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On today’s menu:

• OpenAI launches its Strawberry model, which thinks before it answers for maximum accuracy on complex problems.

• An engineer builds a wooden walking table, optimized by AI algorithms for a one-of-a-kind mechanical design.

• Suno is shaking up music: find out how to generate personalized birthday songs with AI.

Ready? Let’s go...

THE TOP STORY

🍓 OpenAI officially launches Strawberry 🍓 

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After months of speculation, OpenAI has officially unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, o1-preview, also known as Strawberry. The model stands out for its unique ability to reason before generating an answer, which lets it solve complex problems with greater accuracy.

Details:

• Thinking before acting: Unlike its predecessors such as GPT-4o, which generate answers instantly, o1-preview takes time to think, making it better at tasks that require planning or iterative revisions.

• Performance:

  • Codeforces: On this competitive programming platform, where participants solve algorithmic problems in timed contests, o1 ranked in the 89th percentile. That shows real skill at handling complex algorithms under time pressure.

  • United States Mathematics Olympiad (AIME): o1 also shone at this prestigious high school competition, ranking among the top 500 participants. That demonstrates advanced skills in solving high-level math problems.

  • GPQA benchmark: This test evaluates models on PhD-level physics, biology and chemistry. o1 beat human accuracy in these fields, confirming its ability to solve highly complex academic problems.

  • MMLU benchmark: The Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark measures multitask understanding across academic and professional subjects. o1 scored 78.2% and outperformed GPT-4 in 54 of the 57 categories, highlighting its exceptional multitask learning abilities.

• Safety: Thanks to safety-focused training, OpenAI has optimized this model to apply its alignment guidelines more rigorously.

• Limitations: For now, the model isn’t multimodal and is limited to text inputs, but future updates should add that capability.

• Availability: ChatGPT Plus and Team users can access the o1-preview and o1-mini models right now by selecting them manually in ChatGPT. However, usage is capped at 30 messages per week for o1-preview and 50 messages for o1-mini. As for the API, access is reserved for Tier 5 users.

Why I’m telling you about it:

Strawberry is a major step forward, especially for professionals who work with complex scientific concepts or math problems. In those fields, where accuracy and deep thinking are essential, this model is a valuable tool. It could transform the way researchers and developers work by giving them a level of reasoning and analysis close to that of a PhD student. For simpler tasks, though, GPT-4o is still the better fit.

🔧 An engineer builds an AI-designed walking coffee table

The Carpentopod table being put to use!

Dutch engineer Giliam de Carpentier has built the Carpentopod, a cordless wooden coffee table that can walk, thanks to a leg mechanism optimized by evolutionary algorithms designed with artificial intelligence.

Details:

• Leg design: The leg mechanism was developed with software that simulated thousands of generations of designs, optimizing criteria such as walking speed, ground clearance and efficiency.

• Unique structure: The table has 12 legs (six at each end) made of precision-cut laminated bamboo, driven by two motors.

• Custom controls: Carpentier wrote his own motor control software and uses a modified Nunchuck controller for remote control.

Why it matters:

This project shows how makers are combining AI, traditional craftsmanship and modern fabrication techniques to create one-of-a-kind projects that blur the lines between art, engineering and furniture design. AI optimization, even for simple mechanical systems, is only just getting started. You can find the full story of how he built it on his blog here.

LEARN TO MASTER AI

🎹 Create a Personalized Birthday Song with AI

Today I wanted to show you how to use a music generation tool with a fun tutorial that will impress your friends or family.

In the digital age, artificial intelligence is transforming music creation. With tools like Suno, you can now compose a personalized birthday song in a few simple steps:

1. Write the song lyrics

Start by writing the lyrics. You can do it yourself or use an AI (like ChatGPT) to help you.

The result (a nod to one of our readers, who will know who he is 😆):

Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Geoffrey, Happy birthday…

My dear Geoffrey, you’re turning 39, A perfect age, you’re still looking so fine. Time flies by, but you stay on top, Come on, make a wish, and blow, don’t stop!

Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Happy birthday, Geoffrey, Happy birthday…

Today is your day, enjoy it to the max, 39 candles, blow them out with passion! May this year be sweet and full of cheer, With laughter, friends and a dreamer’s heart near.

Feel free to add personalized verses to make the song even more special.

2. Go to Suno

• Sign up for free at suno.com. You get 10 music generations per day.

• If you want more features or a commercial license, paid plans are available.

3. Create your music

• Click Create in the navigation bar.

• In the Lyrics section, paste your song lyrics.

• In Style of Music, describe the musical style you want in English. For example:

• Give your song a title (optional).

• Click Create and let the AI generate your music.

4. Download and share

Once the music is generated, you can:

• Listen to the different versions offered.

• Download the MP3 file.

• Get a karaoke video with the lyrics built in.

And here’s the result. Not bad, right?

Happy birthday Geoffrey

WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS

🧠 AI as a source of novel research ideas

Details:

• An in-depth study of more than 100 natural language processing (NLP) researchers reveals that AI-generated ideas are judged more novel than those of human experts.

• The evaluation was conducted blind, ensuring the impartiality of reviewers, who didn’t know which ideas came from the AI.

• Although the AI’s proposals were seen as slightly less feasible, they still beat the humans’ on novelty.

• The study also highlighted some challenges with AI idea generation, including trouble with self-evaluation and a lack of diversity in the output.

Why I’m telling you about it
This research sheds fascinating light on AI’s potential to drive innovation and accelerate scientific discovery. It opens the door to new thinking about human-machine collaboration in research, while underscoring the importance of continuing to refine these tools to make them more effective and reliable.

THE LATEST TRENDING TOOLS

I’d like to draw your attention to something important. The loudme.ai platform uses lots of free Suno accounts (the music generation service) to resell the songs on its site without adding any real value. Watch out for certain newsletters and YouTube videos that have no qualms about promoting this kind of scam, purely to make money.

Rest assured that I check every tool I tell you about, to make sure it’s reliable and brings real value to your work or projects. Some links are affiliate links, but they help me keep bringing you quality content at no extra cost to you.

💡 THE TOOLS:

• 🤖 Bland offers an innovative solution for automating phone calls with artificial intelligence, helping businesses optimize their customer communication.

• 🎬 Creatify 2.0 positions itself as a handy tool for creating and editing viral videos for social media, making it easier to produce engaging content.

• 🗣️ OpenHome offers a conversational voice SDK that adapts to various platforms, opening up new possibilities for voice interaction with devices.

• 📊 CheatSheet AI lets you generate visual cheat sheets on any topic, a potentially useful tool for learning and summarizing information.

• 🌐 Zarla AI Website Builder stands out as a website builder designed specifically for the needs of local businesses.

• 💬 Sierra offers a conversational AI solution aimed at improving the customer experience, with an emphasis on security and compliance.

• 📊 Basejump AI makes data access easier by letting you query databases in natural language, simplifying information analysis.

• 📝 Fill A Form AI bills itself as a virtual assistant that can fill out forms automatically, a potential time-saver for administrative tasks.

• 📈 Maxium AI offers a platform for measuring developer productivity, providing benchmarks against industry standards.

IN THE NEWS

Ada now uses GPT-4 to double customer service resolution rates, with the goal of reaching full automation of requests in the near future.

Google Photos is improving its search with natural language queries and introducing “Ask Photos,” an AI-powered conversational search feature available to US users.

Qualcomm’s CEO unveiled a partnership with Samsung and Google to develop mixed reality glasses, designed as companion devices to smartphones.

YouTube is working on detection tools for synthetic music and faces, and is giving creators control over AI model training to protect their content.

Audible announced plans to create AI voice replicas for narrating audiobooks, with a royalty-sharing model for the narrators who lend their voices.

YOUR DAILY DOSE OF CONTENT

Lots to dig into today! Then again, the weekend starts tonight, so you’ll have plenty of time to digest it all at your own pace 😊 

1/ 🤖 Everything you need to know about OpenAI’s latest model, o1

UPDATE: ChatGPT + OpenAI o1 (Q*) = REVOLUTION? Analysis + Demos

2/ 🎹 A musician shares his emotional experience with AI music generation. A soul-searching look at the authenticity of music created by artificial intelligence.

You’ve NEVER Heard AI Music Like This 🙁

3/ 🎥 Trump’s story about migrants eating cats, set to an AI-generated song? I tried it, and here’s the result! #badbuzz #debatUS2024

The only man who can save the cats 😹
#DonaldTrump#CatMeme#Debate2024

12:28 AM • Sep 13, 2024

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THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY

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