Generative AI News Rundown - Pi-crosoft, Unusual Inflection, Google + Apple, GPT-5, Anthropic, Grok-1, and Much More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 376

We begin with an in-depth discussion of Microsoft’s not-quite
acquisition of Inflection AI and the billion-dollar startup’s
recent large language model (LLM), which appears to approach
GPT-4-level performance. We carry on with the LLM roundup with a
review of Grok-1’s open-source debut, Apple’s discussions with
Google about using Gemini for the iPhone, GPT-4.5 and GPT-5
rumors, Perplexity’s rumored unicorn status, Together AI’s
funding round and more.


Of course, we also hit on NVIDIA’s Blackwell announcement and the
rise of GR00T. Figure 01 may have raised over $600 million for
its humanoid robot startup, but NVIDIA’s announcement was more
impactful. Now that NVIDIA and Tesla both have active humanoid
robot programs, you have two companies that know how to scale
manufacturing in the segment. While I don’t expect this industry
to hit acceleration anytime soon, NVIDIA and Tesla will help push
the innovation envelope faster and bring plans for mass
production.
Generative AI News Top Stories of the Week



How OpenAI's Former Board Inadvertently Created a New
Competitor Inside its Patron




Inflection Reveals a New Model Rivaling GPT-4, Pi Daily
Users, and Different Assistant Strategy




X.ai's Grok-1 Model is Officially Open-Source and Larger Than
Expected




Anthropic Says it Just Dethroned GPT-4 from Atop the Frontier
Generative AI Model Rankings




GPT-4.5 Turbo Details Leak Through Search Engines Ahead of
Rumored OpenAI Announcement




OpenAI Gears Up for Mid-Year Launch of GPT-5: Report




How Apple's Discussions with Google and OpenAI Could Impact
Generative AI


Generative AI Product Garden 🪴



Nvidia Unveils Powerful Generative AI Blackwell Chip and
Platform




Character AI’s Generative AI Chatbots Learn to Speak Aloud




Midjourney Upgrades Synthetic Image Engine With Consistent
Character Generation




Pika Augments Generative AI Video Platform With Synthetic
Sound Effects




Google Infuses Fitbit with New Personal Health Generative AI
Model Based on Gemini




France Fines Google for $272 Million Over Generative AI
Training Practices




ChatGPT Can ‘Read Aloud’ Responses in 5 Voices and 37
Languages




OpenAI's Sora Text-to-Video Demonstrations are Insanely Good


Generative AI Funding Fountain and Money Gusher
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Why Perplexity is Already a Unicorn




Together AI Raises $106M to Expand Open Source Generative AI
Platform




ChatGPT Speaks Through Figure 01 Robot Following $675M
Funding




Apple Acquires DarwinAI Ahead of 2024 Generative AI Plans


Generative AI in the World



OpenAI Adds News Partnerships in French and Spanish Through
Le Monde and Prisa