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Google’s Bard has just made a stunning leap, surpassing GPT-4 to the SECOND SPOT on the leaderboard! Big congrats to Google for the remarkable achievement! The race is heating up like never before! Super excited to see what’s next for Bard + Gemini Ultra release.

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Google's Bard has just made a stunning leap, surpassing GPT-4 to the SECOND SPOT on the leaderboard! Big congrats to @Google for the remarkable achievement!

The race is heating up like never before! Super excited to see what's next for Bard + Gemini… pic.twitter.com/QPtsqZdJhC
— lmsys.org (@lmsysorg) January 26, 2024

https://huggingface.co/spaces/lmsys/chatbot-arena-leaderboard

Google just pushed out its latest Chrome browser update, introducing 3 new experimental AI features. The first is ‘Tab Organizer’. It automatically sorts open tabs into suggested groups, making it easier to manage multiple tasks.

Google just pushed out its latest Chrome browser update, introducing 3 new experimental AI features.

The first is 'Tab Organizer'.

It automatically sorts open tabs into suggested groups, making it easier to manage multiple tasks. pic.twitter.com/aCgbFM2DCN
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) January 24, 2024

Chrome is getting 3 new generative AI features – Get help drafting things on the web

https://blog.google/products/chrome/google-chrome-generative-ai-features-january-2024

Google Chrome gains AI features, including a writing helper, theme creator, and tab organizer

Google Chrome’s new ‘AI themes’.

The new feature will allow users to personalize their browser by selecting a subject, mood, style, and color for the AI to render.

Next is Google Chrome's new 'AI themes'.

The new feature will allow users to personalize their browser by selecting a subject, mood, style, and color for the AI to render. pic.twitter.com/mIMyC46Ak1
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) January 24, 2024

A Leaked Memo From Google CEO Sundar Pichai Comes Amid Employee Discontent. No CEO Wants This for Their CompanyMass layoffs are now leading to mass cynicism among employees.

https://www.inc.com/nick-hobson/a-leaked-memo-from-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-comes-amidst-employee-discontent-no-ceo-wants-this-for-their-company.html

The power of Google AI comes to the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series

https://blog.google/products/android/google-ai-samsung-galaxy-s24

Google aims to deliver “world’s most advanced AI” in 2024, and it certainly has a long way to go (not sure I agree)

https://the-decoder.com/google-aims-to-deliver-worlds-most-advanced-ai-in-2024-and-it-certainly-has-a-long-way-to-go

Google DeepMind scientists in talks to leave and form AI startup – Bloomberg Newshttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-deepmind-scientists-talks-leave-193114887.html

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