March 2, 2024
Tech News
Microsoft is set to release Copilot for OneDrive in late April 2024, an AI tool designed to enhance file management by finding, summarizing, and extracting information from various file types. This tool will allow users to ask questions in natural language and perform tasks like creating outlines, tables, and lists from files. It will be available for work and school customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
Google DeepMind’s Genie AI can create video games from images, including computer-generated images, photographs, and simple sketches. Trained on over 200,000 hours of 2D platform games, Genie can generate complete, playable games based on the provided image. However, this AI model is still in development and not yet accessible to the public.
Waymo has been approved by the California Public Utilities Commission to operate a commercial robotaxi service in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Peninsula, and on San Francisco freeways. This approval allows Waymo to charge for rides in these areas, expanding its commercial service and potentially increasing its user base.
As ChatGPT gains popularity for content generation, alternatives like Google’s Gemini, Claude, and France’s Le Chat are emerging. Gemini offers fast and reliable generative AI services, Claude specializes in technical and scientific requests, and Le Chat shows promise in competing with market leaders. These alternatives provide options for users seeking AI-powered conversational agents without opting for ChatGPT’s paid version.
Tech Explained
AI – Artificial Intelligence refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, particularly computer systems. AI encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding.
Generative AI – Generative AI is a branch of artificial intelligence focused on creating new data instances that resemble existing data. It involves training models to generate new content, such as images, text, or video, based on patterns learned from a dataset.
Robotaxi – A Robotaxi is a self-driving taxi service that operates without a human driver. These autonomous vehicles are equipped with sensors, cameras, and AI technology to navigate roads, pick up passengers, and drop them off at their destinations without human intervention.
