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Stay ahead with the latest in Generative AI! This week, explore Meta's advancements with Llama 3.1 and the Imagine Me feature, plus groundbreaking AI innovations at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Also, discover cutting-edge tools like GPT-4o mini, Udio v1.5, and Perplexity.

THIS WEEK’S MENU:

• Top 5 AI News of the Week 📰

• Top AI Tool of the Week 🔧

• Gen AI Art Picks 👨‍🎨

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Top 5 AI News of the Week

🤝 This Week’s News…

🦙 Introducing Llama 3.1: Meta's Open Source AI On Par with ChatGPT-4

Meta has unveiled Llama 3.1, its most advanced open-source AI model to date. Trained on 15 trillion tokens, this groundbreaking release includes a 405B, 70B and 8B parameter models that rival top closed-source AI systems in capabilities and performance.

• State-of-the-Art Performance: Llama 3.1 405B outperforms GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 on some benchmarks.

• Enhanced Accessibility: The 3 new AI models feature multilingual support in 8 languages and extended context lengths of 128K tokens.

• Democratizing AI: The cost to fine-tune and deploy powerful AI models has just dropped significantly. You can get million input tokens via hosted Llama 3.1 inference API at as low as $3.

🤽 Paris 2024: AI Transforms Olympic Experience

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will feature cutting-edge AI and technology innovations. These advancements will transform multiple aspects of the Games, from operations to viewer experience.

• Enhanced Viewing Experience: AI improves broadcast quality with multi-camera replays and insightful data graphics, as well as daily AI recaps.

• Efficient Planning: Digital twinning technology enables more effective venue and resource management.

• Athlete Protection: AI-powered system monitors social media to protect athletes from online abuse.

💵 GPT-4o mini: OpenAI's Affordable AI Powerhouse

OpenAI has launched GPT-4o mini, a cost-efficient small model pushing AI accessibility. This innovative model offers high-performance capabilities at significantly reduced prices, enabling broader AI application development.

• Superior Performance: Outperforms other small models on key benchmarks, in textual intelligence and multimodal reasoning.

• Cost-Effective Solution: Priced at 15 cents per million input tokens, 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo.

• Versatile Applications: Supports text and vision inputs with future expansion to audio and video.

🎶 Udio v1.5: Unleashing Next-Gen AI Music Production

Udio's latest update, version 1.5, marks a significant milestone in AI-powered music creation. The new release combines improved audio quality with innovative features to enhance the creative process.

• Superior Sound Quality: The new version generates 48kHz-stereo tracks with improved clarity, instrument separation, and musicality, delivering a noticeable upgrade in overall audio quality.

• Advanced Creation Tools: Udio v1.5 introduces key control for better harmonic guidance, stem downloads for flexible remixing, and an innovative audio-to-audio feature that allows AI-powered reimagining of existing tracks.

• Optimized User Experience: A dedicated creation page streamlines the production workflow, while improved global language support expands Udio's accessibility. New shareable lyric videos enhance social media promotion capabilities.

🤳 Meta AI's 'Imagine Me': Selfies Get an AI Makeover

Meta AI has launched an innovative 'Imagine me' selfie feature. This new tool empowers users to create AI-generated, stylized selfies based on text prompts, marking a significant leap in personalized image creation. Available only in the U.S. currently.

• AI-Driven Selfie Generation: Users can create unique, stylized selfies using their photos and text prompts.

• Expanded Language Capabilities: Meta AI now supports more languages, increasing its global accessibility.

• Advanced Query Handling: Integration with Llama 3.1 405B enables more complex query processing.

✨ Top AI Tool of the Week ✨

🔬 Perplexity: Your AI-Powered Research Partner

Perplexity is an AI search engine that revolutionizes information discovery. It uses advanced AI to provide accessible, conversational, and verifiable answers to any question.

• Comprehensive Answers: Delivers single, comprehensive responses summarizing relevant information.

• Real-Time Information: Pulls data from the internet at the moment of inquiry for up-to-date results.

• Dual Search Modes: Offers Quick Search for immediate responses and Pro Search for in-depth answers.

Try out Perplexity for your research now. Free tier includes 5 free Pro searches per day.

GenAI Art Picks: Your Weekly Dose of AI Inspiration

We’re back with our top AI art picks this week to get you inspired to create your own AI masterpieces. 🖼️✨

Isn't it incredible that these stunning images were entirely AI-generated? Believe it or not, every single pixel was crafted by a machine!

That's it for this week's AI tips & news! Hope you found some gems to spark your curiosity and imagination. Stay tuned for more AI news and tips next week. Keep exploring and stay awesome in the world of AI!

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