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🦾Plus: 🍎 Google to power Siri's AI search upgrade
Hey folks! Let’s get into Big Data and AI craziness…
In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
💳Top 5 Generative AI Use Casesin FinTech Industry
🤖 OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Projects to all users
🛡️GitHub shows Copilot’s impact on security workflows
⚙️Open-source Alternative to Zapier with 385 MCP Servers
🍎 Google to power Siri's AI search upgrade
⚖️ Google keeps Chrome from AI rivals
💡 AI Tutorial:How to create AI lip-sync videos easily
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Mistral just turned Le Chat into a proper enterprise hub with 20+ MCP connectors spanning data platforms, productivity tools, and development workflows - think direct integrations with Databricks, GitHub, Notion, and Stripe. The new Memories feature adds persistent context across sessions with granular user control, plus a thoughtful import tool for migrating your ChatGPT conversation history.
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Let’s delve into five paramount generative AI applications within the FinTech realm, showcasing their potential to elevate operational efficiency and customer service. Let’s see!
OpenAI has made Projects, previously limited to paid plans, are now available globally to all ChatGPT users. Projects act as dedicated workspaces that keep chats, files, and instructions together. It is designed for recurring tasks like research, writing, or planning.
GitHub’s Secret Protection team used Copilot as a coding agent to accelerate validator onboarding for new token types. By automating repeatable steps, they scaled from 32 to 120+ checks, while engineers focused on research, review, and deployment.
Zapier's pricing scales with usage until it becomes unaffordable, while most open-source automation tools are either feature-incomplete or require a PhD in infrastructure to deploy. Activepieces offers the best of both worlds: a fully-featured automation platform with 385 integrations that you can self-host or use in the cloud. The platform has a no-code canvas that lets non-technical users drag and drop automation flows.
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Apple has reportedly struck a deal with Google to test a Gemini model to power web search tools within the AI-upgraded Siri, according to Bloomberg — with the iPhone maker aiming to deliver competitive AI features by spring 2026. The internal project, called "World Knowledge Answers," aims to transform Siri into an answer engine combining text, photos, videos, and local info.
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A federal judge just ruled that Google won't face a forced sale of Chrome or Android despite its search monopoly, though the company must abandon exclusive distribution agreements and share certain data with competitors. Judge Amit Mehta wrote that "the emergence of GenAI changed the course of this case," saying ChatGPT and other AI now pose a threat to traditional search.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff recently posted a new video of Tesla's next-generation Optimus robot on X. The video shows a new Optimus prototype answering questions and taking some very robotic steps. The prototype, which sports a new gold color, uses Grok for additional utility. The video is available in the article.
Google FastSearch is a technology used by Gemini for grounding purposes. It is faster than Google Search but retrieves fewer results, which can result in lower quality results, but it's good enough for grounding. FastSearch is not directly available to third parties. It is integrated into Vertex AI, which is available to third parties
French AI start-up, Mistral (makers of the chatbot, Le Chat), is reportedly about to secure €2B (~$2.3B) in funding, with a post-funding valuation of $14B, making it one of Europe's most valuable tech start-ups. Founded just two years ago by former DeepMind and Meta researchers, this is Mistral’s first major funding raise since June 2024, when it was valued at $6.7B—which demonstrates huge growth.
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How to create AI lip-sync videos easily
Go to the SkyReels AI website and sign up.
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