ChatGPT to Power The iPhone's AI Features 📱

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

Apple and OpenAI are in talks about using the startup's generative AI technology to power new AI features coming to the iPhone with iOS 18. Meanwhile, a new competitor to Sora, named "Vidu," has released videos that rival the technology of ChatGPT maker.

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Here's what's new today in the Horizon AI

• Apple in Talks with OpenAI to Power iOS 18 AI Features 📱

• China Unveils Vidu: A Powerful Text-to-Video Generator

• AI Tutorial: How to generate images using Leonardo AI

• AI Tools to check out

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

APPLE

Apple in Talks with OpenAI to Power iOS 18 AI Features 📱

With Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference just around the corner in June, rumors are circulating that the tech giant may leverage OpenAI's ChatGPT to power major AI features in the next generation of its mobile operating system, iOS 18.

Details:

• Bloomberg reports that Apple has intensified talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features.

• Sources claim Apple has been "seeking partners to power a chatbot-like feature akin to OpenAI's ChatGPT."

• Apple was first said to have spoken to OpenAI a couple of months back, but no details about a collaboration have emerged yet.

• The tech giant is expected to heavily focus on AI capabilities in iOS 18.

While Apple remains tight-lipped about its plans, the company will likely unveil its AI strategy and potential partnerships during the upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference in June.

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TOGETHER AURA HEALTH

Two Forbes 30U30 Founders Transforming Mental Wellness

Forbes 30 Under 30 winners founded Aura to solve the $100B problem - mental wellbeing. 

Aura has quickly grown to 8 million users & 100k+ paying subscribers, and attracted investments from legendary Silicon Valley VCs & executives from Spotify, Facebook, and Apple. 

The best part? You can invest now before the opportunity ends in a few days.

SHENGSHU TECHNOLOGY

China Unveils Vidu: A Powerful Text-to-Video Generator

China has unveiled a new text-to-video generator called Vidu, developed by Shengshu Technology and Tsinghua University. The announcement was made at the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum in Beijing.

Details:

• Vidu can generate 16-second video clips at 1080p resolution with a single click.

• It uses a Universal Vision Transformer (U-ViT) architecture to simulate the real physical world with multi-camera view generation.

• According to the company, Vidu creates videos with complex scenes, realistic lighting, shadows, and detailed facial expressions. It also showcases a rich imagination, generating surreal content with depth and complexity.

• A side-by-side comparison with OpenAI's Sora reveals that the generated videos are not yet at Sora's level of realism. Additionally, Sora can generate continuous videos of up to one minute.

While the quality of Vidu still seems to lag behind Sora, it demonstrates China’s serious ambitions to catch up with or even surpass leading US companies in the race for generative AI models.

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AI Tutorial

How to generate images using Leonardo AI

If you're seeking an AI image generator that produces consistent results and offers an ever-expanding range of models and styles to improve the process, Leonardo is a must-try.

1. Go to the Leonardo AI website

2. Create an account for free

3. Click on ‘create a new image’

4. Write a text prompt

5. Choose your model

Leonardo provides access to various models designed for different use cases.

For instance, If you're trying to create anime images, you might want to try models such as Anime Pastel Dream.

6. Select a style

Choose what kind of overall style you’d like to apply to your image

7. Pick an element

Elements are a mix of styles and filters that allow you to add more customization to your image. You can add multiple elements, each with its own weighting, determining their impact on the final result.

8. Add a negative prompt

Toggle the negative prompt button and input any elements you wish to exclude from your final image if needed.

9. Download your image

When you're satisfied with your prompt and all the customizations, click "generate" and wait a few seconds, Leonardo AI will generate a selection of photos to choose from

Simply click on your preferred one, then hit the download button to save the image to your device.

AI Tools to check out

📱 BePresent: Duolingo for reducing screen time.

💰 PaddleBoat: Perfect your sales pitch with realistic AI roleplays.

⚡ AI Clips by Exemplary: Transform your long videos into viral short clips in seconds.

💼 Interview with AI: Use AI to get your dream job.

📝 Strut: Combines your notes, docs, and writing projects together in collaborative workspaces supported by AI.

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