😸 Google's GPT Store killer?

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The whole AI industry was shaking in their boots yesterday before the NVIDIA Q2 report; it was like, “Report bad = party’s over; Report good = business as usual.”

The result: “Revenue = good”, which Wall Street translated as “Stock = bad.” Apparently, $32B in Q3 revenue wasn’t enough for traders, so the stock traded down in after-hours. Fear not, friends—the wheels on the AI gravy train haven’t fallen off just yet…

Now that the “gloom” is out of the way, let’s get to the DOOM:

Google DeepMind’s new AI can literally generate the game Doom and stream it like a game engine:

Here’s what you need to know about AI today:

• Google launched "Gems" so you can save and reuse custom prompts.
• OpenAI is reportedly raising billions more at a $100B+ valuation.
• NVIDIA's new Blackwell GPU showed a 4x performance boost.
• The new ESPN streaming app will offer personalized sports recaps.

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Google launched “Gems” for Gemini Advanced, which are custom prompts you can save and call at any time.

Do you have those prompts you use over and over, like, every day? And do you still type them out every single time? (No shade, some of us here do it too…)

This is for you: Google just launched “Gems” which allow users to save and call custom prompts anytime.

Gems are like mini AI experts for specific topics or goals: You write instructions, name your Gem, and chat with it when needed. If “Gems” sound similar to OpenAI’s “GPTs”, it’s because, well, they are basically identical.

Google also provided “Premade Gems”, including:

• Learning coach.
• Brainstormer.
• Career guide.
• Writing editor.
• Coding partner.

Here’s a demo of Gem creation in action. Seems like anyone with a paid version of Gemini Advanced can create and chat with Gems right now.

We made our own Gems—and they’re pretty easy to use. In our experience, Gems are locked-in to do exactly what you want—and not much else.

Here’s an example: we created a Gem to summarize AI tools in one sentence for our Treats to Try section, and it worked great (let us know what you think!).

When we tried to get the same Gem to deviate from its instructions + switch things up, it never strayed from its original orders.

A view of the “Gem Manager”

Why this matters: Gems are pretty much Google’s answer to OpenAI’s GPT store, or Microsoft’s Copilot Studio.

Some commenters say custom GPTs are helpful for businesses, while others argue the GPT store is “stupid and dead” (because selling prompts is no longer viable, and won’t take off).

To use Gems:

1. Open Gemini, and click the Gem icon.
2. Choose a premade option, or create a custom Gem.
3. For custom Gems, include:
   • Persona: Role the Gem should play.
   • Task: What you want Gemini to do.
   • Context: Relevant background information.
   • Format: Desired structure of responses.
4. Use the preview feature to test.
5. Save your Gem.

Remember: Gems are only available with a Gemini Advanced subscription or certain Google Workspace licenses (for now).

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Around the Horn.

Apparently MJ is also getting into hardware (and it’s hiring!).

• OpenAI is about to raise a few more billion at a $100B+ valuation.
• Google claims to have fixed the human portion of its image generator, and you can now use it inside Gemini Advanced (along with Imagen 3).
• NVIDIA's new Blackwell GPU demonstrated 4x more performance than the previous generation in its first test on the MLPerf Inference 4.1.
• The future of ESPN SportsCenter will be personalized AI recaps based on user-preferences, and will be available when the ESPN streaming app drops.

Treats To Try.

1. *Need a new machine to customize your own AI models? Learn all about Dell and NVIDIA’s new Precision workstations in this free webinar on September 12th. Save your seat here.
2. Bland AI creates AI phone agents with natural voices that improve call performance and streamline communication (raised $16M).
3. Metaview provides transcripts, summaries, and recordings of interviews, plus interviewer feedback, specifically for recruiting
4. Hyperbolic AI provides a dashboard for managing AI models and GPU resources, allowing you to rent or supply GPUs for AI tasks when using models like Llama 3.1 405B.
5. Otto automates business travel planning and booking, and has raised $6M.
6. Undermind answers complex research questions with an AI assistant that mimics human discovery, delivering precise results (10-50x better than Google Scholar).
7. GPT Engineer builds web apps through AI chat and GitHub sync, featuring one-click deployment.

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Thursday Trivia

One glance, everyone knows the rules: one is AI, and one is real.

Which is which?

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