AI Daily News: Thursday December 12, 2024 - Gemini 2.0 Announced & Major ChatGPT Outage

Welcome to AI News! Brought to you by ReallyEasyAI - https://www.youtube.com/@reallyeasyai Google has announced Gemini 2.0, its most capable AI model yet, which is designed to be more “agentic,” meaning it can understand the world, think ahead, and take action. Gemini 2.0 will be integrated into Google products like Search, enabling more complex and multi-step questions, including advanced math, multimodal queries, and coding. The new model builds on the success of Gemini 1.5 and features enhanced performance, multimodal output like native image generation, and the ability to use tools like Google Search and code execution. Google is also exploring the practical applications of AI agents with prototypes like Project Astra, a universal AI assistant, and Project Mariner, which explores human-agent interaction in a web browser. These advancements are underpinned by Google’s custom AI hardware, Trillium, which is now generally available to customers. Google emphasizes its responsible approach to AI development, highlighting safety and security considerations. In contrast, OpenAI experienced a major outage with its ChatGPT, Sora, and API services due to a configuration change. OpenAI has been making a series of announcements, including the integration of ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence, the launch of Sora for video generation, and the release of ChatGPT Canvas for text and code editing. Adobe, facing competition from AI image-generating tools, reported solid financial results but provided a weak forecast, raising concerns about its ability to monetize AI effectively. Links: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/#ceo-messagehttps://developers.googleblog.com/en/the-next-chapter-of-the-gemini-era-for-developers/https://x.com/lmarena_ai/status/1866873983569891378https://x.com/officiallogank/status/1866873298027446465?s=46&t=PW8PiFwluc0tdmv2tOMdEghttps://archive.is/CQHE5https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/24318530/google-gemini-2-0-understand-rules-video-games-geniehttps://siliconangle.com/2024/12/11/google-cloud-moves-ai-focused-trillium-chips-general-availability/https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/11/24318672/google-smart-glasses-ai-geminihttps://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-12-11/google-forges-ahead-with-its-next-generation-of-ai-technology-while-fending-off-a-breakup-threathttps://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/chatgpt-and-sora-are-down/https://status.openai.com/incidents/ctrsv3lwd797https://venturebeat.com/ai/not-there-yet-sora-rollout-receives-mixed-response-from-ai-filmmakers-citing-inconsistent-results-content-restrictions/https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/12-days-of-open-ai-announcements-live-chatgpt-sora-canvashttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-working-ai-chip-broadcom-141956432.htmlhttps://archive.ph/wTsFhhttps://archive.is/aK2Erhttps://archive.is/jt2pBhttps://archive.ph/llXvKhttps://siliconangle.com/2024/12/11/adobes-weak-forecast-stokes-fears-ai-disruption-sending-stock-lower/https://archive.ph/DrzFnhttps://archive.is/JjHmOhttps://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2024/12/11/immersive-productivity-with-windows-and-meta-quest/https://venturebeat.com/ai/midjourney-is-launching-a-multiplayer-collaborative-worldbuilding-tool/https://elevenlabs.io/blog/ai-engineer-packhttps://www.aiengineerpack.com/?success=1https://www.404media.co/i-went-to-the-premiere-of-tcls-first-commercially-streaming-ai-movies/https://archive.ph/sGK5chttps://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2024/12/dod-sunsets-task-force-lima-introduces-ai-rapid-capabilities-cell/https://archive.ph/P3Ukchttps://archive.ph/fIi6Whttps://developer.nvidia.com/blog/deploying-nvidia-h200-nvl-at-scale-with-new-enterprise-reference-architecture/ Make sure to visit my main channel at https://www.youtube.com/@reallyeasyai