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⚰️ RIP Perplexity?
ALSO: Larry Page's New AI Startup & Alibaba Unveils Babel
Golam Rabbani
March 07, 2025
Hey, AI Visionaries! ❤️
Today’s Insights:
RIP Perplexity? AI Search War Begins!
AI Tool of The Day + 5 Hand-Picked AI Tools
Larry Page's New AI Startup!
Alibaba Unveils Babel
Plan a walking tour using ChatGPT
PLUS: Your Go-To AI Tutorials and Guides
Read Time: Under 5 minutes
🤖 LATEST AI DEVELOPMENTS
PERPLEXITY
RIP Perplexity? AI Search War Begins!
RIP perplexity
— NIK (@ns123abc)
5:34 PM • Mar 5, 2025
FutureLens: Google just launched AI Mode, a chatbot-powered search feature similar to Perplexity, and users on X are debating whether this spells the end for Perplexity. The phrase "RIP Perplexity" started trending, but the company responded, saying accuracy, UI, and speed will decide the winner.
Key Takeaways:
Google’s AI Mode integrates an AI chatbot directly into Search.
"RIP Perplexity" trended as users questioned its future.
Perplexity defended itself, saying design and accuracy still matter.
Google's AI Mode is powered by Gemini 2.0 and is currently for premium users.
AI search competition is heating up between Google and Perplexity.
Why It’s Important: This could reshape how we search for information, with AI-driven search tools becoming the new norm. If Google's AI Mode proves superior, standalone AI search engines like Perplexity may struggle to compete.
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🏆 AI TOOL OF THE DAY
Chatsimple - AI Agent for Boosting Leads & Conversions
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Key Features:
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Multilingual support (175+ languages) to engage a global audience.
Automated calendar integration to schedule meetings without human intervention.
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Businesses looking to increase lead generation by 2-3X.
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LARRY PAGE
Larry Page's New AI Startup
FutureLens: Google co-founder Larry Page is secretly working on Dynatomics, an AI-powered startup focused on automated product design and manufacturing. Led by Chris Anderson, former CTO of Kittyhawk, the company aims to use AI to create optimized product designs that can be instantly built in factories.
Key Takeaways:
Dynatomics uses AI to design and manufacture products efficiently.
Chris Anderson is leading the startup in stealth mode.
AI in manufacturing is a growing trend, with startups like Orbital Materials and PhysicsX also innovating.
This tech could speed up production, reduce waste, and enhance precision.
Page’s involvement signals AI’s growing impact on real-world industries.
Why It’s Important: If successful, AI-driven manufacturing could change how products are designed and built, making production faster, smarter, and more cost-effective. This could impact industries from aerospace to consumer goods.
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ALIBABA
Babel: Alibaba’s New LLM Covering 90% of Global Speakers
FutureLens: Alibaba just launched Babel, a new AI model that speaks 25 of the world’s most popular languages, covering over 90% of global speakers. It’s designed to improve AI access for underrepresented languages like Swahili, Urdu, and Javanese while competing with top AI models.
Key Takeaways:
Babel supports 25 languages, including many often ignored by AI.
Comes in two versions: Babel-9B (fast & efficient) and Babel-83B (powerful & advanced).
Uses a unique layer extension method to improve performance without extra training costs.
Outperforms many top AI models in translation and reasoning tasks.
Babel-83B-Chat almost matches GPT-4o’s performance!
Why It’s Important: Most AI models work best in English, leaving billions of people with limited AI tools in their own language. Alibaba’s Babel aims to fix this, making AI more inclusive and accessible worldwide. 🚀
EVERYTHING ELSE IN AI TODAY
Amazon Adds AI Dubbing to Prime Video!
Amazon Prime Video is rolling out AI-assisted dubbing for 12 movies and shows in English and Spanish, making content more accessible.
AI: Just a ‘Yes-Man’ on Servers?
Hugging Face’s Thomas Wolf warns that AI isn’t creative—it just regurgitates known facts. To make an “Einstein AI,” it needs to ask bold, new questions, not just ace tests.
ChatGPT Can Now Edit Code on macOS
The latest update to ChatGPT’s macOS app lets users directly edit code in Xcode, VS Code, and JetBrains. No more copy-pasting—just turn on “auto-apply” for seamless edits.
Intangible Raises $4M for 3D Tool
Intangible secures $4M in seed funding to launch a no-code AI-powered 3D creation tool for filmmakers, game designers, and creative pros. The platform helps users design worlds with text prompts.
Christie’s AI Art Auction Surpasses Goals
Christie’s AI-focused art auction, "Augmented Intelligence," exceeded expectations, raising over $700,000. Top sale: Refik Anadol’s dynamic painting, Machine Hallucinations — ISS Dreams — A, which sold for $277,200.
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֎ PROMPT OF THE DAY
Plan a walking tour
Prompt: Compose a [#]-point walking tour of [location]. Make a table. In the first column: Name of the point on the tour. Second column: Walking directions from the previous point on the tour. Third Column: distance from the previous point on the tour in [unit of distance]. Fourth column: Walking time from the previous point on the tour. Fifth Column: [#] words or fewer of interesting facts about the point on the tour. After the table, make a [#]-word description of the tour and indicate the total distance and walking time.
THAT’S A WRAP! 🌟
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Until next time,
Golam Rabbani - AI Educator, Founder & Investor
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