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- Google announces faster Gemini 1.5 Flash, no Ultra news
- Ilya Sutskever resigns as OpenAIās Chief Scientist
- TikTok creators sue U.S. government over potential ban
- CPI, core CPI expected to continue above target, out at 8:30 AM ET
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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 Metaās open models also representing a big threat:
Gemini Ultra still unreleased to the public.
Google announced their text-to-video Veo model, that generates 1-minute 1080p videos
Unclear how it compares to OpenAIās 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 itās 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, Googleās 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.
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