OpenAI Shakes Up Generative AI Landscape with GPT-4o Launch


OpenAI's unveiling of GPT-4o, a multimodal AI model, marks a significant leap in generative AI. This powerful tool can process and generate text, audio, and visuals, pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction. The news sparks a fire in the AI race, with Google and Microsoft showcasing their own advancements. With ethical considerations in mind, this digest explores the future of search, data management, and how AI co-workers may transform the way we work.

Hello GPT-4o
GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”) is a step towards much more natural human-computer interaction—it accepts as input any combination of text, audio, and image and generates any combination of text, audio, and image outputs. It can respond to audio inputs in as little as 232 milliseconds, with an average of 320 milliseconds, which is similar to human response...
Two GPT-4os interacting and singing
Say hello to GPT-4o, our new flagship model which can reason across audio, vision, and text in real time. Learn more here: https://www.openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/
6 ways OpenAI just supercharged ChatGPT for free users
Dubbed GPT-4o, the upgraded LLM boasts faster performance, multimodal capabilities, a new Voice Mode, and more.
OpenAI announces GPT-4o, a multimodal voice assistant that's free for all ChatGPT users
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4o, a new AI model that combines text, vision, and audio. At its highly anticipated livestream event, OpenAI CTO Mira Murati shared that GPT-4o can process text, audio, and vision in one model. GPT-4o will be available for free to all ChatGPT users. It is also available in the API, and is half the price and twice as fast as GPT...
OpenAI introduces GPT-4o and a new public image as your BFF
The plinky-plunky music in the lead-up to the OpenAI livestream announcing GPT-4o and a desktop app was both anxiety-inducing and placating, complete with the sounds of raindrops and a ticking clock. It's an apt representation of the dichotomy between what OpenAI does and how it presents itself to the world. And, from the choice of presenters to the...
Generative AI is Doomed
Eric Goldman, SSRN, May 15, 2024 "We're experiencing an epochal shift in technology, on the order of magnitude of the Internet's commercialization," writes Eric Goldman (19 page PDF), "but this time, the regulators are intervening early, in a massive and unrelenting way." Hence the prediction in the title....
The ChatGPT desktop app is more helpful than I expected - here's why and how to try it
Among OpenAI's many big updates this week was a new ChatGPT app for MacOS. Here's how to use it and when Windows users can get in on the fun.
ChatGPT will put your data into interactive tables and charts with GPT-4o
OpenAI announced improvements to ChatGPT's data analysis feature, though not everyone can access them.
Reddit's deal with OpenAI is confirmed. Here's what it means for your posts and comments.
A few months back, reports emerged that Reddit had signed a $60 million deal with OpenAI to allow the ChatGPT creator to train its LLM using Reddit content. On Thursday, the deal was confirmed.In a blog post shared by Reddit and OpenAI the companies unveiled the details of the agreement, which essentially sees the "front page of the internet" trading...
3 overlapping themes from OpenAI and Google that prove they're at war
At Google I/O earlier this week, generative AI was unsurprisingly a major focal point. In fact, Google CEO Sundar Pichai pointed out that "AI" was said 122 times, plus two more times by Pichai as he closed out the event. The tech giant has injected AI features into seemingly all of its products and services, including Search, Workspace, and creative...
3 AI features coming to Copilot+ PCs that I wish were on my MacBook
Microsoft today unveiled everything from a new Copilot AI experience to new Surface devices. Here are all the AI features for Copilot+ PCs.
Will AI-powered search change the way we use the internet? Google CEO Sundar Pichai thinks so.
In an interview with The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai discussed AI-powered search, a major topic at the founder's recent Google I/O developer conference. At the event, Google announced a slew of new AI tools and models: Ask Photos, AI Agents, Project Astra, Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash, Nano, and AI Teammate, to...
ChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot vs. Gemini: Which is the best AI chatbot?
AI chatbots are more popular than ever, but with new updates coming out every few months, how do you determine which one is the best?
How Samsung and Arm are navigating the coming 6G data deluge
The ever-growing number of devices, coupled with AI's insatiable appetite for data, will present 6G networks with huge throughput challenges. Enter, PPP.
Everything announced at Microsoft Build 2024, including new Copilot and Edge features
Microsoft Build 2024, a major event for the Redmond-based tech giant, announced a number of new features on Tuesday, including updates to its AI chatbot Copilot, new Microsoft Teams tools, and more. The event marked yet another sign of the direction tech is headed. Everything is centered on AI these days — Google even joked about it during their recent...
Microsoft Edge will use AI to add real-time translation to videos — what this means for you
At Microsoft Build 2024, the Redmond-based tech giant revealed that the Edge browser will have a new real-time video translation feature. In other words, tapping into its AI capabilities, Edge will translate videos from one language to another. It can also deliver subtitles for users who are hard of hearing.Microsoft Edge's real-time video translation:...
Microsoft's new 'Team Copilot': 7 things this new AI co-worker can do
Announced at Microsoft Build 2024, Team Copilot can lurk inside your Microsoft Teams calls and chats, after being given access by a host, of course, to meet your needs — and your colleagues' needs, too.Recently, there has been a flurry of announcements from the biggest names in AI, including OpenAI with GPT-4o and Google I/O with a host of new updates....
Microsoft's Build 2024: 10 quick developer focused announcements you need to know about
We explore ten developer offerings from Microsoft's Build 2024, with a big focus on adding AI to your developer toolkit.
Build 2024 Future Work highlights  
Microsoft Build’s theme this year was expected: focused on Copilot & AI and how they are transforming our work scenarios now and in the future. Out of all announcements and news, I selected ones that are the most relevant to Future Work.   Microsoft Teams and Teams Premium received several enhancements that will enrich the employee experience....
What is Copilot?
"What is Copilot?" is the new question people are asking as AI interest continues to skyrocket. Funnily enough — not too long ago — people were, instead, asking, "What is ChatGPT?"I'm inclined to say that Copilot is a ChatGPT rival, but it's worth noting that, due to Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the large language models (LLM) that underpin...

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