💠 New AI Game Player - Mixtral, Controversy Surrounds Gemini 👀

Hello vTeamers, and welcome to our AI fast-paced ride. Secure your seat belts as we explore:

📈Trend Grok Commences Rollout for X Premium+ Users

👩‍🔬Research Dominant AI Products on Discord

💵Investment Guardz Secures $18M

💁Tips & Tricks Crafting Real-Time Images

👻vTeam AI Weekly Fun

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So let the journey begin 🚀🚀🚀

And First, Check Out the vTeam AI Insight Index 👽️

The vTeam AI Insight Index is our nifty tool to give you a heads-up on what’s popping in the AI scene. We’ve got three key markers to track the buzz:

• Research: using arxiv.org, where the fresh AI papers drop, we see how much new AI chatter there is

• Trend: with Google Trends, we gauge how hot AI is right now

• Investment: at Crunchbase, we’re tracking the money flow and buzz in AI

This week’s numbers:

• Trend: 135 - Folks are talking more about AI

• Investment: 60 - Money’s still flowing into AI

• Research: 133 - Lots of new AI stuff being studied

Catch our AI beat every week! 

TREND📈

Just Dumps AI Model Beating GPT-3.5 into Torrent Link: Buzzworthy Startup's Bold Move

Mistral, the French AI startup, dropped its latest large language model, Mixtral-8x7B, via a nondescript Torrent link, surprising the AI community. Following memes and speculation, Mistral unveiled its algorithm's capabilities in a blog post, boasting superiority over competitors like Meta's Llama 2 and OpenAI's GPT-3.5. Mixtral-8x7B's open-source nature further distinguishes Mistral in the evolving AI industry culture war.

Try a new model.

Read the full article here 📖

Grok Commences Rollout for X Premium+ Users

Exciting News: Elon Musk just dropped the bomb that Grok, xAI’s ChatGPT rival, is now live for X Premium+ subscribers in the US! This uncensored, 'anti-woke' chatbot sources real-time data from Twitter/X for edgy responses. With reports of xAI aiming to raise $1B, the game-changing Grok is making waves, offering a rebellious alternative.

Well, some of the users already had “fun”.

Controversy Surrounds Google's Gemini Launch Amidst Initial Applause

Machine Learning engineer Santiago tweets, 'Google, this is embarrassing,' criticizing a demo video for Google's AI model Gemini. The video, generating millions of impressions, is questioned for not happening in real time. Debates arise over Gemini's performance on the MMLU benchmark, with some calling the video 'fake.' While frustrations are valid, accusations of 'lying' are debated. CEO Aravind Sriniva sees Gemini as a real accomplishment but notes marketing overboard.

RESEARCH 👩‍🔬

Explore the Dominant AI Products on Discord

Unveiling the Top Ten by Invite Page Traffic and Assessing Their Significance on the Platform.

Traditional companies show significant interest in AI technologies

Check presentation here 📖

INVESTMENT 💵

🤑 Guardz Secures $18M for Expansion of AI-Based Security Platform Catering to SMBs.

👾 Durable Secures $14M to Develop AI Tools and Bots for Service Industry Small Businesses.

TIPS & TRICKS 💁

Crafting Real-Time Images: A Guide to Dynamic Image Creation

• Visit Freepik and sign up using your Google account.

• Enter your desired text in the provided text box, and witness the magic unfold.

• Download your creation by clicking the download button located in the top right corner.

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AI FUN 👻

That was a fun ride, see y'all at the next stop 🙂