Microsoft adds AI-powered text editing to Notepad

Microsoft is introducing an AI-powered text editing feature called Rewrite to its classic Notepad application, allowing users to rephrase sentences, adjust tone, and modify content length. According to the Windows Insider Blog, the feature is currently rolling out in preview to Windows Insiders and requires signing in to a Microsoft account. Emma Roth from The …

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Google introduces Learn About, an AI-powered learning tool

Google has launched Learn About, an AI-driven learning assistant that provides structured, topic-focused information to users. According to an article by Dataconomy, Learn About compiles responses in an organized format, encouraging users to explore topics further through interactive prompts, related questions, and multimedia content. The tool aims to create an engaging learning experience for users …

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SambaNova and Hugging Face simplify AI chatbot deployment

SambaNova and Hugging Face have launched a new integration that allows developers to deploy AI chatbots with a single click, reportedly reducing deployment time from hours to minutes. According to Ahsen Khaliq, ML Growth Lead at Gradio, the process involves obtaining an access token from SambaNova Cloud’s API website and entering three lines of Python …

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Claude AI chatbot launches desktop apps and dictation

Anthropic has released desktop apps for Mac and Windows for its AI chatbot Claude, bringing Claude’s capabilities to users’ preferred work environments, TechCrunch reports. The apps are available in public beta for both free and premium users. Anthropic also introduced a dictation tool allowing users to upload voice messages up to 10 minutes long for …

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Google launches real-time search for Gemini AI

Google has introduced “Grounding with Google Search” for its Gemini AI platform, allowing developers to enhance their AI applications with current information from Google Search. As reported by VentureBeat’s Michael Nuñez, the service launched just hours before OpenAI’s consumer-focused ChatGPT Search. Google’s offering targets developers and costs $35 per 1,000 queries, while OpenAI’s service is …

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Anthropic releases Claude 3.5 Haiku with increased prices

Anthropic has released its newest and smallest AI model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, which outperforms the previous flagship model, Claude 3 Opus, on various benchmarks at a lower cost, according to the company. However, Anthropic has increased the pricing for Claude 3.5 Haiku to reflect its enhanced capabilities, with input tokens now costing $1 per million …

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AI learns to balance internal knowledge and tool use, improving efficiency

Researchers from UC San Diego and Tsinghua University have developed a method that improves artificial intelligence’s ability to understand when to use external tools versus relying on built-in knowledge, similar to how human experts approach problem-solving. Using a relatively small language model with 8 billion parameters, the team achieved a 28% improvement in answer accuracy …

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ChatGPT Search shows promise but falls short as Google alternative

ChatGPT Search, the AI-powered search engine developed by OpenAI, offers an intriguing glimpse into the future of web searching. However, after testing the product for a day, Maxwell Zeff found that it struggles with the short, navigational queries that make up the bulk of searches on Google, often providing unreliable or irrelevant results. While ChatGPT …

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ChatGPT gains real-time search capabilities

OpenAI has announced a web search functionality for its ChatGPT conversational AI. The new feature, initially rolling out to paid subscribers, allows ChatGPT to search the web and provide real-time information on topics such as news, sports, stocks, and weather. By delivering curated answers with clear source attribution, ChatGPT aims to provide a more natural …

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OpenAI expands Realtime API with new voices and reduces costs for developers

OpenAI has updated its Realtime API, currently in beta, with five new expressive voices for speech-to-speech applications and reduced costs for developers by introducing prompt caching. According to OpenAI’s API documentation cited in an article by VentureBeat, the native speech-to-speech feature enables low latency and nuanced output. The company showcased three of the new voices …

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