AWS Launched App Studio to Build Internal Enterprise Applications

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced several product developments during its annual summit in New York, including an App Studio that enables enterprise non-technical users to build internal applications with simple prompts. Available under a limited preview, AWS App Studio "opens up application development to an entirely new set of builders," said Dilip Kumar, vice president of applications at AWS. The company claims App Studio is better than most low-code development tools, which do the job but fail to produce fully secure apps that comply with enterprise privacy and security policies. It competes with other app creation platforms such as Creatio’s Quantum and Salesforce Platform. Currently, enterprise operations depend on data-heavy internal processes and workflows. Announcing @awscloud App Studio, the fastest and easiest way to build applications! Start with a prompt, and end with a real AWS application – fully managed by AWS. It’s been an amazing journey and working on this! pic.twitter.com/lhIC12Y7dN — Adam Seligman (@adamse) July 10, 2024

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Firefox Allows Users to Choose ChatGPT, Gemini, HuggingChat, and Mistral

The browser Firefox announced last week that it started allowing users on its experimental version, ‘Nightly,’ to choose their preferred chatbot service, including, for now, ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, HuggingChat, and Le Chat Mistral. Mozilla, the company running Firefox, plans to improve the experience before releasing it in beta. In a blog post, Firefox Senior Vice President Ian Carmichael wrote, "None of the models are perfect, and each has its unique strengths and weaknesses." "Offering options allows experimenting with many services to find the one that’s most helpful in solving their problem," he added. Almost all browsers — Chrome, Edge, Opera, DuckDuckGo, etc. — add AI features to their products.

OpenAI Launched Its ChatGPT Desktop App for Macs

OpenAI launched ChatGPT on macOS this month. This launch follows Apple’s recent partnership with OpenAI for multiple iPhone, iPad, and Siri integrations. On Mac laptops and desktops, once the ChatGPT app is installed, users, both free and paid, can quickly call up ChatGPT by using the keyboard combination of Option + Space. Then, the chat interface appears overlaid on top of the screen. MacOS users can upload files and photos via the app, speak to ChatGPT from their desktop, and search through their past conversations. These integrations are also powered by GPT-4o. The ChatGPT desktop app for macOS is now available for all users. Get faster access to ChatGPT to chat about email, screenshots, and anything on your screen with the Option + Space shortcut: https://t.co/2rEx3PmMqg pic.twitter.com/x9sT8AnjDm — OpenAI (@OpenAI) June 25, 2024 document.createElement('video'); https://iblnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Share_Images_Mac_App_Small.mp4

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Character.AI Introduces a Feature that Allows to Call AI Chatbots

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Users of Character.ai Complain About Personality Changes on Their Chatbots

Users of Character.ai are reporting sudden personality changes on their chatbots and complain that they aren’t as good as they were in the last weeks. The r/CharacterAI subreddit reflected these views. In a company blog post last week, Character.AI claimed that it serves around 20,000 queries per second–about 20% of the request volume served by Google Search. Character.ai also noted that pornographic content is forbidden, although romantic and erotic roleplay is a massive draw for users, and people use it for “companionship.” Last year, chatbot companion app Replika tweaked its filters for erotic roleplay, making them more strict, and many people complained, especially those who spent months or years developing connections. Valued at $1 billion after raising $150 million in a round led by a16z, Character.ai allows users to choose characters from a library or create their own. Last year, a16z said that Character.ai was the second most popular LLM platform, only outranked by ChatGPT. The platform is free to use with limited features, but it requires paying $10 per month for faster messages and other enhancements. Some media outlets have reported that Google is developing a competitor to Character.ai. It’d be based on chatbots modeled after celebrities and real people.

A Startup that Sells Human-Like AI Agents Raised $35 Million in Funding

Decagon, a gen AI startup that sells customer support solutions, raised $30 million in Series A funding and $5 million in seed funding. The Seed round was led by a16z, and the Series A was led by Accel with participation from A*, Elad Gil, and angels including Aaron Levie (CEO, Box), Howie Liu (CEO, Airtable), Matt MacInnis (COO, Rippling), Aaref Hilaly (Partner, BCV), Mike Vernal (Ex-Sequoia), Frederic Kerrest (Cofounder, Okta), Jack Altman (CEO, Lattice), and Ed Hallen (Cofounder, Klaviyo). Founded by CEO Jesse Zhang and CTO Ashwin Sreenivas [in the picture below], Decagon provides businesses such as Eventbrite, Bilt, Webflow, Substack, and Rippling with a generative AI platform that mirrors human capabilities by handling complex customer support jobs. "By integrating with our customers’ existing workflows, our AI agents can take tangible action on behalf of the customer, such as processing a refund request or postponing an upcoming shipment," said Jesse Zhang, co-founder and CEO of Decagon. Decagon’s AI-powered analytics dashboard automatically reviews and categorizes customer conversations to identify themes and suggests additions to the knowledge base to better address customer inquiries. Its platform is built on a mix of large language models, including both third-party and fine-tuned models. It regularly tests and selects the optimal model for each task, such as categorizing an incoming request, checking a message for accuracy, or writing a final response to the customer. It also functions as a company's internal customer support liaison, providing services like creating software bug reports, analyzing customer emails to suggest product improvements, or writing internal documentation. The company is competing with other well-capitalized customer support AI startups, such as Forethought, which has raised over $90 million. @DecagonAI was our first "holy shit AI just changed our business" moment at Substack. These guys are the real deal. You can read about our use at https://t.co/Qa1NcOCNCB https://t.co/zh1PugwP4j — Chris Best (@cjgbest) June 18, 2024

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