Top stories today:

1. Google announces faster Gemini 1.5 Flash, no Ultra news
2. Ilya Sutskever resigns as OpenAI’s Chief Scientist
3. TikTok creators sue U.S. government over potential ban
4. CPI, core CPI expected to continue above target, out at 8:30 AM ET

0. Data and calendar

1. Google announces faster Gemini 1.5 Flash, Pro with 2M context window, but no news on Ultra

Google quietly revised down their MMLU estimate for Gemini Ultra from 90% to 83%

Google now lags behind OpenAI and Anthropic, with Meta’s open models also representing a big threat:

• Gemini Ultra still unreleased to the public.

• Before (90%), today (83%).

Google announced their text-to-video Veo model, that generates 1-minute 1080p videos

• Unclear how it compares to OpenAI’s Sora, which is also announced but unreleased.

Gemini in Workspace is being updated, now with a side panel experience

• Assistant features in Gmail and Docs.

• Gradual roll-out starting now.

Other news from Google I/O

• A Gemma 2 27B model is coming out in June, but it’s unclear how it compares to other small models like Phi 3 or Llama 3.

• Android is getting many new AI features, including its built-in AI model, Gemini Nano.

• Chrome is also getting Gemini Nano.

• The new Trillium AI chip is claimed to be 5x faster than its prior version.

• Project IDX, Google’s AI-centric IDE, is now in open beta.

• Music AI Sandbox, music-making tool that makes loops from prompts, unveiled.

• New Web filter in Google Search only show links, going back to the pre-2007 search days.

3. Ilya Sutskever resigns as OpenAI’s Chief Scientist