Weekly Tech Recap: OpenAI release GPT-4o model, Google makes major AI announcements at I/O 2024 and more

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GPT-4o language model at its Spring Update event on Monday. The Sam Altman-led company has said that GPT-4o is a step towards human-centric communication. The new model has multimodal capabilities and can make conversations across audio, vision and text in real time.

Google made a number of AI-related announcements at its I/O 2024 developer conference this week, including the introduction of a new AI model called Gemini 1.5 Flash, upgrades to Gemma AI models, and the addition of AI capabilities to a number of Google products, including Android and Google Search. Notably, Google also revealed the roadmap to take on OpenAI's GPT-4o model with 'Project Astra', which the company used to showcase the 'future of AI assistants'. Google said these new AI capabilities will be rolled out across Gemini and its other offerings later this year.

Meanwhile, the company also announced its rival to OpenAI's Sora text-to-video generator, called Veo. The new model is capable of generating 1080p resolution videos with a range of cinematic and visual styles. Veo will also give users a greater degree of control by understanding cinematic terms such as 'time-lapse' or 'aerial landscape'.

Just weeks ahead of WWDC 2024, Apple has released the latest iteration of its iPhone operating system, iOS 17.5. The new update comes with many notable upgrades, including cross-platform tracking detection, the ability to use Apple News in offline mode, the ability to download third-party apps from developer websites in the EU, and the introduction of Apple's Pride Collection of wallpapers and watch faces. Apple has also introduced a new "Repair State" feature in iOS 17.5 that allows users to send their iPhone in for service without having to disable Find My