AI Edition - It's AI Time - 333 [14-03-2025]

AI Edition - It's AI Time - 333

OpenAI Pushes for Lighter AI Regulation Under Trump:

OpenAI is lobbying the Trump administration for minimal AI regulation, emphasizing the need for rapid innovation while raising concerns about AI competition from China. The company aims to shape the upcoming AI Action Plan drafted by the government.

Gemini gets personal, with tailored help from your Google apps:

Google's Gemini now offers personalization through its experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking model. It integrates with your Google apps, starting with Search, to tailor responses based on your past searches. Future expansions will include personalization with Photos and YouTube, enhancing AI assistance by understanding user preferences.

Transforming Game Asset Creation With Genies' AIGC-Powered System:

Game Art Forge has introduced AI-generated templates to streamline game asset creation, enhancing speed, scalability, and creative control for developers. It allows customization while maintaining consistency and supports both indie developers and larger teams. By combining AI efficiency with human creativity, it ensures high-quality, adaptable workflows for game development.

Open Sora Release:

The Open Sora effort, which has been underway since the original launch of the model, has trained a competitive model for less than $200k. It has released all of the code and weights for reproducing the results. The motions are quite compelling, although not completely state-of-the-art.

Nous Research just launched an API that gives developers access to AI models that OpenAI and Anthropic won't build:

Nous Research has launched an Inference API, making its personalized, unrestricted language models accessible to developers and researchers. The API supports two models, Hermes 3 Llama 70B and DeepHermes-3 8B Preview, while a waitlist system manages demand and adds exclusivity. This launch marks Nous Research's transition from open-source releases to commercial offerings. The company is aiming to create a sustainable business model without compromising its core principles.

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