Best AI chatbots of 2024 Tried and Tested— Here's How They Compare
Best AI chatbots of 2024 Tried and Tested— Here's How They Compare
There's a chatbot for that.
The rapid rise of AI chatbots has transformed the way we interact with technology, offering tools that cater to a variety of needs. Whether you’re looking for assistance with problem-solving, generating stunning images, creating compelling content, enhancing productivity, or simply engaging in intelligent conversation, there’s an AI chatbot designed just for you. However, with so many options available, it’s important to understand which platform aligns with your goals and preferences.
Each chatbot brings unique strengths to the table. Some excel in creativity, helping users brainstorm ideas, craft stories, or design visuals, while others are better suited for productivity, offering seamless integration with tools like email or document editors. Certain chatbots, like Meta AI, shine in generating images and videos, while options like Claude specialize in problem-solving with exceptional reasoning and context-handling abilities. Meanwhile, conversational powerhouses like Google Gemini stand out for their human-like dialogue and nuanced understanding.
To make the most of these tools, it’s essential to consider your primary use case. Are you a professional looking to boost efficiency, a creator seeking innovative inspiration, or a student needing assistance with research? This guide will break down the top chatbots by their standout features and price, helping you find the perfect AI assistant to enhance your workflow or spark your imagination.
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Inside Google’s $1 Billion Offices at MIT
An exclusive tour of Google's brand-new $1 billion office next to MIT with my former MIT PhD colleague Sascha, who now works as a researcher at the Google Quantum AI Lab, and a PhD candidate at MIT.
We explore the incredible interior, including Google's stunning art collections, high-tech micro kitchens, vinyl music studio, gyms, and even a gourmet chef’s kitchen! Along the way, we have some fun moments, from trying fancy coffee machines to navigating Google’s maze-like office layout.
The AI Start-Up That Will Revolutionize The Way Films Are Made
It’s a long way from Scott Mann’s home town of Newton Aycliffe, Co Durham, to his base in Los Angeles, California, in more ways than one.
What began with a love of 1980s blockbusters such as Back to the Future and making films on a camcorder starring schoolmates has culminated in directing Robert De Niro and scoring box office success in 2022 with Fall, a survival thriller.
Now Mann, 44, is embarking on what might be an even more challenging journey: the transition from film director to technology entrepreneur. He is co-chief executive of Flawless AI, a start-up building tools that apply artificial intelligence to film editing.
Using generative AI, its software allows film-makers to adjust and edit their work allowing, for example, actors’ lip movements to match scripts in multiple languages, or for original dialogue to be changed without the need for expensive reshoots.
The technology aims to deliver “perfectly lip-synced visuals”, ending the distracting and at times unintentionally comical viewing experience of dubbed films where the voices are alarmingly out of sync with the lines the actors deliver.
More about how Flawless AI will change the film industry
FT Rethink | The Future of AI Business Models | Dr. Nanette Hechler-Fayd’herbe
Which sectors will benefit from the use of AI? Can we improve our lives whilst also improving our livelihoods in the future? Insightful, unique perspectives from Dr. Nanette Hechler-Fayd’herbe, Chief Investment Officer, EMEA, Bank Lombard Odier.
First Painting Created by a Humanoid Robot Clears Over $1 Million in Auction
The "artwork" sold for a pretty penny at Sotheby's auction house this week.
Who would want a painting made by a robot? I’m not sure, but whoever they are, they just spent an insane amount of money to buy it. “AI God,” is a painting that depicts famed cryptanalyst Alan Turing, and it was created by Ai-Da, who is described on her website as being an “ultra-realistic robot artist.”
The work, which was sold at Sotheby’s auction house in New York for over a million dollars this week, looks like this:
The Art Newspaper writes that after 27 bids, the lucky winner walked away with the painting, having forked over more than a million dollars.
You might find yourself wondering how it’s even possible that a robot can make a painting. Ai-Da’s website states that she is “capable of [both] drawing and painting using cameras in her eyes, AI algorithms, and her robotic arm.”
More about Ai-Da and the human behind the scenes on Gizmodo
Yuval Noah Harari: ChatGPT Is The “Amoeba of AI Evolution”
“What's happening now in the world is tension between organic animals and an inorganic digital system which is increasingly controlling and shaping the entire world.” Part of existing as an “organic entity” such as a human is that we live our lives by cycles: Day, night. Winter, summer, Growth, decay. Sometimes we’re active, other times we need rest.
But algorithms and computers never need rest – they are ‘on’ all the time. In a world that is becoming increasingly more digital, humans are being forced to adapt to the “always on” schedule of these systems, says Yuval Noah Harari, the best-selling author of 'Sapiens' and ‘Nexus,’ while in conversation with Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Adapting to these schedules has made our lives more and more public, creating a life that mirrors “one long job interview,” says Harari, as any of our actions can be chronicled and follow us around for decades. At its crux, this is destructive to how we function.
Here’s how we got here, and how we can course-correct, according to the historian.
How Close Are We To An Accurate AI Fake News Detector?
In the ambitious pursuit to tackle the harms from false content on social media and news websites, data scientists are getting creative.
While still in their training wheels, the large language models (LLMs) used to create chatbots like ChatGPT are being recruited to spot fake news. With better detection, AI fake news checking systems may be able to warn of, and ultimately counteract, serious harms from deepfakes, propaganda, conspiracy theories and misinformation.
The next level AI tools will personalise detection of false content as well as protecting us against it. For this ultimate leap into user-centered AI, data science needs to look to behavioral and neuroscience.
Recent work suggests we might not always consciously know that we are encountering fake news. Neuroscience is helping to discover what is going on unconsciously. Biomarkers such as heart rate, eye movements and brain activity) appear to subtly change in response to fake and real content. In other words, these biomarkers may be “tells” that indicate if we have been taken in or not.
More about combatting fake news with AI on TNW
A Brief History of Video Generation: Runway Co-founder Anastasis Germanidis | Ray Summit 2024
Anastasis Germanidis, co-founder and CTO of Runway, describes the short history of generative video and the astounding progress over the last 4 years and outlines the coming breakthroughs.
AI systems applied to audiovisual content will change art and creativity forever and enable everyone to tell their stories. Runway is leading the charge in this effort.
In July 2024, Runway released Gen-3 Alpha, the world’s most advanced video generation model. Germanidis describes the surprising emergence of new capabilities in Gen-3 Alpha as well as new functionality built into Gen-3 Alpha like video-to-video generation and image-to-video generation. According to Germanidis “The best stories have not been told yet, the best movies have not been made.”
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