Vendorful.ai Notes and News
Vendorful.ai Notes and News
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TLDR;
AI News
Productivity Booster
Gemini's unique benefits for Google Workspace users
What's New?
Content Source Version management
In the News
?? Microsoft’s Copilot: Now With Even More AI to Handle Your Mundane Tasks
Microsoft's Copilot AI is now letting users build their own "autonomous agents" that can handle tasks on their behalf. Announced at their AI Tour in London, this new feature is set to roll out in November. While it sounds impressive, let's hope these agents are better at their jobs than some of the humans they're replacing. With 10 new agents for Dynamics 365 and promises of enhanced AI capabilities, Microsoft is aiming to make your work life easier—assuming the bots don't take over first.
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?? Elon’s xAI API Takes Flight: Grok Beta Debuts with a Bang
Elon Musk’s xAI has finally launched its API for Grok, albeit in a somewhat skeletal form. The initial model, “grok-beta,” comes with a few user payment glitches and a steep price tag. While the API boasts of function calling and future vision models, it’s clear xAI is still in the catch-up phase with the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic. Musk’s grand vision includes leveraging data from all his ventures, from Tesla to SpaceX, but not everyone’s thrilled, with some Tesla shareholders even suing him over the resource diversion. Classic Musk, pushing boundaries and ruffling feathers as usual.
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?? Apple's AI Update: Genmoji and Visual Intelligence Join the Party
Apple's dragging out the AI party with iOS 18.2's developer beta, finally rolling out features like Genmoji, Visual Intelligence, and ChatGPT integration. iPhone 16 users can now transform their phones into question-answering machines while crafting custom emojis from their friends' faces. With promises of Image Playground and more writing tools, Apple’s AI game is still in beta—so don’t forget to back up your data, unless you're a fan of living dangerously.
Productivity Booster
Unlocking the Power of Google Gemini Advanced: Top 5 Features You Need to Know
One of the unique value propositions of Google Gemini is its tight integration with the Google productivity tools that you probably are already using every single day. But if you're like most people, you probably aren't aware of everything it can do, and just defaulting to using ChatGPT for your generative AI needs.
This video shows some of the unique features of Google Gemini Advanced including its integration with Google products like Calendar, Gmail, and Docs, allowing seamless upload and analysis of extensive files.
?Additionally, it explores how to create custom "gems" for specific tasks, utilize various extensions for email and document interactions, and enhance productivity within Google Apps by drafting responses, summarizing content, and generating images. Understanding these features can significantly improve your document management and streamline your workflow.
What's new??
Content Source Version Management
Sometimes a content library will have outdated information that you simply want to remove, like an old completed RFP or RFI. But frequently there is an updated version of a source document that you want to use to seamlessly replace the old version, while preserving a record of the original so you can audit past questionnaire responses.?
Content source version management allows you to do just that: replace an existing content source with an updated version. This simultaneously preserves the full audit trail of the content used to complete past responses while ensuring that future responses get the latest and greatest company knowledge.
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