AI News: This Was an INSANE Week in AI!

Summary

This video discusses a series of major AI announcements from OpenAI and Google. OpenAI's spring event introduced GPT-40, a multimodal model capable of understanding text, audio, video, and images, which is now available to all ChatGPT users for free. They also showcased its enhanced conversational abilities and new desktop app. Google IO revealed a multitude of AI innovations, including the Gemini 1.5 models and Project Astra's interactive capabilities. The video also covers other industry updates, such as departures from OpenAI and new roles at Anthropic, and previews upcoming AI-related events.

Takeaways

• 🚀 This week has been full of AI news, primarily from OpenAI and Google.
• 📢 OpenAI announced GPT-4O at their spring event, a multimodal model that handles audio, video, and images.
• 🎉 The new GPT-4O model is available for free to all ChatGPT users, with advanced features like the GPT store, vision models, and internet browsing.
• ⚡ GPT-4O API is twice as fast, 50% cheaper, and has a five times higher rate limit compared to the previous model.
• 💬 The conversational capabilities of GPT-4O are impressive, likened to the movie 'Her' with a voice similar to Scarlett Johansson's.
• 📱 A new desktop app for GPT-4O will be available on Mac first, with the ability to see and interact with the user's screen.
• 🖼️ GPT-4O includes an image generation feature, capable of creating realistic images and maintaining character consistency across different scenes.
• 📉 Google IO introduced many AI announcements, including the Gemini 1.5 models with a 1 million token context window and Project Astra for enhanced mobile phone interaction.
• 🎥 Google's Imagine 3 and Veo video generation models aim to compete with other advanced AI image and video generation tools.
• 📅 Upcoming events from Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm, and Apple are expected to bring more AI-related announcements and innovations.

Q & A

What were the main events that dominated the AI news this week?

The main events were OpenAI's spring update and Google's annual IO event.

What significant model did OpenAI announce during their spring update?

OpenAI announced GPT-40, a multimodal model that can handle audio, video, and images.

What is unique about GPT-40 compared to previous models?

GPT-40 is faster, multimodal, understands audio, text, images, and video, and is available to free ChatGPT users.

What are some of the new capabilities of GPT-40?

GPT-40 can generate images, recognize facial expressions, help solve math problems, and interpret data from screens.

How is GPT-40 API beneficial for developers?

The GPT-40 API is two times faster, 50% cheaper, and has a five times higher rate limit compared to previous models.

What major change happened in OpenAI's leadership recently?

Ilia Sutskever, one of the original founders of OpenAI, decided to step away from the company.

What new AI feature did Google demonstrate at their IO event that involves a mobile phone?

Google demonstrated Project Astra, which allows a phone to see what it's looking at and answer questions about it.

What is the context window capability of Google's new Gemini models?

The Gemini models have a 1 million token context window, with plans to increase it to 2 million tokens.

What was the highlight of Google's announcements in terms of video generation?

Google introduced Veo, a new video generation model capable of creating 1080p videos over one minute long.

What was Anthropic's notable recent hire and their role?

Anthropic hired Instagram's co-founder Mike Krieger as its Chief Product Officer to improve user interfaces and experiences.