Mid-May AI Essential News: Announcements from OpenAI and Google

TL;DR Last week was a thrilling showdown between OpenAI and Google, each unveiling their latest multimodal AI advancements to the public. The highlight was OpenAI’s GPT-4o—an unscripted, live demo that captured attention for its transparency and real-world application, contrasting with Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro presentation, which, despite its polish, was largely limited to developer previews. […]