🦠 AI creates COVID-fighting proteins

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This week in AI, we’re diving into some exciting updates that’ll blow your mind!

From smaller AI models outsmarting the big players with smarter reasoning to AI teaming up with scientists to tackle COVID, there’s so much happening.

Plus, a sneak peek at OpenAI’s new "Operator" agent and tools that make your workflow smoother than ever.

Let’s get started!

What’s Inside Today’s Newsletter

🪰 Buzz Around AI

😀 AI Recap

🪄 AI Creation

🔹 AI Learning

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

📰 AI News

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🪰 Buzz Around AI

Nous boosts AI with smarter reasoning

What’s new?
Nous Research launched the Forge Reasoning API Beta. It makes smaller AI models smarter using advanced reasoning, allowing them to compete with the big players.

How it works:

• Forge uses three technologies: Monte Carlo Tree Search, Chain of Code, and Mixture of Agents to improve how models think and perform.

• With Forge, their 70B Hermes model beat larger models like o1 and Sonnet on tough math problems.

• It works with popular models like Hermes 3, Claude 3.5, GPT-4, and Gemini, and can combine multiple models to create more varied and better answers.

• They also launched a free chat platform featuring the Hermes 3 model alongside the API release.

Why it matters:
Big companies spend billions building giant AI models. Nous is showing that smarter reasoning might be the real game-changer. If this tech boosts smaller models so much, imagine what it could do for the biggest ones!

🦠 AI creates COVID-fighting proteins

What’s new?
Stanford built a Virtual Lab where AI and humans work together. Using it, they made and tested tiny proteins (nanobodies) to fight new COVID variants.

How it works:

• Different AI agents, like immunologists and computer experts, work as a team.

• An AI “boss” guides their meetings to improve ideas.

• Humans only give small suggestions.

• Over 90% of the proteins worked well when tested in real life.

• Of 92 proteins, two were great at attaching to old and new COVID variants.

Why it matters:
AI is now solving big problems alongside scientists. Soon, we might all work with smart AI teams.

😀AI Recap

OpenAI’s New AI Agent "Operator" Coming in January ⚡🤖

OpenAI is getting ready for two big updates:

- A new version of GPT-4 in December.

- A new AI agent, called "Operator," in January.

Here’s what you need to know:

- Operator will do tasks for you, like writing code or booking travel, by using a computer.

- It will first be available as a research preview through OpenAI’s developer API, similar to their experimental search engine launch earlier this year.

- OpenAI’s Chief Product Officer says tools like Operator will be common by 2025.

Why it matters:

This puts OpenAI in competition with other tech companies that are building AI agents.

Anthropic has a “computer use” feature, and Google plans to release its version in December.

Operator is a big step toward AI that can interact with computers, not just handle text and images.

🪄 AI Tools

- KeyBeats: Experience the satisfying clicks of mechanical keyboards on your Mac.

- AutoComputer: Automate any workflow on your computer with AI, and complete tasks with a single keystroke while keeping full control.

- Prompt Canvas: Collaborate with an AI agent to create and improve your prompts.

- Learn About: An AI-powered companion for educational research.

- Particle: AI-powered news coverage that helps you see the full picture of every story.

🔹AI Learning

How to Create Your Own Anime Character in 60 Seconds Using A1 Art

Want to see yourself as an anime character in just one minute?

With A1 Art, it's easier than ever to turn your photos into stunning anime portraits.

Here's how to do it step-by-step:

Step 1: Sign Up (No Credit Card Required!)

Step 2: Choose Your Anime Style

Step 3: Upload Your Image

Step 4: Wait for the Magic to Happen

Bonus Tips:

• Lighting is key: Choose a well-lit photo to ensure the AI captures the best version of you.

• Get creative: Upload images in different settings or outfits for different anime styles and looks.

• Share the magic: Once your anime portrait is ready, don’t forget to share it on social media and wow your friends!

And there you have it! 

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

ChatGPT MacOS App: A New Coding Helper

The ChatGPT macOS app can now work with coding tools like VS Code, Xcode, Terminal, iTerm2, and TextEdit.

This update means no more copying and pasting code into ChatGPT it can read your code directly!

Key Features:

• Coding Assistant: ChatGPT can read your open coding windows and help you debug, explain, or suggest changes. No need to copy-paste any more.

• “Work with Apps” Feature: Right now, it works with coding apps, but OpenAI may add tools for writers soon.

• Limited Action: ChatGPT can’t write directly into your code yet—you’ll still need to copy its suggestions.

How it works:

• ChatGPT uses macOS tools to read text from apps (but not images or videos).

• For apps like VS Code, you’ll need to install a special extension.

• ChatGPT looks at the last 200 lines of code or the active window’s content. You can also highlight text for it to focus on.

Why it matters:
This is a big step toward making ChatGPT more helpful for coders. It’s like having a smart assistant that understands your work and can help more easily. In the future, this could lead to even smarter AI agents that work directly with your tools.

What’s next?

• More apps: OpenAI plans to add more tools and maybe even support for Windows.

• AI agents: This could be the start of OpenAI’s “Operator” AI agent, which might be available in early 2025.

Right now, this feature is only for macOS.

If you’re a developer on Mac, ChatGPT just got a lot more useful!

Windows users will need to wait.

📰 AI News

1. Alibaba Launches AI Search Engine Accio 

   

   Alibaba has launched Accio, the world’s first AI search engine for B2B in Europe and the Americas. It helps merchants find products and suppliers faster and more accurately.

2. AI Helps Discover Science Faster 

   A new MIT study shows how AI can help discover new science much faster, which could change the future.

3. DeepL Launches ‘DeepL Voice’

   

    

   DeepL introduced 'DeepL Voice,' a tool that translates voices and videos in real-time. It supports 12 languages and shows captions in 33 languages, making it perfect for video calls.