Jonathan Kemper

Jonathan writes for THE DECODER about how AI tools can improve both work and creative projects.

Jonathan Kemper

Aug 2, 2024

ChatGPT's new voice mode can bark like a dog and laugh like a human

OpenAI has started testing the "Advanced Voice Mode" for a small group of ChatGPT Plus users. This mode enables more natural real-time conversations where the user can interrupt at any time and the system responds to emotions. To improve the security and quality of voice conversations, OpenAI tested the capabilities of GPT-4o, the model behind the "Advanced Voice Mode", with over 100 external Red Teams in 45 languages. In addition, safeguards were implemented to block output that deviates from the four predefined voices or contains violent or copyrighted content.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 31, 2024

Google DeepMind's new Gemma 2 model outperforms larger LLMs with fewer parameters

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 31, 2024

Early users report real-world performance of Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.1

Because of deepfake "disgust factor": Apple Intelligence does not create photorealistic images

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 31, 2024

Midjourney releases V6.1 model, which is faster and "generally more beautiful"

Photorealistic AI illustration, close-up of a model's face with orange make-up and blue eyes.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 30, 2024

AI data isn't destroying AI models after all, researchers say

A recent study published in Nature appears to demonstrate model collapse in several AI architectures, but other researchers say the study makes unrealistic assumptions that are inconsistent with common practice, such as discarding all previous data after each iteration. The critical researchers disagree with the theory that training AI models on synthetic data inevitably leads to "model collapse," where performance gradually declines until the model becomes inefficient. This effect is not a real threat under realistic conditions, they say. With LLaMA 3.1, Meta shows that synthetic data generation processes that iteratively correct errors can improve performance without causing model collapse.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 28, 2024

Study reveals major weaknesses in AI's ability to understand diagrams and abstract visuals

Colorful AI illustration of a clock that is impossible to read.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 26, 2024

OpenAI's SearchGPT demo fail shows how hard it is to catch AI bullshit

OpenAI presented the prototype of its AI search engine SearchGPT yesterday. However, the pre-produced video, which is intended to demonstrate the tool's capabilities, already shows a serious flaw. SearchGPT is therefore in good company.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 25, 2024

Udio v1.5 music generator narrows the gap between human-created and AI-generated music

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 25, 2024

Stable Video 4D creates moving 3D models from video

Illustration from the Stable Video 4D paper showing dynamic 3D objects.

Jonathan Kemper

Jul 22, 2024

Graph RAG: Access to external data becomes much more accurate with Microsoft's approach

Abstract AI illustration of a colorful network graph.