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Tesla reveals next-gen humanoid robot

Tesla reveals next-gen humanoid robot

PLUS: Google opens AI Studio for Gemini

Rowan Cheung
December 14, 2023

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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.

Tesla just took its humanoid robot to the next level — showcasing dramatically improved mobility, balance, and motor skills in a new demo.

And in case you were wondering — the robots are also pretty great dancers, too. Let’s dive in…

In today’s AI rundown:

Tesla's Optimus 2 upgrades
Google opens Google AI Studio
10 new AI tools to try
How to give classic art a fun twist with DALL-E
OpenAI taps Axel Springer for news in ChatGPT
Channel 1 debuts AI news broadcast in viral demo

Read time: 3 minutes

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

TESLA

🤖 Tesla's Optimus 2 upgrades

Image source: Tesla

The Rundown: Tesla just unveiled a dramatically revamped the prototype of its humanoid Optimus robot, packing major improvements to speed, dexterity and balance that bring it closer to futuristic functions.

The details:

Optimus Gen-2 sheds over 20 pounds to enhance mobility, while boosting walking pace 30% via new feet and smoothed-out movement.
Finger sensors also enable delicate object manipulation — with Optimus able to delicately handle an egg in the demo.
Upgrades like a more flexible neck, integrated electronics, and quicker hands with tactile feedback aim to replicate human advantages.
It can also dance better than most humans — with super smooth movement shown off throughout the real-time footage.

Why it matters: Elon and co. have made some seriously staggering progress with this Optimus upgrade — with humanoid robots inching closer to the multimodal, hyper-capable robots previously only imagine in movies.

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GOOGLE

✨ Google opens Google AI Studio

Image source: Google

The Rundown: Google DeepMind just rolled out two new expansions to its AI roster, making the new Gemini Pro available for developers to build via Google AI Studio, while also releasing ‘Imagen 2’ text-to-image model.

The details:

Google AI Studio enables prompting Gemini Pro with text and images to quickly build conversational agents, providing code for users to integrate into apps.
It offers generous rate limits for free, with paid plans coming — but Gemini Pro API costs come in higher than GPT 3.5.
The web-based platform acts as an onramp to Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform for commercial deployment.
Alongside the release of Google AI Studio, Google DeepMind also revealed Imagen 2: their most advanced text-to-image diffusion technology for photorealistic outputs

The relevance: Google continues to bring the heat with new advancements, integrating Gemini into its vast network and greasing the wheels for developers to continue experimenting with cutting edge AI.

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AI TRAINING

🎨 How to give classic art a fun twist with DALL-E

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Prompt: "Recreate [painting/image/meme] in [art style]"

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🤝 OpenAI taps Axel Springer for news in ChatGPT

OpenAI just announced a partnership with Axel Springer to bring real-time news content to ChatGPT, with articles from brands like Politico and Business Insider set to be included in attributions to user queries. The partnership also highlights a new revenue stream opportunities for journalism outlets.

📺 Channel 1 debuts AI news broadcast in viral demo

Channel 1’s AI-powered personalized newscast is going viral — with several extremely realistic AI anchors detailing the news during the 22-minute demo. Using human editing plus trusted reporting sources, the startup plans to launch in 2024 with between 500 and 1000 segments produced daily.