⏸️ OpenAI Pauses Voice Mode

PLUS: Nvidia in the Middle East 🤖

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Today’s AI insights:

  • ⏸️ OpenAI delays ChatGPT ‘Voice Mode’ feature

  • 🤖 Nvidia to sell AI processors to the Middle East

  • 🦊 Firefox now allows AI chatbots in the sidebar

  • 💬 Google brings Gemini AI to Gmail

  • ✍️ Enhance Your Writing with Hix AI 

  • 🛠 New AI tools

  • 🗞️ Latest AI and Tech news

  • 📝 AI Meme of the day

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AI NEWS

OPENAI

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OpenAI has announced a delay in the launch of its eagerly awaited Voice Mode for ChatGPT, initially showcased in May, due to the need for additional safety enhancements and testing.

The Details:

  • The rollout of the advanced voice mode, originally scheduled for late June, is now delayed until at least late July or early August. Initially, it will be available only to a select group of users.

  • Additional time is required to enhance the mode’s ability to detect and filter inappropriate content, ensuring a safe user experience.

  • The delay follows controversy surrounding the Voice Mode demo, specifically criticisms over a voice model resembling actress Scarlett Johansson, which OpenAI has denied using improperly.

While delays can be a bummer, they’re a sign that OpenAI is prioritizing safety and quality over speed. This careful approach might slow things down, but it could also mean a better, safer product in the end. It’s all about setting the stage for AI interactions that are not just cool, but also conscientious.

NVIDIA

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Nvidia has entered into an agreement to implement its AI and graphics technologies in Ooredoo’s data centers across the Middle East, marking a significant expansion in the region.

The Details:

  • The partnership allows Ooredoo’s clients in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and the Maldives exclusive early access to Nvidia’s technologies.

  • Ooredoo plans to invest over $1 billion to enhance its data center capabilities, increasing capacity by an additional 20–25 megawatts to the existing 40 MW.

  • Plans also include tripling the data center capacity by the decade’s end to support broader AI application deployment.

  • This deal marks Nvidia’s first major implementation in the Middle East amidst U.S. export restrictions aimed at preventing Chinese access to advanced AI technologies through third countries.

Nvidia’s collaboration with Ooredoo not only enhances the telecom’s infrastructure but also strategically positions Nvidia in a crucial market, potentially reshaping the regional tech landscape and reinforcing its status as a global AI leader.

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AI & TECH NEWS

Google introduces Gemini AI to Gmail for smarter email writing and summarizing

Google is introducing a Gemini AI side panel in Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive to assist with tasks like writing emails, summarizing threads, generating slides, and organizing data. These features are available for Google Workspace customers with specific add-ons and subscriptions.

Formation Bio raises $372M to boost drug development with AI

Formation Bio, backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, raised $372 million in Series D funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, to advance AI-driven drug discovery. The funds will support partnerships and R&D, including collaborations with OpenAI and Sanofi. Formation, with a $1 billion valuation, focuses on streamlining clinical trials and developing treatments like a phase 3 eczema drug.

Video editing app Captions unveils AI edit feature

Captions, backed by a16z, Kleiner Perkins, and Sequoia Capital, has launched a feature that adds custom graphics, zooms, music, sound effects, transitions, and motion backgrounds to unedited videos. This AI edit feature works best with vertical videos of a single person talking. Users can also create videos using Captions’ AI avatars with a short prompt, which can then be fully edited using the AI edit feature..

Firefox Nightly now lets you pick your favorite AI chatbot

Mozilla announced an opt-in feature in Firefox Nightly, allowing users to choose from AI services like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, HuggingChat, and Le Chat Mistral for tasks like summarizing web pages and simplifying text. The initiative aims to refine these features before wider release, offering users a variety of AI options to enhance their browsing experience.

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