Generative AI is being integrated into media and marketing operations at all levels. It's used to improve client results, boost sales, and enhance product launches. This adoption shows the industry now sees generative AI as a practical business tool rather than just a novel technology.
Near Protocol has launched an alpha version of NEAR.AI Assistant, a crosschain AI tool that can create memecoins and make online purchases. It uses Near Intents technology to swap assets across multiple blockchains, with plans to expand support. The assistant's key feature is enabling AI agents to communicate and coordinate complex tasks with each other.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, experienced rapid growth after the chatbot's launch, transitioning from research to a large-scale, customer-facing organisation. The CEO discussed challenges of this rapid scaling, noting the lack of a playbook and need for quick adaptation. OpenAI's success has prompted responses from competitors like Google and Meta.
OpenAI's leadership discussed plans for ChatGPT, stating GPT-5 won't release this year but improvements are coming. They're expanding ChatGPT's context window, refining voice capabilities, enhancing image generation, and exploring autonomous AI agents. OpenAI is addressing ChatGPT's accuracy issues through reinforcement learning and grounding in trusted sources.
Facebook has made generative AI a top priority following OpenAI's public release of ChatGPT. The original summary lacked sufficient details to provide a more comprehensive analysis.
Anthropic has added a Visual PDFs feature in beta to its Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model, allowing it to analyse PDF files including text, images, and charts. It's available through paid subscriptions or API access, with some file limitations. Users can query Claude about PDF contents for tasks like analysing reports or translating text. Pro plan subscribers can enable this feature in their account settings.
AI and data experts at a tech conference stressed the importance of unstructured data for AI development. They advised companies to focus on product-market fit and start with small, targeted AI applications to solve current problems. The experts likened the current generative AI stage to the 'Angry Birds era', with transformative applications expected soon.
OpenAI won't release GPT-5 this year, focusing instead on GPT-o1 for specialised research. Future ChatGPT advancements may include task-performing 'agents' and a search interface. The company is prioritising urgent developments due to compute limitations.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated GPT-5 is unlikely to be released in 2024 due to computing constraints, though other releases are planned. OpenAI launched a new search feature in ChatGPT and is improving its video and image models. The company recently secured $6.6 billion in funding, valuing it at $157 billion.
