Data Points

Microsoft’s Phi-4 proves AI power isn’t just about size: Projects and Canvas get ChatGPT ready for work

NotebookLM gets a plus-sized update. Meta’s Motivo model marks a return to the metaverse. New synthetic data generator makes training easier. NeurIPS 2024’s sabotage controversy.

Data Points

Harvard University releases giant dataset of public-domain books: Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash beats top models on benchmarks

ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode can see as well as hear. GM drops robotaxi division in favor of AI-assisted driving. Ruliad’s new model offers transparent reasoning in a small package. Large Concept Models move on from token-based AI.

Letters

Best Practices for AI Product Management: Generative AI is making it possible to build new kinds of applications in new ways. Here are emerging best practices for AI product managers.

AI Product Management is evolving rapidly. The growth of generative AI and AI-based developer tools has created numerous opportunities to build AI applications.

The Batch Newsletter

Amazon Nova’s Competitive Price/Performance, OpenAI o1 Pro’s High Price/Performance, Google’s Game Worlds on Tap, Factual LLMs

The Batch AI News and Insights: AI Product Management is evolving rapidly. The growth of generative AI and AI-based developer tools has created numerous opportunities to build AI applications.

Machine Learning Research

Getting the Facts Right: A memory method that reduces hallucinations in LLMs

Large language models that remember more hallucinate less.

Machine Learning Research

Game Worlds on Tap: Genie 2 brings interactive 3D worlds to life

A new model improves on recent progress in generating interactive virtual worlds from still images.

Machine Learning Research

Higher Reasoning: OpenAI debuts o1 and pro mode for $200/month

OpenAI launched not only its highly anticipated o1 model but also an operating mode that enables the model to deliver higher performance — at a hefty price.

Business

Competitive Performance, Competitive Prices: Amazon introduces Nova models for text, image, and video

Amazon introduced a range of models that confront competitors head-on.

Data Points

Sora has landed (for Pro and Plus users): ElevenLabs unveils podcast tool to challenge NotebookLM

Meta’s 70-billion parameter Llama 3.3 beats 3.1 405B on some metrics. WorldLabs shows off its 3D world model. PaliGemma 2, Google’s open vision-language model. Could new AI models hide their true goals?

Data Points

Amazon’s Nova bursts onto the scene: OpenAI’s full o1 model now available in ChatGPT

HunyuanVideo vies with Sora, etc. A new record for underwater robot speed. Apple partners with Amazon for search and inference. More publishers sign on with Perplexity.

Letters

The Falling Cost of Building AI Applications: Big AI’s huge investments in foundation models enables developers to build AI applications at very low cost.

There’s a lingering misconception that building with generative AI is expensive.

The Batch Newsletter

AI Agents Spend Real Money, Breaking Jailbreaks, Mistral Goes Big and Multimodal, AI’s Growing E-Waste Problem

The Batch AI News and Insights: AI Agents Spend Real Money, Breaking Jailbreaks, Mistral Goes Big and Multimodal, AI’s Growing E-Waste Problem.