Today’s top AI Highlights:

1. Open Interpreter introduces local AI copilot using opensource AI models

2. Learn to build AI-powered apps at Apple Developer Academy

3. India’s semiconductor industry is booming, with a $150 billion market opportunity awaiting

4. Generate videos with expressive and controllable human characters with this AI tool

& so much more!

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Latest Developments 🌍

Makes Powerful AI Accessible and Private with Local III 🔐

The Open Interpreter team has introduced Local III, a suite of tools and features that lets you run powerful language models locally, giving you greater control and privacy over your interactions. The release includes an easy-to-use local model explorer, deep integrations with inference engines like Ollama, custom profiles for open models like Llama 3, Moondream, and Condestral, and more!

Key Highlights:

1. Local Model Explorer - This interactive interface makes it easy to use local models. You can easily select inference providers, choose models, download new ones, and configure settings.

2. Optimized Profiles - Open Interpreter offers pre-configured settings for popular local models like Llama 3 and Codestral, ensuring optimal performance and user experience. These profiles are customizable and can be used as a starting point for exploring other models.

3. Local Vision - Local III enables local models to process images using Moondream, a tiny vision model, which generates a description and OCR output.

4. Experimental Local OS Mode - Local III introduces an experimental mode that allows the LLM to control the mouse, keyboard, and see the screen, enabling interactions with the computer using the open-source Point model for icon identification.

5. The ‘i’ Model - Local III includes a free, hosted, opt-in model, based on Llama3-70B, which you can interact with. Conversations with the ‘i’ model contribute to training a new open-source language model specifically designed for computer control.

India On the Way to a Semiconductor Boom 🚀

India’s semiconductor industry is booming, with a projected $150 billion market opportunity by 2030. The government is actively encouraging this growth, providing substantial funding for semiconductor development. Inc42 Media’s new report dives deep into this burgeoning landscape, analyzing trends, challenges, and opportunities for startups in this exciting sector. This is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of AI, semiconductor technology, and investment opportunities in India.

Key Highlights:

1. A $150 Billion Opportunity - India’s semicon market is projected to reach $150 billion by 2030, with a dedicated AI semicon market of $21 billion. Key growth drivers include the “China Plus One” policy, the expanding consumer electronics market, and the increasing demand from the automotive industry for EVs and self-driving cars.

2. Government Support Fuels Growth - The Indian government is committed to funding 50% of semicon manufacturing cost setups, signaling a strong push for industry growth. This support includes various schemes like the Semiconductor Fabs Scheme, the Display Fabs Scheme, and the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme, all designed to attract investment and foster innovation.

3. Bengaluru: The Semiconductor Startup Hub - Bengaluru is home to over 2/3rd of India’s 100+ semicon startups. The city’s dominance is due to a combination of factors, including the availability of skilled talent, a supportive ecosystem, and a thriving technology sector.

4. AI Chip Revolution - AI chips are transforming the industry, with GPUs, TPUs, ASICs, and FPGAs leading the charge. GPUs and TPUs excel in machine learning and deep learning, while ASICs are custom-designed for specific AI workloads and FPGAs offer reprogrammability for diverse applications. Companies like Ola Krutrim are heading the development of AI-specific SoCs in India, while companies like GPU.net and Models Lab are leading the way in cloud-based AI infrastructure.

5. Investor’s Guide - India’s semicon sector presents significant investment opportunities, but it’s important to consider the challenges and risks. The sector holds immense potential for growth and innovation, particularly in AI.

Apple’s Adds AI Training for Future App Creators 🎓

Exciting news for app developers and anyone interested in building with AI! Apple Developer Academy is now offering AI training for all students and alumni. Starting this fall, you’ll have the opportunity to learn how to create apps with AI capabilities that can run on Apple devices.

You’ll learn how to build apps with powerful tools like Core ML and Xcode 16, giving you the knowledge to build smarter, more interactive experiences. You’ll gain a solid foundation in AI fundamentals, learn to create AI models, and get support from experienced mentors and alumni.

Tools of the Trade ⚒️

1. Character-1 by Hedra: Generate engaging videos with Hedra’s expressive and controllable characters. These characters can talk, express, and can even be given specific personalities. Simply generate a character, give it your script or audio, and watch as they speak your words. You can create videos of any length.

2. Agent Mode in Warp AI: Execute multi-step workflows in your terminal using simple text prompts, making tasks like fixing errors or finding code implementations easy. It also gives environment-specific guidance and executes tasks, ensuring you approve commands before running.

3. Athina AI: Prototype, evaluate, and experiment with AI pipelines in a spreadsheet-like interface, making it easy for both technical and non-technical team members to collaborate. You can run prompts, execute code, retrieve data, make API calls, classify text, and compare results side-by-side efficiently.

4. Awesome LLM Apps: Build awesome LLM apps using RAG for interacting with data sources like GitHub, Gmail, PDFs, and YouTube videos through simple texts. These apps will let you retrieve information, engage in chat, and extract insights directly from content on these platforms.

Hot Takes 🔥

1. Google maps needs a feature for the nicest way instead of the fastest
   « This will be a 15 minutes detour but you’ll see the best views of the city, go by historical sights and walk in a cute neighborhood » ~
   Noémie Federico

2. The amount of non-tech niches who desperately need an easy-to-use wrapper of an open-source library in order to solve their problem is countless. ~
   Minh-Phuc Tran

Meme of the Day 🤡

Midjourney going to train their video model 🏃💨

That’s all for today! See you tomorrow with more such AI-filled content.

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