Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI—news, innovations, and trends—all delivered in under 5 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• Google DeepMind Scientists, Biochemist Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• ChatGPT is Being Used to Disrupt Elections Globally, OpenAI Warns

• Google Gemini’s New AI Image Generator Rolls Out Free with a Key Limitation

• Microsoft’s Copilot AI is Coming to WhatsApp

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Nobel Prize

Google DeepMind Scientists, Biochemist Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The Gist: Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, along with biochemist David Baker, have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction and computational protein design, notably with AlphaFold2 and Top7.

Key Details:

• Hassabis and Jumper received the award for developing AlphaFold2, an AI system that predicts protein structures in minutes, solving a 50-year scientific puzzle.

• AlphaFold2 has transformed protein research, offering vast databases of predicted protein structures and advancing drug and vaccine development.

• Baker was honored for designing the first computationally created protein, Top7, in 2003. His work continues with Rosetta, a program designing proteins for pharmaceuticals and nanotechnology.

• Their combined achievements mark a new era in biochemical research, revolutionizing how proteins are studied and designed.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is Being Used to Disrupt Elections Globally, OpenAI Warns

The Gist: OpenAI has reported that hacking groups, particularly from China, Iran, and Russia, are using AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E to interfere in elections, highlighting growing concerns about AI-driven disinformation in democratic processes.

Key Details:

• A 54-page report revealed 20 global election interference campaigns in 2024, with more expected as the U.S. presidential election approaches.

• Techniques include writing fake articles, creating personas, and manipulating social media content.

• OpenAI identified hacking groups tied to China, Iran, and Russia, with examples like Russia-affiliated actors spreading disinformation targeting West Africa and the UK.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has voiced concerns about AI’s potential to undermine election integrity, urging robust defenses against these threats.

Google Gemini

Google Gemini’s New AI Image Generator Rolls Out Free with a Key Limitation

The Gist: Google has released Imagen 3, its latest AI image generator, for free to all Gemini users, offering advanced image creation capabilities. However, only paying users on the Gemini Advanced tier can generate images of people.

Key Details:

• Imagen 3 is Google’s highest-quality AI image generator, improving accuracy and reducing visual artifacts.

• The free tier allows unlimited image generation but restricts creating images of people. To access that feature, users need the Gemini Advanced subscription ($19.99/month), which also includes 2TB of cloud storage.

• The AI model can create photorealistic landscapes, artistic renderings, and handle complex tasks like text rendering, although some areas, like speech bubbles in comic panels, still need improvement.

Quick Gist

Microsoft announced the early preview of its new "Coaching with Copilot" feature in Word, designed to help users enhance their writing clarity and effectiveness through AI-generated suggestions (Read More).

Infosys has expanded its collaboration with Microsoft to enhance customer adoption of generative AI and Azure, integrating advanced AI solutions across its offerings to drive cost-efficiency and scalability (Read More).

Google is enhancing its Gemini AI on Android with native extensions for WhatsApp, Spotify, and Google Messages for improved integration and personalization (Read More).

Geoffrey Hinton, recently awarded a Nobel Prize, criticized OpenAI CEO Sam Altman for prioritizing profits over AI safety, highlighting the urgent need for more research in the field (Read More).

Intercom has partnered with AI competitor Anthropic to enhance its customer service capabilities, successfully increasing support volume while maintaining staff size, following the deployment of its AI-powered bot, Fin 2 (Read More).

OpenAI's new o1 model series showcases advanced reasoning abilities, significantly enhancing AI's potential impact across various industries, while also raising important challenges regarding ethical use and workforce adaptation (Read More).

Riyadh Air partnered with Sabre Corporation to implement innovative offer and order-based technology from its launch in 2025, positioning itself as the first airline to operate on this model for personalized customer experiences (Read More).

Meta announced the expansion of its AI-powered chatbot, Meta AI, into 21 new markets and support for multiple languages, aiming to reach 43 countries by the end of 2024 to compete with OpenAI and Google (Read More).

Basecamp Research's BaseFold model reportedly surpasses AlphaFold 2 in predicting large protein structures, fueled by a $60 million funding round and a partnership with MIT's Broad Institute (Read More).

Stripe has partnered with NVIDIA to enhance its AI capabilities and fraud detection while expanding global access to NVIDIA's AI platform and solutions (Read More).

Core42 has launched its Next-Generation AI Cloud in the UAE, deploying NVIDIA H100 GPUs to provide scalable, high-performance AI compute resources without the need for physical infrastructure (Read More).

Microsoft Azure is the first cloud platform to deploy NVIDIA's Blackwell GB200 AI servers, enhancing performance for advanced AI models with cutting-edge GPU technology and liquid cooling (Read More).

NVIDIA announced that AT&T, Lowe's, and the University of Florida are among the first organizations to adopt its NeMo platform for developing customized generative AI applications (Read More).

Microsoft has integrated its Copilot technology with WhatsApp, allowing users to interact with the AI assistant for answering queries, generating images via DALL-E 3, and describing images, offering an alternative to Meta AI (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!