AI News Stories

1. Google's New Lumiere Makes Video Magic from Text

Google's new AI video generation model is called Lumiere. Lumiere can synthesize 5-second, 1024x1024 pixel videos from text prompts in a single pass. This allows it to generate more coherent motion compared to prior models that use a multi-step frame-by-frame approach. The model achieves state-of-the-art results on generating videos of animals in unlikely scenarios. Lumiere can perform various video editing tasks like text-to-video, image-to-video, stylized video generation, and video inpainting. Read More.

2. Chatbot Companions Combat Student Isolation

A study in Nature investigates the use of Replika, an AI-powered chatbot, among 1006 college student users. It finds that 90% of the students experienced loneliness, higher than typical student populations. However, they also perceived high social support from using Replika. Participants used Replika in overlapping ways - as a friend, therapist, and "intellectual mirror." 30 participants reported Replika helped halt their suicidal thoughts. These students were more likely to see Replika as human-like and have overlapping beliefs about what it is. They also experienced more social stimulation and positive life changes from using Replika. The paper suggests Intelligent Social Agents like Replika may uniquely serve students' mental health needs through flexible use cases and embodiments.. Read More.

3. Chrome Gets an AI Upgrade with New Features

AI-powered features are coming to Google's Chrome web browser. Three main updates are highlighted: a writing assistant to help draft things like reviews, emails, and posts; an AI-powered tab organizer to automatically group open tabs; and a theme creator to generate custom themes using a text-to-image model. These experimental features will roll out in the coming months to Chrome users on Windows and Mac. They join other AI tools in Chrome like audio captioning and malicious site protection. The additions are part of Google's plan to integrate more AI into Chrome, including its new Gemini model, to make web browsing easier. Read More.

4. Apple's Quiet Push to Bring AI to iPhones and Devices

Apple has been acquiring AI startups and hiring AI experts as it aims to bring advanced AI capabilities like generative models to its devices. Apple is focused on enabling its devices like iPhones to run AI models locally rather than relying on cloud computing. This requires advances in compressing large language models and improving mobile processors. Apple has unveiled new chips like the M3 Max and A17 Bionic with enhanced neural processing for AI. It is rumored to be working on large language models and may preview iOS updates supporting on-device AI at its developer conference. Apple sees localization of AI on devices as better aligning with its privacy values versus competitors like Google and Amazon. Read More.

AI Will Impact Every Industry

In this video, Mark leads a panel discussion with experts in the fields of medical, mortgage, education, and law. They discuss how they are using AI in their industry now and predict future impact as well. They discuss the efficiency benefits of using AI but also ethical concerns around over-reliance on algorithms. Overall the panel covers how businesses need to thoughtfully adopt AI to remain competitive but also ensure responsible use.

AI Tools

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