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💬 OpenAI Developments

OpenAI just gave ChatGPT a major 'creativity' upgrade — here's what's new

OpenAI has enhanced ChatGPT's creative writing capabilities, resulting in more natural and engaging responses. This upgrade has propelled ChatGPT back to the top position in the LLM arena, surpassing competitors like Google Gemini.

OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit

OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data critical to a copyright lawsuit filed by The New York Times and Daily News, where the publishers allege their content was unlawfully used to train AI models. Although OpenAI partially recovered the data, its unusable state has forced the plaintiffs to redo extensive work, highlighting challenges in transparency and data handling in such cases.

🌐 AI in Various Sectors

Healthcare: A study found ChatGPT-4 outperformed doctors in diagnosing complex medical cases, scoring 90% versus doctors' 74-76%. Many doctors underestimated or misused the chatbot’s diagnostic capabilities, relying on their own judgments instead.

Robotics: Pittsburgh's Robotics Discovery Day showcased advancements in robotics and AI, featuring companies like Ska Robotics, Agility Robotics, and Seegrid, which are developing technologies to enhance efficiency and safety in industries such as construction and manufacturing. The event highlighted innovations like autonomous warehouse robots, AI-driven inventory drones, and safety systems for cyclists, underscoring Pittsburgh's evolution from a steel industry hub to a center of technological innovation.

Social Media and Interaction: Apple's Final Cut Pro 11 introduces new AI-powered features like Magnetic Mask for object isolation and Transcribe to Captions for automated closed captions, optimized for M-series chips. While enhancing Apple's video editing tools, the update plays catch-up in a competitive market with AI-rich alternatives like Adobe Premiere Pro.

🚀 Tech Industry Moves

Meta has announced new enhancements to Messenger calling, focusing on personalization, quality, and convenience. Features include AI-generated backgrounds for video calls, allowing users to reflect their mood or add flair to their interactions. The updates also introduce HD video calls with background noise suppression and voice isolation for improved audio and visual clarity. Users can now leave audio or video messages for missed calls and enjoy hands-free calling and messaging through Siri integration, making communication more versatile and accessible. These updates aim to make Messenger a more engaging and seamless tool for staying connected.

Nvidia has introduced the Omniverse Blueprint, a technology that enables industry software developers to build digital twins with realistic real-time physics. This advancement allows for significantly faster simulations and real-time visualization, aiding industries such as aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and energy in reducing development costs and accelerating time to market.

Apple is developing "LLM Siri," an advanced version of its digital assistant utilizing large language models to enable more natural conversations and faster responses across devices, with a planned launch by spring 2026. In the interim, Apple will integrate ChatGPT into Apple Intelligence next month and plans to incorporate other chatbots in the future.

Anthropic's Claude "Computer Use" mode excels at automating tasks across web searches, office productivity, and multi-application workflows by imitating human interactions, such as navigating GUIs and performing multi-step actions. However, its limitations, including trivial errors, inconsistent self-assessments, and potential security risks, indicate it is not yet ready for large-scale enterprise deployment, though it holds promise for prototyping automation solutions.

Microsoft has collaborated with AMD and NVIDIA to develop a custom 4th generation EPYC CPU, designated 9V64H, featuring 96 cores and high-bandwidth memory (HBM3), exclusively for Azure's cloud infrastructure. This processor, integrated with NVIDIA's InfiniBand technology, is tailored for high-performance computing applications such as computational fluid dynamics and weather modeling, and will not be available for general sale.

💡 Emerging AI Technologies and Companies

Paris-based ChapsVision acquires Sinequa and secures €85 million to expand AI capabilities

Paris-based ChapsVision has acquired Sinequa, an AI-powered enterprise search and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) startup, and secured €85 million in funding led by Tikehau Capital, Qualium Investissement, Bpifrance, GENEO Capital, and Jolt Capital. This strategic move aims to enhance ChapsVision's ArgonOS platform by integrating Sinequa's advanced AI technologies, thereby strengthening its position in data intelligence and supporting its global expansion plans.

Together AI, Lambda Extend Funding Rush

Together AI and Lambda Labs have recently secured significant funding to enhance their AI research and development efforts. Additionally, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, GIC, is set to invest in the cybersecurity firm Wiz, reflecting a growing trend of substantial financial backing in the AI and cybersecurity sectors.

🎨 AI in Creative Industries

Genies, an avatar technology company, has launched "Parties," a platform enabling brands and creators to build AI-driven gaming ecosystems featuring dynamic avatars, user-generated content (UGC), and personalized gameplay. Powered by advanced AI and interoperability-focused technologies, Parties allow IP owners to transform their online presence into immersive worlds where users co-create avatars, games, and fashion while interacting with customizable smart avatars. Genies’ proprietary tools foster engagement by enabling seamless integration across apps and games, empowering developers and brands to create unique, branded experiences in the growing UGC-driven metaverse.

🌍 Global AI Race

New Chinese AI Model, DeepSeek-R1, Can “Think” Like Humans

DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research company, has introduced DeepSeek-R1, a reasoning AI model designed to emulate human-like thought processes by analyzing questions deeply and executing deliberate actions before responding. While it performs comparably to OpenAI's o1 on benchmarks like AIME and MATH, early testers have noted challenges with basic logic puzzles, indicating room for improvement in reasoning AI models.

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