Read Online | Sign Up | Advertise | | | Good morning, AI enthusiasts. A new AI wearable just hit the scene, and it not only wants to be your new 'friend' — but also eventually wants to read your thoughts. | Omi promises to boost productivity with its always-on capabilities and brain-interface features, but can it overcome the challenges that have plagued past AI wearables? | | In today's AI rundown: | Omi debuts brain-reading AI wearable Adobe showcases TransPixar for AI visual effects Turn any video into an instant tutorial Microsoft open-sources powerful Phi-4 model 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities
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| | | | OMI | |  | Image source: Omi |
| The Rundown: Based Hardware just introduced Omi, an $89 AI wearable that combines always-on listening capabilities with brain-interface tech to handle productivity tasks — with hopes to enable thought-reading type abilities in the future. | The details: | Omi can be worn as a necklace or attached to the temple to enable early brain-interface features that detect when the AI is addressed without a 'wake' word. The device listens continuously to provide real-time summaries, meeting notes, and contextual information, with a battery life of approximately 3 days. The company is taking an open-source approach, with over 250 apps already available in its store and integration of AI models from OpenAI and Meta. While brain-interface features are currently limited to intent detection, the founder envisions more advanced thought-reading capabilities within 2 years. Omi was initially 'Friend' before a device launched with the same name, with founder Nik Shevchenko publishing a diss track calling his 'the real friend'.
| Why it matters: Physical AI wearables have yet to find much success past the initial hype phase, though improving models could soon enable more value for users. But getting consumers to change their habits is tough (in addition to privacy concerns around 'always on' tech) — especially when it involves taping a device to your head. |
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| | ADOBE | |  | Image source: Adobe Research |
| The Rundown: Adobe Research and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology just developed TransPixar, an AI system that enables generation of transparent, realistic visual effects to AI-generated videos. | The details: | The tech enables the generation of see-through elements like smoke, reflections, and portals that can naturally blend into video scenes. The system teaches the AI to understand both visible content and transparency simultaneously, similar to layering in photo editing software. TransPixar also needs only minimal additional training data, showing the ability to create diverse effects without needing millions of example videos. The model excels across a range of effects like swirling storms, magical portals, and shattering glass, with applications ranging from movies to gaming.
| Why it matters: While AI has already started to disrupt creative workflows, current AI video tools have previously only been able to generate solid objects. Adding transparent effects into the mix could change how VFX production is approached — and it's clear AI will soon be able to handle even the most complex visual effects tasks. |
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| | AI TRAINING | | | The Rundown: Gemini's new browser integration lets users turn YouTube videos into comprehensive tutorials that can give you instant answers to your questions. | Step-by-step: | Find your YouTube video in Chrome's browser and copy its URL from the share button. Type "@ Gemini" in a new tab's URL bar and select Chat with Gemini. Write your prompt (e.g., "create tutorial about") and paste the URL. Get instant tutorials and ask follow-up questions!
| Pro tip: Use Google Chrome for the best experience, and don't forget you can ask for specific formats like summaries or practice exercises. |
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| | MICROSOFT | |  | Image source: Microsoft |
| The Rundown: Microsoft just released its small, powerful Phi-4 language model as fully open-source on Hugging Face, with weights now freely available under an MIT license that allows for commercial use. | The details: | The 14B parameter model outperforms significantly bigger models like GPT-4o and Gemini Pro 1 on math and reasoning tasks. Phi-4 was trained primarily on synthetically generated high-quality data instead of web scraped content, with a focus on enhancing reasoning capabilities. Released in December but limited to Microsoft's Azure platform, Phi-4 is now fully accessible to developers through Hugging Face for commercial use.
| Why it matters: The release of Phi-4 in December was a big win for smaller AI systems — and now Microsoft's fully open-source move opens the door for developers to more widely build on top of the powerful model. The momentum behind open-source AI development (and the capabilities of open models) continues to accelerate. |
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