Digital Drift | AI, Apple Patents, AI Again, NVIDIA, Microsoft
The fifth month of 2024 has ended and brought us closer to the middle of the year. During this period, the world faced new challenges (such as the events in Taiwan).
But there is positive news, too.
For instance, another technological progress of techno giants and bold decisions of corporations.
Today, you will learn about the following global events:
We’re also excited to share our own achievements!
Our company released new projects and launched a new service.
Read more about this in our monthly Digital Drift.
The Scandalous Release of GPT-4o
Recently, there was a lot of excitement about the new version of the "people's" bot.
Sam Altman demonstrated new capabilities of his artificial intelligence, including the most notable ones:
The key focus of the presentation was on five new AI voices.
One of them, Sky, closely mimicked Scarlett Johansson’s voice.?
The celebrity reacted predictably: she released a petition condemning Altman!
Here’s a bit more detail. Sam offered the actress (due to her role in the movie "Her") to become one of the voices of the bot.
She refused.
After Johansson's rejection, OpenAI opened job vacancies for voice actors. They received over 400 applications and selected 14 candidates to provide their voices for the bot.
As the OpenAI team notes, the actress who voiced Sky has a voice very similar to Johansson's. The company also apologized to Johansson and removed Sky from the new release version.?
Microsoft Build 2024 Conference
News from Microsoft always arouses the public interest. But the corporation exceeded all expectations this year.
Yes, thanks to AI again.?
The main event that overshadowed the rest of the announcements was Sam Altman's appearance on the stage (yes, the one from OpenAI).
Does this indicate a deepening of cooperation between these market leaders? We will find out soon enough. ??
Let’s move on to other news.
The world-famous Copilot bot has been updated, receiving many functional improvements and closer integration with Microsoft 365 and Teams.?
New products, such as Surface Pro, Surface Laptop, and analogs from third-party manufacturers, were also presented.?
The latest equipment will support Copilot at the hardware level, which will bring the experience of interaction with artificial intelligence to a fundamentally new level.
SLM Phi-3-vision also received its share of attention, with its advantages best demonstrated on mobile devices and interaction algorithms.?
Lastly, there was a focus on the new SDK from Snapdragon and the integration of the standard Microsoft File Explorer with Git, which aims to improve the development experience and make access to repositories more convenient.?
Apple Patents We've Earned
Apple also shined in May. The company has registered more than 50 patents covering both the technology and hardware capabilities of the devices.
Among the most interesting, we can note:
No one gets surprised with a folding smartphone or an accessory tray built into the device body.
However, we know Apple is a company that creates magic, so we expect solutions that will turn the industry upside down once again.
Google is Investing in AI and ADS?
The experiments of this techno giant are usually world-famous and sometimes turn into memes.
This year, we have already seen a failure in the ranking of search results, which led to the collapse of the marketing market (albeit in the short term).
This time, the company has presented a new solution that will fundamentally change the advertising industry in search aggregators.
Google is testing the potential of integrating AI into the system.?
The first attempts to add a smart assistant turned into memes.
The AI recommended using organic glue to hold the cheese on the pizza (this idea, as it turned out, was inspired by a comment on Reddit). In another case — AI recommended jumping off a bridge to cope with depression ??
Sure, AI will potentially be effective in ads, but it is not yet clear how the new system will be implemented.
There is an expectation that Google will use AI to generate service and product recommendations based on the query, its context, and a range of user data.?
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We look forward to seeing the results of the first tests to assess the capabilities of the updated platform more objectively.
NVIDIA Leads Again
The company has never been unprofitable, but this year it surpassed its previous achievements.
So, on May 22, the brand's share price crossed the $1,000 mark and added about $220 billion to Nvidia's capitalization. The company's value immediately increased to $2.5 trillion (Apple, for example, is valued at $2.91 trillion).
Yes, NVIDIA still cannot provide Linux users with quality drivers, but it is a leader among hardware suppliers, both for gamers and mega-corporations.
In the last quarter, the company sold chips for data centers (the main buyers are Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Google) for more than $22.6 billion, while revenue from gaming chips amounted to about $2.6 billion.?
That's all about the latest news of world importance for today.
Next, you will learn about...
The Recent Achievements of the AdvantISS Company
We will talk about:
New Projects on Behance
This month turned out to be productive for our team.
We implemented three large-scale projects, the details of which we will share later.?
CRM for a B2B Law Firm
Within 5 months of development, we created an MVP with the following key features:
The project was successful and has already entered the modernization stage. You can find out the details on this page.
A Comprehensive Solution for an Insurance Company
It took us about 12 months to develop a custom software solution. During this time, we implemented:
Want to know details? Visit the project’s page to learn more!
AI-powered Platform for the Art Market
During 9 months of work on the project, we built a full-fledged system that makes life easier for art critics and their clients. The platform allows our client to:
Need additional information about the project? You can find it on this page.
IT Consulting Services
It finally happened!
The AdvantISS team launched a new service for all types of business.
It includes such processes as:
Learn more about the advantages of cooperation with AdvantISS on a IT Consulting service page!
Team's Expertise in the Spotlight
In the last 30 days, our specialists have published cycles of materials on their LinkedIn pages.
For example, Petro Samoshkin, CEO and Founder at AdvantISS, published several thematic articles related to LLM training, the integration of bots into business, and news on artificial intelligence.
Oleksandr Khudoteplyi, our COO, released a series of materials on logistics and the role of technology in it. You will learn about how modern tools can improve all processes related to organization, transportation, and accounting.
Alina Koval, Head of Business Development also published materials on artificial intelligence, news related to technology, and several studies on the labor market in the IT segment.
Maryna Kozlova, Head of Customer Success, focused on researching the impact of UI/UX on project success and delved into the role of artificial intelligence in systems for insurance providers.
The last month of spring was relatively hot for news and events, both global and local.?
Well, that concludes the digest.
See you in a month so you can learn what's new in the IT industry and beyond.
What did you like most? Share your impressions in the comments! ??