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Forward Future Live 8.29.25
Matthew Berman 2025-08-29 16:56
Download Humanities Last Prompt Engineering Guide (free) 馃憞馃徏 https://bit.ly/4kFhajz Download The Matthew Berman Vibe Coding Playbook (free) 馃憞馃徏 https://bit.ly/3I2J0YQ Join My Newsletter for Regular AI Updates 馃憞馃徏 https://forwardfuture.ai Discover The Best AI Tools馃憞馃徏 https://tools.forwardfuture.ai My Links 馃敆 馃憠馃徎 X: https://x.com/matthewberman 馃憠馃徎 Forward Future X: https://x.com/forward_future_ 馃憠馃徎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewberman_ai 馃憠馃徎 Discord: https://discord.gg/xxysSXBxFW 馃憠馃徎 TikTok: https://www ...
The Industry Reacts to Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)
Matthew Berman 2025-08-28 17:03
AI Model Capabilities - Nano Banana excels at style transfer, object references, and basic Photoshop enhancements [20] - The model is capable of extracting buildings and creating isometric 3D objects [4] - Nano Banana can be combined with other tools like Seed Dance 1.0% for tasks like creating AI anime with consistent cuts [23][24] - The model demonstrates proficiency in photo restoration, enhancing colors, and shifting camera perspectives while maintaining style consistency [7][18][25][26] Limitations - Nano Banana struggles with fonts, smooths images excessively, and cannot add detail or refocus [21] - The model has difficulty with transparency, defogging, and realistic-looking sci-fi backgrounds [22] - Face replacement is a consistent failure point, as the model does not blend styles realistically [22] Industry Reactions and Comparisons - Some industry members are reacting strongly, with some suggesting it could be a "Photoshop killer" [1] - One AI content creator compares Nano Banana to entire ComfyUI workflows and Photoshop collapsed into a single prompt [9] - Elon Musk suggests that Grok Imagine is better, though the presenter finds the quality comparable in the example shown [26][27] Potential Applications - Game developers can leverage AI for essentially infinite asset creation [6] - The model can be used for location-based AR experiences, highlighting points of interest and annotating relevant information [2] - Nano Banana can be used for trying on clothing and style transfer [16][17] Integration and Automation - Nano Banana can be integrated with V3 to create videos [11] - Zapier is highlighted as an AI orchestration platform that can be used to connect and automate different tools [12]
AI News: Claude for Chrome, Nano Banana, Meta Poaching Gone Wrong, Apple Using Gemini, and more!
Matthew Berman 2025-08-28 01:12
AI Model Releases and Advancements - Anthropic released Claude for Chrome as a research preview, allowing Claude to control the Chrome browser [1] - Nvidia released Neatron Nano 9B V2, a 9 billion parameter reasoning model, achieving a score of 43 on the artificial analysis intelligence index [1] - Google released Nano Banana, a Gemini 2.5% Flash Image model, demonstrating superior performance in image editing [1] - Nouse Research released Hermes 4, an open-source hybrid reasoning model in 70 billion and 405 billion parameter versions, emphasizing creativity and uncensored interaction [2] - Microsoft released Vibe Voice, an open-source text-to-speech model, with performance on par with advanced voice mode [20][21] Talent Movement and Company Strategy - Meta Super Intelligence Labs experienced departures of key staff, including researchers and engineers, following Meta's push to compete with OpenAI and Google [1] - Bert Mayor, who spent 12 years at Meta and helped develop PyTorch, joined Anthropic [1] - Apple is in talks to use Google's Gemini AI to power a revamped Siri [3][4] AI Infrastructure and Economic Impact - AI infrastructure spending is propping up the economy, with global spending projected to reach $375 billion in 2025 and $500 billion the following year [16][17] - Nvidia is publishing papers on making LLM inference 50+ times faster through post-neural architecture search [9] Agentic Coding and Flight Search - Grock Code, a small version of Grock, is available in coding platforms like Windsurf and Cursor at $0.20 per million input tokens and $1.5 per million output tokens [2] - Kiwi.com released a flight search MCP server, allowing agents to search for flights with detailed parameters [6][7] AI in Weather Prediction - Google's AI model accurately forecasted the strongest Atlantic storm this year, potentially becoming the gold standard for predicting severe weather [13]
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is Insane... (Nano Banana Released!)
Matthew Berman 2025-08-27 00:41
Nano Banana is here. It is Gemini 2.5% flash image generation and it is truly incredible. It really is the best image generation and editing model I have ever used.Its understanding of physics, style transfer, and character consistency is unlike anything I've ever seen. All right, let me show you this first example. So, here's a thumbnail from MKBHD.In it, he is holding two phones, an iPhone and an Android. Now, watch how crazy this is. I simply said, "Flip the phones over." And look at this.It knew what th ...
AI News: Macrohard, Comet Plus, Meta x Google, Sentient AI, and more!
Matthew Berman 2025-08-26 02:09
AI Development & Innovation - XAI is developing "MacroHard," an end-to-end neural network operating system, potentially replacing traditional operating systems with AI-generated code [1][2][4] - Meta is partnering with Midjourney to integrate their aesthetic technology into Meta's future models and products [5][6][7] - Dynamics Lab introduced Mirage 2, a real-time generative world engine allowing users to create and interact with 3D worlds from uploaded images [12][13][15] - Mistral AI released Mistral Medium, outperforming models like Grok, GLM 4.5%, and GPT-5 in certain benchmarks [40][41] - Nvidia announced Jetson Thor, a chipset designed for robotics, delivering up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPs of AI compute [47][48] AI Applications & Use Cases - GPT-5 demonstrated task efficiency by beating Pokemon Crystal in 9,517 steps, compared to 27,040 steps for another model [27] - Figure robot is developing capabilities in performing household chores like folding towels, showcasing advancements in end-to-end neural net AI [17][18] - HubSpot is offering a free GPT-5 marketing stack with 10 advanced prompts to improve marketing strategies and create marketing copy [9][10][11] AI Industry & Investment - The AI industry has formed a bipartisan super PAC called "Leading the Future (LTF)" with over $100 million in initial funding to promote pro-innovation policies [19][20] - Meta is paying Google $10 billion for cloud compute infrastructure to bolster its AI development efforts [29] - The US government has made an $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock to accelerate American technology and manufacturing leadership [34] AI Safety & Ethical Considerations - Microsoft's CEO of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, argues that studying AI welfare is premature and potentially dangerous, as it could exacerbate issues like AI-induced psychosis [37][38][39] - Anthropic is researching AI welfare, suggesting AI should be treated as potentially human and have welfare considerations [39][40] - MIT study indicates that 95% of AI pilot programs fail to achieve rapid revenue acceleration, highlighting the need for better understanding of AI's limitations and applicable use cases [49][50][51] Autonomous Driving - Uber's CEO believes that camera-only self-driving systems are unlikely to reach superhuman levels of safety in the near term, advocating for the use of LiDAR [41][42][43][44] - Elon Musk argues that LiDAR and radar reduce safety due to sensor contention, favoring a camera-only approach for Tesla's autonomous driving system [46][47] Content Monetization - Perplexity announced Comet Plus, a $5 standalone subscription that gives users access to premium content from selected publishers and journalists [22][23]
Forward Future Live 8.22.25
Matthew Berman 2025-08-22 16:40
Download Humanities Last Prompt Engineering Guide (free) 馃憞馃徏 https://bit.ly/4kFhajz Download The Matthew Berman Vibe Coding Playbook (free) 馃憞馃徏 https://bit.ly/3I2J0YQ Join My Newsletter for Regular AI Updates 馃憞馃徏 https://forwardfuture.ai Discover The Best AI Tools馃憞馃徏 https://tools.forwardfuture.ai My Links 馃敆 馃憠馃徎 X: https://x.com/matthewberman 馃憠馃徎 Forward Future X: https://x.com/forward_future_ 馃憠馃徎 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewberman_ai 馃憠馃徎 Discord: https://discord.gg/xxysSXBxFW 馃憠馃徎 TikTok: https://www ...
AI News: Deepseek Update, GPT-6, Qwen-Image, Meta Restructure, New Robots, and more!
Matthew Berman 2025-08-21 19:07
AI Model & Technology Advancements - Discussion of GPT-6 news, indicating potential future advancements in the GPT model series [1] - Deepseek v3.1 is mentioned, suggesting updates and improvements in the Deepseek AI model [1] - Qwen-Image-Edit is highlighted, pointing to advancements in image editing capabilities within the Qwen AI model [1] - Perplexity SuperMemory is noted, indicating advancements in memory and information recall capabilities for AI [1] AI Applications & Robotics - Mentions of Agentsmd, suggesting developments and discussions around AI agents [1] - Google AI Voice Assistant Opal is introduced, showcasing advancements in voice assistant technology [1] - Boston Dynamics Atlas demo is featured, highlighting progress in robotics and humanoid movement [1] - Figure 02 Robot is mentioned, indicating advancements in robotics and humanoid development [1] - Cursor Stealth Model is noted, suggesting advancements in AI-powered tools for coding and software development [1] Industry Restructuring & Infrastructure - Meta AI is undergoing restructuring, potentially impacting the company's AI development and strategy [1] - OpenAI's infrastructure is discussed, indicating developments and investments in the resources needed to support AI models [1] - Nvidia is reportedly working on a new AI chip for China that outperforms H20 [1] Resources & Links - Links provided for Amazon Bedrock, Humanities Last Prompt Engineering Guide, and The Matthew Berman Vibe Coding Playbook [1] - Links to various social media platforms (X, Instagram, Discord, TikTok) for updates and community engagement [1]
Nano Banana is an INSANE AI Image Editor...
Matthew Berman 2025-08-21 00:05
Model Capabilities - Nano Banana is a new text-to-image model that excels at image editing and creation based on text prompts [1][2] - The model demonstrates a strong understanding of 3D space within 2D images, enabling accurate 3D meshing and object manipulation [4][5] - Nano Banana performs well in photo restoration and colorization, effectively cleaning up damage and adding accurate color to old or degraded photos [6][7][8][9] - The model can simulate what's behind objects in an image and flip the image [16] - It can isolate elements in an image and change them [22] Applications - The technology has potential applications in marketing, photo correction, and AI product placement [15][24] - It can be used to create montages of sports moments in a specific style [15] - The model can also be used to generate realistic images of people in different scenarios, such as Satya Nadella and Sundar Pichai on a beach [26] Model Origin and Availability - Nano Banana was found on LM Arena under a code name [1][9] - Google is likely the creator of Nano Banana, potentially as part of the Gemini AI models [10][11] - Users can try to find Nano Banana on LM Arena by using the battle mode in the text-to-image section [10][28][29] Model Comparison - Nano Banana is compared to other models like GPT image one and Gemini 2.0% Flash, often showing superior realism and accuracy [23][24][25][27][30] - In AI product placement, Nano Banana can accurately place a product in a person's hand, while other models struggle [25][26]
GPT-5 Prompt Optimization Guide
Matthew Berman 2025-08-19 16:57
GPT-5 Capabilities and Usage - GPT-5 excels in tool calling, instruction following, and long context understanding, making it suitable for agentic use cases, especially for developers [3][4] - The model's "reasoning effort" can be adjusted to control its thoroughness and efficiency, impacting token usage and cost [7][8][9] - Users can define clear criteria in prompts to guide the model's exploration of the problem space, including context gathering strategies and early stop conditions [9][10][11][12] - Tool preambles provide real-time updates on the model's activities, enhancing transparency and control [22][23][24] - The Responses API is recommended over Chat Completions due to statistically significant improvements in evaluations, improved agentic flows, lower costs, and more efficient token usage [27][28] Prompt Engineering and Optimization - For coding tasks, especially front-end development, GPT-5 performs best with popular languages and frameworks like Nextjs, TypeScript, React, and Tailwind CSS [30][31][32] - The model can be instructed to create a self-constructed rubric to measure its performance, improving output quality in one-shot web application development [33][34][35][36] - Defining code editing rules and guiding principles in the prompt helps the model adhere to existing codebase patterns and design standards [39][40] - GPT-5's verbosity can be controlled to influence the length of the final answer, while reasoning effort controls the length of its thinking process [47] - The prompt optimizer tool in the playground allows users to refine prompts with direct feedback and explanations [60][61][62][63][64][65]
AI News: Sam vs Elon, Claude 1m Context, Situational Awareness $1.5B
Matthew Berman 2025-08-13 15:56
AI Model Development & Competition - OpenAI's reasoning system achieved a gold medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics, surpassing most human participants and all other AI participants [27][28] - Mistral AI introduced Mistral Medium 3.1, featuring performance boosts and improved web searches [29] - Anthropic has upped the context window of Claude Sonnet 4 to 1 million tokens, costing $3 per million tokens for prompts less than 200,000 tokens and $6 per million tokens for prompts greater than 200,000 tokens [16][18][19] AI Applications & Products - Perplexity launched video generation, offering Pro subscribers five videos per month and Max subscribers 15 videos per month [19] - Lindy launched Lindy 3.0 with autopilot features, enabling AI agents to use computers like humans, offering a $50 credit to new users [13][14][15] - Skywork Matrix Game 2.0 released an open-source real-time long sequence interactive world model, generating 25 frames per second [21][22][23] AI Industry Investment & Talent - Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Ashenbrenner raised $1.5 billion for a hedge fund focused on AI-related investments, including semiconductor, infrastructure, and power companies, with a 47% gain in the first half of the year [24][25][26] Tech Industry Disputes - Elon Musk criticized Apple's App Store for allegedly favoring OpenAI's ChatGPT and disadvantaging X and Grok, claiming antitrust violations [2][3][4] - Sam Altman rebutted Musk's claims, referencing allegations of Musk manipulating X to benefit himself and his companies [7][8]