#4 How OpenAI wiped out all chatbot start-ups overnight

In this week’s edition of our bi-weekly innovation newsletter: the OpenAI developers conference where they launched a lot of new tech, interface with AI in the palm of your hand, create 3d splats with a few photos and integrate them in your webdesign and an in-depth look at the technical challenges of the Fancam, a tool to enhance fan interaction at sporting events.

OpenAI just launched a lot of new tech!  

On November 6th OpenAI had its first developers conference and it definitely didn’t disappoint. They launched a lot of new tech that will have a big impact on how developers and customers will interact with AI. The first major update addressed the knowledge cut-off, solving the issue of ChatGPT being unaware of recent technology or news developments. This cut-off point was extended to April 2023, and they promised it would never be this outdated again.

In addition, they launched an interesting and promising new product called GPTs. With these new GPTs, it is now possible to build your own customised chatbots, similar to ChatGPT. This means you can upload books, PDFs, or text documents filled with specific knowledge that your custom GPT can use to answer questions or perform other interesting tasks. For example, a coding academy like code.org can upload all their lesson material about Python; this GPT can now assist you with your Python-related questions. As demonstrated in the example below → 

Besides this they also launched an API variant of gpt’s, with which you can build and run your own custom assistants. This means you can implement chatbots with pre-loaded data from a simple API call. It makes it even more accessible for developers to start integrating AI into service pages or chatbot environments.

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AI pin of humane, your personal AI buddy

While OpenAI is improving the software side of AI models there is still a very interesting problem surrounding hardware. How are we going to interact with these AI models? Until now we have mostly interacted with these AI models with text based interfaces like ChatGPT. But for this you first have to take out your phone, or open your laptop. It isn't really easy to use when you wake up or while walking in a park. To make it easier to interact with AI, Humane designed a product called the ai pin. This small device attaches to your shirt and is your personal AI assistant that travels with you anywhere you go.

There are multiple cool ways to interact with the ai pin. First off: speech, whenever you press the small device on your chest it starts recording and you can ask your question. It will give you an answer to this by talking back to you. It can display a hologram-like view on the palm of your hand. This isn’t only to display a screen, but you can also interact with this by moving your fingers. You can skip and pause songs with the tips of your fingers.  

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3D Gaussian Splatting on Websites

Websites are increasingly incorporating 3D animations using frameworks like Three.js and game engines like Unity. A new, exciting method for creating 3D models is 3D Gaussian Splatting. Lumalabs.ai now offers a service that simplifies generating these Gaussian Splats. Simply film the object you want to turn into a 3D model with your phone, and you get a fully functional Gaussian Splat file. Spline.design is a tool that allows embedding of 3D files into web environments. By uploading your file to their editor and pasting a snippet of code on your website, you can showcase a fully operational 3D model in your web environment.

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The innovation behind the FanCam

Sporting events are full of fun and interesting interactions. You're there, of course, to see and support your favorite club or athlete, whether it's a soccer match, a motorsport race, or a basketball game. In addition, there are often enjoyable side events that enrich the experience. One of these is the well-known fancam, where visitors are shown on a large screen via cameras around the field. We have come up with a new variation on this. Read about our FanCam tooling and how it works in this blog.

Read the full article here: https://www.livewall.co/blogs/fan-cam-innovation-sports-events-interactivity