Apple to release customizable emojis

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APPLE TO RELEASE CUSTOMIZABLE EMOJIS AND MORE 😃

Even the emojis are scared of AI! See: 😬😱🫣

What’s going on? Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is next month, and the company is expected to unveil its latest AI advancements.

What will they announce? Apple’s AI enhancements will focus on integrating AI into existing features like emoji creation, photo editing, messaging, and email. Notably, Apple's AI will allow users to “create custom emojis on the fly, based on what users are texting.” These updates, part of an initiative known internally as Project Greymatter, aim to refine functionalities such as voice memo transcription, faster search capabilities, and a more conversational Siri, all operating independently of an internet connection. The new AI capabilities will debut in iOS 18 and MacOS 15, with Siri upgrades also appearing on the Apple Watch.

What does this mean? OpenAI and Google have recently rocked the AI world with the release of GPT-4o and enhanced AI search features, respectively. Apple is following it up with routine AI updates and … emojis. Many are concerned that, despite massive AI investment recently, Apple is still trailing behind their tech counterparts significantly.

ELON MUSK’S XAI RAISES $6 BILLION FOR SUPERCOMPUTER 🤑

What’s that smell? Oh, never mind—it’s just Elon Musk. 👃

What’s new? Elon Musk’s xAI has secured $6 billion in a Series B funding round, marking one of the largest funding efforts of all time in the AI sector.

Who funded the effort? The funding was raised from major investors including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, and Kingdom Holding. This aligns with earlier reports suggesting xAI was aiming for a $6 billion raise, confirming a pre-money valuation of $18 billion.

What’s the money for? With the new funds, xAI plans to enhance infrastructure, accelerate research and development, and seek partnerships to extend Grok’s reach beyond X. As part of an effort for AI to surpass human cognitive capacities by the end of 2025, Musk is also looking to build a “Gigafactory of Compute,” a supercomputer which will be used to train Grok 3.0 with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs.

CANVA ANNOUNCES NEW AI FEATURES 🎨

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A: He had to go out and canvass the area! 🐕

What’s new? Canva has just given their creative platform an AI overhaul with the introduction of multiple new features and upgrades.

What are the new features? Some of the new, AI-powered features include the following:

• Magic Media: a text-to-graphic tool that allows users to create images, icons, and illustrations from simple text prompts.

• Magic Write: a writing tool that allows users to write in customizable tones and styles based on a short writing sample.

• Magic Switch: a media tool that seamlessly transforms one media form into another, such as presentation slides to an essay or a website.

• Highlights: a tool that allows users to edit videos, remove background, and highlight objects and people.

• Enhance Voice: a tool that allows users to seamlessly improve and edit the audio in videos.

Why is this important? These new features take advantage of the power of AI in content creation and editing to keep Canva relevant in the evolving world of AI tools and platforms. This keeps them on pace with innovations like those of Adobe and gives people a space where they can access all the latest AI media features in one place.

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