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Adobe Went Bombastic on AI
Ts Yotov
October 11, 2023
No fluffing - in today’s edition (11 Oct):
📰 Busy Day - Adobe has rolled out three new AI models - Firefly 2, Firefly Vector and Firefly Design Model + AI badge, and more
📚 Nerd section - Run Mistral7b Quantized for free on any computer and more
📰 Quick News 📰
👨🎨 Adobe expands its AI lineup with three advanced models including Firefly Image 2 with improved renderings, Firefly Vector—the first AI model for vector graphics, and Firefly Design offering a new text-to-template capability, all focusing on improving user experience and output quality.
+ Adobe's new AI tool, Project Res-Up, boosts the quality of low-resolution GIFs and video footage, adding a refreshing touch to old, blurry clips and even enhancing unnoticed details.
+ Adobe introduced a unique symbol to tag AI-generated content, providing details about its origin and ownership, engaging users in the process of content production.
🎙️ ElevenLabs Releases Generative AI Voice Translation and Dubbing Tool - a quite the game-changer, not only translating languages but also maintaining the unique voice of the speaker. It's a big leap towards breaking down language barriers, helping us all enjoy more content and connect with each other globally.
💿 Dropbox rolls out a new web interface aiming for simplicity and ease of use, while its AI-powered universal search feature, Dash, is now in open beta offering a comprehensive search across multiple apps and browser tabs.
🎧 AI-powered video editing startup, Captions, has launched an app for translating clips into 28 languages and adjusting lip movements accordingly. This app is available free on the App Store and allows users to translate videos of up to one minute, before exporting to social media.
💰 AMD is strengthening its stance in the AI chip market with its recent acquisition of Nod.ai. This move plays a role in the predicted growth of the AI chip market, which is expected to hit $383.7 billion by 2032.
🛍️ Klarna rolled out a feature-packed update including an AI tool, Shopping Lens, which visually identifies and offers comparison of over 10 million products from more than 50 million store offers.
💵 CCS Insight forecasts a "cold shower" for generative AI in 2024, implying that the excessive hype and immense deployment costs could create significant obstacles. This, coupled with fears of a global chip shortage, could impact AI's advancement significantly.
🏥 Virgin Pulse is embarking on a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services to enhance its health platform, using AWS's cloud capabilities, generative AI, and machine learning. The collaboration enables improved personalization and predictive analysis, improving health outcomes.
📚 Nerd section 📚
🖥️ Run Mistral7b Quantized for free on any computer - a new language model with a sizable 7.3 billion parameters, can be run free of cost on any computer, regardless of whether you have a GPU or simple CPU.
🌳 How An AI Understands Scenes: Panoptic Scene Graph Generation. The technology enables computers to comprehend and interpret scenes, reflecting a significant stride in visual understanding capabilities of AI.
👨🏾⚕️ Researchers from the University of Manchester Introduce MentalLLaMA: The First Open-Source LLM Series for Readable Mental Health Analysis with Capacity of Instruction Following
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