Google vs. OpenAI: The AI Toy Chest Keeps Growing

Do you remember when you were a kid and your parents were always competing for your affections? Me neither. But, that it is what it is like this week with ChatGPT and Gemini offering us wonderful new toys.

GPT-4o: Growing Pains and Pleasant Surprises

My desktop access to GPT-4o arrived yesterday morning, but initially, it felt like a half-empty stocking. Previous conversations and custom GPTs were missing, including the one I rely on to format this newsletter. Thankfully, like a surprise delivery from Santa, these features reappeared today.

On the mobile side, I'm still waiting for the promised Scarlett Johansson voice and other expressive options. For now, the voices remain monotone and robotic, lacking the nuance and interactivity I was hoping for. It seems the full range of voice features hasn't quite made it to my app yet.

Whether or not you have accessed to the new model or not, ChatGPT Voice is still a great app. See my video on: "How I Learn Using ChatGPT Voice." (Bonus: It's recorded in my awesome "She Shed.")

Gemini: A Glimpse into the Future

After yesterday's back-and-forth with Gemini about its context window size, I was delighted to receive a waitlist invitation for the elusive "2 million parameter" model. Yes, I have very important work to do – like proofreading my epic fanfic in one go. When AI can handle that, we'll know we've reached the pinnacle of technological advancement.

The AI Arms Race: What's Next?

This week has been a whirlwind of AI announcements, with both OpenAI and Google flexing their muscles. While GPT-4o boasts impressive capabilities, it still feels a bit like a work in progress, with some features yet to fully materialize. If you are a "Plus" user of ChatGPT, expect to see these features in the upcoming days. If you are a free user, it may be a few weeks. But, kudos to OpenAI to fulfilling a promise Sam Altman made in one of his speeches to always offer an awesome free model.

Meanwhile, Google's Gemini is showing promise, particularly with its expanded context window and potential for deeper integration into our workflows.

The competition between these two giants is heating up, and as users, we're the lucky beneficiaries. Whether it's GPT-4o's evolving features or Gemini's ambitious vision, the AI toy chest is overflowing with exciting possibilities. So, buckle up and enjoy the ride. The future of AI is unfolding before our eyes, and it's going to be a wild one.

Presented by Diana Wolf Torres, a freelance writer, navigating the frontier of human-AI collaboration.

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Key Terms From This Video:

• GPT-4o: OpenAI's latest and greatest language model, packed with impressive features including a more expressive, emotional model.
• Gemini: Google's answer to GPT-4, a powerful AI model designed as an integrated intelligence across the Google ecosystem.
• She Shed: The female equivalent of a man cave. She Shed: A woman's personal sanctuary, often a backyard shed or converted space, designed as a retreat for relaxation, hobbies, and creative pursuits.
• AI Arms Race: The intense competition between companies like Google and OpenAI to develop the most advanced AI technologies. It's like a high-stakes game of technological one-upmanship.
• Tokens: The smallest units of data that a language model processes. For example, the sentence "I love AI" might be tokenized as ["I", "love", "AI"] if words are the units.
• Parameters: The components of a machine learning model that are learned from the training data and are used to make predictions. Larger models, like GPT-4, have billions of parameters, enabling them to capture complex patterns in data.

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