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In today’s edition:

• Samsung Unveils Gauss 2: Its Next-Gen AI Model

• NVIDIA Launches New AI Model for Audio Creation

• Microsoft Rolls Out Recall AI for Copilot Plus PCs

• OpenAI Hires Ex-Chrome Developers to Create an AI-Powered Browser

• And more AI news….

Top Developments

Samsung

Samsung Unveils Gauss 2: Its Next-Gen AI Model

The Gist: Samsung has launched Gauss 2, a powerful generative AI model with multimodal capabilities designed to improve employee productivity and potentially transform its future consumer-facing technology.

Key Details:

• Gauss 2 comes in three versions—Compact, Balanced, and Supreme—tailored for different needs, from on-device tasks to resource-intensive applications.

• Multimodal capabilities allow Gauss 2 to support 9-14 languages and various programming languages, with custom stabilization and tokenization techniques for efficiency.

• Currently used internally to assist employees with tasks like document summarization and email drafting, with potential integration into One UI 7 and other products.

• Gauss 2 is more efficient and powerful than its predecessor, signaling Samsung's commitment to advancing AI for both internal and consumer use.

Nvidia

NVIDIA Launches New AI Model for Audio Creation

The Gist: NVIDIA's Fugatto is an advanced generative AI model that creates and modifies audio from text prompts, offering tools for music, language learning, and gaming.

Key Details:

• Fugatto, described as a "Swiss Army knife for sound," generates or modifies music, voice, and sound using text prompts.

• Designed by a global team, it supports multi-accent and multilingual capabilities for diverse applications.

• Ideal for tasks like prototyping songs, creating dynamic game audio, and generating language learning materials with specific voices.

• The model adapts to novel tasks, like combining tones or generating complex soundscapes, even beyond its original training.

Microsoft

Microsoft Rolls Out Recall AI for Copilot Plus PCs

The Gist: Windows Insiders can now preview Microsoft’s Recall AI, an opt-in feature for Copilot Plus PCs that uses AI to make your activity searchable and actionable while ensuring data privacy.

Key Details:

• Recall captures snapshots of your activity, enabling natural language searches and navigation through a timeline of past apps and websites.

• Features like Click to Do allow users to interact with text and images in snapshots, enabling actions like copying or saving.

• Data is stored locally, encrypted, and never sent to Microsoft or third parties, with sensitive information automatically excluded.

• Initially available on Qualcomm Copilot Plus PCs, support for Intel and AMD systems is coming soon.

Quick Gist

Microsoft unveiled 10 autonomous AI agents at Ignite 2024 for enterprise use, signaling a major advancement in practical AI applications and establishing its leadership in the agentic AI market (Read More).

LTIMindtree and Microsoft have partnered to accelerate AI adoption in global enterprises, focusing on transforming AI visions into actionable strategies and embedding AI as a core business enabler (Read More).

OpenAI hires ex-Chrome developers to create an AI-powered browser and conversational search product, aiming to challenge Google's dominance as the DOJ considers breaking up Google’s monopoly (Read More).

Amazon increased its investment in AI startup Anthropic to $8 billion, solidifying its partnership with AWS as its primary cloud provider for AI model training (Read More).

Meta is marketing its Llama 3.0 AI model for military use, including airstrike planning, in partnership with Scale AI, despite concerns from experts about the model's accuracy and the implications of its application (Read More).

AI voice startup PlayAI raised $21 million in seed funding to enhance its platform for creating realistic, human-like voices for diverse applications (Read More).

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!