🗺️ A Guide to master Google Gemini Extensions
Plus: AI PCs to take over by 2027 and The Challenge of Teaching Computers How to Talk.
Greetings Everyone,
We have been playing with Google Gemini and created a quick guide to master Gemini extensions. Also, we share how the PC business is changing as well as how challenging it is to teach computers how to talk.
Let’s dive in…
Google Gemini's Extensions are Amazing, check this Time-Saving Guide
AI PC’s to take over by 2027
The Challenge of teaching Computers How to Talk.
Our Sections:
❓Quiz of the Day
📰 News and Trends
💰 Follow the Money
🧰 AI Tools of the Day (Interior/Exterior Design)
❓Quiz of the Day
What does 'IoT' stand for?
A) Internet of Things
B) Integration of Technology
C) Intelligence on Tech
D) Internal Online Transfer
Please give us your answer in the comments below.
The correct answer will be given in the next newsletter - Last Week’s Quiz correct answer: “C”
📰 AI News and Trends
Pakistan’s President AI-generated victory speech from jail Shows AI’s Peril and Promise (NYT)
Nvidia, who controls 80% of the chip market, pursues $30 billion custom chip opportunity with a new unit (Reuters)
OpenAI Hits $2 Billion Revenue Milestone (USNews)
Amazon is starting to remove AI Books (DailyMail)
Walmart, Delta, Chevron, and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages (CNBC)
How AI is transforming the business of advertising (FT)
🌐 Other Tech news
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco (TheVerge)
Google and Meta are on track to once again claim nearly half of all digital ads revenue. (Yahoo)
$10 Billion was lost to scams in 2023, a new record (FTC)
Peter Thiel's 'Olympics on steroids' says it's considering letting athletes compete wearing Apple's Vision Pro (BI)
Google Gemini's Extensions are Amazing and A Time-Saving Guide
Over the weekend, I delved into Google Gemini, discovering valuable hacks that streamline tasks, even on the free version. I aim to share these insights through a series, focusing today on leveraging Gemini's Extension capabilities.
Here's how to get started:
Enable Extensions in Google Gemini by navigating to the Gemini Extensions section and activating them.
Initiate a new chat and press “@” to access a drop-down menu. This allows you to select and interact with various Google extensions directly.
4. I selected email to showcase the versatility of Google Gemini, with plans to cover Google Maps and Google Drive in future examples. I utilized a burner Google account, though I might consider using my own as I grow more accustomed to Gemini's features. My prompt: a summary of today's emails from a specified inbox. The outcome was impressively efficient, highlighting Gemini's potential to streamline daily tasks. Stay tuned for more insights on integrating Google's powerful tools with Gemini.
I tested the Google Maps extension and was pleased with the efficiency it offered. Have been searching for an ENT specialist and this task was simplified to a mere prompt. This was a time saver.
I will delve deeper into Gemini's capabilities, uncovering more hacks that promise significant time savings and enhanced efficiency for G-suite users.
AI PC’s to take over by 2027
AI PCs will be nearly 60% of the PC market by 2027. The demand for AI applications is rapidly changing the computing landscape and companies are getting ready to fill these new demands. Traditional PCs are designed for general computing tasks, including word processing, internet browsing, and media consumption, with performance primarily determined by hardware components like the CPU, GPU, and RAM. AI PCs are specifically engineered to handle artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads efficiently and locally. They often incorporate specialized hardware, such as AI accelerators, that can process AI algorithms faster and more energy-efficiently than conventional hardware.
Differences between a PC and an AI PC:
Hardware Specialization: AI PCs integrate AI accelerators (like TPUs, FPGAs) for faster, more efficient AI computations.
Software Optimization: They come with AI-focused software, enhancing performance for AI tasks.
Energy Efficiency: AI hardware operates more efficiently on AI workloads, reducing power consumption.
Impact on the Computing Landscape:
Widespread AI Adoption: AI PCs lower the barrier for utilizing AI, making it accessible to more users and industries.
Innovation Boost: The efficiency of AI PCs accelerates the development and application of new AI technologies.
Workflow Transformation: AI PCs will revolutionize professional and creative workflows by automating tasks and analyzing data.
In essence, AI PCs tailor computing to the demands of AI applications, promising to make AI more accessible, spur innovation, and transform how we work and interact with technology.
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The Challenge of teaching Computers How to Talk.
Teaching Computers to Speak: “The Prosody Problem" explores the challenge of imbuing AI with the ability to replicate human-like speech nuances, known as prosody. Despite advancements in speech synthesis, machines still fall short of the complex, expressive capabilities humans possess. Prosody encompasses the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech, conveying emotions, intentions, and subtleties beyond the literal meaning of words.
Current AI struggles to accurately mimic these prosodic features, which are essential for truly natural and effective communication. The need for further research and development in this area, emphasizes that speech synthesis must evolve beyond mere word generation to include the dynamic, context-sensitive generation of prosody to achieve genuinely lifelike, communicative AI.
💰 Follow The Money
$5.83M raised by Myrspoven, a Sweden-based AI software company operating within building optimization.
$40M obtained by Xensam, another Sweden-based technology provider of AI-powered software assessment management solutions.
$21M snatched by Daedalus, Germany-based technology company building factories using AI.
📰 Publications I am currently reading and recommending:
TubeFilter - Get all Creator Economy News in one email.
1-Minute Question - Based on Neuroscience Science Practices to rewire your brain for success.
How Brands Win - Distills the strategies behind great brands. And gives you actionable insights for your business.
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Interior/Exterior Design
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So the Gemini guidance is for Gemini Advanced on a desktop / web app, is that right? I mostly ask because Google's naming convention for Gemini - with Ultra, Pro, and Nano (which might now have been killed off) is a little awkward/weird.