AI Weekly Digest #19: GPT4’s competitor with 100k tokens is finally out!

Claude, Bard, Code Interpreter, Stability Doodle and Beehiiv AI!

July 16, 2023

AI Weekly Digest #19: GPT4’s competitor with 100k tokens is finally out!

Hello, tech enthusiasts! This is Wassim Jouini and Welcome to my AI newsletter, where I bring you the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence without the unnecessary hype. You can also find me on Medium covering AI related topics.

Top AI Trends in 2023

What to remember about the past 6 months? Whether you are an illustrator, a content creator, a DJ, a game developer or a video editor, AI is coming with new tools to supercharge your skills!

  • Missed out Part 1 on the evolution of Large Language Models, the rise of open-source AI, and other key developments in the AI industry in 2023? You can find it here.

  • In Part 2, we focused on images & videos generation, voice cloning and multimodal models! You can read it here.

  • In Part 3, released next week, we'll dive into the consequences of these advancements, focusing on their impact on new emerging applications such as AI Agents, Operational AI, as well as privacy & copyright concerns.

This week, we’ll look at some exciting new developments in AI! Let’s dive into it!

This Week’s Main Headlines

Comparable to GPT4, Claude 2 can also pass the bar exam, scoring above the 90th percentile compared to college students applying to graduate school. It’s reasoning and math capabilities also seem to match GPT4! Yet it comes with one of the most anticipated LLM features, a 100k tokens context window. “Users can input up to 100K tokens in each prompt, which means that Claude can work over hundreds of pages of technical documentation or even a book”. What you need to know:

  • The chatbot is free and open in the US and UK for now

  • You can upload a file (e.g., pdf, code, etc.) and chat about it, including data analysis, or code improvements.

  • Claude 2 doesn’t offre a web browsing feature yet.

  • API access is still in beta with a restricted access ; we do know however that it will be 4-5 times cheaper than GPT4!

Google’s ChatGPT competitor is now world wide available! This comes with a recent update (July 13th 2023) including as well,

  • 40 new languages, including German, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Hindi.

  • And a new “import images” feature: add images into your conversations to unlock new scenarios. This feature is integrated with Google Lens and is initially available in English.

What is the fuss all about? Code Interpreter behaves as an Agent. It can take a file as an input (e.g., code, data, etc.) and iterate with you to reach a certain goal. For instance, if you ask it to analyze and visualize data, it will:

  • Plan the needed work

  • Execute it step by step while explaining the steps and results

  • Display the charts if required.

It’s now accessible to all ChatGPT plus users. You just need to activate it first in the settings.

“A a sketch-to-image tool that converts a simple drawing into a dynamic image, providing limitless imaging possibilities to a range of professionals and hobbyists”!

You can use for free here.

In the examples below, the black and white sketch is the input, the tree other images are generated images based on user’s prompt.

Prompt: Cute owl, ‘Origami’ Style

Prompt: Living room, ‘Comic Book’ Style

Beehiiv now offers its premium users the ability to craft their newsletters with the assistance of AI throughout every step of the process! Here are the highlighted features for now!

  • AI Writing Assistant: It can generate ideas, bring in outside information, and greatly increase writing speed. The user simply needs to describe the desired output, specify the length and tone, and the AI will generate the text.

  • AI Text enhancement: offering features such as auto-completion of sentences, spelling and grammar corrections, text length adjustment, writing simplification, and tone alteration.

  • AI Image Tool: generate images based on their descriptions and chosen styles. It can be used to create unique images to accompany text, or thumbnails for posts, all without the need for manual design work.

  • AI Translator: This tool can translate content into many popular languages with just a few clicks, allowing users to reach a wider audience in different markets.

Who knows maybe soon this newsletter will be 100% AI generated!

That’s it for today!

Have a great Sunday and may AI always be on your side!