⚙️ Google AI Makeover

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August 02, 2023

Good morning. Just as room-temperature superconductors are set to revolutionize energy transmission, Google's Assistant is gearing up to conduct conversations with an efficiency that rivals superconductivity. It's a high-energy time in tech, and we're here to keep you connected to the current.

In today’s newsletter:

  • 🔮 Google Assistant's Makeover: Generative AI is the Game Changer

  • 🤖 Meta's New Chatbots: A Dash of Personality in Social Media Interactions

  • 🚀 OpenAI's Next Leap: GPT-5 Trademark Filed

  • 🔖 Meta's New Feature: Instagram Labels for AI-Generated Images

  • 📺 YouTube Experiments with AI-Generated Video Summaries

  • 🍽️ Google's AI Test Kitchen: Unexpected Removal from Play Store

 NEWS

Google Assistant's Glow-Up: Generative AI is the New Black

Midjourney

Word on the street is that Google is planning to soup up its Assistant with the same generative AI tech that powers OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's own Bard chatbot. This is a full-on transformation that's set to shake up how we interact with our virtual assistants.

You ask your Google Assistant for restaurant recommendations and instead of just rattling off a list of nearby joints, it dishes out suggestions based on the latest reviews, trending food scenes, and even your own dietary quirks. This new version of Google Assistant will be the digital equivalent of a know-it-all, able to sift through heaps of web info to serve up personalized responses that are in tune with the context and detail you desire.

Google's already got Bard, an AI chatbot that's been trained to spit out human-like text based on the info it's been fed. Bard is built on GPT-4, and if you’ve ever used the iOS or Android ChatGPT app’s voice recognition function, this is just like that on steroids.

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Meta's New Chatbots: From Surfer Dudes to Honest Abe, Social Media Just Got More Personal

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Meta is reportedly gearing up to roll out AI-powered chatbots with their own unique personalities, as per a report from the Financial Times. We're talking about everything from a laid-back, surfer-dude travel advisor to a chatbot that channels its inner Abraham Lincoln. These chatbots are set to make their debut on Meta's platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, as early as next month. This is similar to what Character.AI does, which has raised nearly $200M to build a product that enables users to chat with chatbots that are fictional based on real people, dead or alive, or even inanimate objects.

This move is seen as Meta's latest play to amp up engagement on its platforms. Users can turn to these chatbots for platform navigation, recommendations, and a bit of fun interaction. But it's not all fun and games. These chatbots could double as a new data collection tool, potentially helping Meta to fine-tune its content and ad targeting. Cue the privacy concerns.

For the average user, having a chatbot that responds in the style of Honest Abe could add a dash of entertainment to their social media interactions. But on the flip side, the content generated by these chatbots could raise eyebrows, especially when it comes to younger users… Snapchat's AI chatbot, "My AI", serves as a case in point.

As we wait for more details on Meta's AI strategy at its Connect developer event in September, one thing's clear: The intersection of AI and social media is a hot topic. The potential for AI to revolutionize our digital interactions is huge, but it also brings a host of challenges and questions to the table.

🚀 OpenAI's Next Leap: Trademark Filed for GPT-5

OpenAI has filed a trademark application for "GPT-5" with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, hinting at the potential development of a new version of their language model. The trademark application describes GPT-5 as related to software for generating human speech and text, as well as natural language processing. Despite the filing, there is no confirmation of immediate development for GPT-5, and it is speculated that the primary purpose might be to secure the name and prevent unauthorized use.

🔖 Meta's New Feature: Instagram Labels for AI-Generated Images

Meta Platforms is developing labels to identify images "generated by Meta AI" on Instagram, as revealed by developer and reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi. These labels will indicate posts created or edited with AI, making them easily detectable. This development follows last month's pledge by companies including Meta, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI to adopt AI safety measures, such as watermarks.

📺 YouTube Tests AI-Generated Video Summaries for Enhanced User Experience

YouTube is experimenting with AI to auto-generate video summaries, currently available for a limited number of English-language videos and viewers. These AI-generated summaries aim to provide a quick overview of a video, assisting users in deciding if the video is relevant to them. The tool is in its early stages, and its impact on YouTube creators and its effectiveness in summarizing longer videos is yet to be determined.

🍽️ Google's AI Test Kitchen App Unexpectedly Removed from Play Store

Google has removed its AI Test Kitchen app from the Play Store and Apple App Store, leading to speculation about a complete shutdown. The app, launched after the 2022 I/O developer conference, allowed users to test Google's AI projects, including the second-gen LaMDA large language model. Despite the app's removal, the web version of AI Test Kitchen will continue to exist and serve as the new home for the project.

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