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Here’s what’s on the menu today:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Grok 🤖 🧪

  xAI unveiled Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini.

• Create professional presentations easily 🧠 👨‍💻

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• Roger Federer AI? 🎾 🏸

  Researchers unveiled Match Point AI.

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Don’t Grok till you get enough 🤖 🧪 

Yesterday, xAI launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 Mini. They’re new versions of Grok that can generate images, outperform GPT-3.5 Turbo, and more.

What does it do?

Grok-2 outperforms some top AI models in benchmarks. Both versions can now generate and share images on X, utilizing Black Forest Lab's Flux 1 model.

Can I use it now?

X Premium and Premium+ users can access it now. An enterprise API is coming soon.

What don't we know?

xAI's being tight-lipped about technical details. It's also unclear if Grok-2 keeps the multimodal abilities of its predecessor.

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Roger Federer AI? 🎾 🏸

On Monday, researchers unveiled Match Point AI, a virtual tennis court where AI learns to play like the pros.

What's the big serve?

Match Point AI simulates real tennis matches, letting AI agents compete against data-driven bot versions of top players. It's like a hyperrealistic tennis video game where the AI learns actual pro strategies.

How does it score?

Early tests show the AI figuring out classic tennis tactics, like making opponents run. It's even mimicking Djokovic's play style with scary accuracy.

Why should you care?

This isn't just a game. It's a whole new way to analyze and improve real tennis strategies. Imagine having an AI coach that's studied every pro match ever played.

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Think Pieces 🧠

Will humans marry AI chatbots? Replika’s CEO says it's OK to form deep relationships, even marriages, with AI chatbots like Replika.

Startup News 💰

Meta unveiled VFusion3D. It creates high-quality 3D models from a prompt. It's designed to make easier to produce 3D assets for gaming, VR, and more.

Research 👨‍🔬

ControlNeXt — a method for generating images and videos that improves control, efficiency, and robustness while using fewer resources.

OpenResearcher — speeds up scientific research by answering researchers' questions using a combination of LLMs and the latest scientific data.

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