Category: AI

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  • Google | 7 AI Announcements in October

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    Google announced seven major AI updates in October, including Google Maps’ biggest AI overhaul, introducing complex queries and route planning enhancements. NotebookLM added new insights tools, Google Shopping’s AI assists in product selection, and Search now covers even broader question types, including real-time video search. Chromebooks launched with built-in AI tools, and Google awarded $15M…

  • OpenAI | Delivering High-Performance Customer Support

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    Decagon, powered by OpenAI’s models like GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, provides fast and flexible automated customer support, enabling companies to handle inquiries with high accuracy globally. By quickly evaluating and integrating new models, Decagon maintains efficient support workflows, exploring future voice-enabled interactions to advance customer service automation. Source: Here

  • Google | Africa’s Digital Decade: AI Upskilling and Expanding Speech Technology

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    Google has expanded voice technology in Africa by introducing 15 new languages to Voice Search, Gboard talk-to-type, and Translate, enabling 300 million Africans to engage with the web through their voice. Google.org has committed $5.8 million to AI and cybersecurity skills education in Sub-Saharan Africa, partnering with NGOs and institutions to broaden the benefits of…

  • OpenAI | Introducing the SearchGPT Prototype

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    OpenAI has introduced “SearchGPT,” a prototype that combines AI conversational capabilities with real-time web information to provide reliable answers with direct source links. Initially available to a limited group, it emphasizes collaboration with publishers to enhance content value and develop a novel search experience. Source: Here

  • OpenAI | Simplifying, stabilizing, and scaling continuous-time consistency models

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    OpenAI has introduced sCM (Simplified Continuous-time Consistency Models), which simplifies the theoretical formulation and scales for large datasets. This approach achieves sample quality comparable to diffusion models in just two steps, with a ~50x speedup. The 1.5B parameter model generates a sample in just 0.11 seconds, opening new possibilities for real-time applications across various domains.…

  • Google | GOV.UK transforms its search function with help from Google Cloud

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    GOV.UK, the official UK government website, improved its search engine with help from Kin + Carta and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Search, making it more intuitive and efficient. Early testing showed a 14% increase in relevant click-throughs and fewer repeat searches, enhancing user experience. Source: Here

  • Google | How Jacob Collier helped shape the new MusicFX DJ

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    Google Labs partnered with six-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier to develop MusicFX DJ, a tool that allows anyone to create continuous music using AI. Collier contributed to improving intuitive controls and the interface, making it accessible for users of all skill levels, from beginners to professionals. Source: Here

  • OpenAI | OpenAI and the Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program

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    OpenAI, in collaboration with the Lenfest Institute, has announced an AI program to support local news media. Key media outlets from Chicago, New York, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Seattle will participate, focusing on improving business sustainability using AI. Each company will hire AI fellows to develop projects that enhance technology and business innovation. Source: Here

  • Google | How we used AI to build our newest Open Buildings dataset

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    Google’s “Open Buildings” dataset, created with AI and high-resolution satellite imagery, aims to fill a major data gap for population and density in developing countries. The latest version, the “Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal Dataset,” tracks building presence and heights from 2016 to 2023, showing urban growth and disaster impacts. This data helps governments plan infrastructure…