Meta develops its own AI search engine

🤖 Google is working on an AI agent that takes over your browser

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Ishaan Mahajan
October 29, 2024

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💥 Meta is developing its own AI search engine

  • Meta is creating its own web-crawling search engine to enhance the information provided by its AI chatbot, as reported by The Information.

  • This move aims to lessen Meta's reliance on Google and Microsoft's Bing, which currently supply data about news, sports, and stocks for Meta AI users.

  • Following the announcement, shares of Google owner Alphabet Inc. declined by 0.8%, while Meta's shares experienced a slight increase of 0.3%.

Claude Introduces New Analysis Tool: Empowering Data-Driven Insights

  • Introducing the analysis tool: A new built-in feature for Claude.ai that enables Claude to write and run JavaScript code, process data, conduct analysis, and produce real-time insights.

  • Built-in code sandbox: The analysis tool acts as a code sandbox where Claude can perform complex math, analyze data, and iterate on ideas before sharing accurate, mathematically precise, and reproducible answers.

  • Analyzing and visualizing data from CSV files: Claude can now run code within Claude.ai to support various analysis tasks, enhancing its already impressive coding and data skills from Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

  • Expanding capabilities across teams: The analysis tool can help marketers improve conversions, sales teams analyze country-specific performance, and engineers identify areas for better resource utilization. Users can turn on the feature preview by logging into Claude.ai.

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🤖 Google is working on an AI that takes over your browser

  • Google is working on Project Jarvis, an AI agent that can browse the web for users, acting as an automated personal assistant with its capabilities integrated into Google Chrome.

  • According to a report by The Information, this AI could be introduced alongside Google's next flagship Gemini language model, possibly being previewed to a small group of testers by December.

  • Similar to Anthropic's Claude AI improvements, Jarvis AI responds to user commands by interacting with computer screens through tasks like clicking buttons or typing, though currently operates at a slower pace.

Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip

  • Apple unveiled the 2024 iMac, featuring a similar design to its 2023 predecessor but now powered by the M4 chip, promising improved performance over previous models.

  • The iMac maintains its 4.5K Retina display and color options from last year, but now offers enhanced configurations with up to 32 GB of RAM and 2 TB SSD storage for higher performance needs.

  • The new iMac includes updated peripherals with USB-C connectivity, alongside Apple's launch of macOS 15.1 with new AI features, positioning it as part of the company's latest technological advancements.

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