Google Gemini Beats OpenAI GPT-4o in Key Benchmark

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• Google Gemini Beats OpenAI GPT-4o in Key Benchmark

• HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech

• Mistral AI adds Flux image generation and web search to Le Chat

• Nvidia faces thermal challenges with 72-chip Blackwell server racks

Google
🏆️ Google Gemini Beats OpenAI GPT-4o in Key Benchmark

The model, dubbed “Gemini-Exp-1114,” which is available now in the Google AI Studio, matched OpenAI’s GPT-4o in overall performance on the Chatbot Arena leaderboard after accumulating over 6,000 community votes

Insights for you:

• Google's experimental Gemini-Exp-1114 model outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4o, marking a new AI leader in the Chatbot Arena benchmark.

• Despite this achievement, the Gemini-Exp-1114 model remains accessible only through Google AI Studio, a platform designed for developers experimenting with emerging technologies. T

• The model’s availability underlines Google’s strategy of iterative updates to fine-tune performance before broader release.

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HarperCollins
😶 HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech

According to 404 Media, HarperCollins has agreed with an unnamed AI tech company to let the company use some nonfiction titles to train its models.

Insights for you:

• Author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky to share a concerning email where HarperCollins offered $2,500 (non-negotiable) for the right to use the book in AI training.

• HarperCollins confirmed that they had agreed with an AI tech company to allow limited use of select nonfiction backlist titles for AI training to improve the model’s quality.

• HarperCollins has been required to keep this company’s identity (AI tech company) confidential. as part of the agreement.

Mistral AI
🎨 Mistral AI adds Flux image generation and web search to Le Chat

Mistral AI adds web search and image generation to its Le Chat AI assistant while introducing a new visual model that performs well on industry benchmarks. With the integration of Pixtral Large, Le Chat can now analyze complex PDF documents, including graphics, tables, diagrams, and formulas.

Insights for you:

• French AI startup Mistral AI has added new features to its Le Chat AI assistant, including integrated web search, image generation using Flux models, and a canvas interface for creative work.

• Some of these new features are based on Pixtral Large, a new multimodal model that has achieved top scores in several visual benchmarks, outperforming competitors such as GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

• In addition, Mistral's LLM "Large" has been updated for better context understanding and more precise function calls.

Nvidia
🥵 Nvidia faces thermal challenges with 72-chip Blackwell server racks

Nvidia is working to resolve thermal issues in its high-density server racks containing 72 of its new Blackwell AI chips, according to The Information.

Insights for you:

• The Blackwell graphics processing units overheat when connected in server racks designed to hold up to 72 chips, the report said, citing sources familiar with the issue.

• Sources close to the company say the engineering team has made multiple revisions to the rack designs to address the heat problems.

• While some customers have received early units, the overheating issues persist as Nvidia scales up production.