AI

To give you a sense of just how fast AI is evolving, here's a small list of announcements from this past week. Remember, today you are experiencing the slowest rate of technological change you’ll ever experience for the rest of your life. Continue Reading →

Google has introduced Gemini 2.0, its latest AI model designed to redefine the artificial intelligence landscape. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, describes the release as a milestone in the company’s effort to organize the world’s information and make it more actionable through advanced AI systems. The company posted a blog ushering in the "Agentic Era." Continue Reading →

OpenAI has officially launched Sora, its text-to-video AI model, as part of its "12 Days of OpenAI" event. Sora enables users to generate videos from text prompts, animate images, and remix existing videos. ChatGPT Plus subscribers ($20/month) can create up to 50 priority videos at 720p, while ChatGPT Pro subscribers ($200/month) have access to unlimited video generations at 1080p. Do not be surprised if you encounter the "Sora account creation is temporarily unavailable" error message. Demand is understandably high. Continue Reading →

Tomorrow will look nothing like today. By the time we wake up, 20 exabytes of data will have been generated globally, 13 zetaflops of AI workload computed, and an additional 360 billion emails sent. Even if these metrics are debated, they point to a fundamental observation: today is the slowest rate of technological change you'll ever experience for the rest of your life. Continue Reading →

OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT Pro, a premium subscription priced at $200 per month. It's probably not for you. For $2,400 per year, power users and researchers (who require advanced AI capabilities) will get unlimited access to OpenAI's latest models, including o1, GPT-4o, and Advanced Voice Mode. Continue Reading →

OpenAI’s user base has surged to an impressive 300 million weekly active users, CEO Sam Altman revealed at The New York Times DealBook Summit. His ambition is to get to a billion by next year. Continue Reading →

Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced Nova, a new family of multimodal AI models, at its re:Invent conference. The Nova lineup includes four text-generating models—Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier—and two media-focused tools: Nova Canvas for image generation and Nova Reel for video creation. Here's a brief overview. Continue Reading →

Last week, most of the Harry Potter character bots mysteriously disappeared from character.ai… but why? Continue Reading →

A tweet stopped me mid-scroll the other day. Aravind Srinivas, the CEO of Perplexity, wrote, "Considering making a simple, under $50 hardware device, that will reliably answer your questions voice to voice. Just do this, but do it very well. If this post gets more than 5000 likes, will definitely make it." When it surpassed that number, he posted, "Alright. LFG!" So there you have it – Perplexity is getting into the hardware business. Continue Reading →

Anthropic has announced the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard that the company says will enable AI assistants to connect seamlessly with a wide range of data sources. According to Anthropic, the protocol is designed to bridge the gap between AI systems and content repositories, business tools, and developer environments—areas where custom integrations have traditionally posed significant challenges. Continue Reading →