🗞 ChatGPT Goes Voice, Nvidia's GPU Trends, and Perplexity's Search Acquisition

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• OpenAI Goes Voice: Launches Phone and WhatsApp Access to ChatGPT

• Nvidia's GPU Orders Show Surprising Tech Industry Shifts

• Perplexity Acquires Carbon to Boost Enterprise Search Features

• Google's New Policy: Contractors Must Review All AI Responses

• Gemini 2.0 'Experimental Advanced' Launches for Premium Users

• Microsoft Expands AI Workplace Automation with New Agent Suite

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📞 OpenAI launches voice and text access to ChatGPT through 1-800-CHATGPT and WhatsApp integration.

• U.S. users get 15 minutes of free phone access monthly via 1-800-CHATGPT (1-800-242-8478), while global users can interact through WhatsApp.

• Service aims to make AI more accessible to diverse users including seniors and those with disabilities, working on any phone including rotary phones.

• OpenAI confirms calls won't be used to train language models, using Realtime API for phone service and GPT-4o mini for WhatsApp functionality.

💻 Nvidia's AI chip orders reveal surprising shifts in tech industry purchasing patterns, according to Omdia analysis.

• Microsoft leads with estimated 485,000 Hopper GPU orders in 2024, followed by Chinese companies ByteDance (230,000) and Tencent, surpassing Meta's 224,000.

• Amazon and Google show notably smaller orders, suggesting possible shift away from Nvidia dependency as they develop in-house AI chips.

• New dynamics raise concerns about Nvidia's market position, especially with ByteDance's uncertain future due to potential US TikTok ban and rising competition from other chipmakers.

🔍 Perplexity expands its AI capabilities through acquisition of Carbon, setting the stage for enterprise search integration in early 2025.

• Carbon's RAG technology will enable Perplexity to search through work files across Notion, Google Docs, and Slack platforms.

• This is Perplexity's second acquisition after Spellwise (2023), showing strategic growth in enterprise AI search.

• OpenAI's $6.6B round investors were restricted from backing competitor Glean, highlighting heated market competition.

⚠️ Google implements controversial policy change requiring Gemini contractors to evaluate AI responses outside their expertise.

• Internal guidelines now prevent GlobalLogic contractors from skipping technical prompts beyond their knowledge, raising accuracy concerns for sensitive topics like healthcare.

• Previous policy allowed contractors to skip prompts requiring critical expertise (coding, math), but new rules only permit skipping for missing information or harmful content.

• Concerns emerge from contractors who question how non-experts can effectively evaluate technical AI responses about specialized topics like rare diseases.

🚀 Google releases Gemini 2.0 'Experimental Advanced' for paid subscribers, intensifying AI competition with OpenAI.

• New version requires $19.99/month Gemini Advanced subscription, promising enhanced capabilities in math and coding compared to the free Flash version.

• Both experimental models are still in early development with potential rate limits and glitches, though Flash version shows impressive speed and real-time tool use.

• Competition heats up as both Google and OpenAI accelerate product releases, with significant market developments expected in Q1 2025.v

🤖 Microsoft announces expansion of AI agents for workplace automation at Ignite, introducing intelligent workplace assistants.

• New self-service agent streamlines HR and IT interactions, while additional agents handle tasks like real-time meeting notes, SharePoint navigation, and automated workflows.

• Microsoft 365 Copilot receives major updates including 'Copilot Actions' for task automation, screen-shared content analysis in Teams, and enhanced Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.

• Company envisions future workplace where AI agents handle complex tasks independently, allowing employees to focus on creative and strategic work.

🖨 More news you might find interesting:

• OpenAI develops new Canvas features with React rendering and advanced text transformation capabilities.

• Salesforce transforms Slack into AI-powered workplace platform, introducing digital coworkers through major AI integration.

• New research reveals AI models can maintain original preferences despite retraining efforts, raising important considerations for AI safety.

• Nvidia launches Jetson Orin Nano Super, a powerful mini-PC targeting AI developers at $249.

• GitHub launches free version of Copilot for VS Code users, reaching milestone of 150 million developers.

• Salesforce launches Agentforce 2.0, introducing advanced AI reasoning capabilities for enterprise automation.

• Runway launches talent network to connect AI filmmaking professionals with brands and studios.

• YouTube partners with Creative Artists Agency to combat AI-generated celebrity content through enhanced protection measures.

• NERC warns AI boom could overwhelm US and Canadian power grids, with AI projected to consume 8% of US power by 2030.

• UNC and UMD researchers develop MyTimeMachine (MyTM), an AI system for realistic age transformation of faces.

• Columbia University study reveals advanced LLMs increasingly mirror human brain's language processing patterns.

• Suki launches enhanced AI assistant with Google Cloud integration to streamline clinical workflows.

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