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Tech giants are looking for ways to keep up with AI. Some of them do this through alliances, others through features, and some create their own innovations. What remains true is that no one wants to be left behind!

Here’s what you’ll find today:

• Amazon Web Services unveils App Studio

• OpenAI partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Samsung upgrades its Bixby assistant

• A16z introduces the “Oxygen” initiative

• Grok 2’s launch gets delayed

• And more.

🧑‍💻 Amazon Web Services unveils App Studio (2 min)

A simple prompt could be the key to many innovations. Amazon Web Services has recently introduced its take on generative AI, especially for enterprises, with App Studio, a groundbreaking tool that allows users to create enterprise-grade apps through written prompts.

There's not much explanation to do. Users, like data engineers or project managers, describe the kind of application they're aiming for, and App Studio writes the code for them, as well as conducts the necessary procedures to ensure that it works correctly. The tool is based on several models available on Amazon Bedrock, such as Titan and Anthropic's Claude.

🧬 OpenAI partners with Los Alamos National Laboratory (3 min)

OpenAI is joining forces with one of the US' leading national laboratories, to find ways in which AI can aid in the advancement of bioscientific research. The partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is just another showcase of OpenAI's commitment to developing AI to benefit humanity, a feat they've been focusing on lately, like with their previous collaborations with Moderna and Color Health.

Through this alliance, OpenAI and LANL will test GPT-4o's multimodal capabilities and evaluate how its vision and voice systems can help scientists in a physical laboratory setting to drive research, promoting efficacy and safety along the way.

🤖 Samsung upgrades its Bixby assistant (1 min)

AI is making companies rethink their strategies and upgrade their offerings. Such is the case with Samsung, who in 2017 launched its voice assistant Bixby, and now it's announcing they're planning to revamp it with AI capabilities based on its proprietary LLMs.

The smartphone industry isn't unfamiliar with the AI boom. Many of the devices coming this year already have some sort of AI-powered feature, with Apple being one of the most anticipated. So it's no surprise that Samsung is also entering the market.

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💸Andreessen Horowitz, the VC firm, has found a way to deal with the current GPU shortage. Reportedly, the firm has collected thousands of AI chips, including Nvidia's H100 processors, and plans to rent them to their portfolio of companies, mostly as a push for AI startups which is why the initiative is called "Oxygen."

🤖If you were expecting the launch of Grok 2, you'd have to wait a bit longer, as Elon Musk has announced that the model is currently being fine-tuned and debugged. On a brighter note, the CEO hinted at the release of Grok 3, claiming that it is coming at the end of the year.

⚡️Quick links

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