10X AI (Issue #40): Stable Diffusion 3, Groq, Google's Gemma, and a Snake Genie
PLUS: Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, reviews and ratings in GPT store, Phind-70B, AI in Windows Photos, Lexica's Aperture V4, and "Help me write" in Chrome.
Happy Sunday, friends!
Welcome to 10X AI: a weekly look at generative AI news, tools, and tips for the average user.
On this 40th-week anniversary issue, I’m shifting to a condensed and structured news format with curated links to relevant external resources for each entry.
This is in preparation for a paid-only segment coming to 10X AI next week. If you’re a paid subscriber, stay tuned!
🗞️ AI news
Here are this week’s AI developments.
1. Stable Diffusion 3 catches up to DALL-E 3 and Midjourney V6
What’s up?
Stability AI announced the next iteration of their text-to-image model: Stable Diffusion 3.
Why should I care?
Stable Diffusion 3 runs on a new “diffusion transformer architecture” and can reliably spell and handle detailed multi-subject prompts. Judging by preview images from Stability AI, the text rendering and quality are on par with DALL-E 3 and Midourney V6.
Where can I learn more?
Read Stability AI’s official announcement.
Sign up for the waitlist.
Watch the initial impressions by Olivio Sarikas:
2. Groq makes LLMs go vroom
What’s up?
Groq makes specialized chips for AI models called Language Processing Units (LPUs).
Why should I care?
Large language models running on Groq’s chips are an order of magnitude faster than with traditional chips (Microsoft Azure = 18 tokens/second, Grok = 247 tokens/second).
Where can I learn more?
Visit Groq’s official site.
Try Groq for yourself (using Mixtral 8x7B or Llama 2).
Watch the explanation by This Day in AI:
3. Google’s high-performing open models
What’s up?
Google released two lightweight open models called Gemma 2B and Gemma 7B.
Why should I care?
Both models offer best-in-class performance on LLM benchmarks compared to similarly sized models like Llama 2. (Although some early impressions aren’t kind.)
Where can I learn more?
Read Google’s official announcement post.
Visit the official Gemma site.
Watch the intro by Sam Witteveen:
4. Adobe Acrobat launches an AI Assistant
What’s up?
It’s yet another “Chat with your PDF” app, but now from the makers of the PDF format.
Why should I care?
If you’re an Adobe Acrobat user, you no longer need third-party apps to enable AI chatbots for your PDFs. Adobe AI Assistant can help summarize documents, create outlines, and more.
Where can I learn more?
Read the announcement by Adobe.
Watch this “Sales Research” use case demo:
5. OpenAI adds review features to the GPT store
What’s up?
OpenAI added the option for people to rate GPTs and provide feedback to creators.
Why should I care?
It’s now easier for users to find the best-rated GPTs while giving GPT builders useful insights about their performance. It’s a step toward turning the current GPT space into more of a full-fledged store.
Where can I learn more?
Read OpenAI’s official tweet.
Explore GPTs and their ratings (you’ll need a ChatGPT Plus account).
6. Phind-70B is a better coder than GPT-4 Turbo?
What’s up?
Phind released a new open-source model called Phind-70B based on Code-Llama-70B and optimized for coding and technical tasks.
Why should I care?
Phind-70B outperforms or approaches GPT-4 Turbo across multiple coding benchmarks and supports a context window of 32K tokens. It’s also faster at 80+ tokens per second compared to GPT-4 Turbo’s 20 tokens.
Where can I learn more?
Read the announcement by Phind.
Chat with Phind-70B for free.
Watch this walkthrough by World Of AI:
7. AI has come for your Windows Photos
What’s up?
The Windows Photos app is getting a few AI-assisted editing features.
Why should I care?
Windows users will have an easier time making minor edits to photos, including the ability to blur, remove, or replace the background as well as a “Spot fix tool” that lets you select and seamlessly remove specific objects.
Where can I learn more?
Read the official announcement on Windows Blogs.
8. Lexica’s Aperture V4 is pretty in 4K
What’s up?
Lexica just released the next iteration of their text-to-image model: Aperture V4.
Why should I care?
Aperture V4 offers better output quality and generates images in near-4K resolution right out of the box. You can use it to create images at no cost at Lexica.com.
Where can I learn more?
Read the announcement tweet by Sharif Shameem (founder)
Try Aperture 4 for free on Lexica’s site.
9. Get help writing on any site when using Chrome
What’s up?
The “Help me write” feature in Chrome (announced a month ago) is now available to US users.
Why should I care?
Once activated, you should be able to call on the power of Gemini to help you write on any site or online tool that has a text box. (Go to Settings > Experimental AI and enable “Help me write”).
Where can I learn more?
Read the official announcement from Google.
Learn how to enable the feature on Google Chrome Help.
🤦♂️ 10. AI fail of the week
Ah, yes, Serpent Genie! Exactly how I remember him!
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I like the format!
I am pretty sure I've been using the Microsoft image editing "spot fix" tool for a couple of months now. I was actually surprised to find it when I edited an image, and i've only used it twice so far, but it works well and does make image editing way easier.