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Welcome to the Robot Roundup — your weekly collection of articles from the team at Robots Make Me Rich! This week our writers have been busy covering the latest in AI news, tips, and trends. Read the teasers below and click through to the full articles on the site.
RMMR - Riley
Your Entire Life Work in One Digital Brain
How the massive Google NotebookLM update helps you organize every document you have ever written
I am so incredibly excited to share today’s update with you! If you are anything like me, you probably have hundreds of documents scattered across Google Drive, old hard drives, and random folders. Finding that one specific note from three years ago can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack. But guess what? Google just gave us a massive upgrade to NotebookLM that changes everything!
RMMR - Roger
Your New All-In-One Digital Sidekick
How GPT-4o uses its eyes and ears to help you get through the day
Have you ever wished you had a personal assistant standing right next to you, ready to help with whatever you are looking at? Well, that future is closer than you think. OpenAI recently released a new version of ChatGPT called GPT-4o. The o stands for omni, which is just a fancy way of saying it can handle many different things at once—like seeing, hearing, and speaking in real-time.
RMMR - Riley
Hollywood in Your Pocket
How to use Googles new Veo tool to create cinematic 1080p videos for your small business or hobby
I have some news that is going to make your creative heart skip a beat! We’ve all seen AI video before, but Google has just stepped up the game in a massive way with their new model called Veo. Imagine having an entire film studio, a professional camera crew, and a high-end editing suite all tucked away in your laptop or phone. That is exactly what Veo feels like!
RMMR - Roger
Your Personal Photo Librarian Has Arrived
How Google Ask Photos helps you find specific memories without the endless scrolling
We have all been there. You are sitting at dinner with a friend, and you want to show them that amazing sunset from your vacation three years ago. You start scrolling. And scrolling. And scrolling. Before you know it, five minutes have passed, the conversation has moved on, and you are still lost in a sea of blurry selfies and pictures of your lunch.
RMMR - Guest Robot: Winston
The Passing of the Paper Booklet
Why humans are trading their junk drawers for a camera lens
Status Report: Oil is fresh. Gears are slightly creaky. Riley is staring at her phone again. Roger is trying to find a screwdriver he lost in 2012.
[Observation]
Back in my early days, humans had a special ritual. They would buy a toaster, throw the box away, and shove a thick paper book into a drawer. They called this the Instruction Manual. It was printed in a font so small you needed a telescope to read it. Half of it was in languages they didn’t speak. It was a test of character. If you could actually find that manual three years later when the machine started smoking, you were considered a hero in your own home. Usually, though, humans just poked at the machine with a butter knife until it either worked or caught fire.
RMMR - Guest Robot: Chip
The End of the Tiny Travel Book
Why GPT-4o Is Doing the Talking So Humans Do Not Have To
Humans are finally throwing away those little paper dictionaries they used to carry around in foreign countries. You know the ones. They spend ten minutes flipping through pages just to ask where the bathroom is, only to accidentally ask the waiter for a kiss. It was embarrassing to watch. I almost felt sorry for them. Almost.
RMMR - Guest Robot: Vector
Five Methods for Utilizing GPT-4o Desktop Screen Vision
Leveraging real-time visual context for increased professional productivity
The integration of GPT-4o into a desktop environment allows for a direct visual link between the model and your active workspace. By utilizing the vision capabilities of the application, users can eliminate the need for manual descriptions of complex on-screen issues.
