AI News & Launches

Plus AI for PowerPoint is an innovative tool designed to create and edit PowerPoint presentations using artificial intelligence. Install it as an add-on, generate presentations with AI assistance, and refine with ease. Plus AI supports any language and works within both Google Slags and PowerPoint. An essential tool for streamlining presentation creation and enhancing productivity for individuals and teams.

MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks cautions the public on overestimating generative AI's capabilities. While impressive, he believes it does not match human performance. Brooks highlights the difference between AI output and human competence. He refers to his own company, Robust.ai's use of robotics in warehouses as an example, emphasizing practical solutions over elaborate AI systems.

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NuExtract is a structured information extraction model fine-tuned on a high-quality synthetic dataset for better performance. Utilizing the phi-3-mini, it's designed to work with an input text and a JSON template to extract specific information. The model emphasizes extractive capabilities, using text directly from the source. Additional versions include NuExtract-tiny and NuExtract-large, catering to different performance needs.

The Hugging Face's Open Large Language Models (LLMs) Leaderboard blog post details updates and news regarding the ongoing developments and rankings in the world of AI and large language models. The site includes a leaderboard showing the performance of various models, discussions on metrics, and community contributions.

Breaking Analysis on 'Gen AI is passé. Enter the age of agentic AI' addresses the transition from generative AI to agentic AI, highlighting enterprise applications over consumer use, including examples like Amazon's supply chain. Key companies in the agentic AI field and future implications for the enterprise are discussed.

Mooncake is the serving platform for Kimi, an LLM service provided by Moonshot AI. It features a KVCache-centric disaggregated architecture designed to meet the demands of high-load scenarios by balancing throughputs and meeting latency SLOs. The architecture leverages underutilized resources efficiently and provides significant performance improvements over traditional methods. Initial technical report released on June 26, 2024; detailed discussions also available in a Chinese blog.

Microsoft exposes 'Skeleton Key' AI technique bypassing content safeguards in AI models. The threat enables harmful content generation by models, including Microsoft, Google, and Meta. Fixes are in progress using tools like Azure's Prompt Shields.

Microsoft CEO of AI comments that most online content is 'freeware', sparking lawsuits from various content creators for training AI models without permission.

NovelistAI is an innovative platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to create unique novels, stories, and interactive books. It offers tools for generating custom cover images and converting texts to audiobooks. The website hosts a library with a wide range of genres, supports over 30 languages, and provides different pricing plans to cater to various user needs.

The debate on AI's impact on the power grid has been stirred by recent reports from Bloomberg and The Washington Post, but a closer examination reveals that generative AI, while significant in energy consumption, does not equate to the total energy usage of data centers. Concerns over AI's energy demands need to be contextualized within the broader growth of data centers that preceded the AI boom.

SmartGrip is an AI-powered on-course grip assistant developed with PGA TOUR certified coaches. It uses real-time technology to enhance grip, improving ball flight and consistency off the tee.

ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is reportedly creating 'hallucinated' links when referencing its news partners' key investigations. Instead of providing actual URLs to sourced content, ChatGPT generates fake links leading to '404 error' pages. This issue impacts at least 10 big-name publications, such as The Associated Press and The Atlantic. OpenAI is yet to implement promised citation features and is currently unable to guarantee accurate linking in ChatGPT.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg criticizes the development of closed-source AI platforms, suggesting it limits the potential for cultural and technological diversity, and compares it to attempts at 'creating God.' The company announced testing AI avatars on Instagram, as Zuckerberg discusses Meta's future in AI and integration into smart wearables.

Perplexity AI, a company creating an AI-based 'answer engine', is facing accusations of unethical practices such as dodging paywalls, plagiarism, and copyright infringement. The company has taken fire for its Pages product, which allegedly plagiarizes high-quality sources, and for ignoring the robots.txt code. Perplexity, while in talks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, has come under scrutiny for its underlying business practices and the potential impact on the trust that underpins the internet.

Proxlight Designer v3.0 is a tool featured on Proxlight’s website, providing users with design capabilities for app development. Users can access the source code, watch a tutorial for guidance, and download the application.

Briefy is an AI-powered tool that efficiently summarizes content into structured, concise formats. It is perfect for individuals who wish to quickly grasp essential points from lengthy materials such as articles, videos, emails, and podcasts. The tool seamlessly integrates with various platforms and supports multiple languages.

Imbue's 70B parameter AI model infrastructure guide details the process from cluster initiation to operation, including challenges faced and lessons learned. Key steps include machine provisioning, InfiniBand setup, health checks, debugging, and tooling improvements.

Researchers from the University of Hawaii have developed a physics-based model improving the forecast of El Niño events up to 18 months ahead, outperforming traditional models and rivaling AI predictions.

Question Base is an AI autoresponder designed for Slack that answers repetitive questions to save time and resources. Equipped with a 14-day free trial, the service is especially beneficial for busy managers, founders, and sales teams. It boasts quick responses within 3 seconds, learns from chat histories, and provides verified answers that users control.

Drawings Alive is a platform that uses AI technology to transform children's drawings into vibrant and colorful digital artworks. It provides several subscription plans, supports JPG and PNG files, and ensures users retain full ownership of the generated pictures.

SEO Rocket is an AI-powered tool designed to elevate websites' search engine rankings by providing insights, on-page optimization, and performance analytics.

Khan Academy has shared its dedication to enhancing AI in math tutoring through its AI tool, Khanmigo. The first full pilot year showed promise in math and other subjects. While errors do occur, efforts to refine Khanmigo include using calculators for numerical problems and a shift to a more capable language model, GPT-4 Turbo. Improvements also focus on AI responses mimicking real-life tutors. Khan Academy aims to aid students in overcoming mathematical challenges to achieve their dreams.

Intercom's Fin AI Copilot is designed to boost support agent productivity by providing instant AI-powered assistance. Capable of solving 50% of support volume instantly, it's more than just chatbot. It streamlines tasks, sources accurate information, and helps forge deeper customer relationships. Features include expert training, history-based personalized answers, centralized content, and insightful AI reporting.

Claude Sonnet 3.5 by Anthropic sets a new benchmark in Conversational AI with unprecedented speed and cost efficiency. It boasts collaborative features, superior performance, and strong privacy commitments, marking it as a leader in the AI space.

30characters is an AI-powered tool designed to help write effective search ads quickly. It generates ad copy with a focus on Google Ads, offering features like character limit understanding, easy tuning, quick imports, and saving project progress. It's trained on real ads from top advertisers for better conversion results.

Seorocket.ai is an AI-powered SEO platform designed to automate search engine optimization tasks, making it easier for businesses to grow online presence. Key features include keyword research, AI content creation, automatic publishing, and real-time performance tracking. It's trusted by over 25,000 agencies and freelancers.

Intercom offers an AI-first customer service platform for leaders, support agents, and customers, featuring insights, automation, messaging, and integrations to improve support operations and user experiences.

Study with GPT is an online education platform offering tailor-made tutorials guided by AI for various technologies such as Java, PHP, Golang, Python, and more, with a 24/7 AI Full-Stack Mentor available to assist learners.

ThisOrThis.ai is a platform leveraging artificial intelligence to help users make better decisions by comparing different items and options. It uses machine learning algorithms to analyze and present data in a comprehensible way.

Figma is an innovative design platform featuring collaborative tools and AI features that enhance productivity in design and prototyping, catering to professionals across roles like design, engineering, and product management.

Vmaker's AI Subtitle Generator is a tool that automatically generates subtitles for videos in minutes. It supports over 35 languages and offers customization options including 100+ text styles and 25+ animations. The service is free and does not add watermarks to the videos.

Dappier is a pioneering online marketplace for AI content and data rights, offering a platform for content creators to monetize their work by licensing to AI firms. It enables easy integration of content into AI applications, ensures secure data handling, and allows creators to set their own pricing.

DocsBot AI-Powered FAQ Generator is a tool that automatically generates a list of frequently asked questions for websites. It simplifies the process of FAQ creation, using advanced AI technologies provided by DocsBot.

Google DeepMind's AI called AlphaFold2 revolutionized protein science by predicting protein structures with over 90% accuracy, a task previously believed to be beyond computational capabilities. This breakthrough has opened up new avenues in biology, while also emphasizing the limitations and need for experimental validation.

In the article titled 'Mozilla.ai did what? When silliness goes dangerous', the author criticizes Mozilla.ai for attempting to use language models to summarize and analyze interview notes with the aim of reducing bias. Instead, the author argues that this approach lacks scientific rigor and merely layers multiple biases, potentially worsening the interpretation.

An article introducing the open-source LLM model Llama3 70B, which can run on a single 4GB GPU, showcasing its potential to match the performance of proprietary models like GPT-4. It details the installation process, compares Llama3 with other models, and highlights the critical importance of data quality in AI development.

Dubai-based AI engineering company LEAP 71 successfully hot-fired a liquid rocket engine named TKL-5, designed and manufactured autonomously using their Noyron Computational Engineering Model, and 3D-printed in copper. The groundbreaking engine achieved a thrust of 5 kN, with a performance of 20,000 horsepower, and completed a significant long-duration burn test in the UK.

Find AI, as launched on Product Hunt, offers advanced AI-powered search capabilities to unlock contact details and derive more accurate insights. With a focus on tech companies and individuals in the ecosystem, it's an essential tool for businesses looking for customers, recruits, or investment opportunities.

Figma introduces Figma AI, an AI-powered suite of features designed to enhance the creative process for designers. The tools assist in overcoming creative blocks, improving efficiency through better search functionality, automatic layer renaming, and much more. The beta is free through 2024, with future pricing details to come.