Perplexity vs Amazon
Plus, Eleven Labs launches AI agents...
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
November 19, 2024
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🧠 AI On My Mind
🤖 Perplexity Launches Ecom Tool
✨ New AI Coding Tool
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💰️ Newly Added AI Tools
AI ON MY MIND
Happy Tuesday!
I’ve been thinking a lot about this.
Software is going to zero. What I mean is the moat that software developers once had is crumbling thanks to AI.
Anyone with a little bit of technical knowhow will be able to create a software or even copy softwares that are currently on the market.
Which means community and audience is the new ip.
You have to have an audience to support your ideas otherwise it will be harder to make a splash in a sea full of tools.
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TODAY’S TOP STORIES
🎙️ElevenLabs now offers ability to build conversational AI agents
ElevenLabs, known for AI voice cloning and text-to-speech capabilities, has launched a new feature allowing users to build conversational AI agents with customizable voices and personalities.
The platform enables developers to create complete conversational bots with adjustable parameters like tone, response length, and language model selection, while also supporting custom knowledge bases and multiple programming languages. This move positions ElevenLabs as a direct competitor to OpenAI's real-time conversational API, with the company aiming to raise funding at a valuation exceeding $3 billion.
Users can customize their AI agents by selecting templates, language models (Gemini, GPT, or Claude), and fine-tune variables like voice characteristics and conversation parameters.
The platform supports integration with custom knowledge bases and multiple programming languages including Python, Javascript, React, and Swift.
ElevenLabs is leveraging its existing text-to-speech technology while developing new speech-to-text capabilities to compete with major players like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon.
🛍️ Perplexity Rolls Out Its AI-Powered Ecommerce Experience in the US
Perplexity has launched its AI-powered shopping experience in the US, offering a conversational approach to product discovery and comparison through natural language interactions. The platform aims to simplify online shopping by allowing users to ask questions about products and receive detailed, AI-generated responses based on real-time data. This launch represents a significant step in applying AI technology to transform the e-commerce landscape.
The platform integrates with major retailers and aggregates product information to provide comprehensive shopping recommendations.
Users can ask specific questions about products and receive detailed comparisons without navigating multiple websites.
The service emphasizes transparency and accuracy in product information, helping consumers make informed purchasing decisions.
🤯 Trump revoking Biden AI EO will make industry more chaotic, experts say
Trump's recent statement about revoking Biden's AI Executive Order if re-elected has sparked concern among AI experts and industry leaders about potential disruption to ongoing AI safety and regulation efforts. The AI Executive Order, signed in October 2023, established comprehensive guidelines for AI development, testing, and deployment across federal agencies and private sector partnerships. This potential policy reversal could create significant uncertainty in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
The Executive Order requires companies to share safety test results with the government and establishes standards for AI system development and deployment.
Industry experts warn that revoking the order could lead to fragmented state-level regulations and reduced international cooperation on AI governance.
Major tech companies have already invested resources to comply with the Executive Order's requirements, making a sudden policy shift potentially disruptive.
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AI On Social
✨New AI Tool: Magic Quill
Magic Quill: A Free AI Image Editor That Feels Like Magic
This tool is incredibly useful and free to use now!
It lets you select parts of an image and edit them with just a text prompt. Mostly I’ve gotten exactly what I needed on the first try!
Here’s how to use it:
— el.cine (@EHuanglu)
4:18 PM • Nov 18, 2024
✨Future of AI Coding: Flows?
Copilots + Agents = Flows
The reason why Cascade feels like magic is because it combines the collaborative nature of copilots with the independently powerful capacity of agents.
Both Copilots and Agents are valuable, but not as much as Flows.
Let's break this down 🧵
— Windsurf (@windsurf_ai)
5:19 AM • Nov 17, 2024
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