A peek at Gemini 2.0

Read time: under 4 minutes

The next iteration of Gemini could be coming sooner than expected, if a recent UI update is any indication. Find out how it could be used in Alphabet’s long-awaited AI agent platform. And: Learn how to generate multilingual subtitles with AI.

Today’s Insights

• Today in AI: Gemini 2.0, chip bans, and content moderation

• Tutorial: How to generate multilingual subtitles with AI

• Nous’ rebellious chatbot

• Everything else you should know today

• 5 new AI tools to boost your productivity

• AI-Generated Images: Island hopping

TODAY IN AI

1. OpenAI is reportedly facing challenges with its new model, Orion, according to The Information. Orion apparently doesn’t show the same big performance boost seen in earlier upgrades like GPT-3 to GPT-4 and may not always outperform current models in coding. In response, OpenAI has created a foundations team to explore fresh strategies like using AI-generated training data and improving post-training. They’ve also confirmed Orion won’t be released this year.

2. Is Alphabet secretly testing Gemini 2.0? The TestingCatalog blog uncovered what could be Gemini’s next major release hidden in a recent UI update. A drop-down menu showed a mysterious model called “2.0-Pro-Exp-0111” alongside the already-released 1.5 Pro and Flash. The timing makes sense: Alphabet is getting ready to unveil a new AI agent called Project Jarvis next month, which might run on the experimental LLM.

3. It’s about to get even harder for Chinese companies to get a hold of AI chips: The world’s largest semiconductor foundry announced it’s cutting Chinese firms off from its most advanced chips starting this week. TSMC allegedly wants to prove it’s one of the “good guys” as the US struggles to clamp down on AI exports into China. The move could throw a wrench in Baidu and Alibaba’s plans to build their own state-of-the-art LLMs.

PRESENTED BY SPINACH AI

AI Can Run Your Meetings and Automate Post-meeting Tasks

Spinach AI is not only the most accurate AI notetaker, it also automates the work you do after the meeting:

• Drafts recap emails for you based on your style and preference

• Updates your task management tool: Jira, Asana, Monday, Trello, Linear or ClickUp

• Updates your CRM - Hubspot, Salesforce, Zoho or Attio

• Integrates with thousands of additional tools with Zapier

Backed by Zoom, Atlassian & Y Combinator, trusted by thousands of companies.

Add Spinach to your meetings and automate hours of work

THE AI ACADEMY

How to generate multilingual subtitles with Gemini

• Go to AI Studio's website and log in with your account.

• Make sure to select Gemini 1.5 Pro 002 as your model.

• Now, upload your video and give the following prompt:

Analyze this video and provide a detailed transcript in [enter any language] language with proper timestamp (HH:MM:SS)

• You'll get your video transcribed into your required language.

• You can adjust pauses, reading speed, and consistency to make it sound as natural as possible.

FROM THE FRONTIER

‘Unrestricted’ chatbots are getting easier to use

Ever hit a wall when asking a chatbot a perfectly normal question? AI chatbots tend to err on the side of caution, but Nous Research has been developing a fine-tuned version of Meta’s Llama 3.1 that takes a lighter touch with moderation, giving users more room to experiment.

Before, getting your hands on Nous’ Hermes 3 was tricky: You had to either run the code yourself or try it out via a third-party platform. That changed last week, when the startup rolled out its own user-friendly interface called Nous Chat that can be accessed through your browser.

Nous’ relaxed approach has raised some eyebrows: The worry is that with too little moderation, models could easily fall into the wrong hands. Others think Hermes is a refreshing alternative to mainstream models. It's sparked an interesting debate: Are safety filters just the price we pay in exchange for a safer experience — or would we be better off without them?

PRESENTED BY VANTA

Deliver trust in your AI-powered products

If you’re building or selling AI-powered products, demonstrating top-notch security practices and establishing trust is more important than ever.

With Vanta, you can quickly and easily demonstrate compliance with gold-standard AI frameworks like ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF. Prove secure deployment of AI, build customer trust, and accelerate your sales cycle.

AI & TECH NEWS

Everything else you need to know today

❌ Content Moderation: Paris-based AI startup Mistral just released an open-source platform that uses AI to spot and flag harmful content across nine categories and 11 languages.

🎬 Movie Magic: TikTok parent company ByteDance released a platform that can use clips from iconic films like The Shining and Face/Off to turn still portraits into expressive animations.

📹 Pivot to Video: The Gemini-powered Vids app, which lets you use AI to easily create tutorials, training videos, and other types of media, is rolling out to most Workplace subscribers.

📞 Cyber Secretary: Pixel phones will soon be able to use AI for more sophisticated call replies, like confirming appointments on your behalf.

🎨 Paint by Numbers: In a world-first, a portrait of Alan Turing painted by “robot artist” Ai-Da went for over $1M at a Sotheby’s auction last week.

☕ Impeccable Taste: Singapore-based startup ProfilePrint unveiled an AI platform that can analyze the quality of different ingredients, including coffee beans, tea leaves, and even milk.

PRODUCTIVITY

5 AI Tools to Supercharge Your Productivity

✅ PaperGen: Generate well-structured long-form papers with fully referenced citations and built-in AI detection.

✅ FullContext: Effortlessly engage, qualify, and demo leads using the first unified AI-powered chatbot with interactive product tours and demos.

✅ FyxerAI*: Organizes your inbox, drafts extraordinary emails in your tone of voice, and writes better-than-human meeting notes.

✅ Zappit AI: Use squads of AI agents specifically trained to fix technical errors and generate high-ranking content.

✅ TARS AI Logos: Use AI to craft the perfect Midjourney prompt for your brand’s logo.

^{* indicates a promoted tool, if any}

PROMPT OF THE DAY

Optimize Code

Prompt: Please guide me on optimizing code for <desired output for the code, e.g., reducing page load times>. Please provide specific suggestions for <programming language/framework> based on the following information: <type of web application, current performance issues, and any constraints or limitations>. Also, please explain the potential impact of each suggestion and any trade-offs that developers should consider when implementing them.

_{Source: upbase}

AI-GENERATED IMAGES

Island Hop

Midjourney Prompt: a skyscraper in the little tropical island, ultra-realistic photography, detailed, high quality, 8k
--ar 3:4 --v 6.1

Acquire new customers and drive revenue by partnering with us

Superhuman is the world’s biggest AI newsletter for businesses and professionals with 800,000+ readers and 1.5 Million followers on socials working at the world’s leading startups and enterprises. Companies like Amazon, Hubspot, and Salesforce feature their products in Superhuman. You can learn more about partnering with us here.

🧞Your wish is my command

Got more feedback or just want to get in touch? Reply to this email and we’ll get back to you.

Thanks for reading.

Until next time!

Zain & the Superhuman AI team