In this special episode of Tech Suite, Tom Maasland, a Partner in MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ Technology team, wraps up the year with a festive edition showcasing practical and fun ways to explore some innovative AI tools during the summer holidays.
[00:20] Tom outlines the episode’s focus: showcasing a range of AI tech tools that can enrich listener’s summer activities, whether it’s holiday planning, tackling creative projects, or just sparking engaging conversation around the BBQ.
[01:19] Tom firstly considers ChatGPT, highlighting its practical applications, like planning itineraries, suggesting local activities or even generating Christmas meal suggestions. He also suggests some other similar tools for listeners to try out; Claude, Mistral, Gemini, Meta AI, Hugging Face and Grok.
[04:10] Tom then introduces Perplexity, a conversational search engine that is offering an alternative way to search the internet from more traditional models.
[05:21] He discusses the benefits of using Notebook LM for summarizing and transforming complex documents into digestible formats such as podcasts.
[06:45] Tom then suggests some fun tools that might entertain you and your family this summer, such as Character.AI and DALL-E which can create custom interactions and images. Below are the images that DALL-E created on the basis of Tom’s prompts:
“Image of a podcaster, wearing a Christmas hat, in mid conversation, with neon lighting on a dark wall.”
And then: “Summer scene in New Zealand, azure water, white sand beach, kids playing cricket on the beach, an island covered with trees in the distance, picnic in the foreground and a sailing boat in the distance.”
Refined further: “Could you make that a late afternoon scene, so the light is softer?”
Refined further again: “This time in the style of an impressionist painter.”
And lastly prompted: “set it in space, but not to be impressionist anymore.”
[09:40] Tom rounds out the episode by showcasing Udio, an AI music generator, that can help create original songs for your summer playlist. He generates this summer inspired song through the prompt – “summertime, beachtime, family and friends, alternative rock”.
Information in this episode is accurate as at the date of recording, 3 December 2024.
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