Keeping up with AI – December 2nd, 2024
This week on 'Keeping up with AI'—your weekly AI news roundup—we explore groundbreaking product launches, transformative global investments, and the trends shaping the future of AI.
🚀 Product Launches & Innovations
Zoom is now an AI-first company
Zoom is changing its name from Zoom Video Communications Inc. to just Zoom Communications Inc. Read More
Alibaba launches QwQ-32 model
Alibaba launches a new model ‘QwQ-32B-Preview’ containing 32.5 billion parameters and can consider prompts up ~32,000 words in length. Read More
French startup ‘H’ launches Runner H 0.1
French startup ‘H’ announced the launch of its Artificial Superintelligence product, Runner H, a first cloud-based web agent. Read More
Hume can now control computer with voice
Voice AI company Hume connected its EVI assistant to Anthropic's Claude to allow you to control a computer with your voice. Read More
Nvidia launches a new AI audio generator
Nvidia released Fugatto, an AI system for generating music, sounds, and speech. Fugatto can create audio using text prompts or audio inputs. Read More
Youtube launches AI video background generator
Youtube users can now the use ‘Dreamscreen’ feature to turn text prompts into AI video backgrounds for Youtube Shorts. Read More
---
🌍 Global Investments & Policies
Trump considers naming an ‘AI czar’
President-elect Trump is considering naming an AI czar in the White House to coordinate federal policy and governmental use of AI. Read More
---
📈 Big moves in AI
OpenAI targets 1Billion users for 2025
OpenAI aims to reach 1 billion users by 2025 by introducing new artificial intelligence products, building large data centers, and strengthening its partnership with Apple. Read More
---
👾 Miscellaneous
OpenAI’s Sora video model was allegedly leaked.
A group of artists reportedly leaked early access to OpenAI's as-yet-unreleased text-to-video AI model Sora. Read More
---
Stay Ahead of the AI Curve
From advancements in model capabilities to global tech investments, AI continues to shape the future. Don't miss next week's roundup for more insights and trending news from the AI world.
Until next time, keep innovating! and Keep up with AI with our newsletter.
— The AI PMM