Sora - OpenAI teases an amazing new generative video model

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1. OpenAI teases an amazing new generative video model called Sora

Sora is an AI model that can create realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions. It aims to train models to understand and simulate the physical world in motion, helping people solve problems requiring real-world interaction. Sora can generate videos up to a minute long while maintaining visual quality and adherence to the user's prompt. 

Examples of Sora's work include a stylish woman walking down a Tokyo street, giant wooly mammoths in a snowy meadow, a movie trailer featuring a 30-year-old spaceman, and a drone view of waves crashing against the rugged cliffs along Big Sur's garay point beach.

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2. Google upstages itself with Gemini 1.5 AI launch, one week after Ultra 1.0

Google has upstaged itself with the launch of Gemini Pro 1.5, a new AI language model that aims to achieve comparable quality to 1.0 Ultra while using less compute. Gemini 1.5 is a new generation of long-term memory that can process up to 1 million tokens, achieving the longest context window of any large-scale foundation model yet.

The model uses a new mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, selectively activating different "experts" within a larger neural network for specific tasks based on input data.

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3. Austin resident uses AI to track homeless camps as crisis skyrockets, millions spent

Austin resident Jamie Hammonds has developed an AI interactive map to track homeless camps and communities, as the city's homeless population nearly tripled in 2023. The map vividly depicts where homeless encampments are concentrated throughout the city, providing a tool for governments and non-profits to predict patterns in the homeless communities.

The city has placed a strong focus on homelessness, with a Homelessness Response Review and the creation of a stand-alone Homeless Strategy Office. However, the city regards the AI-powered map as "unreliable" due to its incomplete data.

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4. Microsoft announces €3.2 billion investment in Germany

Microsoft has announced a €3.2 billion investment in Germany, focusing on artificial intelligence and data center infrastructure. The investment will double Microsoft's capacity in these areas.

Germany is at the forefront of technological change, with the country second in Europe in AI-based applications. Microsoft aims to help build infrastructure and fill jobs required for the German economy to continue its use of AI.

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5. Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon and Alphabet

Nvidia has surpassed Alphabet in market capitalization, making it the fourth most valuable company in the world. The chip maker's stock is now worth $1.83 trillion, beating Google's $1.82 market cap by a hair. The company is currently producing the H100 chip, which powers most LLMs in use today.

The world's largest tech companies are involved in an AI chip arms race, each hoping to create their own GPU chip to topple Nvidia's virtual monopoly. Nvidia is close to releasing a superior AI chip, the H200, with more memory capacity and bandwidth than its predecessor.

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