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🤖 Google’s Gemini Pro beats GPT-4
📱 iOS 18 could be the ‘biggest’ software update in iPhone history
🚫 Amazon abandons $1.4 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot
🚨 Nvidia's tech rivals are racing to cut their dependence
📲 Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and different
🎁 + 7 other news you might like
🔮 + 2 handpicked research papers and tools
🤖 Google’s Gemini Pro beats GPT-4LINK
Google's Gemini Pro has surpassed OpenAI's GPT-4 on the HuggingFace Chat Bot Arena Leaderboard, securing the second position. Gemini Pro is only the middle tier of Google’s planned models, with the top-tier Ultra expected to be released sometime soon. Competition is heating up with Meta's upcoming Llama 3, which is speculated to outperform GPT-4.
📱 iOS 18 could be the ‘biggest’ software update in iPhone historyLINK
iOS 18 is predicted to be one of the most significant updates in iPhone history, with Apple planning major new AI-driven features and designs.
Apple is investing over $1 billion annually in AI development, aiming for an extensive overhaul of features like Siri, Messages, and Apple Music with AI improvements in 2024.
The update will introduce RCS messaging support, enhancing messaging between iPhones and Android devices by providing features like read receipts and higher-resolution media sharing.
🚫 Amazon abandons $1.4 billion deal to buy Roomba maker iRobotLINK
Amazon's planned $1.4 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot has been canceled due to lack of regulatory approval in the European Union, leading Amazon to pay a $94 million termination fee to iRobot.
iRobot announced a restructuring plan that includes laying off about 350 employees, which is roughly 31 percent of its workforce, and a shift in leadership with Glen Weinstein serving as interim CEO.
The European Commission's concerns over potential restrictions on competition in the robot vacuum cleaner market led to the deal's termination, emphasizing fears that Amazon could limit the visibility of competing products.
🚨 Nvidia's tech rivals are racing to cut their dependenceLINK
Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are developing their own AI chips to reduce dependence on Nvidia, which dominates the AI chip market and accounts for more than 70% of sales. These tech giants are investing heavily in AI chip development to control costs, avoid shortages, and potentially sell access to their chips through their cloud services, while balancing their competition and partnership with Nvidia. Nvidia sold 2.5 million chips last year, and its sales increased by 206% over the past year, adding about a trillion dollars in market value.
📲 Arc Search combines browser, search engine, and AI into something new and differentLINK
Arc Search, developed by The Browser Company, unveiled an iOS app that combines browsing, searching, and AI to deliver comprehensive web page summaries based on user queries. The app represents a shift towards integrating browser functionality with AI capabilities, offering features like 'Browse for me' that automatically gathers and presents information from across the web. While still in development, Arc Search aims to redefine web browsing by compiling websites into single, informative pages.
Other news you might like
Canon plans to take on ASML, to launch new 'stamping' machine to disrupt chipmaking.LINK
X pauses Taylor Swift searches as deepfake explicit images spread.LINK
Rivian gets another Apple Car veteran ahead of R2 launch.LINK
Elon Musk’s uphill battle to win greater control of Tesla.LINK
New study shows robots speaking local dialects tend to gain more trust.LINK
Anthropic confirms it suffered a data leak — AI wunderkid says human error behind customer info breach.LINK
Zoom meetings are about to get weirder thanks to the Vision Pro.LINK
Latest research and tools
Librarian: a tool that enhances bookmark search with the power of semantic analysis using transformers.LINK
WhisperFusion: an innovative tool for real-time, ultra-low latency conversations with an AI chatbot.LINK
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