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OpenAI Announces 12 Days of 'Shipmas' with New Launches and Demos Every Day 🎅
How to use Perplexity's AI-powered shopping feature
Gina Acosta
December 05, 2024
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Welcome to another edition of Horizon AI,
OpenAI's '12 Days of Shipmas' will reveal new AI releases and demos over two weeks, starting later today.
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OpenAI Plans 12 Days of 'Shipmas' 🎅
Google DeepMind's Genie 2 Transforms Images into Immersive, Playable 3D Worlds
AI Tutorial: How to use Perplexity's AI-powered shopping feature
AI Tools to check out
The Latest in AI and Tech 💡
AI Findings/Resources
AI News
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OpenAI Plans 12 Days of 'Shipmas' 🎅
OpenAI has officially announced its “12 Days of OpenAI” event, a two-week initiative where the company will unveil a new product or feature every weekday.
Details:
According to sources familiar with OpenAI’s plans, the announcements will include Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video AI tool, and a new reasoning model.
Sam Altman described the event as a mix of major launches and some “stocking stuffers,” with each weekday reveal accompanied by a livestream showcasing the new product or feature.
One of the announcements is also rumoured to include a Santa-like voice for ChatGPT with some users saying that the company is also planning to replace the voice mode button with a snowflake.
The long-awaited launch of Sora comes after the model was leaked just last week, amid growing competition from rivals like Google’s Veo, Runway Gen-3, and others in the AI video generation space.
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Google DeepMind's Genie 2 Transforms Images into Immersive, Playable 3D Worlds
DeepMind has revealed Genie 2, a new world model capable of transforming a single image into a fully interactive 3D environment that users can explore for up to one minute.
Details:
The 3D environments are in 720p resolution, and users can explore these spaces with a keyboard and mouse, in both first- and third-person perspectives.
The system simulates core physics like gravity, collisions, and water movement, along with dynamic lighting, reflections, and smoke effects.
Genie 2’s spatial memory preserves areas not visible to the user, keeping environments consistent when players return to previous locations, solving a common issue in earlier 3D generators.
Genie 2 has the potential to help developers create unique, playable experiences quickly, saving time and costs. It could be especially useful for indie devs by allowing them to focus on gameplay rather than environment building.
AI Tutorial
How to use Perplexity's AI-powered shopping feature
*Note: The feature is available for users in the US right now, but will be expanding to other countries soon.
Go to Perplexity's website and sign in.
Write your prompt. Make sure ‘Pro Search’ is turned on.
The prompt could be something simple like “I want shoes for a ski trip” or a request for a list, such as “I want to build my own indoor library. Help me find everything I need to buy.”
You’ll receive detailed recommendations. If you find what you’re looking for, press the ‘Buy with Pro’ button.
Perplexity claims its product recommendations aren’t sponsored, are unbiased, and are tailored to your search by AI.
AI Tools to check out
✨ Magic Patterns: Prototype your product ideas with AI.
⚡ Coval: Helps developers build reliable voice and chat agents faster with seamless simulation and evals.
✍ Design Buddy: AI-powered assistant that reviews designs, guides you through improvements, and boosts your design confidence.
🔍 Plot: AI-powered video analysis and streamlined workflows that help brands uncover insights, understand their audience, and manage content effortlessly.
🧙 Magicroll: Create viral shorts in 1 click using B-roll, Motion Graphics.
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Raiza Martin, former team lead, designer Jason Spielman, and engineer Stephen Hughes have left to start a new startup. The startup is currently in full stealth mode, with its website offering no details about its purpose or name.
The partnership will focus on integrating advanced AI models into defence systems to counter aerial threats.
Luma AI introduced Ray 2, a new video model that generates videos from text or image prompts in 10 seconds. The startup also announced a partnership with Amazon, integrating its advanced creative intelligence models into Amazon Bedrock.
OpenAI has hired Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov, and Xiaohua Zhai from Google DeepMind for its Zurich office. The trio will focus on advancing multimodal AI.
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