Miqu, A Pivotal Moment in Open Source AI? 💥

Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,

The French start-up Mistral AI has just confirmed the leaks about their new open source model that nears GPT-4's performance. Plus, a long-awaited feature is finally rolling out today to Pixel 8 phones.

Let's jump into it!

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

• Mistral Confirms 'Leak' of New Open Source AI Model ‘Miqu’ 💥

• Google's Pixel 8 Gets New “Circle to Search” Feature

• AI Tutorial: How to turn your ideas into videos with AI

• Trending AI Tools

• AI Image of The Day🎨: Pokemon starters

• The Latest in AI and Tech 💡

AI News

MISTRAL

Mistral Confirms 'Leak' of New Open Source AI Model ‘Miqu’ 💥

Last weekend, an anonymous user posted files for a new open-source AI model dubbed "miqu-1-70b" to code-sharing platform HuggingFace. Benchmark tests indicate this model approaches the performance of GPT-4, the current state-of-the-art in large language models.

The leaks were confirmed by the Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch today.

Mistral has reportedly continued training an updated version which has already surpassed the leaked model. This leads to speculation that their latest model may match or even beat GPT-4, which has been dominating benchmarks since its release.

If Mistral has achieved parity with GPT-4, this marks a significant milestone for open-source AI. The release of an open-source GPT-4 class model, which would presumably be functionally free to use could place pressure on OpenAI while empowering innovation.

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GOOGLE

Google's Pixel 8 Gets New “Circle to Search” Feature

Google is bringing some exciting AI capabilities to Pixel 8 devices. The new "Circle to Search" feature lets you easily search and get info on things you see in apps without leaving what you're doing.

Details:

• You can now search anything with a simple gesture — like circling, highlighting, scribbling, or tapping — without switching apps.

• The AI generates on-the-fly searches and info cards within whatever app you're using. So you can quickly get context without disrupting your workflow.

• It can be great for looking up memes and trends you see on social media. Just grab the image and add a text prompt like "why is this popular right now?"

The feature began rolling out to some Pixel 8 users yesterday, before Google's announcement. Now, it's officially available.

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AI Tutorial

Turn your ideas into videos with AI

Pixverse is an innovative AI video creation platform that offers:

• Image to Video

• Text to Video

• Enhance Videos to 4K Resolution

And is currently free to use, just follow these steps:

1. Go to http://app.pixverse.ai 

2. Sign up using your Google or Discord account

3. Go to the 'Create' section

4. Begin crafting videos using text and images

You can also choose a style and customize the aspect ratio.

5. Upscale or Retry

Once the video is generated you can upscale it or choose ‘retry’ if you are not satisfied with the results

Trending AI Tools

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Refresher AI: AI-powered tool to practice your knowledge of the books you read

OpusClip: Turn long videos into viral shorts in 1 click.

Letterly: Turn your speech into well-written text.

AIStoryBuilders: Leverage AI to continue your story or rewrite existing parts according to your instructions.

AI Image of The Day

Send your AI-generated images for a chance to get published

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