🧙🏼 Desktops get Advanced Voice Mode

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The fast development of AI can surely feel spooky sometimes, don’t you think? If you echo that sentiment, I recommend Andrew Ng’s latest post in The Batch – he has some great points today on how excessive fear of AI is created and can cause real harm.

Here’s what spooking in AI today.

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1. ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode is now available on desktop

OpenAI just announced their Advanced Voice Mode (the voice functionality that’s pretty much real-time) has now arrived to the ChatGPT desktop app. It works as a floating window on your screen, so you can interact with other apps while using it. You have to upgrade to the latest version of the app to get it working.

‎ Why it matters‎ ‎ Chatting to AI while multitasking is a bit like in a spy thriller when the hero has their hacker/tech guru on the line. Tested it for a bit and really like it but – the real power from this will be when it is combined with vision + computer use-type capabilities.

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2. Microsoft opens Github Copilot to non-OpenAI models

Microsoft-owned Github is bringing onboard AI models from Anthropic and Google to its coding assistant, shifting away from its so-far exclusive partnership with OpenAI.

GPT-4o remains the default choice but, rolling out over the next weeks, developers will have multi-model choice including OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro.

Along with this announcement, Github launched a series of other updates, the coolest of which is a new product named Github Spark – an easy way to create micro-apps to bring fun ideas to life (think Claude Artifacts but with an undo-button, easier styling, and better shareability).

Other updates include for Github Copilot include multi-file editing, code reviews and Copilot autofix for security issues.

On a related note, Perplexity is now also integrated with Github Copilot. It’s convenient to use when real-time information from the web is needed, such as finding the latest documentation. After installing, it’s easy to access by tagging @perplexityai in the Copilot chat window.

‎ Why it matters‎ ‎ Did Microsoft just turn on OpenAI? The relationship between OpenAI and Microsoft has been tense lately, but this isn’t necessarily the reason Microsoft is opening up its platform. Other popular coding assistants like Cursor already have multi-model choice – different models excel at different tasks – so it might well just be a move to stay competitive.

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