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OpenAI's GPT-4o Update: Enhancing Creative Writing and File Handling
A noticeable upgrade was seen in OpenAI's GPT-4 o model on November 20, boosting its creative writing and file handling capabilities. The updated model also gains on analyzing and working with spreadsheets and images. This newfound competitive edge momentarily reclaimed for it the top spot in the AI chatbot leaderboard before Google's 11/21 Gemini update.
OpenAI's Future Plans: A Web Browser to Rival Google Chrome?
Rumor has it, OpenAI is nurturing plans to elbow out Google Chrome with a new web browser model. With the inclusion of embedded support for ChatGPT and GPT search, the new browser is set to redefine internet browsing for many users.
Apple's Siri: Set for a Massive AI Makeover
Apple enthusiasts have a reason to rejoice as the tech giant is planning a significant AI upgrade for Siri. Named "LLM Siri", the update aims at refining the interactions using Apple's AI models, enabling Siri to perform complex tasks, and to interact with third-party applications.
Shifting Tides in the AI Sector: Fierce Competition Among Tech Giants
The race to lead the AI arena is increasingly getting fierce. Google, with its latest AI model, Gemini 1121—which excels at coding, reasoning, and visual processing—reaches the zenith of the AI chatbot rankings. Competition is further heating up with Amazon's whopping $4 billion investment in an AI company, OpenAI targeting a larger market share, and Apple's planned improvements for Siri.
AI Developments on a Global Level: Enhanced Focus on Safety and Ethics
Policy changes appear imminent with plans to repeal the former President's AI executive order, arriving amid global AI safety talks. These developments demonstrate an increased emphasis on international cooperation on AI safety and ethics.
Overview of Microsoft's AI Innovations
Microsoft unveiled over 90 new AI-driven features at the Ignite conference. These updates redefine task automation, content insights, recurring tasks, real-time note taking, translation, document collaboration, and the connection to a Cloud PC.
The Future of AI
The competition among global tech giants to capture a larger chunk of the AI market paints an impressive picture for AI's growth trajectory. The ever-developing AI models, updates, and associated innovations are arguably the building blocks of tomorrow's business landscape.
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Topics Covered in This Episode
1. New Developments at OpenAI
2. Apple's AI Developments
3. Google’s Gemini 1121 model
4. DeepSeek's r1 Lite Preview
5. Amazon's Investment in Anthropic
6. OpenAI's Legal Issue
7. US AI Policy Shift
8. Microsoft AI Innovations
Podcast Transcript
Jordan Wilson [00:00:17]:
Big tech is fighting each other for every scrap of the AI pie. I mean, Google just clapped back hard at OpenAI. Amazon invested another $4,000,000,000 into an artificial intelligence company. OpenAI is going after an even bigger piece of the market, and Apple is bringing a smarter Siri to us all powered by large language models, but probably not as soon as you might think. We're gonna be talking about those stories and a lot more today on everyday AI. What's going on y'all? My name is Jordan Wilson. I'm the host, and this everyday AI thing, it is for you. It is your daily live stream podcast and free daily newsletter, helping us all not just keep up with what's going on in the world of AI, but how we can all actually get ahead and use all of this information to grow our companies and to grow our careers.
Jordan Wilson [00:01:13]:
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Jordan Wilson [00:01:50]:
So make sure you go check that out at your everyday a i.com. Alright, y'all. This is the one stop shop. If you can only join us once a week, Monday is probably it. Monday is where we bring you the AI news that matters. So, if you don't have, you know, 5 to 10 minutes every day to read our newsletter or if you don't have 30 ish minutes, every single day to listen to the podcast, Monday is your day. Join us. We recap everything that happened.
Jordan Wilson [00:02:19]:
And not only that, but what it actually means. We break it down. Yeah. Luckily, by talking to the smartest people in the world on AI every day, we can kind of, cut through the fluff and, you know, sift through the noise and tell you what actually matters. So, thank you to our livestream audience, like McDonald and Marie and Woosie and Tara Phillips, Samuel, Brian, Joe, Michael, who beats me here almost every day. Thank you for joining us. Yeah. If you're listening on the podcast, you can always join us live.
Jordan Wilson [00:02:48]:
We do this 7:30 AM Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday, you know, where you can ask guest questions. So, without further ado, let's get into the AI news that matters for the week of November 25th. So Google has launched its latest AI experimental model, Gemini experiential 11/21, and it has grabbed the top ranking once again. So as of, at least a couple of minutes ago, Google has reclaimed the top spot in the AI chatbot arena leaderboard. So right now, their newest model is accessible through the Gemini API and Google AI Studio. So the new 11/21 model quickly reached the top of LM Arena's chatbot arena rankings, tying with OpenAI's gbt4 o in some instances, but also improving in others including the Elo score. So according to Logan Kilpatrick, the product manager at Google, Gemini 1121 features key advancements in coding proficiency, reasoning abilities, and visual processing capabilities. So these enhancements build upon the strengths of previous models offering more sophisticated solutions for complex problems across various fields.
Jordan Wilson [00:04:08]:
So the release follows the success of Google's Gemini 1114. Yeah. A big whopping 1 week between releases here. But Google talk about this here in a second. They released, 2 big updates to Gemini because Open AI sneaked 1 there in between to reclaim the top spot of the leader board. I'll probably do a story about this, in the coming weeks, but it seems like a lot of the big AI labs are maybe just over fitting, their models for these, arena benchmarks. So if you haven't heard of the, kind of AI chatbot arena, is the unofficial name. It's where, millions of users vote blindly on different models.
Jordan Wilson [00:04:48]:
So you can put in a prompt, you can see, outputs from 2 different models. They are unnamed. You choose which one wins and that, more or less leads to what's called an Elo score. So a lot of the big AI labs are constantly keeping an eye out on this because, yes, there are, you know, benchmarks. Right? We have your MMLU benchmarks and all these other benchmarks, but, you know, ultimately, it's what do humans prefer. So there has been a lot of competition as of late. You know, we've gone from OpenAI to Google to OpenAI to Google topping the leaderboard over the course of 8 days. So it's been a fury of action.
Jordan Wilson [00:05:25]:
So, but that's not all, with Google. So according to leaked screenshots, Google plans to release Gemini to potentially this year, continuing its trajectory of innovation in AI. Also, Google's Gemini chatbot has introduced a new memory feature similar to the memory feature in OpenAI, for paid users, and it allows Gemini to remember personal information, whatever you type in there. Right? Food preferences, tailored responses, whatever. Right? But, the difference is with Google Gemini, you can go in and add this. So a couple of points here about the new Gemini 11 21 model. It is not available on the front end. Alright.
Jordan Wilson [00:06:07]:
So if you are a everyday user like me, like so many of us out there, if you log on to, you know, gemini.google.com, you are not using this new most powerful model. So, for whatever reason, Google on the front end of Google Gemini, is usually using models about 6 to 9 months old. Alright. So if you do want to use this newest, most powerful 11/21 model, you are limited to either using it via the API or Google's AI Studio, which is really more technical. The other thing that most people don't understand about Google AI Studio, is you can't really, opt out of training, on your data there. So it is more experimental. The AI studio is more of like a sandbox. It is not for production.
Jordan Wilson [00:06:54]:
So if you're using it that way, you can't necessarily, safeguard your data if you are trying to, combine, the 11/21 Gemini model with your data. Just something to keep in mind. Alright. Next piece of AI news. There's a new reasoning model on the block, and it's not from OpenAI. So DeepSeq has unveiled r one lite preview, a new high performance reasoning AI model. So Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has launched the r one lite preview. Love the names of these models.
Jordan Wilson [00:07:30]:
Right? So it's a reasoning focused large language model. So the model is exclusively available through deep seek chat and is noted for its high level reasoning capabilities, and it may be, better than OpenAI's o one model, at least according to the company. So according to DeepSeq, r one lite preview rivals and sometimes surpasses the performance of OpenAI's o one preview model, which was released in September of this year. So the new model from deep seek is designed for tasks requiring, logical inference, mathematical reasoning, and real time problem solving. So deep deep seek claims that the model exceeds OpenAI's o one preview level performance on benchmarks like AIME and math. So users can observe the model's reasoning process in real time. That's a big differentiator. So number 1, this is from a Chinese company, not from the US.
Jordan Wilson [00:08:31]:
And number 2, you can see its kind of chain of thought reasoning in a much more detailed way than you can with OpenAI's o one preview. So with OpenAI's o one preview, you can still kind of toggle to see what the model is doing, under the hood, but you can't really see it in a detailed fashion. It's more of a, summary. So, if you are brand new to reasoning models, that's okay. Almost all of us are, but here's here's what I like to tell people. So to really get the most out of large language models, a lot of human, intelligence is required. Right? You have to interact, with the model. You really have to steer it.
Jordan Wilson [00:09:11]:
So I like to say, you know, traditional models. So, you know, you could say GPT based models, Gemini, Claude, etcetera. Right? You can kind of give it a destination, but at the same time, you still have to build the road and also drive. With these new reasoning models, it kind of does it for you. Think of it more of like, oh, this is, you know, this is like a Tesla autopilot. Right? So, you give it the destination and it kind of does the driving and builds the roads in real time. So that may or may not get you where you want to go, but these models are very new. They are very fresh.
Jordan Wilson [00:09:50]:
So essentially, you know, the o one model from, Open AI and then the new, Deep Seek model, r one light preview. They kind of do this chain of thought reasoning under the hood. Alright? So, as as long as you still give it some, direct guidelines, it can actually do, these reasoning models can do a fairly good job, especially, in some of those, kind of, areas that that we talked about. So math, problem solving, anything that, requires logical, inference, that's huge. So deep seek has not yet released the full code for third party analysis or provided an API for independent testing. That's huge. You you know, at least, with OpenAI when we saw the o one preview and o one mini releases, you also got it via the API. So right now you do not have that with this new DeepSeq product.
Jordan Wilson [00:10:44]:
So the new r one lite preview is accessible right now for free on DeepSeq chat with a daily limit of 50 messages in its advanced deep think mode. So, if you are using, if you want to see the capabilities of the r one light preview, you will use the deep think mode in deep seek chat. So many buzzwords y'all. So deep seek's plans to release open source versions of its r one series models and related APIs, continuing its support for the open source AI community. So previous models like DeepSeek v 2.5, so that is not its, you know, reasoning, model, but its normal model have been praised for their capabilities and language processing and coding. Yeah. What Michael says? China's coming in hot here. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:11:40]:
Philip Philip saying, large language models don't have emotions. Right? Yeah. You know, that's that's another episode for another day, Philip, but I will see, I will say this. You'd you'd be surprised at the answer without without getting into it a little bit much, or or without getting it into, a little bit more. So another, another question here from our livestream audience. Thanks for all the questions this morning, guys. It's it's always nice. It's always nice when we, can get some questions and even on the AI news.
Jordan Wilson [00:12:13]:
So McDonald asking what is MMLU? That is the massive multitask language understanding. It is essentially a benchmark. It is ACT for large language models. Alright. Let's keep this thing going. More AI news so much this week y'all. So, OpenAI also updated its GPT 4 o model, like we talked about with its 11 20 release, and they've quietly rolled out a new creative writing update for ChatGPT in this new model, enhancing its ability to generate more natural and engaging content. So the writing improvement was part of OpenAI's 11/20 release update, and they updated GPT 4 o with some benchmark improvements.
Jordan Wilson [00:13:03]:
And like we said, very briefly reclaimed the top spot on the AI chatbot's leaderboard. Like we said, that lasted only a day with their new 11/20 release as Google released their 11/21 Gemini release. And also, y'all, we called this. We called this, a week before it happened. We said within a day, OpenAI, would have a new model to outperform Google. We didn't see Google clapping back so hard immediately though. So in addition to these creative writing enhancements, ChatGPT-4 o now offers better handling of uploaded files, offering deeper insights and more comprehensive responses. So the model's ability to analyze and work with spreadsheets and images has also reportedly been significantly approved, at least according to, improved according to OpenAI.
Jordan Wilson [00:13:55]:
So users have noted the model's advanced capabilities with one user on Twitter claiming that it rivals Yeah. I'll I'll have to find this this tweet, claiming that it rivals Eminem in crafting complex rap lyrics. Yeah. Someone online, I wish I did this because I've I did this probably about a year and a half ago, when new models came out, I would have it create, essentially, in a rap in the tone of M and M, you know, describing large language models. And it seems like someone did something similar and then took those lyrics into Suno's new v 4, and pretty pretty impressive. I listened to it. So the the, important thing here with OpenAI, this update is automatic. So you don't have to, you know, just be using the API.
Jordan Wilson [00:14:37]:
You don't have to just be using OpenAI's playground. If you are using the front end of ChatGPT, you will start seeing, this new 11/20 release update. So it it's not gonna be called, you know, GPT-401120. So at least what OpenAI said is their new kind of model naming is 11 or sorry. It will just be GPT-4 o latest, but then if you look on the back end, you will see the date. So it is automatically refresh when OpenAI does release their models unlike Google where, you're you're not using it on the front end, right, if you go into the chat interface. So, let's keep talking about open AI. I'm sorry y'all.
Jordan Wilson [00:15:20]:
They made a lot of news this week. So, because they're not just trying to compete with large language models, They're reportedly trying to compete in the browser, y'all. What about that? You you know, Google claps back by retaking the top, spot on the arena board. And then right thereafter, we see reports that OpenAI says, oh, we're actually gonna be releasing a browser now. Well, they didn't actually say that, but that's what reports said. So OpenAI is reportedly developing a new browser web browser that could challenge Google Chrome, and that's according to the information. So this initiative is obviously newsworthy as it signifies potential disruption in the browser market traditionally dominated by Google Chrome. So this project involves ex Google developers, Ben, Goodger and Darren Fisher, who were part of the original Chrome team and have reportedly now joined OpenAI.
Jordan Wilson [00:16:21]:
So the new browser is expected, according to reports, to include a built in support, obviously, for ChatGPT and GPT search, enhancing user interaction with AI. So despite these developments, the information reports that a functional version of the browser is not expected anytime soon. So Google Chrome currently holds the significant market share, with about 65% on desktop and 68% on Google as per stacked counters October data. Here's why it's also extremely newsworthy and interesting because the US government has proposed that Google divest its Chrome business. So, yeah, the US government essentially said, yo, Google, you're too big. You can't own the Chrome browser anymore. So it should be interesting how that one actually plays out, but it's pretty timely here. So Google may have to divest its holding in the Chrome browser, because the US government said that that kind of constitutes an illegal monopoly which could impact the browser landscape.
Jordan Wilson [00:17:24]:
So just in time, for this, we see the news or the reporting, from the information saying that OpenAI is working, on a browser. Also, OpenAI is in talks with Samsung to integrate AI features into smartphones similar to the partnership that, Apple and OpenAI have. So speaking of that exact partnership, what the heck is going on? We heard announcements, months ago from Apple that we were soon gonna be getting a much smarter Siri. Well, you might have to wait until 2026. Yeah. That's not a glitch. 2026. Alright.
Jordan Wilson [00:18:08]:
So Apple is reportedly developing a significant AI upgrade for Siri, aiming to make it more conversational and competitive with chat g b t's advanced voice mode and Google Gemini's live, as reported by Bloomberg. So the new, Siri assistant is tentatively named l l m Siri. Oh, gosh. Anyways, I can't I can't stand the naming today or this week. I don't know why y'all. So the new assistant is tentatively named LLM Siri. Yikes. And it will utilize Apple's AI models to enable more natural sounding interactions.
Jordan Wilson [00:18:47]:
So although Apple might announce these plans next year, the complete transition to the new system is projected for spring of 2026. Alright. So Apple plans to enhance Siri's capabilities, allowing it to handle more complex tasks and interact with third party apps through an extended use of app intents. So the overhaul will include features like summarizing and writing text using Apple Intelligence. So Apple has been cautious with its AI rollout, to put it nicely, only recently integrating ChatGPT into Siri as part of the iOS 18.12 beta. So according to reports, this new LLM Siri may not be debuting until iOS 19. So, yeah, just buckle up. It's gonna be a while.
Jordan Wilson [00:19:39]:
And upcoming features for Siri include understanding on screen content and performing actions with apps, which that piece is expected to launch next year. Let me just be honest here. I don't know how Apple missed the boat by this long. It's not like they were sprinting seeing the boat leaving shore. The boat has already made like 8 round trips back and forth and Google or sorry, and Apple has missed all of them. So I do understand and you have to applaud Apple's approach to artificial intelligence. And, yes, I'm calling that artificial intelligence and not Apple Intelligence. Can we please not try to claim intelligence? Can we please, write and there are reports that, you know, Microsoft was gonna call, its copilot Microsoft Intelligence.
Jordan Wilson [00:20:28]:
I'm glad I didn't see that at Microsoft Ignite or hear any rumblings about this. But Apple, you are so late to the party. Bringing this by 2026, I mean, that's like, you you know, a company saying, oh, we're bringing a touch screen phone in in 2023. It's like, y'all, like, we've had it for a decade. Like, we're snoozing by now. It's it's it's this is I mean, you could say, oh, better late than never. I don't know, Apple. You're actually embarrassingly late here.
Jordan Wilson [00:20:57]:
But like I said, you do have to applaud Apple for its approach. I I I do think they take security, way more seriously than the other, big tech companies. Not saying they're not taking it. The other tech companies aren't taking it seriously, but Apple is going, a couple steps further, but at what cost? Again, so late here. So late. Right? We've, only seen, you know, very simple text summarization come out, via, you know, some, 18.1 in the iOS or, Mac OS 15.1. And y'all, this is stuff that we had pre chat g b t. This is stuff that we had in 2020.
Jordan Wilson [00:21:41]:
So, you know, Apple's latest AI that they actually have publicly available for everyone to use is technology that is more than 4 years old. It is the least impressive, piece of AI that I've seen from a $1,000,000,000,000 company probably ever. It's called it underwhelming is giving them a lot of credit. Sorry. I don't wanna be harsh y'all, but that's just the reality of it. Alright. Next. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:22:08]:
20. Yeah. Everyone everyone in the comments this morning is saying 2026 question mark. Yeah. That was not a, that was not a, a glitch there. Y'all, Joe Joe's saying Apple needs to reevaluate Apple Intelligence for branding, because nothing I have seen in the past year has been anywhere near intelligent. Joe, I would agree with you there. Alright.
Jordan Wilson [00:22:30]:
Let's talk about another big $1,000,000,000,000, dollar market cap company that's taking a different approach to AI. Amazon's throwing money at the problem. Don't hate the approach. So Amazon, has invested another $4,000,000,000 into Anthropic. So Amazon has just announced another significant investment of $4,000,000,000 into Anthropic, the creator of Claude AI, bringing the total funding to $8,000,000,000 So yeah, Amazon has invested $8,000,000,000 into Anthropic, which I believe makes it the 2nd largest partnership for a large language large language model maker, with Microsoft reportedly investing around $14,000,000,000 into Open AI over the past few years. So now you have Amazon upping its, kind of chips in the pot to $8,000,000,000 into Claude's pile. So this investment is part of a strategic partnership where Amazon Web Services, AWS from Amazon, will become Anthropic's primary training partner, utilizing AWS's, Trainium and Inferentia chips for future AI models. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:23:33]:
Amazon's got some new AI chips, that Claude Claude will be using for training. So this collaboration aligns with reports that Anthropic's Claude AI will power Amazon's revamped Alexa voice assistant slated for release in 2025. Can we will we actually get a a smart AI assistant, by then? Maybe. Alright. Actually more on that here in a second. So the improved Alexa is expected to offer a more conversational tone akin to open AI's ChatGPT advanced voice mode. Although early beta test indicated some performance issues. So Amazon's investments and partnership with Anthropic underscore its efforts to remain competitive a in the AI sector, particularly against rivals like Microsoft and Open AI.
Jordan Wilson [00:24:19]:
So according to The Verge, the improved Alexa reportedly performed better with Claude AI powering it compared to Amazon's in house models. That's not hard. Suggesting a potential leap in user experience for Alexa users. Yeah. You can't really ask Alexa anything except maybe the time and temperature. And even there you're rolling the dice. Using traditional, you know, quote unquote smart assistance now, it's like pulling my hair out. So I don't wanna do it because I still have my hair and I don't wanna lose it.
Jordan Wilson [00:24:49]:
So that's why I don't use Amazon or see, Alexa or Siri. So despite the advancements, some beta users reportedly said that the new Alexa struggled with basic tasks, such as turning on lights, highlighting ongoing AI, highlighting ongoing AI challenges in AI development. And let me tell you something y'all. So, I mean, we just saw it there. Siri, the large language model Siri, not until 2026. The new Claude Pyre Claude powered, Alexa, probably not until 2025, which, you know, I know that's a couple weeks, but it could be toward the latter part of the year. Advanced voice mode is great. It is by far the most capable model if you are just looking at its abilities on the surface to respond in real time and be a natural kind of voice.
Jordan Wilson [00:25:42]:
Right? And, you know, Microsoft is also tapping into, that voice model as well. So the new, GPT 4 o, kind of voice capabilities. However, the OpenAI and Microsoft versions lack real time access to the web. Guess who doesn't actually? Google Gemini Live. I finally found a consumer facing AI products from Google aside from NotebookLM that I think is a leader in the space. So, I did do a review of that last week, in our newsletter, I I think on our YouTube channel. That's why you gotta read the newsletter y'all. I was actually extremely impressed.
Jordan Wilson [00:26:23]:
So, even though the new Google, Gemini live is not quite as natural sounding, the, the latency, between how you speak and and when the, Gemini Gemini Live speaks is not as good as a voice advanced mode from ChatGPT. Unfortunately, advanced voice mode is not connected to the web. So you are working with old data, whereas the new Gemini live which is now actually available for the iPhone for iPhone users out there like myself, it is connected to the Internet. So that piece is huge. Alright. Let's keep the AI news recap train going. So according to reports, OpenAI has quote unquote, accidentally erased crucial evidence sought by the New York Times in a copyright lawsuit, causing significant setbacks in the case. So the reported deletion occurred while attorneys from the New York Times and the New York Daily News were reviewing 2 large caches of training data files provided by OpenAI earlier this month.
Jordan Wilson [00:27:22]:
So these files were reportedly intended to support OpenAI's defense that publicly published articles were fair game for training AI models. The accidental deletion though wiped out all search data in one of the caches, forcing the new newspaper's attorneys to retrace their steps and lose a week's worth of work. Brutal. So although OpenAI did manage to recover most of the data, the folder structure and file names were permanently lost, hindering the attorney's ability to track where the copied articles, were reportedly used in building OpenAI's models. The attorneys have requested that OpenAI take responsibility for redoing the search as they believe OpenAI is best positioned to navigate its own datasets. So despite acknowledging the erasure was likely unintentional, the deletion has delayed the newspaper's efforts to build their case. OpenAI has indicated plans to respond to the attorney's request with a spokesperson stating to Wired. We, quote, we disagree with the characterizations made, and we'll file our response soon.
Jordan Wilson [00:28:29]:
Alright. End quote. Yeah. I've been saying this since this yeah. This lawsuit has been dragging on now for nearly a year. It was, reported in December of 2023. So here we are almost a year later still talking about this lawsuit, and I said it then and I will say it again. I don't see anything else happening here except a massive settlement, that OpenAI is going to have to pay the New York Times.
Jordan Wilson [00:28:53]:
Even though if I'm being honest, the New York Times at probably one of the worst, arguments in their opening briefs that I've ever seen. Granted, I'm not a lawyer. I did say at a Holiday Inn Express once, but I read through, the New York Times entire case, and it seemed at least at the time they did not understand how large language models work, which is not a good, not not making a good case when you are trying to argue against a large language model maker, and that is why OpenAI has essentially responded to OpenAI in the last year by just kind of the scoffing. Because if I'm, the lawyers at OpenAI and the OpenAI leadership team, I saw, what the the New York Times, initially put out and I'm laughing at it because it shows a complete and utter, you know, disregard for understanding the basics of a large language model. And I also, let me be transparent here. I'm a former journalist. Right? But I also cover AI every single day and ChatGPT is my favorite, at least, you know, kind of online AI chatbot. So, you know, putting putting all my, you know, all my biases, you know, or potential biases in the ring there.
Jordan Wilson [00:30:02]:
The New York Times has completely, completely just dropped the bag on this case. But a nice little, new little wrinkle here, with this news. Alright. Couple more pieces of AI news. OpenAI has opened up its advanced voice mode to web users. So ChatGPT's advanced voice mode, which I just referenced, is now available to paid users on the web and in the ChatGPT app. So the expansion is currently available for ChatGPT's paying customers including Plus Enterprise teams and EDU subscribers, enhancing the chatbot's, usability with more natural real time conversations. So the feature was, the advanced voice mode feature was initially launched, in iOS and Android apps in September.
Jordan Wilson [00:30:50]:
But if you wanted to use the advanced voice mode, you could only do it on your phone. So now as of a couple of days ago, it is available in the ChatGPT desktop app as well as online. If you're not seeing it online, here's what I suggest you do. Yes. I'm gonna be your ITT guy here for a second. Log out of your browser, clear all your your browser cookies, cache, etcetera. Then try logging in. If that doesn't work, open it in an incognito window or private window and it should work.
Jordan Wilson [00:31:20]:
It worked for me. I have it on, access, access to it on, in the web and on the desktop version. But you will need to update the desktop version to get access. Alright. Moving on. US president Donald, US president-elect Donald Trump has announced his intention to repeal president Joe Biden's executive order on artificial intelligence, highlighting a potential shift in US policy as Trump prepares to take office in January 2025. So this announcement is very timely as it coincides with a global AI safety effort as these talks were held in San Francisco this past week, where world leaders and tech industry giants gathered to discuss AI's transformative potential and the risk involved. So leaders from countries worldwide, including Canada, Kenya, Singapore, the UK, and the European Union, met to establish international safety protocols for AI, underscoring the importance of global cooperation in addressing AI challenges.
Jordan Wilson [00:32:25]:
So this kind of global AI safety event was organized by the International Network of AI Safety Institutes and hosted by the Biden administration, reflecting a commitment to integrating safety and ethical considerations into AI development. So these discussions are part of broader efforts to ensure that AI advancements do not compromise public safety or privacy with significant backing from major companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft for codifying AI measures into law. So the differing approaches of Trump and Biden to AI policy could significantly influence the direction of AI innovation and regulation in the US, impacting companies, and individuals involved in the field. So we did cover this a little bit last week as well, talking about how, Trump's proposed tariffs could actually, affect some of the biggest, not just tech companies, but everyone, with those tariffs could be impacting prices. Alright. And our last piece of AI news for the day, y'all. I don't know why so many people are sleeping on what Microsoft announced, which I don't understand. Because guess what? There's a good chance if you are listening to this right now for work, you use a Microsoft PC.
Jordan Wilson [00:33:52]:
Right? And guess what? Microsoft just changed how PCs work. Alright. So Microsoft announced more than 90 new AI powered features for Copilot at the Ignite conference in Chicago, marking a significant advancement in AI integration into workplace tools. So first have to give a quick shout out to both We Communications and Microsoft for hosting, myself and the Everyday AI Show at Microsoft Ignite, last week. Really cool birthday present for me being able to technically, beat Microsoft with their own announcement. So if you tune in on Tuesday, you are actually the 1st audience in the world, that got access to everything that Microsoft was announcing before they even started the keynote. But here's a quick run down of what's new, with AI and with Copilot with Windows announcements. So the biggest thing, new Copilot Studio autonomous agents that are able to automate routine tasks, reducing manual intervention and increasing efficiency.
Jordan Wilson [00:35:01]:
SharePoint. Now you have one click SharePoint agents that allow employees to gain insights just from specific SharePoint content, providing tailored solutions. Also, FYI, so many, of these, kind of new features that I'm talking about do require that your organization has or gives all its employees access. So you know, this isn't, you know, the default if you have, you know, Microsoft Office 365, right? You have to have Copilot. So you have to have Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses, which are $30 a month enabled for all of your users to access all of these new features. So, which is funny, so few enterprise organizations are actually doing this, which is mind boggling, but that's another podcast for another day. Alright. Let's get back to what's new.
Jordan Wilson [00:35:50]:
So the SharePoint agents, I think, are great. That is literally bringing a state of the art rag model, with 0 technical, capabilities. So you know, I kinda talk about notebook outline a lot on this show because I think it's freaking amazing. I think this is kinda what SharePoint agents could do. Right? Being able to First of all, all SharePoint sites now have an agent built in by default, which I think is really cool. But then you can also modify just certain files or just certain folders, in a SharePoint site and create an agent like that, with no coding and no really technical, capabilities. I was actually talking with the SharePoint team, the people that were actually building it. They were showing me some of the behind the scenes, some of the stuff that's coming in.
Jordan Wilson [00:36:31]:
It's pretty interesting. I think you're gonna wanna start using it. So here's what else is new. Microsoft 365 Copilot actions. These introduce pre built shortcuts meant to simplify task delegation. So essentially what that is, think of it like a combination between an advanced prompt maker and, something like Zapier or, you know, programmable AI. So essentially, you know, with the new Microsoft 365 Copilot actions, it gives you a list of drop downs where you can select team members, you can select different files, and then you can also schedule something. So, let's say you get, the same email every Monday that asks you to recap all these files from your OneDrive, from your SharePoint, from your Teams meetings, etcetera, and maybe that's like 70% of what you do, for that week.
Jordan Wilson [00:37:21]:
Well, you can now literally with Copilot agents automate all that. Or with Microsoft 365 Copilot actions. So it is a way to schedule ongoing, AI Copilot powered, automations that are triggered by a certain event that you set. So it can be, you know, you can always just run it weekly. You can have it set by any trigger as well. Anytime something happens in your organization. Copilot agents. Yeah.
Jordan Wilson [00:37:48]:
More that's new here. We're not gonna go over all 90, but new Copilot agents in Teams offer real time note taking, interpretation in multiple languages and enhanced meeting experiences. Yeah. You can literally, again, if you if your team has access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, you will soon be able to speak in another language in real time, which still blows my mind. So Copilot in PowerPoint. Yeah. Let's keep it going. It inter it has introduced a new addition to its narrative builder for creating presentations from a single source document with also the ability to instantly translate that PowerPoint, which you can build on your brand presets into 40 languages.
Jordan Wilson [00:38:31]:
Copilot pages, now supports rich artifacts like code, charts and diagrams, providing providing a collaborative document experience. And we're actually gonna have a dedicated show on that, where we talked with the person, one of the people in charge of Copilot Pages. That's gonna be dropping here soon. Also we saw some hardware powered announcements from Microsoft with the Windows 365 link. So that is a new hardware device that connects to a Cloud PC, offering a cost effective solution for keeping systems up to date. So yeah, it is a $349 think of it like kind of like a PC, but it can't run on its own. It is a Cloud PC but a physical device for $349. I think this is gonna be great for large enterprises, to essentially cut down on the, kind of your ongoing costs.
Jordan Wilson [00:39:19]:
Right? So essentially you have to have a subscription, so you pay to give it power monthly. But instead of, you know, if you, especially if you're doing a lot of AI power tasks, instead of giving a 1,000 people, you know, a PC that costs $2,000 instead, you can buy this new Microsoft 365 link for I believe $349 and then you pay a monthly fee depending on how much compute or how much power or how much memory, each user needs it needs. So it's a very easy way, I think, and ingenious, to quickly scale. But like I said, it's not a standalone advice, device. It won't work without that. So think of it as kind of a cloud, PC. Also, Copa Microsoft, released or announced Cloud Pilot Analytics which provides tools to measure AI's business impact. So everyone's always talking about what's the ROI on AI.
Jordan Wilson [00:40:11]:
Well, Microsoft is trying to answer those questions with Copilot Analytics. And then we also saw I I dug in a little more. I found all the right people at the Microsoft Ignite conference and talked to, and I did find out the recall feature. Well, it actually just got rolled out Friday. I did find that out Friday, or, might have been Thursday actually. So the recall feature which has gone up, it's kinda been, kind of highly criticized, and people are skeptical of it. For me, I can't wait to use it. But think of it like this, if you do have a Copilot Plus PC, so it doesn't work on just any Copilot Plus PC, and you do need the Microsoft 365 Copilot subscription to use this.
Jordan Wilson [00:40:49]:
It essentially takes screenshots of everything that you do on your PC. It is opt in. Don't worry privacy advocates. You do have to opt into the service and you can delete anything from the memory, but then essentially there, you can talk to Copilot in real time. You're like, oh, man. What was that thing I saw on my computer 3 weeks ago? Was it in a Teams meeting? Was it in a PowerPoint? Was it on Edge? What was it? Well, you can just ask. What was that, you know, what was that picture? Or or or what was that, announcement about the new product, the the the new coffee maker? Right? And it'll bring it up. Right? You don't even have to know where it was from.
Jordan Wilson [00:41:22]:
So pretty cool. So, that is it y'all. I do think the Microsoft, Ignite announcements were pretty huge. I don't know why it wasn't getting talked a lot about. Maybe because it was in Chicago, and maybe, I don't know, maybe only the tech conferences, get the shine. You you know, when they go on the West Coast, or they go in New York, or something like that. But I mean, just monumental announcements from Microsoft that I think are going to change how we all work because the overwhelming majority majority of enterprise, companies out there are using Microsoft PCs. Microsoft is literally changing how PCs fundamentally work with Microsoft 365 Copilot.
Jordan Wilson [00:42:06]:
Alright. Real real real quick. Let's go ahead and quickly recap our AI news that matters. So, like we talked about, Google Gemini released a new, model, Gemini 11 21 that topped the rankings. Also they'll reportedly be releasing a Gemini 2 soon, as well as they did already announce memory. DeepSeek announced a r one lite preview model which is a reasoning model, a competitor to OpenAI's o one. Speaking of OpenAI, a lot of news from them. They've released, a new kind of creative writing update under the hood for the new GPT-401120 release.
Jordan Wilson [00:42:49]:
OpenAI is also reportedly venturing into web browsers to compete with Google on an even grander scale. Oh, according to reports, Apple, is set to reveal a LLM Siri but not until 2026. Amazon has invested another $4,000,000,000 into Anthropic, upping its total investment into the AI company to $8,000,000,000 at OpenAI reportedly deleted some data in their New York Times copyright lawsuits. OpenAI also has expanded its advanced voice mode to web users and to the desktop. Trump's AI policy repeal, has, kind of caused some AI safety concerns and world leaders were meeting to discuss it. And Microsoft unveiled 90 plus new AI features added its Ignite conference. Alright. That was Aton y'all.
Jordan Wilson [00:43:47]:
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