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In today’s edition:

• Anthropic’s Computer Use Gets Voice Control

• Mistral AI Unveils New Ministal Models

• OpenAI Files for Trademark of Its ‘o1’ Reasoning Model

• Panasonic Develops an AI Version of its Founder

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Hume AI

Anthropic’s Computer Use Gets Voice Control

The Gist: Anthropic’s Computer Use feature now integrates voice commands, thanks to Hume AI, enabling users to control computers with spoken instructions. This innovative capability is reshaping how people interact with AI beyond traditional chat interfaces.

Key Details:

• Hume AI’s Empathetic Voice Interface (EVI) enables Claude’s Computer Use to execute voice-commanded tasks like browser automation.

• The feature, still in beta, is being tested by platforms like Replit, Asana, and Canva to explore new use cases.

• Developers have already built creative applications, including task automation in Slack and Salesforce lead creation.

• Competitors like Microsoft and OpenAI are also advancing AI-agent technology, but Anthropic’s early enterprise adoption is growing rapidly.

Mistral

Mistral AI Unveils New Ministal Models

The Gist: Mistral AI has launched Ministral 3B and 8B, collectively called les Ministraux, lightweight language models designed for local inference and privacy-first applications. These models offer high performance on benchmarks and are optimized for compute efficiency.

Key Details:

• Ministral 8B features sliding-window attention for faster and more efficient inference, supporting tasks like on-device translation and local analytics.

• The models outperform competitors like Llama 3B/8B and Gemma 2B/8B in benchmarks such as MMLU and HumanEval coding.

• Available under a commercial license, les Ministraux are accessible via API and support GDPR compliance, addressing privacy-focused enterprise needs.

• Previous Mistral models like Mixtral 8x7B and Codestral demonstrate the company’s focus on specialized, high-performance AI solutions.

OpenAI

OpenAI Files for Trademark of Its ‘o1’ Reasoning Model

The Gist: OpenAI has applied for a trademark for its new “o1” reasoning model, which is designed to perform complex tasks by fact-checking and analyzing queries more thoroughly. This move is part of its effort to protect its intellectual property as the company expands into advanced AI capabilities.

Key Details:

• The trademark application for "OpenAI o1" was filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is still awaiting approval.

• OpenAI's o1 model is the company's first "reasoning" AI, aimed at improving accuracy by spending more time evaluating queries.

• The company has also filed for trademarks on other AI products, including "ChatGPT" and "DALL-E," but failed to trademark the term "GPT" due to its generic use.

• OpenAI is currently in a legal dispute over the use of "Open AI," which a tech entrepreneur claims he coined in 2015.

Quick Gist

Microsoft has emerged as the leader in cloud AI, capturing 45% of new case studies and 62% of generative AI focus, significantly ahead of AWS and Google Cloud (Read More).

Google launched GenChess, a free chess game allowing players to design custom chess pieces using AI, powered by the Imagen 3 image-generation engine (Read More).

Microsoft is ramping up channel partnerships to boost AI-powered Copilot adoption, addressing investor skepticism and challenges in deploying AI effectively in businesses (Read More).

The European Commission is preparing to regulate the energy consumption of large language models under the AI Act, aiming for a sustainable framework by 2025 (Read More).

OpenAI's new AI model, Orion, shows only moderate improvements over earlier models, raising concerns about generative AI's future advancements and data limitations (Read More).

High Flyer Capital Management’s DeepSeek R1-Lite-Preview LLM outperforms competitors like OpenAI in logical inference and mathematical reasoning, marking a leap in AI capabilities (Read More).

Apple will enhance software offerings in December with iOS/iPadOS 18.2 and macOS 15.2 updates, integrating ChatGPT, image generation tools, and expanded Apple Intelligence features (Read More).

Google Gemini is set to improve coding workflows by allowing users to upload and analyze entire code folders, enhancing development efficiency (Read More).

Google has launched the Gemini AI app for Android and iOS, providing mobile AI functionality for Google Workspace users, though some features are not yet available (Read More).

Panasonic developed an AI version of its founder, Kōnosuke Matsushita, to preserve and pass on his management philosophy amid declining firsthand employee knowledge (Read More).

Air Canada introduced facial recognition boarding at Vancouver International Airport for domestic flights, allowing passengers to use uploaded photos and passport scans instead of physical ID (Read More).

A user exploited an AI bot's logic to transfer $50,000 in cryptocurrency, exposing vulnerabilities in AI-powered crypto transactions (Read More).

The OnePlus 12 received its first OxygenOS 15 update, adding AI features like Enhance Clarity and Unblur tools, with an initial rollout in India and global expansion planned (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!