approach to image editing that aims to offer precise control and enhanced capabilities. Try a prompt, and continue tweaking the prompt until you get to a more desired outcome.
Google giving its SGE 3 new AI capabilities
Google is giving its Search Generative Experience (SGE) three new capabilities.
1) Make finding holiday gifts easier. Users will be able to generate gift ideas by searching for specific categories, such as "great gifts for athletes," and explore options from various brands.
2) Users can virtually try on men's tops to see how they fit, and a new AI image generation feature will help users find similar products based on their preferences.
3) The final new addition uses AI image generation to create a product and help you find something that’s similar.
Additionally, Google Photos has a new AI feature to help organize and categorize photos. One feature called Photo Stacks will identify the best photo from a group and select it as the top pick. Another feature will categorize photos of things like screenshots and documents, allowing users to set reminders for them.
Deepmind + YouTube’s advanced AI music-gen model
DeepMind and YouTube have released a new music generation model called Lyria and two toolsets called Dream Track and Music AI. Lyria works in conjunction with YouTube and aims to help with the creative process of music creation.
Dream Track allows creators to generate AI-generated soundtracks for YouTube Shorts, while Music AI provides tools for creating music with different instruments, building ensembles, and creating backing tracks for vocals. The goal is to make AI-generated music sound credible and maintain musical continuity. The tools are being released amidst controversy surrounding AI in the creative arts industry.
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