TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google's just started rolling out 'Project Astra'...
Rowan Cheung@rowancheung
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Apr 08, 2025
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google's just started rolling out 'Project Astra' capabilities in Gemini Live
Plus, more news from Google Search, Runway, ElevenLabs, UC Berkeley, Krea AI, and more.
Here's everything you need to know:
Plus, more news from Google Search, Runway, ElevenLabs, UC Berkeley, Krea AI, and more.
Here's everything you need to know:
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Google started rolling out 'Project Astra' in Gemini Live
The move brings real-time visual AI, allowing multilingual conversations about anything seen and heard via a phone's camera or screen sharing
Coming to Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices!
The move brings real-time visual AI, allowing multilingual conversations about anything seen and heard via a phone's camera or screen sharing
Coming to Pixel 9 and Samsung Galaxy S25 devices!
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Google also enhanced Search by adding multimodality to its AI Mode.
The update enables users to ask complex questions about images using Gemini and Google Lens
AI Mode is now rolling out to more Google Labs users in the U.S.
The update enables users to ask complex questions about images using Gemini and Google Lens
AI Mode is now rolling out to more Google Labs users in the U.S.
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Runway released Gen-4 Turbo, a faster version of its new AI video model
It can produce 10-second videos in just 30 seconds.
Now rolling out across all plans, including the free 'Basic' tier with 125 one-time credits.
It can produce 10-second videos in just 30 seconds.
Now rolling out across all plans, including the free 'Basic' tier with 125 one-time credits.
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ElevenLabs introduced its official MCP server
The integration enables platforms like Claude and Cursor to access AI voice capabilities via simple text prompts
It can even be used to create automated agents for tasks like performing outbound calls!
The integration enables platforms like Claude and Cursor to access AI voice capabilities via simple text prompts
It can even be used to create automated agents for tasks like performing outbound calls!
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Researchers from UC Berkeley and Stanford tapped Test Time Training to generate one-minute videos
They added TTT layers to a pre-trained Transformer and fine-tuned it to generate cartoons with strong temporal consistency
Here's a single-shot example:
They added TTT layers to a pre-trained Transformer and fine-tuned it to generate cartoons with strong temporal consistency
Here's a single-shot example:
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Krea AI just raised $83M in funding from Bain Capital Ventures and others
The startup is building a unified browser-based platform that brings together tools to generate, edit, and customize AI-generated images and videos
The startup is building a unified browser-based platform that brings together tools to generate, edit, and customize AI-generated images and videos
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Harvard and University of Toronto researchers dropped an AI for 3D medical image & video segmentation
Built atop Segment Anything Model 2.1, MedSAM2 generalizes across organs, modalities, and pathologies with an 85%+ reduction in annotation costs
Built atop Segment Anything Model 2.1, MedSAM2 generalizes across organs, modalities, and pathologies with an 85%+ reduction in annotation costs
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Google's just started rolling out 'Project Astra' capabilities in Gemini Live
Plus, more news from Google Search, Runway, ElevenLabs, UC Berkeley, Krea AI, and more.
Here's everything you need to know:
Plus, more news from Google Search, Runway, ElevenLabs, UC Berkeley, Krea AI, and more.
Here's everything you need to know:
