Google has launched Gemini Live, a voice chat feature for its generative AI chatbot. It allows users to engage in natural conversations with enhanced speech capabilities. It offers hands-free functionality, a variety of voices, and the ability to interrupt for follow-up questions. While it currently lacks multimodal input, which will be added later, Gemini Live is available exclusively through the Google One AI Premium Plan for $20 per month. Additional features and integrations with Google services are also on the way.
Flux, developed by Black Forest Labs, is a new open-source AI image generation model that has quickly gained popularity, outperforming Midjourney in certain areas like rendering people. It offers three versions: Pro, Dev, and Schnell, with the Pro version used commercially. Users can download and run Flux locally or access it through platforms like NightCafe and Poe. The company is also working on a text-to-video model.
Very tactical, but I just want to highlight the iterative advancement here. I didn’t spend time on the Pixel announcements, and instead wanted to focus on the assistant technology. Finally, some interesting advancements in the application of voice.
And, note how quickly models can be usurped here. Midjourney was the lead – and now, not so much. And in a few months, we may see another round of changes. The insight is the speed of progress.
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