Google dominated the generative AI news earlier in 2024. The unexpected introduction of Gemini 1.5 is covered in depth, and guest host Allen Firstenberg discusses his first-hand experience testing the model. We also cover the Gemma open-source models and Google’s latest PR misstep related to its image generation. Also on tap are discussions around Mistral, NVIDIA, Adobe, Pindrop, and a few more.

Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week 🔦

Google Goes Big on Context with Gemini 1.5 and Dips Into Open-Source with Gemma
Google Unveils Gemini 1.5 Pro LLM With Staggering 1M-Token Context Window
Google Unveils Open-Sources Gemma Generative AI Models as Lightweight Gemini Alternative
Trust is the Hidden Force Shaping the Generative AI Market and Google Keeps Squandering It

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

Mistral Introduces Two New High-Performance LLMs, and Neither Are Open-Source
Pindrop Launches Real-Time Audio Deepfake Detection Tool Pindrop Pulse
Adobe Brings Generative AI Assistant to Help Extract Information from 3 Trillion PDFs
Microsoft Introduces a New Red Teaming Toolkit for Generative AI Security and Safety Testing
Stability AI Upgrades Synthetic Media Engine to Stable Diffusion 3

Generative AI Funding Fountain and Money Gusher 💰⛲️

NVIDIA is Officially the Giant of Generative AI
Abridge Raises $150M for Automating Medical Documentation and Plans to Create Generative AI Foundation Models
Generative AI Image Editing Startup Photoroom Raises $43M

Generative AI in the World 🌎

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over contract breach
The Surprising Tactics of Deepfakes Targeting Contact Centers Today
Klarna Says the Quiet Part Out Loud - Generative AI Can Replace a Lot of Contact Center Staff

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