Technology News of the Week in India: Krutrim, Grok and GPT receive an update, and the improved AI models come with new features, making it one of the most advanced Large Language Models (LLM) in the world, and Apple is sending a warning message and email to several iPhone users around the world, regarding a possible cyberattack.
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Improved AI models from xAI, OpenAI, Google and Krutim
Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro is now available in over 180 countries, and Ola’s Krutrim is also getting an update, which now runs on the company’s own cloud network. OpenAI also announced GPT-4 Turbo with Vision capability, and Elon Musk’s Grok 1.5 Vision is entering the preview stage. These improved AI models offer more capabilities and accuracy than ever before, and on top of that, some of these new models are already being deployed by users, most for paid subscribers.
– xAI (@xai) April 13, 2024
.@Krutrim is now incredibly fast!
THE @Krutrim The team is making major improvements to the model as well as the infra.
Additionally, Google runs on our own cloud infrastructure. Not AWS or Azure. pic.twitter.com/G6XctkQcex
– Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) April 12, 2024
Our new GPT-4 Turbo is now available to paid ChatGPT users. We have improved skills in writing, mathematics, logical reasoning and coding.
Source: https://t.co/fjoXDCOnPr pic.twitter.com/I4fg4aDq1T-OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 12, 2024
✨ Today we are making Gemini 1.5 Pro available via the Gemini API in a public preview, along with native audio (speech) understanding. And we also respond to many requests from developers.#BuildWithGemini → https://t.co/l3OHZAElwX
Find out what’s launched 🧵⬇️ pic.twitter.com/MMvF8KvITL
– Google for Developers (@googledevs) April 9, 2024
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Cyberattack on iPhones, users warned
Apple warns of a possible cyberattack against several prominent iPhone users, who work in the public domain such as politics and journalism. Earlier this week, Apple warned several iPhone users in India, saying there had been a Pegasus-style cyberattack, and recommended users put their iPhones into lock mode if they felt the threat was real to protect their iPhone data. In an official email sent to several users, Apple said that the “mercenary spyware attack…attempts to remotely compromise the iPhone associated with your Apple ID.”
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The first beta of Android 15 now available to the public
Google has released the first public beta of Android 15 for eligible smartphones, which includes new features including an edge-to-edge app without a black bar at the top and bottom of the phone, a smooth NFC experience, app archiving , a secure background activity. , and more. Users with an eligible Pixel smartphone can sign up to text the first public beta of Android 15, available for the Pixel 5a series, Pixel 6 series, and newer models. The stable version of Android 15 is expected to be released for these devices, possibly in August 2024.
The first beta of #Android15 is now online!
➡ Edge to edge by default
➡ Application archiving
➡ Application-managed profilingAnd more! → https://t.co/FPlFKvswcO pic.twitter.com/3veskw744o
– Android Developers (@AndroidDev) April 11, 2024
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Meta tests AI features for WhatsApp and Instagram
Meta is testing generative AI features on its popular platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram. The new generative AI features are powered by Meta’s in-house Llama Mode, and the company is also expected to launch the next-generation Llama 3 model in the coming days, which is considered the company’s most capable large language model . .
Honored and proud of our designers! pic.twitter.com/pU3CLbZNiE
-Aravind Srinivas (@AravSrinivas) April 12, 2024
