Double Launch Day Drama - Apple and Huawei Vie for Smartphone Supremacy

OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Promises Thoughtful Chats in Record Time

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Ahmad Ak
11 Sep • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

Tech Insights AI 0013, Wednesday 11th September 2024

Table of Contents

1.Double Launch Day Drama-Apple and Huawei Vie for Smartphone Supremacy

In an unprecedented move Apple and Huawei have launched their latest flagship devices on the same day, setting the stage for an epic battle in the smartphone market.

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Huawei : An astounding 4.133 Million people have already enrolled in the waiting list to get hold of the device.

iPhone Review By Marques Brownlee

Huawei Mate XT Review By GizmoChina

2.OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Promises Thoughtful Chats in Record Time

OpenAI is set to debut as part of the ChatGPT service within the next two weeks, far earlier than the initially projected fall launch;

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Key Features of Strawberry

  • Thoughtful Responses 🧠: Strawberry's defining characteristic is its ability to "think" before responding, typically taking 10-20 seconds to process complex queries.

  • Text-Only Focus 📄Unlike other multimodal AI models, the initial version of Strawberry will only handle text input and output.

  • Enhanced Problem-Solving 🛠️ Strawberry is expected to excel at complex tasks, including math problems, coding, and even subjective business tasks like marketing strategy development.

  • Improved Memory🧩 The model aims to remember and incorporate information from previous conversations, though this feature is still being refined

3.AI in Education: From Skepticism to Embrace

The education sector is witnessing a significant shift in its approach to artificial intelligence. Initially met with skepticism and fear, AI tools are now being increasingly adopted by schools across the United States.

Key points

  • Catawba County Schools in North Carolina has embraced AI, with teachers using it for lesson planning, quiz generation, and creating educational chatbots.

  • The Jordan School District near Salt Lake City has partnered with SchoolAI, with over half of its 3,500 teachers using AI in classrooms.

  • MagicSchool, a venture-backed startup, has gained significant traction, boasting 2.8 million free educator accounts and about 750 school district customers.

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Reliable Apps and Competitors in the AI Education Space.

MagicSchool: A leading player offering various AI tools for educators, including chatbots and task-specific applications.

SchoolAI: Partnered with Jordan School District, providing AI tools for lesson planning, student assessments, and classroom activities.

Yourwai: Used by some high schools in Brooklyn for quick lesson plan creation..

Code.org: While primarily focused on computer science education, they're exploring AI integration in education.

AI Education Project: A non-profit focusing on AI literacy training for teachers.

Other Announcements , News and Insights

UAE Government teams up with Mastercard to launch Global AI Hub in Dubai. The partnership aims to combat financial crime and position UAE as a leader in AI-driven solutions, aligning with the country's Vision 2031

Abu Dhabi's AI sector booms with over 400 companies registered by Q2 2024. One AI company established every two days in H1 2024, marking a 41.3% growth compared to the previous year

Aramco Digital and Groq unveil Norous, a revolutionary AI model set to transform workspaces with hands-free computing. The partnership aims to make Saudi Arabia a global AI powerhouse, with plans to build the world's largest AI inferencing data center and deliver 25 million tokens by Q1 2025

Latest Github Projects📂

Claude Engineer is an interactive command-line interface (CLI) that leverages the power of Anthropic's Claude-3.5-Sonnet model to assist with software development tasks. This tool combines the capabilities of a large language model with practical file system operations and web search functionality.

Character Gen CharacterGen: Efficient 3D Character Generation from Single Images with Multi-View Pose Calibration

 Dough is a open source tool for steering AI animations with precision.

Latest AI Tools 🛠️

Devika is an Agentic AI Software Engineer that can understand high-level human instructions, break them down into steps, research relevant information, and write code to achieve the given objective. Devika aims to be a competitive open-source alternative to Devin by Cognition AI.

Multion AI Agent API Build and embed AI agents that get things done for your users by completing tasks on the web.