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OpenAI releases Canvas for ChatGPT to facilitate coding and writing

Canvas makes it easier than ever to collaborate with ChatGPT while writing or coding.

OpenAI releases Canvas for ChatGPT to facilitate coding and writing

Folks over at OpenAI have released a new interface for ChatGPT – Canvas – that'll make it easier to use it for coding and writing projects. Still in Beta, Canvas is rolling out to ChatGPT Plus and Teams users today, with Enterprise and Edu users getting access to it next week. The company says that Canvas will be rolled out to free users as well once the product is out of beta, but there's no timeline on when that will be.

OpenAI says that the model, 'ChatGPT-4o with Canvas', can be selected from the drop-down menu manually "while in beta." This suggests

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Someone used Meta's Smart Glasses with AI and LLM to dox strangers

It looks exactly as unsettling as it sounds.

Someone used Meta's Smart Glasses with AI and LLM to dox strangers

Meta's new AR glasses, Orion, may have been the talk of the town this past week, but a project from two Harvard students is bringing Meta's Smart Glasses from Ray-Ban into the spotlight again. And this time, in a slightly terrifying manner.

The Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses contain an HD camera and a speaker for handsfree digital life. Users can take calls, listen to music, as well as capture and livestream photos and videos using the glasses.

The demo, created by students AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, shows how you can use the footage from the glasses combined with facial

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Meta AI gets a Voice, photo editing capabilities, and more updates

New multimodal features are now making their way to Meta AI

Meta AI gets a Voice, photo editing capabilities, and more updates
WHAT TO KNOW
  • You can now talk to Meta AI and it can hold conversations in iconic voices like Dame Judi Dench's.
  • Meta AI is also getting more multimodal capabilites, and you'll be able to share photos with the AI to get more information about them.
  • The AI can now also make edits to your photos like removing or adding objects to them.

The world of artificial intelligence is experiencing new waves, thanks to Meta. At Meta Connect 2024, the company made a ton of announcements, from their new AR glasses to improvements to their AI.

For starters, Meta AI

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OpenAI releases its first series of reasoning models, o1

ChatGPT can now think and respond to your queries.

OpenAI releases its first series of reasoning models, o1
Quick Info
  • OpenAI releases two new models: o1-preview and o1-mini.
  • The new models have reasoning capabilities and can think before responding.
  • They are not suited for average tasks, though, and would be most useful for complex tasks.

Following hot on the trail of the rumors of OpenAI's Project Strawberry being released by the end of this month, the company has swiftly taken action and put its latest model out into the world already. While not exactly with the name Strawberry, the company's latest release OpenAI o1, is indeed the same model with reasoning capabilities that was churning the rumor mills.

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OpenAI expected to release Strawberry sooner than expected

No, OpenAI is not getting into Harvest; it's apparently the name of their new model.

OpenAI expected to release Strawberry sooner than expected

According to reporting by The Information, OpenAI might be releasing its Project Strawberry by the end of this month within ChatGPT. The report from The Information is based on details from two testers who were apparently involved with the model. Project Strawberry, previously known as Q*, is supposed to be a reasoning model that will give ChatGPT the ability to think before it responds.

Hence, it will make the existing models more accurate but it will also lead to ChatGPT taking longer to respond. The model will reportedly be available from the drop-down menu within ChatGPT so users can decide

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You can now edit photos and create stickers in Instagram DMs

Instagram adds more features to its DMs to make it more appealing for users.

You can now edit photos and create stickers in Instagram DMs

Instagram is focusing more on its DMs in a bid to become a more rounded messaging platform. This includes adding new features to the DMs periodically. Over the past few months, the Meta-owned platform has added features like the ability to edit sent messages, pin chats, etc., and the latest round involves the ability to edit photos and create stickers.

Now, before sharing a photo in an Instagram DM, you can edit it or add stickers to it, just like you can with Instagram stories. You will also be able to create custom stickers from existing photos in the chat

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