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Happy Sunday! Welcome to another edition of Lightway.

Here’s what we have for you this week:

→ Microsoft edges closes to Quantum Super-Computer
→ Apple’s new AI model is better than GPT-4
→ Tesla launching Robotaxis this year
→ Apple’s next product could be a personal robot
and 10 more Tech & AI news.

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Highlights of the week

Apple’s new AI model is smarter than GPT-4

Apple’s new AI model, ReALM, could be better than OpenAI’s GPT-4. The AI model handles variety of situations and scenarios, that make it more useful in real-life tasks.

According to Apple, ReALM can understand -

• Onscreen objects: Content displayed on your screen.

• Conversational Entities: Content relevant to your conversation.

• Background Entities: Content from background processes that might not necessarily be a direct part of user’s interaction. Example, music playing in the background.

The new AI models are expected to be integrated with Siri in the upcoming iOS 18 (Read More)

Tesla will launch RoboTaxi on Aug 8th

Elon Musk announced the upcoming launch of Tesla robotaxis on August 8th. Here's what you need to know:

• Shifting focus on self-driving: Instead of a mass market cheaper electric vehicle, Tesla is focusing on autonomous cars that drive themselves.

• Shared robotaxis: Tesla owners might earn money by letting others use them, part of something called the Tesla Network.

• Laws & Regulations: around safety of passengers and everyone else on the road could restrict the areas allowed to be served by robotaxis.

Next Apple device could be a personal Robot

Apple is considering venturing into the personal robotics sector, according to Bloomberg.

Engineers at the tech giant are said to be developing a mobile robot that can accompany users in their homes. In addition, they have also created an innovative table-top robotic device that uses a moveable screen.

However, these projects are still in their early stages and it remains uncertain whether they will eventually be launched.

Microsoft makes big advance in Quantum Computing

Microsoft and Quantinuum have created a super accurate quantum computing system, capable of more than 14,000 experiments without making mistakes. Here's how they did it:

• Smart Combo: They mix real qubits (quantum bits) into virtual ones. This helps find and fix errors way better.

• Super Low Errors: Their method is 800 times more accurate than just using real qubits by themselves.

This big step forward means we're getting closer to "Level 2 Resilient" quantum computing. That means computers that can help solve huge problems like climate change and finding new medicines. (Read More)

 Tech Roundup

→ Edit images with ChatGPT: ChatGPT now lets you edit AI images created in DALL-E. (link)

→ Microsoft unbundles Teams from Office: Microsoft to unbundle Office and Teams globally following years-long criticism. (link)

→ Apple Layoffs: Apple lays off over 600 employees in California after abandoning electric car project. (link)

→ Claude 3 > GPT-4: Anthropic's Claude 3 beats OpenAI's GPT-4 at text summarization (link)

→AGI 5 years away?: NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang predicts Artificial General Intelligence could be achieved within 5 years (link)

→ Samsung invests $44b : Samsung is pouring $44 billion into US chip production (link)

→ Disney+ to crackdown password sharing: Disney+ to launch password sharing crackdown in attempt to force people to get their own accounts (link)

→ Google charging for AI search results: Google could soon start charging a fee for AI-powered search results (link)

→ Leaked: Google’s new Gemini-powered AI feature for Gmail has leaked (link)

→ AWS Job cuts: AWS plans hundreds of job cuts as Amazon downsizing continues (link)

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