Merry Shipmas 🚢

The 12 Days of OpenAI

On the first day of Shipmas, OpenAI gave to me…an AI assistant named Sora. 🎵 The company’s 12 Days of OpenAI event is packed with new tools and updates. Here’s what made the list so far:

• Sora: a video generation AI that offers expanded tools for creative expression and storytelling (keep reading for my deep dive into top Sora's features)

• ChatGPT o1: an upgraded chatbot (at a cool $200/month for o1 Pro) promising better performance and a more humanlike experience

• Canvas: a collaborative AI coding/writing tool that goes beyond simple chat (it’s like brainstorming but supersonic)

What are the early reactions? Some users love the potential of tools like Sora to disrupt media and video. And others were excited about Canvas’s feature expansion to free users once it exits beta.

But: Some say the tools feel overly dependent on OpenAI’s closed ecosystem. This raises broader concerns about accessibility for smaller organizations.

ServiceNow speeds up AI training with Fast-LLM

Faster AI training just got an enterprise twist. ServiceNow, a company known for streamlining IT and HR operations, is diving into the AI world with Fast-LLM—an open-source framework that cuts training times by 20%.

How it works: Fast-LLM acts as a drop-in replacement for existing AI training systems, meaning businesses can adopt it seamlessly without overhauling their existing infrastructure.

Why it matters: AI training has long been a time sink, requiring enormous computational resources and costs. Fast-LLM slashes training time, lowering the barrier to experimenting with and iterating on AI models.

Chatbase Transforms Conversations Into Results

Ready to revolutionize customer interactions? Whether you're automating customer inquiries, driving leads, or scaling your support team's capacity, Chatbase makes it easy to deploy AI agents that truly work for you. Now, your AI agents do more than just chat. They can:

• Retrieve Live Data: Pull real-time information across tools like Calendly availability, or weather updates.

• Take Comprehensive Actions: Create Zendesk tickets, or manage customer interactions seamlessly.

• Integrate Across Platforms: Connect with Calendly, Cal.com, Slack, and beyond. Define custom API endpoints to address your unique business needs, powered by advanced AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini.

Are you ready to take your chatbot up a notch, or several?

AI is running out of data—what happens next?

AI’s biggest challenge might be right around the corner: a data drought. A recent study predicts a 2028 “data crash,” when the availability of training data will no longer keep pace with the demands of large models.

Why it matters: AI systems, especially large language models, rely on vast datasets to train effectively. As we approach the limits of available data, the industry is facing a bottleneck that could stall innovation and increase costs for training future models.

The solution: The answer isn’t just more data—it’s better data. Many leading companies are shifting toward smaller, more specialized models. Instead of relying on sheer volume, these models focus on task-specific performance, paving the way for more efficient AI systems.