📣 Hello everyone! Here’s the most exciting AI news from Week 45 of 2024 in our Sunday digest.

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🖼 Flux image generator update. The new Ultra and Raw modes allow you to create photorealistic detailed images in high resolution.

🌳 The story of Flux. How did the German startup Black Forest Labs create a competitor to DALL-E and Midjourney?

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🎸 All our manuals on working with audio, voice, and music using generative AI. The best from 2024.

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🐶 AI-powered collar helps you talk to your dog. Texas-based startup Personifi AI has introduced a gadget for cat and dog owners: a "talking" pet collar called Shazam Band.

🧪 Scientists teleport smells using AI. A new technology from Osmo startup will allow sending scents via the Internet, like music or pictures.

🚕 EHang Holdings has received permission to conduct test flights of their air taxi in several Chinese cities. The company's vice president, Dong Wan, tested the first model, EH216.

👩‍⚕️ How doctors use AI. According to a BMJ Health and Care Informatics survey, about 20% of therapists in the UK use artificial intelligence tools in their daily work.

📱 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AGI is achievable with existing hardware, though many researchers believe it's still decades away.

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🎤 At TechCrunch Disrupt, actor and AI investor Ashton Kutcher explained why he invests in competitors and why we shouldn't fear the AI revolution.

Enjoy your Sunday 👍