Hugging Face competes with OpenAI’s GPT Store
Hugging Face recently introduced its open-source Hugging Chat Assistants that allow users to build and customize their own AI chatbots. This is intended to be an alternative to OpenAI's GPT Store.
According to the AI provider, Hugging Chat Assistants allows users to create an AI chatbot in just ... Read more
Google offers most powerful Gemini model in paid version of Bard, proves code
Google did manage to launch the AI model Gemini in 2023. However, the launch was not yet complete, leaving the most powerful version of the model still unavailable. That launch appears to be fast approaching, but cannot be used for free forever.
Gemini 1.0 is Google's answer to OpenAI's GPT mod... Read more
Google changes its mind and lets Gemini compete with GPT-4 immediately
Google is launching the AI model Gemini 1.0. It immediately provides the biggest upgrade to AI chatbot Bard and will roll out to various Google products in the coming months. GPT-4 gains a competitor, but the launch of Gemini also affects Microsoft Copilot.
Google presents Gemini 1.0 as "the mos... Read more
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini delayed to January 2024
The introduction of Google's new AI chatbot Gemini will be delayed until January 2024. This writes The Information. Answers to non-English prompts would not yet meet quality standards.
According to The Information, Google initially planned to launch Gemini this week. This has now been postponed ... Read more
What can Amazon’s AI chatbot Q do?
Amazon is coming out with its own AI chatbot Q. The chatbot is available almost a year after everyone was introduced to the AI chatbot ChatGPT. There are a lot of competing chatbots in the market now, but so far none of them were the product of Amazon.
Amazon Q is Amazon's answer to the many AI ... Read more
Dutch hospital now uses AI chatbot to answer patient questions, a first in Europe
The Dutch-based UMCG hospital is now answering questions from patients with the help of AI. However, it's still only medical professionals who are actually doing the talking: the AI application is mainly intended to reduce the administrative pressure on healthcare workers.
The UMCG cooperated wi... Read more
Google Bard integrates with Gmail, Docs and YouTube and speaks 40 languages
Google has now integrated its generative AI chatbot Bard with a range of its business applications. Furthermore, the AI chatbot now supports 40 languages.
With the now-released updates, users of various Google (productivity) apps, as well as the Google Flights and Hotels applications, can ask qu... Read more
ChatGPT’s water consumption is astronomical: 40 prompts demand one litre
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and Bing Chat put their companies' water consumption through the roof. University of California researcher Shaolei Rein found that a conversation of 5 to 50 prompts with a chatbot claims 500 milliliters of water.
Microsoft reported in its own 2022 Environ... Read more
ChatGPT still losing users, but comeback is in sight
ChatGPT is experiencing a drop in traffic for the third month in a row. However, the decline in August was relatively minor: usage dropped by 3.2 percent worldwide compared to July, and even a slight increase in the US. Similarweb attributes this trend to the fact that the new school year has start... Read more
Google’s AI search engine now says where it get its information from
Google is experimenting with AI search. This week Search Generative Experience (SGE) was made available through Search Labs in India and Japan, the first countries allowed to use it besides the US. From now on, it will also tell where it gets information from, something competitor Bing Chat from Mi... Read more