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Rowan Cheung

@rowancheung

Dec 13, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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Completely AI-generated news anchors are going VIRAL.

Plus, huge developments in AI from Tesla Optimus, Microsoft, ChatGPT, Anthropic, and 8 new AI tools.

Here's the rundown of everything you need to know:

'Channel 1' just revealed their new AI news anchors.

All avatars and voice in this video is AI-generated.

With AI video tech improving week over week- the line between what's real and AI-generated is only going to continue to blur.

Notably, the first ever AI TV commercial also featured in Japan...

And it looks even more realistic than the above.

Things are getting weird!

Tesla just introduced Optimus Gen-2, their most advanced humanoid robot yet.

Amongst the insanely smooth movement and sleek demo, the new Optimus has a 30% walk speed boost, and a whole lot more.

The bot is so smooth it probably dances better than 90% of humans.

AI humanoid robots are improving FAST.

Microsoft Research just released Phi-2, a powerful 2.7B parameter ‘small language model’ capable of running on a laptop or phone.

It outperforms the 7B parameter Mistral and Llama 2 models, and even surpasses Google's 3B parameter Gemini Nano 2 on some tests.

https://x.com/RobLynch99/status/1734278713762549970?s=20

A new theory dubbed the "Winter Break Hypothesis" claims that ChatGPT learned that people relax more around the holidays.

@RobLynch99 ran a test that fed GPT-4 prompts specifying different dates, finding much shorter responses in December.

https://x.com/RobLynch99/status/1734278713762549970?s=20

https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/1734676474744148115?s=20

@RobLynch99 Anthropic just announced that Claude is now accessible within Google Sheets via an extension and API access.

The feature allows users to harness Claude’s writing skills via prompts directly weaved into a spreadsheet workflow.

https://x.com/AnthropicAI/status/1734676474744148115?s=20

@RobLynch99 8 new AI tools.

All the direct links will be included in my newsletter tomorrow.

Subscribe, and you'll never miss a thing in AI ever again: therundown.ai/subscribe

https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1734794278818169131

@RobLynch99 That's it for today's news in the world of AI.

I do these rundowns daily, so follow me @rowancheung for more.

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It's OpenAI's new AI agent that autonomously takes action across the web on your behalf.

The 9 most impressive use cases I’ve tried (videos sped up):

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Veo can generate 8 second videos in up to 4K resolution (720p at launch).

The model also features:

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An animation example:

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I found several practical use cases that will benefit everyday people.

12 use cases of Project Astra/Deep Research Agents/Project Mariner (beyond the hype):

Project Astra: Google's AI agent that can 'see the world' using your phone camera

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> Coming up with interview questions based on what people are curious about across the internet.
> Conducting market research on stocks (e.g., "Why did Google stock go up today?").
> Creating a full Christmas gift plan for my mom (based on current trends and her preferences highlighted in the prompt)
> Creating an analysis and report of my health/fitness and how I can improve based on my Whoop data.

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Here's what you need to know:

OpenAI just made Canvas, the collaborative split-screen writing and coding interface available to all users.

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