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 3 minutes! ⏱

In today’s edition:

• Midjourney V7 Delivers Faster, Sharper AI Images

• Open Deep Search Challenges Perplexity & ChatGPT

• Microsoft Launches Redesigned Copilot for Windows

• Microsoft Launched Copilot Search for Bing

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Midjourney

Midjourney V7 Delivers Faster, Sharper AI Images

The Gist: Midjourney’s long-awaited V7 update improves image quality, refines text prompt understanding, and introduces a new fast, low-cost Draft Mode for quicker iterations. Some key features, like upscaling, will arrive later.

Key Details:

• V7 enhances textures, complex shapes, and hand generation, making images more realistic.

• Users can choose between Turbo (faster, pricier) and Relax (slower, cheaper) modes.

• Draft Mode generates images 10x faster at half the cost, though at lower initial quality.

• Personalization is now required, with users rating ~200 images to fine-tune results.

Open Deep Search

Open Deep Search Challenges Perplexity & ChatGPT

The Gist: Sentient Foundation’s Open Deep Search (ODS) is an open-source AI search tool that competes with proprietary platforms like Perplexity, offering advanced reasoning and retrieval while allowing full customization.

Key Details:

• Uses AI-powered tools to refine searches, extract key information, and improve accuracy.

• Features two agent models (ODS-v1 and ODS-v2) for complex problem-solving and reasoning.

• Benchmarks show ODS outperforming Perplexity and rivaling GPT-4o in accuracy.

• Open-source design lets enterprises integrate their preferred AI models and tools.

Microsoft

Microsoft Launches Redesigned Copilot for Windows

The Gist: Microsoft’s Copilot app gets a full redesign, ditching Edge-based components for a native experience that improves speed, AI responses, and usability across Windows 11 and 10.

Key Details:

• New Quick and Think Deeper modes offer instant answers or detailed AI reasoning.

• A history panel tracks past conversations, and a Discover tab provides news podcasts.

• A built-in screenshot tool allows users to analyze images with AI assistance.

• Windows 11 version includes modern visual effects, while Windows 10 lacks them.

Quick Gist

Spotify launched major upgrades to its advertising platform, introducing the Spotify Ad Exchange for programmatic buying, Gen AI Ads for streamlined ad creation, and enhanced measurement tools to improve campaign performance. (Read More)

Dreamer, an AI system, autonomously learned to collect diamonds in Minecraft, representing a significant milestone toward general AI capable of transferring learning across environments. (Read More)

OpenAI invested in cybersecurity startup Adaptive Security, which uses AI-generated hack simulations to train employees, addressing the growing threat of AI-powered social engineering. (Read More)

Google DeepMind released a new paper emphasizing the importance of AGI safety, proposing strategies to mitigate misuse, misalignment, and accidental risks as it pursues artificial general intelligence. (Read More)

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott predicts AI will generate 95% of code within five years, while asserting that human developers will remain vital for creative and high-level problem-solving. (Read More)

Microsoft launched Copilot Search for Bing, integrating AI-generated summaries and deeper response exploration to compete with Google’s evolving AI Mode in search. (Read More)

Google has begun rolling out Astra’s Live camera and screen sharing features to Gemini app users on Android, starting with select Pixel devices. (Read More)

OpenAI's ChatGPT reached 500 million weekly users, driven by its viral image generation tool and new free Plus subscriptions offered to students in the U.S. and Canada. (Read More)

Apple updated its iWork suite to version 14.4, adding Apple Intelligence-powered tools, improved export features, and functionality upgrades across Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. (Read More)

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!