News from the 31st of January

Here are the top AI news from the second half of January 2024:

Meta has just released Code Llama 70B

It is an open-source, coding-specialized AI model, Code Llama 70B, which is as good as GPT-4 at coding.

Google made an incredible AI video breakthrough 

with its latest video generation model, Lumiere.

Google Bard is now the second smartest AI, surpassing GPT-4

Only GPT-4 Turbo is ahead.

OpenAI upgraded GPT-4 Turbo

They introduced two new embedding models and reduced GPT-3.5 API pricing.

Arc rolls out ‘Arc Search’

It is an AI-powered iPhone browser that searches the web for you.

a little Sunday surprise for you…

meet @browsercompany's 2nd product:

🔍Arc Search🔎

it's a default browser for your iPhone
…that BROWSES FOR YOU

the origin story is a bit unusual so I wanted to give you the full backstory: pic.twitter.com/pkVQJYN0QQ

— Josh Miller (@joshm) January 28, 2024

6. Midjourney released Niji V6, a version specialized in generating anime images.

V6 of Niji-Journey is now live! Niji V6 is a version of our latest model specifically tuned for Anime. To enable it type /settings and click "Niji Model 6" on any of our bots. Enjoy!

— Midjourney (@midjourney) January 29, 2024