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News roundup

The top stories in AI today.

NEW LAUNCHES

The latest features, products & partnerships in AI

• ChatGPT search is live — here’s how to try it now

• Google to add AI-powered weather app to Pixel phones within 2024

• AI Studios’ new tools make creating videos with lifelike avatars a breeze

• Langtail 1.0 simplifies AI app testing with low-code platform

• Anthropic launches dedicated Mac app for Claude AI

• Waze adds AI-powered voice reporting for easier road incident alerts

• GitHub expands Copilot AI to Apple’s Xcode developer tool

• Google Maps will use Gemini AI to answer queries about new restaurants

AI MODELS

Deployment, research, training & infrastructure

• Qodo adds support for Claude Sonnet 3.5 and OpenAI o1

• Microsoft’s agentic AI tool OmniParser surges in open source popularity

• DigitalOcean and Hugging Face launch 1-click AI models

• ‘LLM-as-a-Judge’: a novel approach to evaluating AI outputs

• How DeepMind is pushing the frontiers of AI audio generation

INFRASTRUCTURE

Financing, deployment, environment & strategies 

• Meta’s AI spending spree surprises even Zuckerberg

• Memphis community battles Elon Musk’s AI supercomputer project

• Meta is training its next Llama AI model on a record-breaking GPU cluster

• FirstEnergy CEO discusses AI’s impact on power demand

• 5 strategies to streamline AI infrastructure deployment

HARDWARE

Computers, phones, chips & robotics

• The biggest benefit of the Apple Intelligence update is RAM

• Google to bring AI-generated stickers to Android keyboards

• This startup just gave robots the power to perform household tasks

• Humane AI Pin charging case recalled over overheating risk

• Meta is releasing new research to advance embodied AI and robotics

• Android watches to offer voice recording with AI transcription and summaries

• Google, Samsung XR smart glasses launch delayed to 2025

What’s happening in AI right now

Why search and context are the next AI battleground

With new features allowing users to  search past chats and access real-time web information, ChatGPT is evolving from a powerful chatbot into something more akin to a total digital assistant.

But more intriguing than the features themselves is what they reveal about the emerging competitive landscape in AI. Tech giants aren't just racing to build the smartest models - they're racing to build AI that can effectively augment human intelligence through better memory, search, and contextual understanding.

The memory advantage

As noted by Ethan Mollick, Google's Gemini can now process a million tokens - enough to ingest and analyze thousands of pages of text while maintaining perfect recall. OpenAI's new search capabilities, while more modest, similarly point toward tools that can maintain persistent memory of conversations and seamlessly integrate real-time information.

This focus on memory and context represents a significant shift. Early AI models excelled at specific tasks but struggled with maintaining coherent knowledge across conversations. The addition of new voice capabilities and improved APIs moves us closer to AI systems that can truly augment human intelligence rather than simply automate discrete tasks.

Strategic implications

For businesses and knowledge workers, these developments demand strategic consideration. Clayton Christensen's jobs-to-be-done framework suggests examining not just what these features do, but what jobs they help users accomplish. The new search and memory capabilities aren't just about finding old conversations - they're about building AI systems that can serve as external cognitive support systems.

Consider three key implications:

1. Knowledge Management: Organizations need to rethink how they capture and utilize institutional knowledge when AI can maintain perfect memory of all interactions.

2. Workflow Integration: The addition of real-time search capabilities points toward AI assistants that can actively participate in meetings, research, and decision-making processes.

3. Competitive Dynamics: As AI platforms gain better memory and context abilities, switching costs for users will likely increase. The platform that best captures and utilizes user context may gain significant competitive advantages.

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This week on the podcast

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In this episode, the hosts Anthony Batt and Shane Robinson with guest Joe Veroneau from Conveyor discuss outsmarting paperwork. Conveyor is a company that helps automate security reviews and document sharing between companies. They use AI technology, specifically language models, to automate the process of filling out security questionnaires. This saves customers a significant amount of time and improves the quality of their responses.

AI events

Best way to get AI literate? Go to some awesome events.

We’re thrilled to share that COAI is partnering with HumanX 2025—the AI conference that’s set to redefine the future of technology. Taking place on March 10-13, 2025 at The Fontainebleau Las Vegas, this forum is where the brightest minds in AI will gather to shape what’s next. And we want you to join us!

Why attend HumanX?
HumanX isn’t just another tech conference. It’s a unique opportunity to:

• Connect with industry leaders, C-suite executives, policymakers, and innovators from around the globe.

• Learn from top-tier speakers like Kevin Weil, Clara Shih, and Sridhar Ramaswamy about the latest AI trends and how they’re transforming cross-functional industries.

• Explore personalized strategies and solutions to drive your business forward with AI.

Whether you’re a startup, an established business, or an AI pro looking to make meaningful connections, HumanX is the place where AI meets opportunity.

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