🤖 ChatGPT Gets a To-Do List (Wants Your Job?)

New AGI lab emerges, Microsoft's free Copilot tier, and AI agents

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The world of AI is buzzing with excitement as OpenAI's ChatGPT just got a major upgrade – it can now manage tasks and schedule actions, marking a significant step towards the era of AI agents. 🤖 But that's not all! This week's AI Digest is packed with groundbreaking news, from a new AGI lab founded by a renowned AI researcher to Microsoft expanding its Copilot access with a free tier. So, buckle up and get ready for a thrilling ride through the latest AI developments! 🚀

ChatGPT Gets Organized with "Tasks" 📅

OpenAI has rolled out "Tasks," a beta feature that allows ChatGPT to schedule reminders and recurring actions. This marks OpenAI's first foray into agentic AI capabilities, transforming ChatGPT from a chatbot into a more autonomous assistant.

With "Tasks," you can:

  • Schedule one-time reminders or recurring actions, like daily weather updates or news briefings.

  • Manage tasks through chat or a dedicated web interface.

  • Receive notifications across desktop, mobile, and web platforms.

While the ability to set reminders might not seem revolutionary, it lays the groundwork for ChatGPT to incorporate more agentic abilities in the future. Imagine ChatGPT automatically scheduling meetings, booking flights, or even managing your finances! 🤯

MiniMax Unleashes Open-Source LLMs with Ultra-Long Context 🤯

Chinese AI lab MiniMax has launched two open-source AI models that leverage a new 'Lightning Attention' approach. This breakthrough allows for massive context windows of 4 million tokens while maintaining speed and performance.

What does this mean? These models can process and understand significantly more information at once, exceeding current industry standards by a huge margin. This could be a game-changer for AI development, especially for autonomous agents that require extensive memory and context processing.

More AI Highlights from This Week

  • Microsoft Empowers Developers with Multi-Agent System: Microsoft has upgraded its open-source AutoGen framework with a new orchestration system called Magnetic-One. This system coordinates multiple AI agent specialists, like web surfers and coders, to handle complex tasks.

  • Turn Long-Form Content into Shareable Clips: HeyGen's Instant Highlights feature can transform lengthy videos into engaging highlight reels and shareable clips.

  • Belva AI's Engineer Revolutionizes Coding: This AI-powered development environment automates coding workflows, combining code generation, UML transformation, and intelligent debugging in one platform.

  • François Chollet Founds New AGI Lab: François Chollet, the creator of the Keras AI framework, has launched Ndea, an AI lab aiming to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) through an alternative research method.

  • Microsoft Expands Copilot Access with Free Tier: Microsoft has introduced Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, a free entry-level version of its AI assistant platform that offers GPT-4o-powered chat and pay-per-use agent capabilities.

  • Try On Clothes Virtually with AI: Hugging Face's new Leffa space lets you try on any piece of clothing virtually by uploading your photo and a garment image.

  • Luma Labs Unveils Next-Gen AI Video Model: Luma Labs has released Ray 2, its next-generation AI video model that promises unprecedented motion quality and physics realism.

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