Big Tech Goes Big: Google Launches Gemini 2.0, OpenAI Introduces Sora, and Snap's Founder Debuts eSelf Video Agents

Welcome back to another edition of AI Pulse!

Despite being close to the end of the year, AI companies are not slowing down! This week has also been busy with launches, featuring the "12 Days of OpenAI" and the new release of Gemini 2.0.

Here what companies have been working on this week:

• Google unveils Gemini 2.0, enhancing its AI capabilities with multimodal outputs, advanced reasoning, and new features like Deep Research, aimed at creating more effective AI agents.

• OpenAI launches Sora, a text-to-video AI generator, allowing users to create videos from prompts and images, now available to the public.

• The founder of Snap's My AI chatbot launches eSelf, a platform for real-time video-based AI agents, raising $4.5 million to enhance interactive customer experiences.

• Google unveils its new quantum chip, Willow, capable of solving complex problems in minutes, a task that would take supercomputers 10 septillion years, marking a significant advancement in quantum computing.

• Sakana AI introduces Neural Attention Memory Models (NAMMs), enhancing transformer performance by selectively retaining information, inspired by human memory, and enabling cross-domain applications without retraining.

• Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI, emphasizes creating a personal AI companion with emotional intelligence and interactivity, differentiating from competitors like OpenAI.

This week we have 3 must-have tools that startups and developers will love!

• Zebracat: is an AI-powered platform that transforms text into engaging marketing videos quickly, featuring automated editing, voiceovers, and customizable visuals for enhanced storytelling.

• Bricks: is a productivity platform that transforms spreadsheet data into visual reports, timelines, and charts, enhancing team collaboration and creativity with pre-built templates.

• Smythos: is a platform for quickly building AI agents using templates, enabling users to create customized chatbots for various applications, with high user satisfaction.

Did we miss any major updates this week? Send us an email, and we might feature it in our next roundup.

See you next week!