Google has updated its AI note-taking and research assistant, NotebookLM, enhancing its audio summarization feature to allow users to guide AI-generated audio conversations on specific topics. This update lets users customize audio overviews using a dedicated control, enabling them to focus on particular content areas. Raiza Martin, NotebookLM’s product leader, emphasized that this customization helps …
French AI company Mistral has introduced new generative AI models for laptops and smartphones. Known as “Les Ministraux,” the models are optimized for various applications such as text generation or collaboration with more powerful models. Kyle Wiggers reports for TechCrunch that two variants are available: Ministral 3B and Ministral 8B, both with a context window …
A Reddit post titled “Which is the best version of chatgpt4” sparked a discussion about the various models of ChatGPT. The original poster inquired about the most accurate version, leading to various responses. Users highlighted the strengths of different models: “4o” is considered best for research, image generation, and creative writing, while “o1 mini” excels …
A new startup called Crescendo has raised $50 million and is now valued at $500 million. The company offers AI-powered customer service solutions, competing with traditional call centers. Co-founder Anand Chandrasekaran told Bloomberg that Crescendo uses AI assistants with human backup to handle customer inquiries faster and more accurately. The funding came from investors including …
Nvidia has released a powerful open-source AI model that rivals proprietary systems from industry leaders like OpenAI and Google. The model, called NVLM 1.0, demonstrates exceptional performance in vision and language tasks while also enhancing text-only capabilities. Michael Nuñez reports on this development for VentureBeat. The main model, NVLM-D-72B, with 72 billion parameters, can process …
A data scientist from Singapore has developed an open-source alternative to Google’s NotebookLM. Gabriel Chua of the GovTech agency created the tool called “Open NotebookLM” in just one afternoon. It converts PDF documents into personalized podcasts using publicly available AI models. The project demonstrates how quickly complex AI applications can be replicated today. However, the …
Startup Artisan has raised $11.5 million in seed funding to develop AI-powered “employees” for sales teams. The company offers an AI assistant named Ava that automates tasks such as lead research and personalized email creation. CEO Jaspar Carmichael-Jack told VentureBeat that Artisan has already secured over 120 customers and reached $1 million in annual revenue. …
Microsoft has launched Bing Generative Search, its answer to Google’s AI-powered search offerings. As reported by Kyle Wiggers, the new feature has been rolled out to all US users following a pilot phase in July. Bing Generative Search aggregates information from the web to provide summaries in response to search queries. Users can also dismiss …
Microsoft is pushing forward with the integration of artificial intelligence in Windows. The company has fundamentally redesigned the controversial Recall feature, which creates screenshots of the screen. According to David Weston, Vice President of Enterprise Security at Microsoft, Recall is now an opt-in feature with improved encryption and can be completely uninstalled. For Copilot Plus …
With NotebookLM, Google has developed a versatile AI note-taking and research tool that is increasingly suitable for professional use. It allows users to organize different types of documents, such as PDFs, websites, Google Docs and, more recently, YouTube videos and audio files, in a digital notebook. A core feature of this tool is AI-powered analysis …