India’s Tech News of the Week: OpenAI is back in the news, but not in a good way. With its most recent search function, AI Overviews, Google is also involved. For Indian users of Android smartphones, this week has been excellent.
1 “Her” voice is deleted from ChatGPT by OpenAI
A woman named Sky was eliminated by OpenAI from ChatGPT because her voice was uncannily similar to Scarlett Johansson. The process began several months before to GPT-4o’s launch, when Johansson was contacted by OpenAI to provide her voice for the AI model. She declined, though, and the business ultimately adopted a voice that was comparable.
“The voice of Sky is not Scarlett Johansson’s, and it was never intended to resemble hers,” reads the CEO Sam Altman’s formal statement. “Out of respect for Ms. Johansson, we have paused using Sky’s voice in our products,” the business said after removing the voice. We are sorry for not communicating with Ms. Johansson more effectively.
Google unveiled AI Overviews, its newest search function powered by Gemini AI, at I/O 2024. Due to its glaring and misleading flaws, the feature has provoked a lot of internet conversations within days of its official unveiling. For example, AI Overviews can’t tell the difference between facts and puns from sites like Reddit and advises users to adhere cheese on pizza with non-toxic glue. According to Google, “We’ve found that with AI Overviews, people use Search more and are more satisfied with their results.”
Additionally, the business has started eliminating some of these incorrect answers by hand. A Google representative reportedly said, “AI Overviews offer high-quality information,” according to a report by The Verge. In addition to samples that were doctored or that we were unable to replicate, we have seen a lot of cases that were unusual requests.”
3 Nothing's CEO smartly teases its next smartphone - Phone (3)
Nothing’s Phone (2a) is a very popular smartphone right now, and there are rumors that the business will release its next flagship as the Phone (3), which will probably be the successor to the Phone (2). Carl Pei, the company’s co-founder and CEO, hinted at information on the company’s upcoming smartphone during the unveiling of the quick settings panel on the Nothing (OS).
It is almost certainly going to have a metal frame with a new button next to the volume and power rockers that is rumored to be a capture button. Other than these specifics, not much is known at this time regarding the Nothing Phone (3). It is anticipated, nevertheless, to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 series CPU. There are rumors that the business may reveal the Phone (3) precisely one year after the Phone (2) was introduced on July 11, 2023.
4 New high-performance mid-tier phones are here
The most recent high-performance smartphones available in the Indian market are the Realme GT 6T and the Poco F6, both of which are reasonably priced at around Rs 30,000. These phones have the newest processors available; the Poco F6 is the first phone on the market to have the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC, while the Realme GT 6T has the Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 SoC.
The Poco F6 has a flat panel display with 1.5K resolution, while the Realme GT 6T boasts a curved display with a maximum brightness of 6,000 nits. Realme UI 5 and HyperOS, the bespoke operating systems for both phones, are based on Android 14 and are anticipated to receive at least three significant OS updates.