Weekly AI #6

Welcome to our sixth newsletter. The "12 Days of OpenAI" has ended, introducing many features and the release of ChatGPT o3. In the meantime, Google has been in the spotlight with its own significant announcements.

Top 5 Tools

Animate AI - The 1st all-in-one AI video generator for animated series

UX Pilot - Superfast UX design powered by AI. Design in seconds what used to take weeks.

Monologue - Your AI-cohost for your next video/podcast

Tempo Labs - Tempo is a visual editor for React, fostering team collaboration

Veo 2 - Veo creates videos with realistic motion and high quality output, up to 4K

Top News

Google Unveils Next-Gen AI Models for Video and Image Generation - Google unveils Veo 2 and Imagen 3, two innovative AI models that significantly improve video and image generation, offering remarkable detail and creative flexibility. These developments further establish Google's position as a leader in AI innovation, transforming the creative landscape by establishing new benchmarks for quality and realism.

Shorts

Sat, Dec 21
- OpenAI offers unlimited Sora access for Plus users during holidays
- LTX Studio introduces Face Expression for character control

Fri, Dec 20
- Google Gemini Deep Research expands to 45+ languages globally
- Meta AI unveils Meta Video Seal for neural video watermarking
- OpenAI unveils o3, a significant upgrade for ChatGPT
- Google Gemini adds Spotify extension for music discovery
- ComfyUI adds native support for HunyuanVideo
- Luma AI lets you create consistent characters for holiday cards
- Google Gemini allows direct code repo uploads for advanced workflows
- Pika offers free unlimited access to Pika 2.0 until Dec 22

Thu, Dec 19
- OpenAI updates ChatGPT desktop apps for macOS and Windows
- Patronus AI unveils Glider, the smallest model outperforming GPT-4o-mini
- Krea AI adds custom trainings to Editor
- Google launches Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking for enhanced reasoning
- Apptronik partners with Google DeepMind for AI-powered humanoids
- Kling AI releases 1.6 Model with improved prompt adherence
- Genesis project unveils 4D generative physics engine for AI

Wed, Dec 18
- Perplexity raises funding at $9 billion valuation
- ElevenLabs launches Flash for 75ms speech generation
- OpenAI launches +1-(800)-CHATGPT for phone and WhatsApp access
- GitHub launches free Copilot tier for Visual Studio Code users
- Microsoft unveils SPARROW, an AI tool for biodiversity monitoring
- Xenova launches Moonshine Web for local speech recognition
- Odyssey unveils Explorer, its first generative world model
- Kling AI joins ReelMagic's multi-agent creative AI suite

Tue, Dec 17
- HeyGen launches Video Podcasts feature for PDF/URL to video
- Salesforce launches Agentforce 2.0 for digital labor
- OpenAI launches o1 model with new features via API
- Google DeepMind launches Jules, an AI-powered code agent
- Fal AI partners with Synclabs for lipsyncing model
- Gemini Advanced subscribers can try gemini-exp-1206
- NVIDIA launches Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit for AI
- Early access granted to Kling AI v1.6 for some users
- Magnific AI launches Super Real, a new image generation model
- Midjourney launches Moodboards for personalized model customization

Mon, Dec 16
- ChatGPT Search now free for all users
- Google Labs launches Whisk for image-based prompt generation
- Google releases Veo 2 and Imagen 3, next-gen video and image models
- Higgsfield AI launches ReelMagic for AI-generated long-form videos
- Meta unveils Apollo, a family of advanced video-LMMs