🤖 Gemini Revolution, Media's Tech Demise, Microsoft's AI Leap
Today’s pick
Google's AI now goes by a new name: Gemini. Google is famous for having a million similar products with confusingly different names and seemingly nothing in common. (Can I interest you in a messaging app?) But when it comes to its AI work, going forward there is only one name that matters: Gemini. By David Pierce via The Verge
𝕏: Today, Bard becomes Gemini. Available on web (http://gemini.google.com) and mobile (new app in Play Store, Google app on iOS) - starting to roll out today. AND introducing Gemini Advanced http://gemini.google.com/advanced - access to our most capable model (Ultra 1.0) - Jack Krawczyk (@JackK)
Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media. In the early 1990s, I was a reporter at the Washington Post. Having just turned 30, I was the “young” person in the newsroom, so when the digital-media start-ups appeared, I got what many reporters looked at as the short end of the beat. They had no interest in understanding the massive changes that were happening. By Kara Swisher via New York Magazine
𝕏: It begins. Bite me. - Kara Swisher (@karaswisher)
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Microsoft brings AI image generation to Copilot, adds new model Deucalion. In a startling move, Microsoft today announced a redesigned look for its Copilot AI search and chatbot experience on the web (formerly known as Bing Chat), new built-in AI image creation functionality, and a new AI model, Deucalion, that is powering one version of Copilot. By Carl Franzen via VentureBeat
𝕏: Microsoft’s next big AI push is here. After a year of Bing, Microsoft is heading to the Super Bowl with a Copilot ad. I spoke to @yusuf_i_mehdi about the year of Bing and what's next for Microsoft's AI efforts - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
What Medium's CEO has learned about technology and journalism. Amid turmoil in the media industry, online publishing platform Medium expects to post its first profit around the middle of this year. The turnaround follows an overhaul of its recommendations system to move away from promoting clickbait, instead focusing on personal experiences that don’t come from the professional creator economy. By Reed Albergotti via Semafor
𝕏: Extremely interesting, and obviously true, critique of the way in which "creator journalism" winds up favoring hustlers who are professional creators, over experts who don't spend their time thinking about gaming social media - Ben Smith (@semaforben)
I Spent A Week With Apple Vision Pro And Boy Do I Have Thoughts. Years before the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro was officially announced at WWDC 2023 last June, I made a bold prediction: The “killer app” — a piece of software or use case that can single-handedly justify the purchase of a new device — for Apple’s first face-worn computer would be a personal movie theater with the biggest virtual display ever and most immersive surround sound experience. By Raymond Wong via Inverse
𝕏: I spent the last 8 days testing Apple Vision Pro to the fullest. 7,136 words later... here is my review for the $3,500 headset/spatial computer on @inversedotcom. If you've been following me on social, you know that it's been a labor of love. - Ray Wong (@raywongy)
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