May 2024 AI and GenAI News- Summary of May GenAI update
Amazon has launched Q, an AI-powered assistant designed to enhance productivity for businesses and developers.
Q Developer facilitates advanced code generation, testing, debugging, reasoning, and provides planning agents. Q Business integrates with company data systems, allowing users to access and analyze information, summarize trends, and respond to queries efficiently. The Q Apps feature enables non-technical users to create custom AI applications using natural language, streamlining interactions with enterprise data. |
Ukraine is breaking new ground by deploying Victoria Shi, an AI-powered spokesperson, for their Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Victoria assists human diplomats by delivering updates and information on consular affairs. While human staff crafts the content of Victoria's messages, the AI avatar delivers them visually. To ensure authenticity and combat potential manipulation, each statement comes with a QR code linking to the official text version on the ministry's website. This innovative approach marks a global first in using AI avatars for official government communications. |
X, formerly known as Twitter, has launched a new feature called Stories, which provides AI-generated summaries of trending news within the app.
This feature, available to X Premium subscribers, offers quick news updates in the Explore section, reducing the need for users to scroll extensively. Powered by Grok AI, the summaries are based on data from X to ensure relevance and accuracy. Users are cautioned about potential inaccuracies in the AI-generated summaries and advised to check facts independently. |
Microsoft is creating a new AI model called MAI-1, led by Mustafa Suleyman. This model aims to compete with leaders like OpenAI and Google.
MAI-1, with 500 billion parameters, is set to handle complex tasks and improve on previous Microsoft AI models. It's being trained using data from OpenAI's GPT-4 and the public internet, enhancing its knowledge and capabilities. |
Meta Boosts Advertising with AI and Verification: |
p>Google I/O 2024 was a whirlwind of announcements, with a heavy focus on artificial intelligence (AI) advancements. Here's a quick rundown of some of the key updates:
Search and Assistant Upgrades
Generative AI
Other Announcements
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Apple to Supercharge Siri with Next-Gen AIGet ready for a smarter Siri! Apple is gearing up for a major upgrade to its virtual assistant, powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence. This revamp will allow users to control individual features within apps using just their voice. This marks a significant leap for Siri, as it will now be able to manage a wider range of tasks within your favorite apps. To achieve this, Apple is undertaking a major overhaul of Siri's underlying software, incorporating powerful large language models - a key technology behind impressive AI advancements. |