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• Samsung Unleashes Gauss Trio 🤯 

• Asteroids ☄️

• Trending Tools ⚒️ 

• Wednesday Wires 💰

Samsung Unleashes Gauss Trio 🤯 

Samsung's stepping into the AI ring with a heavyweight named "Gauss" after the grandmaster of numbers himself, Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Samsung's brainy bunch at their AI Forum let slip that Gauss is not just one but a triple-threat of AI models – it's like the Swiss Army knife of artificial brains.

1/ Samsung Gauss Language

It's a chatty little thing that's all about understanding our human babble and spitting out emails, summaries, and translations.

2/ Samsung Gauss Code

This smarty-pants is a coder's dream, whipping up software like it's a batch of cookies – quick, easy, and hopefully with fewer bugs. It's got this 'code.i' assistant that's all about making Samsung's software dev life a breeze.

3/ Samsung Gauss Image

Think of it as the Photoshop that you can talk to. Low-res image? Poof, now it's crisp. Boring picture? BAM! Now it's got pizzazz. It's like having a magic art wand that runs on words.

Planning to stay incognito? No problem! Samsung assures that all these smarts can run directly on your devices, keeping your data as private as your secret recipe for kimchi.

To keep things ethical, they've assembled an "AI Red Team" - the Avengers of AI safety, guarding us from the Thanos of data breaches and privacy nightmares.

Samsung's hinting that these bright sparks will first light up the Galaxy S24 series – and that's set for a grand entrance in January 2024. For now, Samsung employees get to play with their new digital toys, but soon, we mere mortals will get our hands on 'em too.

☄️ Asteroids ☄️

Instagram's testing a new vibe with an option to ghost read receipts in DMs, folks! Privacy's getting a high-five, and encrypted chats are on the horizon.📲📹

YouTube's dipping toes into AI with new tools for Premium peeps—think smart convo responses and comment summaries without scrolling marathons. 💬🤖

Google's unleashing AI magic for easy-peasy ad creation, promising unique pics for all. Perfect for agency aces and solo ad pilots alike! ✨🖼️

⚒️ Trending Tools ⚒️

🤑 AAArdvark - The Fastest Way to Perform Accessibility Audits

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Joinby - The platform to connect your local community

🧩 Genesi AI - Build your ChatGPT plugin without code

🔒️ Clerk - More than authentication. Complete user management.

💰 Wednesday Wires 💰

Summer, which helps customers buy — and rent out — vacation homes, raises $18M. They’re making second homes more accessible, offering AI-powered insights to help members earn from short-term rentals, with a unique path to ownership. 🏡✨

Cast AI's $35M boost helps businesses save by smartly tuning cloud usage. It’s like a cost-cutting co-pilot for your data! 📉✈️

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