Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor

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1. Mistral unleashes Pixtral Large and upgrades Le Chat into full-on ChatGPT competitor

Mistral, a French startup, has launched a new model, Pixtral Large, which is being upgraded to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The model, which has a 124-billion-parameter capacity, includes a 123-billion-parameter decoder and a 1-billion-parameter vision encoder, enabling it to excel in text and visual data processing.

Pixtral Large can handle up to 30 high-resolution images per input or around a 300-page book, equivalent to leading OpenAI GPT series models. The model is available for download freely on Hugging Face, but commercial use requires a separate license.

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2. ElevenLabs now offers ability to build conversational AI agents

ElevenLabs, a startup that provides AI voice cloning and a text-to-speech API, has launched the ability to build conversational AI bots. Users can now build complete conversational agents on ElevenLabs' developer platform, with customizable variables like tone of voice and response length.

The company aims to raise new funding at a valuation north of $3 billion and competes with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and specialized APIs like OpenAI's Whisper, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Speechmatics, and Gladia.

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3. Nvidia unveiled a new LLM-powered physics simulator called Omniverse

NVIDIA Blueprints are comprehensive reference workflows designed to simplify AI application development and accelerate production deployment across industries. Powered by NVIDIA AI and Omniverse libraries, SDKs, and microservices, these blueprints lay the groundwork for building custom AI solutions.

They include reference code for creating workflows, tools, and documentation for deployment and customization, along with a reference architecture detailing API definitions and microservice interoperability. By enabling rapid prototyping and reducing deployment time, these blueprints help enterprises operationalize AI-driven innovations like AI agents, digital twins, synthetic data generation, and more.

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4. Musk's concerns over Google DeepMind 'AI Dictatorship' revealed in emails from 2016 — communications released during the recent OpenAI court case

Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI has sparked tensions between co-founders Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman, and Musk. Musk expressed concerns about DeepMind's potential to create an AGI dictatorship and the possibility of a Manhattan Project for AI.

Co-founders Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever expressed skepticism about Musk's intentions and the company's structure, fearing it could allow Musk to become a dictator. Musk left OpenAI and founded xAI, while Microsoft invested billions in the company. Intel was left behind after declining to invest in OpenAI.

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5. Coca-Cola tries its hand at AI-generated ads