The world is expanding day by day with a lot of improvement and the launching of new models every day to solve the problems of the public. Now, companies are planning to develop Physical AI, such as humanoid robots, robotic pets, and AI wearables, to not only use AI as software but also improve the hardware with the help of AI. In this article, we will cover all the major AI updates, such as Figure 02, Canva’s new acquisition, and many more, along with trending AI tools and the latest jobs in AI.
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Trending News of the Week
OpenAI’s Most Advanced Humanoid Robot
OpenAI-backed startup Figure showcased its most advanced humanoid robot, Figure 02. They released a video of the robot working in a BMW factory, completely autonomous and with self-correcting behavior. The new robot is packed with amazing technical features, which makes it stand out from its competitors, such as:
1. Coverstaion- Figure 02 is integrated with mics and speakers and powered by OpenAI AI models. This makes the robot talk to the humans, similar to what we see in the movies.
2. Computer Vision Power—This feature allows humanoid robots to understand their surroundings by seeing them and using AI models. This makes the humanoid make quick decisions based on the visual input. In addition, the company has installed six RGB cameras around its body, which provide the humanoid with a 360-degree view.
3. Computational Power—Figure 02 has 3X computational power, and it is powered by an AI interface processor, which makes the humanoid’s backend processing possible.
Moreover, the humanoid hands have 6 degrees of freedom, which provides them with human-level strength. They have a 2.25 KWh battery pack, which gives them a 50% boost in power. The company also plans to integrate GPT-5 soon with the humanoid robot.
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AI Companion Necklace, Friend
Based Hardware launched a new AI wearable, “The Friend.” It looks similar to an Airtag hanging around the neck. It is a device that listens to everything you say and hears in the world, transcribes it, and stores it locally. The pendant has a microphone that listens to everything around the wearer. You can ask questions about it related to any conversation, get summaries, etc. It is powered by Claude 3.5 Sonnet large language model(LLM) that helps in language processing and handles backend operations. It has a battery life of around 15 hours and comes in various colors. The start of this wearable is $99, and it will be available for the public from January 2025.
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OpenAI’s new advanced LLM Voice Mode
OpenAI just launched a new and advanced voice mode for ChatGPT Plus users. These AI models offer real-time conversation, manage interruptions, senses, and responses, offer a more intelligent interaction experience, and sound more like humans. This feature is available for limited users and will soon be available publicly.
Also Read: OpenAI launched a new LLM, “GPT-4o mini”
Midjoureny drops a new v6.1
Midjourney, the leading AI image generation platform, launched its new version, V6.1. This new version is trained excessively on the human skin; it generates more natural human skin and is rendered text brilliantly. This new model handles all the basic details of the human body, such as hand, face, face texture, etc. In short, Midjoureny V6.1 is more like a major upgrade than its previous version.
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Gemini Topped the Chatbot Arena
Google’s experimental Gemini 1.5 Pro model has outperformed all the AI models, such as GPT-4o. LYSYS Chatbot Arena is a widely used benchmark in the AI community that evaluates AI models on various benchmarks. In the score, Google 1.5 Pro scored 1300, Claude 3 got 1271, and GPT-4o scored 1286. This shows how Google is working on improving its models.
Microsoft listed OpenAI as a competitor
Microsoft invested more than 13 billion dollars in the ChatGPT maker company OpenAI. In return for this partnership, Microsoft integrates all its products with OpenAI’s LLM models, such as MS Office Suite, Edge, etc. Recently, the tech giant declared OpenAI an AI competitor for the first time alongside Anthropic, Amazon, Google, and Meta. This happened after OpenAI announced the Search GPT last week. It is interesting to see how Microsoft and OpenAI will work together while competing in the AI game.
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GitHub launched “GitHub Models”
GitHub announced GitHub Models, a new initiative allowing developers to access many AI large language models, such as Llama 3.1, OpenAI GPT-4o, GPT-4o mini, Phi 3, Mistal Large 2, etc. This initiative offers AI features to more than 100 million developers, allowing them to enter the world of AI and machine learning. GitHub will also allow developers to test the models with different prompts and model parameters.
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Leonardo AI is acquired by Canva
Leonardo.ai is a popular generative AI tool that has been acquired by Canva. This new acquisition by Canav will broaden the AI tech stack in their products. Leonardo.ai is a tool that offers various AI features such as image generation, video generation, live canvas, prompt improvement, etc. The deal amount hasn’t been disclosed yet, but it’s a mixture of cash and stock, and all 120 employees of Leonardo.ai will join Canva.
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Trending AI Tools
- Adobe Podcast (Click here to try)
An AI tool that allows users to edit audio, such as recording, transcribing, and making the audio clear. - Brainybear (Click here to try)
An AI tool that allows users to create custom AI assistants. - Flowith (Click here to try)
An AI tool that helps users to enhance focus and productivity by streamlining tasks. - Portfolio Pilot (Click here to try)
An AI tool that helps users to track their portfolios with personalized recommendations. - Create (Click here to try)
An AI tool that helps developers build components, sites, designs, and prototypes and create apps and websites instantly.
Job Listing
- Embedded Security Engineer, Waymo (Click here to apply)
Waymo is an AI company that develops autonomous driving technology. The company has also worked with Google to develop its first self-driving car in 2009. The company seeks an embedded security engineer with 10+ years of experience in product and system security. The responsibilities of the engineer are to develop security tooling for security and perform technical security assessments, code audits, and design reviews. - Senior Software Engineer, Descript (Click here to apply)
Descript is a generative AI tool that provides video and audio AI solutions. The company is hiring a senior software engineer with experience managing AI models in production and expertise in Python, C++, CUDA, and machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc., and DevOps tools. - AI Research Scientist, Meta AI (Click here to apply)
Meta AI is seeking an AI Research Scientist to work on their GenAI models. The candidate will work on design methods to evaluate the LLMs on different capabilities, implement standard machine learning methods on parallel environments, and contribute to open-source AI models. The candidate must have expertise in Python and PyTorch, have previously worked on the architectural patterns of generative AI models, and have three years of experience in AI.
This concludes our exploration of AI updates for this week. Stay tuned for more exciting updates next week! 🔥❤️⚡🤖📷
