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In today’s edition:

• Apple Watch Getting Built-in Cameras and AI Features

• Perplexity Wants to Transform TikTok with Open-Source AI

• Google’s Gemini Can Now See Screens and Live Video

• Google Vids Enables AI-Generated Voiceovers For Videos

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Apple

Apple Watch Getting Built-in Cameras and AI Features

The Gist: Apple plans to add cameras to future Apple Watch models by 2027, enabling AI-powered features like Visual Intelligence. These updates aim to enhance user interactions by analyzing the surrounding environment.

Key Details:

• The standard Apple Watch will have a display-embedded camera, while the Ultra model will feature a side-mounted one.

• AI-driven Visual Intelligence will help users gather real-world information, similar to features on the iPhone 16.

• Apple is also working on camera-equipped AirPods with similar AI capabilities.

• The company plans to use its own AI models to power these features by 2027.

Perplexity

Perplexity Wants to Transform TikTok with Open-Source AI

The Gist: AI startup Perplexity has renewed its bid to acquire TikTok’s US operations, promising to rebuild its algorithm, open-source it, and introduce community notes for transparency.

Key Details:

• Perplexity argues it can prevent Big Tech monopolization while ensuring ByteDance loses control over TikTok’s algorithm.

• The company plans to upgrade TikTok’s AI infrastructure with Nvidia Dynamo technology.

• Community notes would allow users to add fact-checks and context to posts.

• Funding remains a challenge, as TikTok’s US operations are valued at up to $50 billion.

Google

Google’s Gemini Can Now See Screens and Live Video

The Gist: Google has started rolling out real-time AI vision features for Gemini, letting it interpret phone screens and live camera feeds to provide instant answers.

Key Details:

• Available to select Google One AI Premium subscribers, the features are powered by "Project Astra" technology.

• Users can ask Gemini about on-screen content or get real-time guidance using their phone camera.

• A Reddit user demonstrated the feature’s ability to analyze content in real-time.

• Google’s AI assistant is outpacing competitors as Apple and Amazon continue developing their own upgrades.

Quick Gist

Microsoft is expanding its AI-powered Security Copilot with six new autonomous AI agents and five third-party partners to assist cybersecurity teams. (Read More)

Meta is testing an AI feature on Instagram that suggests comments for users to post under photos and videos, sparking mixed reactions. (Read More)

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns that generative AI, like its o1 reasoning model, could reduce demand for software engineers and advises students to focus on AI tools. (Read More)

Fortune Media will provide free access to its premium AI courses and certifications through 2025 via its Trailhead learning platform. (Read More)

Google and Samsung are developing a Gemini AI feature to summarize webpages viewed on Samsung Internet, with plans for accuracy improvements. (Read More)

Ant Group trained an AI model using domestic semiconductors from Alibaba and Huawei, matching Nvidia’s H800 while cutting costs by 20%, advancing China’s AI independence. (Read More)

FuriosaAI, a South Korean AI chip startup, declined an $800 million acquisition offer from Meta to remain independent and focus on market growth. (Read More)

Google Vids now enables AI-generated voiceovers for videos, featuring automatic audio-to-scene alignment and customizable voice options. (Read More)

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!