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Weekly Newsletter - 7th November 2024
PLUS: Midjourney's new rival emerges & GitHub expands AI model access
Sophie Bruxner-Randall
November 07, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes
Google announced that AI now creates over 25% of its new code. Red_panda is challenging Midjourney, GitHub integrated Anthropic and GPT-4 models, and Meta partnered with Reuters to boost its AI credibility. UC Berkeley research highlighted concerns about AI chatbots' impact on search engine reliability.
Executive Briefing ✏️
Technology Business News by The Verge
Google's AI significantly contributes to its operations, generating over a quarter of new code. This integration boosts revenue, with Google Services and Cloud showing substantial growth. Despite facing legal challenges, AI remains central to Google's strategy, enhancing products and attracting customers.
“In Search, our new AI features are expanding what people can search for and how they search for it. In Cloud, our AI solutions are helping drive deeper product adoption with existing customers, attract new customers and win larger deals. And YouTube’s total ads and subscription revenues surpassed $50 billion over the past four quarters for the first time.”
Tech Pulse 📊
Technology Update by Tech Radar
Red_panda, a new AI image generator, leads the Artificial Analysis rankings with a 79% win rate, surpassing known models like Midjourney. Its origin remains unknown, but its success suggests it could be a significant new player, possibly from China. TechRadar plans to evaluate its potential upon release.
Image: Adobe Firefly
Technology Innovation by ITPro
Developers will now have the option of using Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o, o1-preview, and o1-mini. They can either go with Copilot's default, or toggle between models during a conversation with Copilot Chat about the best model for particular use cases.
Technology News by Tech Radar
Meta AI has partnered with Reuters to provide U.S. users with news summaries and links via its chatbot on platforms like Facebook and Instagram. This agreement, which compensates Reuters, enhances Meta AI's credibility amidst debates on AI's use of news content, distinguishing it from entertainment-focused features.
Technology News by The Guardian
The rapid integration of AI chatbots into search engines by tech giants like Google and Microsoft has sparked concerns about how these systems select and present information to users. Research from UC Berkeley reveals that chatbots tend to prioritise content based on technical language and keywords while overlooking traditional markers of trustworthiness, leading to the emergence of a new industry called "generative engine optimisation" (GEO) that aims to make content more visible to AI systems.
Thought Leader Hub 📣
AI is probably not going to replace you
— Adi Polak (@AdiPolak)
9:06 PM • Nov 1, 2024
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