Category: AI

  • Google | Ask Questions in New Ways with AI in Search

    Google introduces new ways to search using AI, enhancing experiences with Google Lens by allowing video and voice input. Users can now point their camera, record videos, and ask questions in real-time. This update also makes shopping more convenient by providing detailed product information using Google’s Shopping Graph. Additionally, AI-structured search result pages are being…

  • OpenAI | Introducing Canvas: A New Way to Write and Code with ChatGPT

    Introducing Canvas, a new interface for working with ChatGPT that enables side-by-side collaboration for writing and coding. This early beta is available to ChatGPT Plus and Team users, allowing them to create and refine projects more efficiently. Canvas integrates directly with GPT-4o, and Enterprise users will gain access next week, followed by general availability once…

  • OpenAI | New Credit Facility Enhances Financial Flexibility

    On October 3rd, OpenAI announced a new $4 billion credit facility with JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Santander, Wells Fargo, SMBC, UBS, and HSBC. This is a revolving credit facility, undrawn at the time of signing. Alongside $6.6 billion in new funding, this gives OpenAI over $10 billion in liquidity, providing flexibility for…

  • OpenAI | New Funding to Scale the Benefits of AI

    Accelerating the Development of Cutting-Edge AI Technologies OpenAI continues to progress on its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It has raised $6.6 billion in new funding at a $157 billion valuation. The funding will be used to strengthen leadership in frontier AI research, increase computing capacity, and develop tools to…

  • Google | 2 New Chromebooks and New AI Features to Get More Done

    Do More With Less, Thanks to New Chromebook Features Google has announced two new Chromebooks: the thinnest and lightest “Chromebook Plus” and a refreshed portable model. These devices come with new AI software features powered by Google, including “Help me read” and “Live Translate.” All Chromebooks now feature Gemini, starting at $350, offering enhanced productivity…

  • OpenAI | Introducing the Realtime API

    Enabling Low-Latency Speech-to-Speech Experiences OpenAI has launched the Realtime API in public beta, allowing paid developers to create low-latency, multimodal experiences in their applications. The API enables natural speech-to-speech interactions using six preset voices, eliminating the need to combine multiple models for voice experiences. It offers a seamless solution for building conversational applications, such as…

  • OpenAI | Introducing Vision to the Fine-Tuning API

    Enabling Image and Text Fine-Tuning for GPT-4o OpenAI has introduced vision fine-tuning for GPT-4o, allowing developers to customize the model with both images and text. This enhances the model’s visual understanding capabilities, enabling improved visual search functionality, better object detection for autonomous systems, and more accurate medical image analysis. Companies like Grab and Automat have…

  • OpenAI | Prompt Caching in the API

    Reducing Costs and Latency with Prompt Caching OpenAI has introduced Prompt Caching to reduce costs and improve processing speed for developers who reuse the same context across multiple API calls. By reusing recently seen input tokens, developers can receive a 50% discount and faster prompt processing. This feature is automatically applied to models like GPT-4o,…

  • OpenAI | Model Distillation in the API

    Introducing a Cost-Effective Way to Manage Model Distillation OpenAI has launched a new service that provides an integrated way to manage the entire model distillation process. This allows developers to fine-tune cost-effective models like GPT-4o mini using the outputs from frontier models such as GPT-4o. The platform provides tools like Stored Completions and Evals to…

  • OpenAI | Upgrading the Moderation API with our new multimodal moderation model

    OpenAI has introduced a new multimodal moderation model, “omni-moderation-latest,” built on GPT-4o. It supports both text and image moderation, enhancing accuracy, especially for non-English languages. The model classifies content across multiple harm categories, providing developers with more granular control over moderation. It’s free for developers via the Moderation API. Source: Upgrading the Moderation API with…