The past week was full of exciting updates in the world of AI. OpenAI, the pioneer of the AI wave, is planning to raise funds at an immense valuation of 100 billion dollars. Many companies are now focusing on building physical AI rather than just a user software tool, and the best part is that Neuralink shocked the world again by releasing the new video. In this article, we will cover all the significant updates in the field of AI, the best AI tools to increase your productivity and job listings to keep you updated in this expanding world of AI.
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Trending News of the Week
1X released a new humanoid robot, “NEO.”
1X is a leading humanoid robots company working to make these robots available for every household. The company recently showcased the prototype of a new humanoid robot, “Neo Beta”. This robot is specially designed for household work such as cleaning, cooking, etc. The robot is powered by artificial intelligence by OpenAI, has an average height of 5.5 feet and weighs around 66 pounds. Neo Beta can easily lift 154 pounds and walk at a speed of up to 7.5 mph. The company also ensures that the robot’s safety is its top priority. The robot will be deployed soon in the selected house for feedback and will be available to the public for the next year.
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Neuralink new experiment shocked the world
Neuralink is an AI company developing advanced chips to make humans smarter. The company started testing its new chip early this year, with positive results. The company released a video showing a trial patient playing using only his mind. A new video of its second trial, released by the company, shocked the entire world. In the video, the second human was implanted with a Neuralink brain chip to play the PC game Counter Strike 2. However, the second patient also experienced some difficulties after the surgery, such as losing control of his limbs.
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Butterflies AI, a new AI social media platform.
Butterflies AI is a new social network where humans and AIs interact. The platform has a new feature, “Clone,” which allows you to turn into an AI character. With this new feature, users can create an AI avatar of themselves using their selfies. This new feature aims to provide a new visual experience to people who want to have some fun. The company was founded by Vu Tran, an ex-Snapchat engineer.
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Midjourney soon entered into hardware.
Midjourney is a leading AI image generator company that is officially entering the electronics world. The company posted this news on X and confirmed they want a new team to build the physical AI products. However, the product details they will develop are not precise. The company also hired Ahmad Abbas, a former Apple engineer who was involved in the development of Vision Pro. This shows that all the AI software companies are shifting to building hardware products or integrating AI in the hardware products like OpenAI integrates its AI model in the humanoid robot, Figure 01.
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Google AI’s new project in the field of health and medicine
Google is pushing the boundaries of AI with its latest innovation. Google released their new AI model, the Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model, which detects diseases through the sound of cough. This model has trained on rich data on sounds, over 100 million cough sound clips, 300 million breathing patterns, and speech audio clips. The model analyses these sounds and can detect the early signs of respiratory diseases. Last month, OpenAI also collaborated with a medical company to develop cancer-finding AI solutions.
OpenAI’s new valuation of $100 billion
OpenAI plans to raise money at a valuation of more than $100 billion, a jump of $20 billion from 8 months ago. According to reports, the funding round will be led by Thrive Capital, which will invest $1 billion. Also, the most significant stakeholder in OpenAI, Microsoft, will invest in the company again. In early 2023, Microsoft invested over $10 billion in OpenAI at a valuation of $13 billion.
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Google Gemini for Gmail
Google released a new AI update for all Andriod users. It rolled out Gemini (Google’s AI chatbot) for Gmail users on Android devices. It allows the users to chat directly with the chatbot in the mailbox, ask questions about the email, generate replies, etc.
Eleven Labs’ new app
Eleven Labs launched their Reader App for Android users, which converts text files into audio. The app provides many different voices and is available for iOS and Android users. It is free to use. Just upload a PDF, document, or any other text, choose a voice, and listen.
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Nvidia launches NIM Agent Blueprint
Nvidia launched a new NIM Agent to speed up AI app development. It is a set of pre-trained, customizable AI workflows that developers can use to build and deploy generative AI applications. It also includes digital avatars for customer service, AI tools for PDF extraction, Augmented Generation, and an AI Virtual Screening for drug discovery.
Magic new AI model
Magic released a new AI model with over 100 million token context windows. This means the model can understand the text size of more than 750 novels. This new model has outperformed several models based on active reasoning, such as OpenAI GPT-4, OpenAI GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, etc. The previous leader was Google Deepmind, with more than 10 million context window.
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Trending AI Tools
- Zarla (Click here to try)
An AI tool which helps the enterprise to build websites with the help of AI. - Skyfire (Click here to try)
An AI tool which designs the pricing model and automates sales. - Vercel (Click here to try)
An AI tool which creates UI/UX designs effortlessly by transforming simple text into visually appealing designs. - Anifusion (Click here to try)
An AI tool that allows users to create anime-style art and manga. - Meeting.ai (Click here to try)
An AI tool that allows users to take AI notes and transcript the meeting. - Creatify (Click here to try)
An AI tool that allows users to create viral video ads easily. - OpenAI Codex (Click here to try)
OpenAI Codex is an AI tool that helps developers and programmers find errors in code snippets and provides suggestions.
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Job Listings
- Data Scientist, Meta (Click here to apply)
Meta seeks data scientists to analyze data and solve complex product and technical problems. The candidate’s primary work is to build the analytical framework for easy product strategies and work on large and complex data sets to solve various issues. The candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of working experience. Additional knowledge of LLM and GenAI would be more beneficial. - Research Scientist, Meta (Click here to apply)
Meta is seeking a Research Scientist for its Reality labs. The candidate’s main task is to research neuromotor interfaces. The candidate must have experience in AI, machine learning, and signal processing, as well as proficiency in programming and experience in Python and machine learning frameworks. - Senior Software Engineer, Luma AI (Click here to apply)
Luma AI is an AI startup that develops AI solutions for the enterprise. Recently, the company released DreamLab, an AI video generator currently trending on the internet. The company seeks a software engineer to design and develop solutions for efficient front-end systems. The candidate must have more than seven years of experience in development and UI design.
This concludes our exploration of AI updates for this week. Stay tuned for more exciting updates next week! 🔥❤️⚡🤖📷
