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Todays show:
Sunny Madra joins Jason to demo Google’s rebranded Gemini Advanced (30:21), Apple’s MGIE (46:31), and to explore the significance of Microsoft’s Copilot (53:27), plus Lucite, AgentHub, Quilter and more!
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Timestamps:
(0:00) Sunny Madra joins Jason
(1:56) Super Bowl viewership numbers compared to YouTubers like Mr. Beast.
(6:23) Sunny demos AgentHub.
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(12:32) The secrets behind all these media and tech layoffs.
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(21:23) Sunny demos Lucite.
(22:54) There is a need for AI that fact-checks other AI.
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(30:21) The rebranding of Google’s Bard to Gemini while Sunny attempts to demo Gemini Advanced.
(40:15) Sunny demos Quilter.
(46:31) Sunny demos Apple’s MGIE.
(50:41) Answering who will win between Microsoft and OpenAI vs Apple and Meta.
(53:27) The significance of Microsoft Copilot.
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Links:
Check out AgentHub: https://www.agenthub.dev/
Check out Lucite: https://www.lucite.app/home
Check out Quilter: https://app.quilter.ai/
Check out Apple’s MGIE: https://github.com/apple/ml-mgie
Check out Gemini: https://gemini.google.com/app
Check out Microsoft Copilot Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaCVSUbYpVc
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