AI News Updates - This Week's Highlights

Anthropics Claude Features

Projects Feature: Similar to Custom GPT on ChatGPT
- Upload multiple files for context
- Use uploaded information consistently
- Custom instructions for handling prompts
Sharing and UI Updates
- Share projects with team members
- Profile button moved to bottom left
- Star chats for frequent access
Artifacts Feature: Shows code output in a right side window

Example: Named 'Research Papers'
- Description: Analyze and respond to questions about uploaded research papers
- Custom instructions for concise answers
- Upload example: Six PDFs using 80% of the knowledge size (max 30 MB)
Example Queries
- List papers in project knowledge
- Find correlations between papers

Gemini 1.5 Pro
- 2 million word context window
- Comparison: Harry Potter books (1.1 million words), Game of Thrones (1.7 million words)
Gemini Capabilities
- Enhanced context window size
- Can execute code
- Launch of open-source model Gemma 2
- Outperforms Llama 3 and Grok in benchmarks
Google Translate: Adding 110 new languages
Gmail Sidebar with Gemini
- Summarize conversations and draft emails within Gmail

Voice Assistant Delays: Further push to improve model and UX
- Adding background sound effects in stories
Critic GPT: New model to catch errors in code output
Mac Desktop App: Available for all users
- Option + Spacebar shortcut for quick access
Acquisition of Multi
- Remote collaboration software
- Future potential for screen sharing solutions
Toys R Us commercial: Created using OpenAI’s Sora
Partnership with Time Magazine
- Access to historical and current content
- Embedded realistic audio narrations via 11 Labs
- Launch of Reader App for on-the-go listening of articles

New feature for talking to AI avatars over the phone
- Custom calls available in the app

Music Training Lawsuits: Record labels suing AI music tools
YouTube Licensing Deals: Agreements with major record labels for AI music tools

Figma Config Conference
- Text prompts to create app designs
- AI-enhanced asset search
Synthesia Updates
- New expressive avatars with full-body options
Captions AI Video Editing Tool: Adds effects, backgrounds, and animated text
Magnific Relight Feature: Reimagines uploaded images with new styles
Stability AI New CEO: Former Weta Digital CEO appointed
Etched AI Chip Announcement: Specialized chip for Transformer models
Meta Testing User-Created Chatbots on Instagram
Olympics AI Integration: Personalized AI commentary by Al Michaels