SCRAnthropic, the company behind the AI assistant Claude, presents a new method to improve AI information retrieval. The technology, called Contextual Retrieval, reduces failed searches in large databases by up to 49 percent. When combined with reranking, the error rate is reduced by 67 percent. The process adds context to text snippets before they are …
OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers. Designed to tackle complex reasoning tasks, these models could change the way businesses and educational institutions approach their toughest challenges. As Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat, the o1 models stand out for their ability to engage …
Lionsgate, the film studio behind “The Hunger Games” and “John Wick,” plans to use generative artificial intelligence in the production of new movies and TV shows. As Jessica Toonkel reports for the Wall Street Journal, the company has struck a deal with AI startup Runway. Lionsgate will give Runway access to its content library in …
YouTube is integrating artificial intelligence into numerous features for creators. The company has announced the integration of Google’s AI video model Veo into YouTube Shorts. This will allow users to generate high-quality backgrounds and short video clips. In addition, a new Inspiration tab in YouTube Studio will offer AI-powered suggestions for video ideas, titles and …
Chain of Thought is a concept in artificial intelligence that describes the ability of AI systems to solve complex problems step-by-step, much like humans do. This method allows AI models to explain their thought processes in a way that humans can understand. Instead of just providing a final answer, the AI shows the individual steps …
Snapchat is introducing a new AI-powered video creation tool. The tool, which is now in beta for select users, allows users to create videos from text prompts, and soon, image prompts. The company made the announcement at its annual Snap Partner Summit, as Aisha Malik reports for TechCrunch. Snap stresses that all content created with …
Salesforce presents its vision for autonomous AI agents at Dreamforce 2024. CEO Marc Benioff explains that these agents will replace existing copilots and be based on a standardized platform. The company is focusing on its Agentforce product, which will deploy AI agents across various cloud services, writes Larry Dignan. The Salesforce platform and the Data …
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed two laws regulating AI-generated actor replicas. The signing ceremony took place at the headquarters of the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles. Katie Kilkenny writes for The Hollywood Reporter that the new laws restrict the use of digital replicas of actors. They require a specific description of the intended …
ClickUp has launched a new chat feature with extensive AI capabilities. The AI integration, based in part on OpenAI’s GPT-4, provides automatic summaries of missed conversations, identifies action items, and creates detailed tasks from chat messages. As Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat, users can ask AI-powered questions about projects, with answers pulled from chat history …
Companies are increasingly turning to model routing to make their AI systems more efficient. As Sean Michael Kerner reports for VentureBeat, this technology enables the dynamic selection of the most appropriate AI model for each query. Startup Martian has developed a large language model (LLM) router that is attracting interest from major tech companies. Accenture …