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Reddit tests a conversational AI search tool

As more AI companies use Reddit’s data to fuel their own chatbots, the platform has launched its own AI feature, Reddit Answers, to better compete with AI providers like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity. Announced on Monday, the new feature offers a conversational experience that allows users to ask questions and receive curated summaries of relevant responses and threads from across Reddit.

Key Highlights:

1. Curated Summaries:

   • Users receive concise, conversational answers that pull from relevant posts and communities.

   • The feature provides summarized information, similar to what AI tools like ChatGPT deliver, with links to full threads for deeper exploration.

2. AI-Powered Search:

   • Reddit Answers aims to make searching on Reddit faster, smarter, and more relevant by directly addressing user inquiries without the need to browse through multiple threads.

3. Example Use Case:

   • Asking for tips on better sleep could yield a bulleted summary of responses from Reddit users, with references to the original threads for further details.

4. Interactive Conversations:

   • Beyond the summary, users can open up full discussions and ask follow-up questions to dive deeper into a topic.

Future Plans

• Currently, Reddit Answers is available to a limited number of users in the U.S. and is only accessible in English.

• Reddit plans to expand the feature globally and add support for more languages in the future.

Grok is now free for all X users

X (formerly Twitter) has made its AI chatbot Grok available for free to all users, eliminating the need for an X Premium subscription. Instead, users now receive 10 free prompts every 2 hours.

Key Highlights:

Free Access:

• Users can now send up to 10 prompts every 2 hours without needing a paid subscription.

• Image Generation: Users can also generate up to 10 images every 2 hours.
  
  Restrictions:

• Image Analysis is limited to 3 images per day. Users who require more access must subscribe to X Premium.

Grok’s Freemium Model

This move aligns Grok with other AI platforms like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude, which also offer freemium models. Previously, Grok was gated behind X’s Premium subscription, which costs $8 per month or $84 annually.

Enjoy the Grok’s free model today.

Meta Launches Llama 3.3 70B Model

Meta has unveiled Llama 3.3 70B, a new generative AI model that offers the performance of its largest Llama model, Llama 3.1 405B, but at a lower cost.

Key Highlights:

Performance:

• Llama 3.3 70B leverages advancements in post-training techniques, improving core performance at a significantly reduced cost.

• It outperforms competitors like Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, OpenAI’s GPT-4, and Amazon’s Nova Pro on benchmarks, including MMLU, a test of language understanding.

• Improvements are seen in areas like math, general knowledge, instruction following, and app use.

Meta’s Push for Open Models

 Availability:

• The model is available for download on Hugging Face and the official Llama website, aiming to fuel Meta’s goal of dominating the AI space with “open” models.
  
  Licensing
  

• While Llama models are "open," platforms with more than 700 million monthly users must request a special license to use the models.
  
  Success & Popularity:
  

• Llama has amassed over 650 million downloads, and Meta AI, powered by Llama, now serves nearly 600 million active users.

"Sora" is finally available to the public