In an effort to establish dominance in conversational artificial intelligence (AI), Google’s Bard will now be powered by its latest AI model, Gemini, which will enhance its reasoning, planning, understanding, summarizing, and writing capabilities. According to Google, Gemini will be released in three tiers: Ultra, Pro, and Nano, and can be used on various devices…
Amazon Launches Q
Amazon is an American multinational technology company that specializes in e-commerce, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence etc. The company recently announced its generative artificial intelligent (AI) powered assistant named Amazon Q. Amazon Q is a conversational AI bot developed to generate content, streamline processes, solve problems, and provide relevant information specifically tailored to…
Anthropic Launches Claude 2.1
A chatbot is a software application used to conduct online chat conversations via text or text-to-speech, instead of providing direct contact with a live human agent. These are computer programs capable of maintaining a conversation with a user in natural language, understanding their intent, and replying based on preset rules and data. According to recent…
Bristol: $278 million Isambard-AI Investment
Bristol is a city and ceremonial county located in the South West region of England, with an estimated population of over 400,000 residents as of 2021. According to historic reports, Bristol had a prominent stake in the transatlantic slave trade of the 17th century. The estimated number of enslaved Africans traded by Bristol merchants was…
Google: $2 Billion Anthropic Investment
Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems and neural networks, including large language models (LLM). According to recent reports, Google, which is already an investor in Anthropic, will invest an additional $2 billion USD in the company. This new investment deal will enhance the company’s…
Nvidia and Foxconn AI Factory Deal
Nvidia is a multinational chip manufacturing company, and Foxconn, also referred to as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd, is a multinational electronics contract manufacturer founded in 1974, with its headquarters in New Taipei, Taiwan. Foxconn specializes in manufacturing various electronic products including the iPhone, BlackBerry, PlayStation, Kindle, Google Pixel, Microsoft’s Xbox, Sega, and Nokia…
Spotify: New Podcast Translation Feature
In a pilot experiment, Spotify has announced a voice translation feature for podcasts hosted on the proprietary audio streaming platform. This new feature will translate podcasts into various languages using the publishers voice, leveraging OpenAI’s voice generation artificial intelligence (AI) technology. According to the initial report, podcast episodes recorded in English can now be available…
Amazon: $4 Billion Anthropic AI Partnership
Anthropic is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) systems and neural networks like large language models (LLM). The public-benefit corporation was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in California, USA. Its founders were reportedly former senior executives at OpenAI, the company that owns ChatGPT. According to recent…
Microsoft Introduces Copilot AI Companion
Microsoft, the multinational technology company has announced the launch of its Windows 11 Operating System’s (OS) artificial intelligence companion, Copilot. With this new ‘everyday AI companion’, users can create and complete tasks faster across their windows powered computers. To access Copilot, users can search on the taskbar or use the keyboard shortcut ‘Win + C’….
ChatGPT: New Audio and Image Feature
OpenAI has announced the expected release of audio and image capabilities to its ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers. These new features will allow customers have verbal conversations with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot and also share images that require a solution. ChatGPT’s new audio response ability is powered by a new text to speech language model…