AI roundup #2 👩💻
In today's blog ⬇️
💻 Microsoft 365 Copilot: 'Reinventing productivity for everyone'
On March 16th, AI communities across the globe were discussing only one thing - Microsoft 365 Copilot launch. Also known as 'your copilot for work', this AI combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your data in the Microsoft Graph— your calendar, emails, chats, documents, meetings, and more.
Microsoft’s new Copilot will change Office documents forever. Microsoft has been promising AI assistants for years, and Copilot is making the dream more of a reality. I got a chance to speak to @designjon and Copilot instantly summarized our meeting: https://t.co/cEIF0sQi4g
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 17, 2023
Recent GitHub data shows that among developers who have used GitHub Copilot, 88 percent say they are more productive, 77 percent say the tool helps them spend less time searching for information, and 74 percent say they can focus their efforts on more satisfying work.
One can concentrate on the most crucial tasks and less on the busy labor thanks to Copilot's integration into the apps they already use every day.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a solution created specifically for business needs; it can boost productivity, free up creativity, and advance abilities.
Sources: Microsoft 365
📄 Generative AI on Google Cloud
The bot rivalry is heating up as Google announced a number of new generative artificial intelligence tools to attract more users.
The Alphabet-owned company said it is bringing generative AI to its Workspace suite, first to Gmail and Google Docs.
Developers and businesses can now try new APIs and products that make it easy, safe, and scalable to start building with Google’s best AI models through Google Cloud and a new prototyping environment called MakerSuite. And in Google Workspace, we’re introducing new features that help people harness the power of generative AI to create, connect and collaborate
- Thoman Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud
Google will launch new tools this month through its trusted tester programme, starting with English in the US.
With this, the power of generative AI can now be easily unlocked.
Thanks to Google Cloud, bringing with it an era of technologies that can naturally and responsibly develop, recommend, synthesize, analyze, and interact.
Sources: Google Cloud, The National News
📷 Stability for Photoshop
The Stability plugin for Photoshop allows you to generate and edit images using both Stable Diffusion and DALL•E 2, right inside Photoshop.
Installing the plugin from Adobe Exchange is easiest.
Christian Cantrell, Vice President of Product at Stability AI demonstrated how the plugin works in a video below - he mentions how the combination of Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 now makes this upgrade the 'Stability Photoshop Plugin'.
Sources: Stability.AI
👨💼 Corporate AI: companies that have adopted GPT-4
GPT-4 is the newest natural language processing model developed by OpenAI.
It’s a transformer-based neural network designed to generate human-like text. The model is trained on a dataset of billions of words and can generate text that is realistic and coherent.
We are all aware of generative AI in tools of Microsoft and Google, but even as several other firms around the world evaluate and understand the new AI model, some others have made a head start.
Stripe uses GPT-4 to parse complex sites and answer documentation questions resulting in accurate and helpful answers to users, thus improving the overall experience with the platform.
Microsoft-owned LinkedIn got early access to GPT-4, thanks to its parent company’s investments into the AI research firm.
The new features identify the most important skills and experiences that can be highlighted. They also make suggestions to help make a profile stand out.
Sources: Metaverse Post, TechCircle
🎨 Generate images 5x better with Midjourney v5
Midjourney is one of the most popular AI art generators, with the ability to create a wide range of artwork and images.
The service announced an alpha release of the v5 algorithm, which is available for testing by appending “–v 5” after an image prompt, or selecting v5 from the settings. The team announced the news on the project's official Discord channel.
According to the announcement, it provides more detailed images, and twice the image resolution of the previous version.
Starting today our community can test Midjourney V5. It has much higher image quality, more diverse outputs, wider stylistic range, support for seamless textures, wider aspect ratios, better image prompting, wider dynamic range and more. Let’s explore!
— Midjourney (@midjourney) March 15, 2023
The newest version of the popular AI image generator's neural network, Midjourney v5, can produce strikingly lifelike visuals.
The v5 model employs cutting-edge tools and a new neural architecture to generate aesthetics and designs.
Sources: GHacks.net, How-To Geek
🎮 ChatGPT for Unity
The convenience of ChatGPT can’t be understated, especially when it comes to asking questions, exploring concepts, generating ideas, and even debugging issues at times.
Introducing ChatGPT for Unity, the most well-known cross platform gaming engine, is path breaking as the integration will take the game development experience to the next level. Unity as a platform is used to created 2D & 3D games as well as interactive simulations to enhance the overall gaming experience.
With AI-assisted editing, one can now streamline the workflow and save countless hours, all while achieving the best results possible.
With this game-changing integration, one can quickly and easily perform complex tasks such as scene creation, asset import/export, and script editing.
And with ChatGPT's advanced language processing capabilities, it is assured that commands will be accurately understood and executed.
Sources: Reddit, Top Guides
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