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👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
Die AInauten
February 15, 2025
👀 Weekly AI news: Did you miss it?!
👨🚀 The most important AI updates at a glance
AIHOY and happy weekend, dear AInauts!
Maybe you didn't catch all the exciting news, tools and hacks about AI last week, or maybe you've just joined us. No need to worry!
We have summarized our highlights of the past week for you:
Finally, there is the most important quick news for you - so you can keep an eye on all relevant developments with just one click! Ready? Let's go!
If you want to take your AI workflows to the next level, you'll love the new ChatGPT Tasks feature! With the clever WHAT+WHEN scheme, it adds real value to the way we work with AI assistants.
We have created prompts for some cool use cases:
Smart to-do lists with Pomodoro integration
AI-powered social media content automation
Personalized bedtime stories (incl. DALL-E pictures!)
AI-supported entertainment recommendations
Health tracking with accountability
And the memory feature and custom instructions make the tool even more intelligent - even if there are still a few bugs lurking here and there. But hey, this is the way to a real proactive AI assistant!
Le Chat sets new standards in terms of performance: with a breathtaking 1,000 words per second, the new AI chatbot from Mistral is around 6x faster than ChatGPT! The integration of Flux Ultra brings photorealistic image generation that puts even DALL-E 3 in the shade.
Free basic features (with a fair limit) at a glance: Lightning-fast web browsing, live news integration, file upload support and code interpreter for data analytics - and now also available as a mobile app for iOS and Android!
Who hasn't experienced it - as soon as a new AI tool appears, we have to try it out immediately! Purely out of "professional interest", of course 😉. This "shiny object syndrome" drives us all forward - but hey, that's how we keep our finger on the pulse!
How to bring your team into the AI future? In three practical steps:
Process log: documents time-consuming tasks
Problem mapping: Identifies optimization potential
Smart prioritization: Evaluates time savings vs. effort
Pro tip: Exchange ideas with other companies in AI mastermind groups. The networking effect is priceless! (... and if you're interested, let us know).
With this productivity hack, you can analyze thousands of websites in no time at all: Combine the SimilarWeb API with Google Sheets and let AI write the code. You get all the important details in a flash - from visitor numbers to traffic sources. Ready-to-use template included!
Europe wants to catch up with the US when it comes to AI:
France: €109 billion
EU companies: €150 billion
EU funding: €50 billion
Meanwhile, in Silicon Valley: Elon Musk offers $97.4 billion for OpenAI - to which Sam Altman coolly counters with a $9.74 billion Twitter offer. Tech drama at its finest!
📰 AI news quickie: HAI-lights from the industry
Slowing down? But certainly not in this AI circus! Here are the most important updates. And btw, we love OpenAI's Super Bowl ad!
OpenAI in the media
Sam presents the new GPT 4.5 and 5 roadmap - the model picker will be history soon, and there is no longer a full o3 release.
Feature updates: Deep Research is now available for ChatGPT Pro users (also in the apps), o1 and o3-mini now support file and image uploads, and o3-mini-high has 7x higher limits for Plus users (up to 50 queries/day).
ChatGPT now has over 300 million weekly active users.
A hacker offers 20 million OpenAI login details for sale on the darknet, OpenAI is investigating the allegations. You just have to change your password.
OpenAI shows impressive progress in coding: The internal model is already ranked 50th among the best coders - details here!
The model specification will be revised to better address controversial issues and allow for more user customization.
Hello Munich, OpenAI is planning to set up an office after opening its first European office in Paris in October 2024.
OpenAI's new trademark application hints at humanoid robots, smart jewelry and more. A glimpse into the future of technology?
OpenAI is looking at building data centers in 16 states as part of the Stargate project, which is investing up to $500 billion in US infrastructure.
A new study by Epoch AI shows that ChatGPT may only require 1/10 of the previously estimated energy. But OpenAI is silent on this.
Andrej Karpathy offers an in-depth analysis of LLMs like ChatGPT in his latest video, ideal for anyone who wants to understand the principle behind them.
Tools & new features to try out
Synthesia launches the coolest digital twins with Selfie Avatars! Upload a few selfies and create your inner avatar.
Supawork offers a free, AI-generated professional headshot. Get your perfect photo for job applications and social media!
This text-to-speech converter turns boring text into lively speech - over 330 voices in all languages that also convey emotion.
Explore your creativity with Playground! Design everything from logos to T-shirts to Spotify album covers - the playground for your ideas.
Invesst offers an AI-driven investment research platform with real-time tracking and automated valuation models.
GitHub Copilot now has a feature called Vision, which allows you to upload graphics, screenshots or charts and easily generate the code you need.
AI and advances in technology
Anthropic presents a new protection mechanism called Constitutional Classifiers that secures AI models from universal jailbreaks.
Cern researchers expect AI to provide new insights into particle physics that could revolutionize fundamental physics.
Scarlett Johansson calls for a ban on deepfakes after a fake AI video of her went viral.
A BBC study has found that AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini have significant issues with over 50% of their news summaries.
The FBI warns of new AI-driven phishing attacks on Gmail.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang predicts a future in which everything mobile becomes robotic. In an interview with Cleo Abrams, he outlines perceptions such as advanced chips and the revolution in deep learning architectures.
Will 2025 be the year of AI apps? The race is on.
DeepSeek is coming under fire globally: Several countries and authorities have already banned the Chinese company's AI technologies.
Meta uses AI to decode speech from the brain, which could improve communication for people with brain injuries.
AI in business and the economy
US Vice President Vance criticizes excessive AI regulation at the Paris AI Summit - while 100 researchers warn of an impending loss of control and call for stricter regulations.
Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Workday, Stripe, Placer.ai and Walmart have already announced job cuts to optimize their AI strategies and efficiency.
Anthropic launches the Economic Index - initial data shows that AI is mainly used in software development and technical writing tasks.
According to PwC, AI agents can fundamentally change the business landscape as a trained digital workforce.
AI-native companies are booming and beating the market with adaptive models that dynamically learn from customer data.
Many employees use unauthorized AI tools on the job because it's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. "Shadow AI" is booming, despite the risks.
Apple teams up with Alibaba for AI features on iPhones in China - and may be researching humanoid and non-humanoid robots.
Big Tech is planning a whopping 325 billion US dollars in investments for 2025 - an increase of 46% compared to 2024. But will AI deliver what is promised?
And Europe is getting ready to build its own AI language model with OpenEuroLLM, which aims to offer fast, multilingual solutions. The consortium comprises 20 partners and already has a budget of 37.4 million euros.
And that’s a wrap! Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Your AInauts,
Fabian & Reto
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