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• OpenAI releases ChatGPT-4o, an enhanced version of ChatGPT

• A virtual tour of the Tower of London and its history

• The 100 Best books published by Simon & Schuster

OpenAI releases ChatGPT-4o, an enhanced version of ChatGPT

OpenAI, the leading artificial intelligence research company, launched the free generative AI tool ChatGPT-4o this past Monday. It is an upgrade to ChatGPT, capable of interacting with images, video, and audio in addition to text.

The presentation of ChatGPT-4o was held through a video showcasing the new tool in action.

In addition to its ability to interact through text, voice, and vision (photos and videos), ChatGPT-4o offers other significant improvements such as reduced latency (response waiting time), increased speed, and optimization for over 50 languages.

In the coming weeks, ChatGPT-4o will incorporate a voice assistant, allowing users to have real-time, natural conversations with the AI tool, including the option for real-time video conferencing. Plus users will have priority access to this feature, which will later be available to all users.

Initial access to ChatGPT-4o is being offered to ChatGPT Plus and Team users. Enterprise users will gain access soon after. OpenAI has also begun offering limited access to ChatGPT Free users.

Links:

• Introducing GPT-4o and making more capabilities available for free in ChatGPT

• Introducing GPT-4o and more tools to ChatGPT free users –OpenAI
  We are launching our newest flagship model and making more capabilities available for free in ChatGPT.

• GPT-4 is OpenAI’s most advanced system, producing safer and more useful responses – OpenAI

A spectacular virtual tour of the Tower of London and its history

Google Arts & Culture, in partnership with Historic Royal Palace, offers an amazing virtual tour around Tower of London, led by renowned historian and author Tracy Borman, deputy chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces.

As she herself explains, “the story of the Tower of London is, in many respects, the story of England. Throughout its almost 1,000-year history, this world-famous monument has not just witnessed but played a pivotal role in some of the most seismic events in the country’s history. From the Norman Conquest to the Great Fire of London, this indomitable fortress has remained a grand, often terrifying, symbol of royal power.”

The web allows you to visit this emblematic place — even some of the places that visitors don’t get to see, such as the King’s House, where the Gunpowder Plotters were interrogated in 1605 — and dive into its history through digital storytelling, virtual tours and beautiful art in high-resolution imagery.

Walk in the footsteps of kings, queens, and infamous prisoners with Historic Royal Palaces and Google Arts & Culture.

Links:

• A Day at the Tower – Google Arts & Culture

• The Tower of London: A virtual journey through time – By Tracy Borman in Google’s blog, The Keyword

The 100 Best books published by Simon & Schuster

As they approached their centennial year, a group of Simon & Schuster staffers took on the daunting challenge of selecting The Simon & Schuster 100: titles from its history that are believed to best represent the breadth and depth of the company’s publishing program, across genres, imprints, and borders. 

Here are some of the books included in the list: 

• 1925 - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• 1929 - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

• 1936 - Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

• 1936 - How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• 1967 - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• 1974 - All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

• 1975 - Where Are the Children? by Mary Higgins Clark

• 1989 - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

• 1992 - Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton

• 1996 - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

• 1997 - Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker

• 1997 Underworld by Don DeLillo

• 2000 On Writing by Stephen King

• 2011 Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

• 2014 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Links:

• Announcing The Simon & Schuster 100

• Simon & Schuster: Celebrating 100 Years

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