The AI News Highlights For February 21.
The Robot wars heat up with a crazy demo of NEO Gamma. FreePik allows users to finally get their hands on Google’s VEO 2, and ChatGPT-4.5 is rumoured to release next week. Let’s get into today’s AI news. Everyone has been itching to get their hands on Google’s VEO 2 video model, and today it became available via the FreePik service.
We’ve been singing the praises of FreePik for a while, but with this one they really pulled off a coup. Well done, FreePik, Keep the models coming. More sensational robot demonstrations today. This time it’s the turn of 1X to make everyone think, “oh, the robots really are coming, aren’t they?” In an incredible promotional video, the NEO Gamma humanoid robot can be seen blending into home life by helping out with various chores.
Something about the material covering of the robot gives it an aesthetic that really makes it mesmerising to watch. With the figure robots yesterday and this announcement from 1X today, the Robot wars are truly on. Speaking of wars, it seems ChatGPT are preparing to respond to the release of Grok 3.
Tom Warren, senior editor at the Verge, has reported that Microsoft are preparing their servers for the release of ChatGPT-4.5 and it could be as early as next week. He also claims that ChatGPT-5 is expected to be released at the end of May. There’s rarely a dull moment in the world of AI.