Issue 37 | GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and the AI PC Arrive Simultaneously

GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and the AI PC Arrive Simultaneously

The most consequential two weeks in AI since ChatGPT launched just ended. On May 13, OpenAI introduced GPT-4o: a single model that handles text, audio, and vision simultaneously, responds in real time, and costs half what GPT-4 Turbo did. The next day, Google I/O unveiled Gemini 1.

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Issue 37

Quick Scan

What matters today

Format Weekly newsletter issue

Audience Executives using AI at work

Time 7 min read

Topic GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and the AI PC Arrive Simultaneously

Key points

GPT-4o: Free Tier Access: OpenAI made GPT-4o available to free ChatGPT users with usage limits, the first time any frontier model has been widely accessible without a paid subscription.
Microsoft Recall: AI Screen Memory: Microsoft's Recall feature on Copilot+ PCs indexes everything you see on screen, making it searchable by natural language query weeks or months later.
Project Astra Demo: Google demonstrated Project Astra, a real-time multimodal AI agent that can see the world through a phone camera and reason about it in conversation.

Welcome

This issue gives executives a clean scan of GPT-4o, Gemini 1.5 Pro, and the AI PC Arrive Simultaneously. Start with the quick hits, then use the companion guides for the workflows worth testing this week.

Quick Hits

Top AI Updates

1. GPT-4o: The New ChatGPT Model Executives Need to Understand

OpenAI launched GPT-4o on May 13, 2024. The "o" stands for Omni. It is the first model to handle text, audio, and vision natively in a single system rather than routing different inputs through separate specialized models.

2. Google I/O 2024: Gemini 1.5 Pro and the 1M Token Context Window for Business

One million tokens. That is the context window Google confirmed for Gemini 1.5 Pro at Google I/O 2024.

3. Microsoft Copilot+ PCs: What the AI PC Means for Your Workforce

Microsoft announced Copilot+ PCs at Build 2024. The defining feature is a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU) built into the chip, enabling AI features to run locally on the device rather than sending data to the cloud.

Pro Tip

A repeatable prompt template for structured competitor website analysis using GPT-4o

Productivity Gem

NotebookLM is Google's AI research tool that treats your uploaded documents as a private knowledge base.

Health Tip

Optimize your executive performance by turning raw biometric data into a personalized weekly recovery plan.

This information is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your health routine.

Kids Tip

Kids create a hands-on AI project: Build a Teachable Machine Image Classifier With Your Kid. A parent or educator helps them build, test, and explain what the AI tool gets right and wrong.