Google Gemini renames 'Extensions' to 'Apps,' powered by the new Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model for improved performance. This change, along with a Google Sheets update, reflects Google's ongoing commitment to enhancing user experience and integrating AI into everyday workflows, making its tools more accessible and efficient for everyone.
A recent ranking of the top 50 generative AI tools reveals a significant trend: the surging popularity of Chinese AI services. Platforms like DeepSeek are challenging the dominance of established players, showcasing China's rapid advancements in AI. The list highlights the diversification of AI tools, specializing in areas like music, video, and image generation.
Google's experimental Gemini Embedding (`text-embedding-large-exp-03-07`) sets a new standard in AI-powered search. It boasts an 8K token input, 3K-dimensional output, Matryoshka Representation Learning (MRL), and excels on the MTEB Multilingual leaderboard. The model supports 100+ languages, doubling its predecessors' coverage, and is designed for diverse domains without task-specific fine-tuning.
OpenAI's GPT-4.5 offers incremental improvements in conversational AI, but its high price and lack of significant reasoning advancements raise questions. Is it a worthwhile upgrade, or an expensive step with marginal benefits? The debate rages on, with mixed reviews and comparisons to its predecessor, GPT-4, highlighting the ongoing challenges in AI development.
Intel expands IPEX-LLM to support DeepSeek R1, enabling local execution of large language models on Intel GPUs. This, combined with 'llama.cpp Portable Zip' integration, simplifies deployment and broadens AI accessibility on Windows PCs, offering benefits like enhanced privacy, reduced latency, and offline access, despite hardware demands and potential computational bottlenecks.
Manus, a new 'agentic' AI platform from China, has generated significant buzz. But does it live up to the hype? Early user experiences and reports suggest a stark contrast between the platform's ambitious claims and its current capabilities, highlighting issues with reliability, accuracy, and overall functionality. It's a blend of existing models, not a breakthrough.
Learn how to effectively use prompts with AI models like ChatGPT and Claude for web development, focusing on PHP, SASS, JS, and HTML code generation. Discover the importance of clear instructions and advanced techniques to maximize AI's coding capabilities, applicable to WordPress and other CMS or frameworks.
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-4.5 Turbo, its latest large language model, to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. This phased rollout brings enhanced speed, capabilities, and potentially altered rate limits. The move signifies OpenAI's push for wider access to its advanced AI, promising improvements in natural language understanding, reasoning, and knowledge.
OpenAI's GPT-4.5, a 'research preview,' boasts improved conversational AI but faces criticism for its high cost and questionable reasoning advancements. Independent tests challenge OpenAI's claims, sparking debate about its value proposition. Is it a significant leap or an expensive refinement? The AI community, media, and even competing models weigh in.
This week's tech news covers OpenAI's costly AI agents, Scale AI's labor investigation, Elon Musk's legal battle, Digg's return, Google's Gemini 'Screenshare', Deutsche Telekom's 'AI Phone', AI benchmarks, Volkswagen's affordable EV, VC fundraising challenges, ChatGPT's code editing, Google's SpeciesNet, YouTube Lite, Colossal Biosciences' woolly mouse, and Signal's popularity in the Netherlands.
