Google Declares Plans to Eclipse ChatGPT!

Guess who’s back with sizzling updates from the world of AI? Yep, the Neural Frontier remains at the helm of the highs, mids, and lows of AI technology. And, of course, we have a specially curated lineup of updates for you today.

From Google’s bold declaration to Amazon’s big AI-centric investment and another slew of jobs being replaced by AI, a lot has happened in the last couple of days. And although it’s not all good news—depending on your predisposition to AI developments—we remain committed to keeping you updated.

With that out of the way, let’s dive in!

In this issue, we’ve got:

🤯 Google Declares Plans to Eclipse ChatGPT!

🤖 Amazon coughs up $100 million for a generative AI center.

🗞️ German Tabloid Bild plans to replace writers with AI.

💡 Midjourney tests V5.2, showing pretty impressive results.

⚡ The Neural Frontier’s weekly picks: 3 AI tools you should be using.

🤯Google Declares Plans to Eclipse ChatGPT!

Let’s start with some backstory. In 2016, Google’s DeepMind AI lab made history when their program, dubbed AlphaGo, defeated one of the best players of the complex board game, Go. 7 years later, it’s 2023, and ChatGPT has taken over the AI sphere. However, DeepMind’s CEO, Demis Hassabis, claims that his team of engineers is working on a model that will end GPT-4’s dominance.

The best part? This model is being built on the techniques that made AlphaGo a success. Named Gemini, this large language model works with text and is designed to be similar in operation—but superior in capability—to OpenAI’s GPT-4. Though the model is still in development, Hassabis remains confident that features such as planning and problem-solving will eclipse GPT-4.

He says, “At a high level, you can think of Gemini as combining some of the strengths of AlphaGo-type systems with the amazing language capabilities of the large models.” But will this be enough to dethrone ChatGPT? We’ll just have to wait and see!

🤖Amazon coughs up $100 million for a generative AI center.

At this point, huge AI-centric investments shouldn’t come as a shock anymore. Over the last couple of months, major tech giants have embraced the integration of AI into either their operations, services, or product offerings. From Google and Microsoft to Asana, ClickUp, and Amazon, it’s been a crazy wave.

However, Amazon is taking this a step further with plans to invest $100 million in a generative AI center. This will achieve two major things. For one, it will help Amazon catch up with the likes of Microsoft and Google in the generative AI race. What’s more, it will enable the company to connect AI experts with clients looking to build AI-driven solutions for the market.

AWS CEO Adam Selipsky summed up the company’s plans at Bloomberg’s Tech Summit. In his words, “We will bring our internal AWS experts free-of-charge to a whole bunch of AWS customers, focusing on folks with significant AWS presence, and help them turbocharge their efforts to get real with generative AI, get beyond the talk…”

🗞️German Tabloid Bild plans to replace writers with AI.

Remember when many people were of the popular opinion: there’s no way AI can take our jobs? Well…let’s just say the German tabloid Bild—which just so happens to be the most popular newspaper in Europe—doesn’t share this same sentiment.

Let’s look at the email Bild’s publisher, Axel Springer, sent to staff for more perspective. In this email, the company stated that it would “unfortunately be parting ways with colleagues who have tasks that in the digital world are performed by AI and/or automated processes.” These job losses are expected to be in the region of 200, in what appears to be a €100m cost-cutting program.

And although it appears that these cuts result from the company’s change in structure, as opposed to the existence of AI itself, the two aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. What’s more, when you consider Mathias Döpfner’s (Axel Springer’s CEO) February statement that AI tools could “make independent journalism better than it ever was – or replace it”, even the most optimistic can read the writing on the wall.

💡Midjourney tests V5.2, showing pretty impressive results.

On the sunnier side of things, your favorite AI image generator, Midjourney, recently announced the testing phase for its new update, V5.2.

With a slew of features and fixes like sharper images, improved coherence, text understanding, and the eagerly anticipated zoom-out outpainting, many enthusiasts have taken to Twitter to showcase their work. Feel free to dive in!

⚡ The Neural Frontier’s weekly picks: 3 AI tools you should be using.

We’re back again with yet another nifty lineup of tools that will drastically step up your productivity. Whether you’re a full-blown AI enthusiast, a budding techie, or somewhere in the middle, there’s something for you below!

1. 🧙Flipped.AI: Presenting itself as every hiring manager’s dream come true, this tool sets out to be an intelligent assistant that makes hiring easier. From automating talent search to writing stellar job descriptions, it’s not difficult to understand why over 100 companies trust Flipped.AI.

2. 🦾Caden AI: This is one for the HR buffs out there! Powered by GPT-4 and dubbing itself “the AI co-pilot for customer support,” Caden AI aims to revolutionize customer support. It does this by quickly and effectively drafting accurate responses to customer queries, allowing customer reps to generate responses with ease.

3. 💡Creasquare: Here’s one for the true creatives in the house! Creasquare positions itself as an all-in-one solution for your digital marketing needs. Post scheduling? Yep. Caption generation? Absolutely! Content creation? You betcha!

There you have it! From our stellar picks to the scintillating coverage of the latest and greatest in AI technology, the Neural Frontier remains the only companion you’d ever need to navigate the AI wave. From what you’ve seen this week (yep, the job cuts 🥲), it’s obvious that now, more than ever, learning how to harness the power of AI is pivotal.

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