Meta throws down the AI gauntlet

”Blue warrior now has extra shot power.”

This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss the Humane Ai Pin's disappointing reviews, other AI devices coming soon, and AI model developments from OpenAI, Grok and Microsoft. Then we look at Meta's update to its Llama model and infusing its AI magic into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Join us as we grab some potion and some food and watch as another tech champion harnesses the forces of open source to battle for AI dominance.

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LLM UPDATES

• ChatGPT update: OpenAI makes popular chatbot ‘more direct’ and more

• Elon Musk’s xAI previews Grok-1.5V, its first multimodal model

• Elon Musk’s Grok keeps making up fake news based on X users’ jokes

AI DEVICES

• Humane AI Hands-On: My Life So Far With a Wearable AI Pin

• Humane AI Pin review: not even close

• MKBHD calls the Humane AI pin “the worst product I’ve ever reviewed.”

• See also: Limitless' $99 AI wearable to promises to remember your meetings and, well, everything else

• See also: Rabbit R1 just annihilated the Humane AI Pin in new video — but here’s the weirdest part

• See also: Rabbit R1 vs Humane AI Pin vs Limitless Pendant: AI wearables compared

• ChatGPT is coming to Nothing’s earbuds

MICROSOFT VASA-1 AI MODEL

• Cool or creepy? Microsoft's VASA-1 is a new AI model that turns photos into 'talking faces'

• VASA-1: Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces Generated in Real Time

META AI NEWS

• Meta rolls out an updated AI assistant, built with the long-awaited Llama 3

• Meta says Llama 3 beats most other models, including Gemini

• Meta’s battle with ChatGPT begins now

• Meta AI

• See also: I just tried Stable Diffusion's new real-time AI image generator — and it's scary fast

• Mark Zuckerberg - Llama 3, Open Sourcing $10b Models, & Caesar Augustus

• Facebook’s AI Told Parents Group It Has a Gifted, Disabled Child