Google, Other OpenAI Rivals Make Their Own Big Announcements

Thursday OpenAI released a 'smarter, faster' ChatGPT. But there's still competition, notes the tech site Tom's Guide (which is liveblogging December's AI news). 'Not to be outdone by OpenAI, this week has seen several big announcements by other AI companies.'

Google Deepmind unveiled Genie 2, a tool capable of creating limitless 3D environments. It could create playable games based on a single text input.

ElevenLabs announced a new Conversational AI system. It's a voice bot meant to feel like you're making a phone call. Tom's Guide AI editor Ryan Morrison used it to clone his voice to act as technical support for his dad.

OpenAI will probably announce an upgraded Sora video model in the coming days, but we were impressed by the new Hunyuan Video model that released a demo this week. Sora has some serious competition and we're interested in seeing how it competes.

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