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Jack Shields
February 16, 2024
Happy Friday!
We’re capping off a busy week in AI with more big news from OpenAI and a huge move by the University of Pennsylvania. Let’s get straight to it.
In today’s Daily Update:
🗞️ Google introduces Gemini 1.5
🤖 OpenAI launches photorealistic text-to-video model
📸 Penn launches first Ivy League undergraduate degree in AI
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
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TOP STORY
🗞️ Google introduces Gemini 1.5
Source: Google
Google just announced Gemini 1.5, a language model that achieves comparable quality to Gemini 1.0 Ultra while using less computational power.
The details:
Google is releasing Gemini 1.5 Pro for early testing.
Gemini 1.5 can process up to an hour of video, 11 hours of audio, 30,000 lines of code or over 700,000 words at one time.
1.5 Pro features improved understanding and reasoning across modalities (video, text, etc.).
The model outperforms 1.0 Pro on 87% of benchmarks and rivals 1.0 Ultra, which is currently Google’s most capable model.
Why it matters: Gemini 1.5 boasts the largest context window among the world’s leading AI models. This significantly enhances Gemini’s ability to work with long documents and perform complex tasks like coding, legal analysis and reasoning.
AI TOOL OF THE DAY
🤖 OpenAI launches photorealistic text-to-video model
OpenAI has introduced Sora, a text-to-video model that seemingly achieves photorealistic quality.
What you should know:
Sora can generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to user prompts.
The model became available to red teamers to assess critical areas for harms or risks.
Sora can create complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion and accurate details of the subject and background.
The model has a deep understanding of language and how things exist in the physical world.
Why it matters: 2024 was set to be a big year for AI video generation, and OpenAI has delivered. Check out the sample videos above to see how powerful Sora is.
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT
📸 Penn launches first Ivy League undergraduate degree in AI
DALL-E 3
The University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science announced the launch of a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree.
Key points:
Penn is the first Ivy League university to offer an AI undergraduate engineering program.
The curriculum offers high-level coursework in topics like machine learning, computing algorithms, data analytics and advanced robotics.
Associate Dean Robert Ghrist says Penn is training students for jobs that don’t exist yet in fields that may be completely revolutionized by AI.
The new B.S.E in Artificial Intelligence program will begin in fall 2024.
Why it matters: Penn expects the rise of generative AI to transform virtually every aspect of life. The launch of this undergraduate degree signifies that AI will become a permanent component of education.
MORE TRENDING NEWS
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
DALL-E 3
Amazon partners with the NFL to build a “digital athlete” to improve player safety.
Major tech companies sign voluntary pact to combat AI election threats.
Google announces free AI tools to help boost cybersecurity.
The University of Michigan faces backlash for allegedly selling student data to train LLMs.
THAT’S ALL FOR THIS WEEK