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Google responds to OpenAI with huge AI moves 😱

Google's response to OpenAI announcement, GPT-4o and the future of work, TikTok adds AI search, GPT-4o's hidden new feature and more!

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May 14, 2024

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🎙 Daily Podcast Episode: OpenAI’s release of GPT-4o has everyone buzzing. But there’s a larger effect that this new model will have on us all. Here’s what it all means. Give it a listen.

🕵️‍♂️ Fresh Finds: KFC uses AI for a new ad, AWS CEO steps down, OpenAI hires former Google ads boss and AI that can read X-rays. Read on for Fresh Finds.

🗞 Byte Sized Daily AI News: Google announces next big AI advancements at I/O conference, TikTok adds AI search and Anthropic expands to Europe. For that and more, read on for Byte Sized News.

🚀 AI In 5: With OpenAI’s release of GPT-4o, there’s been one major feature that seems to have gone under the radar. See it here

🧠 Learn & Leveraging AI: What does OpenAI’s GPT-4o mean for Google and the future of work? We break down what you need to know about this new omnimodel. Keep reading for that!

↩️ Don’t miss out: Did you miss our last newsletter? We talked about the 12 things you need to know about the new GPT-4o, U.S. and China to talk AI and NVIDIA's new supercomputer. Check it here!

How OpenAI’s Shot at Google (and GPT-4o model) Will Change How We All Work 😮

OpenAI’s latest AI model, GPT-4o has taken the AI world by storm.

GPT-4o looks cool. No doubt.

But, here's what you probably aren't thinking about:

↳ It was definitely a shot at Google

↳ It will likely change the way the most efficient organizations work forever

↳ It is actually just a super powerful Trojan Horse

What's all that mean?

We break down GPT-4o and what it means for us all.

Join the conversation and ask Jordan questions on GPT-4o here.

Also on the pod today:

• Future impacts of GPT-4o 💭
• New Features and Plans for GPT-4o ❇️
• OpenAI, Microsoft and Apple Collaboration 🤝

It’ll be worth your 44 minutes:

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Trending in AI – KFC used AI for a new ad and people were quick to call them out.

Big Tech - AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down.

After almost 15 combined years at AWS, I am going to be moving on. It has been a true privilege to help lead this business from pre-revenue to $100B annualized revenue. I’m humbled by the many customers who have said they wouldn’t be what they are without AWS, thankful to our… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Adam Selipsky (@aselipsky)
2:15 PM • May 14, 2024

AI in Medical – Will AI replace doctors reading X-rays or just help them?

AI Staffing Shakeup — According to The Information, OpenAI has hired Shivakumar Venkataraman, who formerly lead Google’s ad business. Whoa!

OpenAI has hired Shivakumar Venkataraman, a 21-year Google veteran who previously led the company’s search ads business.
The move comes as OpenAI develops a search engine that would compete with Google’s core product, as we first reported in February.
— The Information (@theinformation)
7:43 PM • May 14, 2024

Read This – Insights from PWC show how you can build trust in data with AI.

ChatGPT News — Aside from all of the new features in ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model, they JUST dropped the first refreshed layout:

New #gpt4o layout just dropped inside #OpenAI.
More in today's newsletter: read.youreverydayai.com
— Jordan Talks Everyday AI (@EverydayAI_)
10:00 PM • May 14, 2024

Settings have been moved from bottom left to upper-right
The conversation starters are now a bit more visual.
New icons, opacities and (seemingly?) different fonts
Bubble-esque conversation style, more like text messaging. (We’re not fans of this… yet.)

1. Google I/O unveils slew of AI-powered product updates

Yesterday, OpenAI kinda stole Google’s thunder with its major GPT-4o announcements. Google, though, grabbed its own share of headlines by updating almost its entire AI product suite and Gemini models.

Read the whole recap here, but here’s some highlights:

Google unveiled Project Astra, an impressive new AI agent powered by Gemini.
Google announced enhancements to Gemini models, including Gemini 1.5 Pro with longer token context windows.
"Ask Photos" powered by Gemini was revealed for Google Photos, providing enhanced photo memory summaries.
Google announced the rollout of Gemini Nano with multimodality on Pixel phones.
Android 15 was presented with AI-powered search, Gemini as the new AI assistant, and on-device AI for new experiences.
Google showcased Gems, customized versions of Gemini AI for specific tasks.
Google demonstrated Google AI Teammate, a virtual teammate for work tasks.
Updates to Google Workspace were highlighted, integrating Gemini to enhance efficiency at work.
New features for Google Search were introduced, leveraging generative AI for organized search results.
Google revealed Veo, a text-to-video generator, and Imagen 3, an AI image generator.
Lryia, Google's AI music generator, was demonstrated with musician Wyclef Jean.

2. TikTok Unveils AI-Powered Search Highlights Feature 🔍

TikTok is introducing a "search highlights" feature driven by AI technology, specifically ChatGPT. This new feature enhances user experience by providing AI-generated responses to a variety of queries, ranging from recipes to the highly anticipated "best laptops 2024."

By leveraging AI Smart Search, TikTok demonstrates its commitment to revolutionizing content discovery and personalization for its users.

3. Anthropic's Expansion To Europe 🌍

Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI assistant, has announced its expansion in Europe with support for multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, and Spanish. With a valuation nearing $8 billion and a recent fundraising round of $184 billion, Anthropic is catching the attention of investors in the AI industry.

The company's strategic focus on enterprise applications and creating seamless user experiences across different platforms and interfaces is propelling its success in the competitive market.

4. Klarna Says Over 87% of Employees Use GenAI 😳

Klarna, the Swedish fintech giant, reveals a staggering 87% of its 5,000 employees are harnessing the power of generative AI tools daily, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company’s chatbot, Kiki, handles an impressive average of 2,000 queries per day, showing the widespread adoption of AI within non-technical sectors like communications, marketing, and legal teams at Klarna.

5. OpenAI Startup Fund Raises $5 Million in Fresh Investment 💰

The OpenAI Startup Fund has recently secured an additional $5 million in funding from two investors, bringing the total capital raised by the fund to $15 million through its special purpose vehicle, OpenAI Startup Fund SPV III LP.

This marks the third time the fund has raised an SPV, with previous investments totaling $10 million in February and $15 million last month. The fund, supported by external limited partners such as Microsoft, has backed at least 16 startups including Harvey, Ambiance Healthcare, and Ghost Autonomy

The new ChatGPT-4o feature no one is talking about

Is ChatGPT an answers engine now?

Under the hood, OpenAI quietly made massive improvements to Browse with Bing capabilities inside of GPT-4o.

Can ChatGPT now compete with players like Perplexity and Google's Search Generative Experience?

Find out in today's AI in 5.

Or see this related video:

OpenAI releases GPT-4o. 12 things you need to know

🦾How You Can Leverage:

Between OpenAI’s GPT-4o reveal yesterday and Google’s stuff-AI-everywhere announcement today, the writing is on the wall y’all.

How we work is about to change.

In a big way.

Today, we took a more in-depth look at OpenAI’s recent advancements and what it means for the future of work.

We mighta ordered today’s #HotTakeTuesday episode extra spicy, too.

Welp, let’s break down what this whole GPT-4o thing means for the future of work. (And Google. lolz)

👇

1 – This will make AI agents mainstream 🤖

We imagine a near future where it’s weird NOT working with an agent.

The demos that OpenAI unveiled showed a work future where the lines between human and AI agent/assistant blend.

Like…. this agent-assisted math problem is wild.

Math problems with GPT-4o and @khanacademy
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
6:39 PM • May 13, 2024

Try this:

With the reported Apple-OpenAI partnership and Microsoft surely benefitting from its current partnership with OpenAI, expect to see Microsoft and Apple roll out similar services and features in the near future.

Oh, and Google also today announced a similar feature.

In other words, we’ll all be working hand-in-hand with agents soon. Open up your biz brain to what an agent-lead workflow will look like for your company or department.

2 – T️his is a taste of AGI 🍽️

Hot take incoming….

This GPT-4o update is a small slice of the AGI pie.

You can talk to it about (legit) anything, and in real-time, it can give you a knowledgeable answer. It can see, hear and problem solve.

If you use it correctly, it’s legit like having a live Einstein in your pocket.

Isn’t that kinda AGI?

You: But Jordan, LLMs and this new GPT-4o is just fancy next token prediction. This isn’t Artificial General Intelligence!
Jordan: You sure about that? How would you define AGI?

You: When AI can perform any knowledge-based task better than the average human across any domain.
Jordan: (Pauses, pointing at computer screen of 10+ demos showing an AI agent/assistant essentially performing knowledge-based tasks better than the average human across any domain.)

See?

Sure, the goal posts are constantly moving when it comes to the very definition of AGI. (And we’re obviously not the only ones saying it.)

But after looking at Google’s demos today and OpenAI’s demos yesterday, do you really think the combination of super responsive AI agents and super powerful LLMs isn’t giving off slight AGI vibes?

Try this:
The crazy thing is — we didn’t even have enough time to cover all of what the new GPT-4o model can do.

Go read the whole paper/blog post from OpenAI.

The new model can also do:

Eerily human sounding emotion in voice responses
Text-to-3D.
Create new fonts with text. (Yes really.)
Meeting notes with multiple speakers.

…. the list goes on and on.

3 – Google is in big trouble 😵

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Google’s I/O announcements today were kinda incredible.

Google Gems are like OpenAI’s custom GPTs.
Their AI image platform’s new update to Imagen3 looks better than Dall-E 3.
Their AI-video platform, Veo, could compete with OpenAI’s SORA. (It’s well behind, but still better than Runway and Pika Labs.)

Very, very, very impressed by @Google I/O today.
Highlights:
#Veo, AI video generator (1080p, more than a minute), working with @donaldglover (Childish Gambino)
Gemini 1.5 Pro (GPT4-level model) with 2 million tokens
Google Search now has an agent built in to do complex… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Andrew Gao (@itsandrewgao)
5:56 PM • May 14, 2024

But, Google is also so far behind. And might be kinda screwed.

For a couple of reasons:

Their base LLM Gemini really struggles to use…. Google. It’s laughably bad. This is such an elementary flaw in its flagship product that it's hard to take the rest of their product line seriously until it’s corrected. Doesn’t matter how impressive products C-Z are if product A (Google search) and product B (Gemini) can’t properly co-exist.
Almost all of the shiny LLM updates that Google announced to Gemini are only available to Google Cloud customers or inside Google AI Studio and Vertex AI. In other words, it can be kinda hard and tricky to get your hands on the latest and greatest Google Gemini features. Google makes it kinda hard for the everyday person to use their most powerful features, which makes adoption rate low.
The superteam we talked about of Apple-OpenAI-Microsoft is gonna be too much for Google to overcome. Unless Google holds true to one of our bold predictions from December and makes a splashy acquisition.

Try this:

Yeah, we are kinda hard on Google at times. But we’re not alone. Here’s a take from a former Googler talking about Google’s own struggles in building its AI products, and a great breakdown from The Motley Fool looking at why Google might fail in the AI space.

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