Do We Really Need An AI Friend: Our Loniness Buddy

Hey there!

I know you are curious about the latest buzz in the AI world like I am.

So, grab a comfortable seat and let me spill the tea on what's happening.

In today’s edition, I have come up with exciting news about an exciting AI model and a quirky AI gadget named Friend that can be your loneliness buddy, there's a lot to catch up on.

What’s Inside Today’s Newsletter

🪰 Buzz Around AI

😀 AI Recap

⚙️ AI Tools Of The Month

🔹 AI Learning

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

📰 AI News

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🪰 Buzz Around AI

OpenAI Has launched an Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT after several delays

I wish I could speak as fast as ChatGPT! I’m blown away by a video where ChatGPT counts to 50 faster than we can, with just a few seconds of pause.

I was like OMG, it’s unbelievable that AI has started to sound like us!

OpenAI has launched a new thing called Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT.

Basically, they're taking AI conversations to a whole new level.

Why It’s A Buzz:-

• Only a few people who pay for ChatGPT Plus can try this new feature at first.

• The new voice chat feels more like talking to a real person:

  • It responds quickly

  • You can interrupt it while it's talking

  • It understands how you're feeling and responds to that

• OpenAI showed this off in May, but they didn't release it right away.

• They waited to make sure it was safe and worked well.

• They took extra time to make the feature even better before letting people use it.

• Four preset voices—Juniper, Breeze, Cove, and Ember—were developed with professional voice actors.

How It Is Better Than Other Chatbots:-

• Natural conversation flow:

  • ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode: Offers real-time, interrupt-friendly dialogue

  • Other chatbots: Often have noticeable delays and can't handle interruptions well

• Emotion recognition:

  • ChatGPT: Can detect and respond to user emotions

  • Others: Typically lack emotional intelligence features

• Voice quality:

  • ChatGPT: Uses professionally-acted voices for more natural sound

  • Others: Often use more robotic or synthetic-sounding voices

• Adaptability:

  • ChatGPT: Adjusts its communication style based on user interaction

  • Others: Usually have a more rigid, pre-programmed response style

• Real-time processing:

  • ChatGPT: Quickly understands and responds to user input

  • Others: May have longer processing times, leading to less natural conversations

• Versatility:

  • ChatGPT: Designed for a wide range of conversational applications

  • Others: Often specialized for specific tasks or industries

• User control:

  • ChatGPT: Allows users to interrupt and guide the conversation more naturally

  • Others: Typically require users to wait for the bot to finish before responding

Other chatbots are getting better, but ChatGPT's new voice feature is really special. It makes talking to AI feel much more like talking to a real person.

Get to know 'Friend'; the AI necklace that can help you overcome loneliness

Have you heard about this wild new gadget called Friend?

It's like having a tiny AI buddy hanging around your neck!

Avi Schiffmann, a smart guy who left Harvard and won a big internet award, just showed everyone his new invention.

It's a small pendant you wear that costs $99. This device has AI (smart technology) in it.

The idea is to help people feel less lonely by giving them a digital friend to always talk to.

What Is It:-

• It's always listening (kinda creepy, but also kinda cool?)

• It can start conversations on its own based on what you're up to

• Some big-shot investors have thrown $2.5 million at it

• You can pre-order the basic white one now, but you'll have to wait till January 2025 to get it

Friend is different from other AI gadgets you wear. Instead of helping you work better, it tries to be your buddy. But there are some problems:

1. Many tech products promise more than they can do.

2. People worry about their private information being shared.

3. Some think it might stop people from making real friends.

Because of these worries, it might be hard for people to trust Friends. The company will have to work hard to show that Friend is good and safe to use.

😀AI Recap

1. An 'open AI' model is endorsed in a new report from the U.S. Commerce Department

2. Meta's AI Chatbots Will Provide Influencers With Personalised DM Replies; New Feature Coming Soon

3. OpenAI endorses Senate bills that could shape America’s AI policy

4. In a study, scientists used AI to reprogram glioblastoma cancer cells into dendritic cells, which can identify and guide immune cells to kill cancer cells.

⚙️ AI Tools Of The Month

🎥 GanAI: Make lots of custom videos quickly and share them.

🌆 Krea AI Scene Transfer: Create new pictures that look realistic with good lighting.

🎵 MixAudio: Make and change music using AI that understands sounds and words.

📱 Inrō: Helper tool for sending marketing messages on Instagram.

🪲 SmartCrawl: Turn any website into an API with AI.

🍏 Sugar Free: Use AI to find hidden sugars in food and pick healthier options.

🔹AI Learning

 How you can Create a Business Plan Quickly Using Miro's AI Tools

📍Start Miro: Open Miro's Intelligent Canvas on your computer.

📍Use "Create with AI":

• Click on this feature

• Tell it your business idea

• Let it make some starting plans and pictures for you

📍Look at business models:

• Check the ideas Miro gave you

• Pick the ones you like best

📍Use Intelligent Widgets:

• Find the Timeline Widget

• Use it to make a plan for:

1. How you'll make your product

2. How you'll sell your product

📍Keep working:

• Add more details to your plan

• Change things as needed

📍Finish up:

• Review your completed business plan

• Make sure it covers all important parts of your business idea

By using these AI tools, you can make a business plan much faster than usual.

The AI helps with ideas and planning, so you can focus on making your plan better.

♨️ What’s Hot In AI

Google announces new open AI models that it claims is faster than ChatGPT 3.5

Google just showed off a new AI called Gemma 2 2B.

It's really small but super smart!

Here's what's cool about it:

• It's tiny compared to other AIs, but it works just as well or better.

• It's as smart as much bigger AIs like GPT-3.5 and Mixtral 8x7B.

• It does really well on tests that measure how good AIs are.

• Anyone can use it - Google is sharing it for free.

We want AIs that can work on our phones and computers without needing the internet.

Gemma 2 2B is perfect for this because it's small but very clever. This shows that Google is good at making small, powerful AIs.

📰 AI News

1. As McDonald's shifts away from drive-thru service, Taco Bell leverages AI for faster drive-thru service.

2. Google Search launches the 'About this Image' tool to combat misinformation and provide more context to visual content.

3. Canva acquires Leonardo.AI, aiming to accelerate innovation through its AI-powered creative platform while maintaining independence and further expanding research.

4. Perplexity AI will pay news publishers when its AI uses its content.