🤖 GPT-4 gets a mini makeover: AI for everyone?

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Today`s Pick

• Microsoft and Adidas utilizing 3D Printing Technique to design durables and affordable running shoes.

• Groq, an AI startup released two new open-source AI models specializing in tool use, surpassing heavyweights like GPT-4 Turbo, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Gemini 1.5 Pro on key function calling benchmarks.

• AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li launched World Labs in April, a ‘spatial intelligence’ startup already valued at over $1B — working on developing AI capable of understanding and navigating 3D environments

• Meta and Apple are planning to exclude EU customers from upcoming AI releases, citing regulatory uncertainty surrounding data usage and training under GDPR data protection laws.

• Google is purging ‘Low-Quality’ Android apps next month as Play Store apps will now be required to provide a ‘stable, engaging, responsive use experience’ starting August 31st.

• CMA CGM, A french shipping company signed a deal with Alphabet that will use AI to shorten delivery times, optimize routes, and help with inventory management.

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MICROSOFT

💻 CrowdStrike update triggers BSOD

A CrowdStrike software update made Microsoft servers to stop causing widespread IT disruptions across various industries worldwide. A significant Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) problem affects banks, airlines, and broadcasters.

The Details 📊

• Banks, airlines, and businesses globally experienced major outages

• CrowdStrike's security software update identified as the cause Issue linked to a CrowdStrike Falcon sensor update

• Incident highlights the vulnerability of interconnected IT systems

• Microsoft and CrowdStrike scrambled to restore services and mitigate damages

Why It Matters: This incident highlights the vulnerabilities in widely-used operating systems and the potential for widespread disruptions, emphasizing the need for robust testing and rollback procedures for critical updates.

AI SECURITY

🛡️ Tech leaders collaborate on AI security

Major AI companies form an alliance named Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI) to promote AI security and privacy.

The Details 📊

• Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others join forces in a new coalition

• Initiative aims to address security and privacy concerns in AI development

• Collaborative effort to establish best practices and standards for AI systems

• Focus likely includes data protection, model security, and ethical AI deployment

Why It Matters: This unprecedented collaboration among AI leaders could set industry-wide standards for AI security, potentially influencing future regulations and public trust in AI technologies.

OPENAI

🤖 OpenAI introduces GPT-4o mini

OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, the most “capable, smaller and cost-efficient model” of GPT-4o available to use from today. The launch is aimed at expanding AI accessibility for developers and businesses.

The Details 📊

• Priced at 15 cents per million input tokens and 60 cents per million output tokens

• Over 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo and 2x faster than GPT-4o and GPT-3.5 Turbo..

• Scores 82% on the MMLU benchmark, outperforming Google's Gemini Flash (77.%) and Anthropic's Claude Haiku (73.8%).

• Replaces GPT-3.5 Turbo in ChatGPT for Free, Plus, and Team users

• Supports 128K token context window and handles text and vision inputs

• Future updates planned for audio and video capabilities

Why It Matters: GPT-4o mini significantly lowers the barrier to entry for AI integrations, making advanced AI capabilities more accessible to developers and businesses. This could accelerate AI adoption across various sectors and drive innovation in AI applications.

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