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AI advancements this month include Tesla's near-autonomous driving tech, Samsung's AI-powered food assistant, and Alibaba's vision-language models among others

AI developments to watch out for in September

AI advancements this month include Tesla's near-autonomous driving tech, Samsung's AI-powered food assistant, and Alibaba's vision-language models among others

September brings in quite a spectrum of new developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Tesla showcases an advanced "Full Self-Driving" AI, navigating Palo Alto streets with minimal human intervention. Samsung launches an AI-based food assistant to streamline meal planning and appliance control. Alibaba steps into the AI arena with open-source models that understand both text and images, while Call of Duty partners with Modulate to address toxic voice chat. A new platform, Ideogram, revolutionises AI-generated imaging with improved text accuracy.

Tesla's AI-only self-driving tech demonstrated Elon Musk recently showcased Tesla's latest

Tesla's AI-only self-driving tech demonstrated 

Elon Musk recently showcased Tesla's latest "Full Self-Driving" software in a live-streamed demo. Unlike its predecessors, this version relies solely on AI and neural networks trained on vast driving data. During the demo, the AI-powered software quickly handled turns, speed adjustments, and obstacles encountered during a joyride around Palo Alto, CA. It successfully navigated through construction zones, roundabouts, and bicyclists, even in previously unseen areas. When it attempted to enter a busy intersection, Musk only had to take control of the car once. FSD V12 marks a significant shift from earlier versions, which relied on programming logic and code. The new version is being tested globally by employees to improve through real-world AI training data.

Samsung Announces AI food assistantSamsung has recently launched Samsung Food, an AI-powered food app. It is available in over 100 countries and is based on Whisk's database of more than 160,000 recipes. It helps users to plan their meals, suggests dishes, and recommends ingredients to order. Moreover, Samsung Food is capable of controlling appliances and sharing recipes. By next year, the company plans to introduce its Vision AI, which will enable users to identify food by using their phone cameras.

Samsung Announces AI food assistant

Samsung has recently launched Samsung Food, an AI-powered food app. It is available in over 100 countries and is based on Whisk's database of more than 160,000 recipes. It helps users to plan their meals, suggests dishes, and recommends ingredients to order. Moreover, Samsung Food is capable of controlling appliances and sharing recipes. By next year, the company plans to introduce its Vision AI, which will enable users to identify food by using their phone cameras.

AI on Alibaba Now Understands Images And Has Complex ConversationsAlibaba, the Chinese tech giant, has recently revealed two new open-source AI models, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL Chat. These models significantly advance China's tech sector as they can understand images and have more complex conversations. Unlike ChatGPT and Bard, which read text, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL Chat are “vision language” models that read images. While Qwen-VL generates captions for photos and provides answers to open-ended visual queries, Qwen-VL Chat compares multiple images and sustains dialogues. These models were released shortly after China's first AI regulations were out, which allowed for such releases, and amid the intensifying US-China rivalry for future AI dominance.

AI on Alibaba Now Understands Images And Has Complex Conversations

Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, has recently revealed two new open-source AI models, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL Chat. These models significantly advance China's tech sector as they can understand images and have more complex conversations. Unlike ChatGPT and Bard, which read text, Qwen-VL and Qwen-VL Chat are “vision language” models that read images. While Qwen-VL generates captions for photos and provides answers to open-ended visual queries, Qwen-VL Chat compares multiple images and sustains dialogues. These models were released shortly after China's first AI regulations were out, which allowed for such releases, and amid the intensifying US-China rivalry for future AI dominance.

Call Of Duty enlists AI to remove all your toxic chatsThe world-famous video game Call of Duty has partnered with AI startup Modulate to address its long-standing issues with toxicity in voice chats. Modulate's ToxMod system is designed to filter and take action against hate speech and harassment in real-time. The system will initially be tested in existing games, with a beta launch, before being rolled out globally alongside Modern Warfare III in November.

Call Of Duty enlists AI to remove all your toxic chats

The world-famous video game Call of Duty has partnered with AI startup Modulate to address its long-standing issues with toxicity in voice chats. Modulate's ToxMod system is designed to filter and take action against hate speech and harassment in real-time. The system will initially be tested in existing games, with a beta launch, before being rolled out globally alongside Modern Warfare III in November.

Generate AI images with Text AI-generated images have always struggled to produce text accurately, but a new platform called Ideogram has made significant progress in this aspect. Launched in beta, the platform allows users to create images by typing in a prompt similar to image-generating tools like Midjourney. Ideogram also offers suggested styles such as photo, cinematic, and painting, as well as a sizing feature. To get started, head to Ideogram.ai, create a free account and enter prompts and adjust styles until you achieve the desired result. For example, we entered the prompt:

Generate AI images with Text 

AI-generated images have always struggled to produce text accurately, but a new platform called Ideogram has made significant progress in this aspect. Launched in beta, the platform allows users to create images by typing in a prompt similar to image-generating tools like Midjourney. Ideogram also offers suggested styles such as photo, cinematic, and painting, as well as a sizing feature. To get started, head to Ideogram.ai, create a free account and enter prompts and adjust styles until you achieve the desired result. For example, we entered the prompt: "A lifestyle image of a happy droid holding a sign that says The Established".

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