Comet Kicks Off The AI Browser Wars! Higgsfield Soul ID Makes You The Star. Gemini Comes To Wear OS.

AI News - July 9

The AI browser wars ramp up with the release of Comet FreePik integrates ElevenLabs Higgsfield makes you the star with Soul ID and Gemini comes to smartwatches. Here's today's AI news. The AI wars are happening on many fronts and the latest front to open up is the browser wars.

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After Dia started to roll out over the last few weeks and a rumour that OpenAI will be launching their very own browser, today marked the launch of Comet. After a long private beta phase, Perplexity has finally launched their AI powered web browser, with advanced AI capabilities like autonomous task execution and personalised responses based on browsing history, the browser has basically become a universal user interface for people's online behaviour, and the LLM chatbox has become far more multipurpose.

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It was only a matter of time before these two digital entry points morphed into one. So perhaps this shouldn't be called the AI browser wars as what's emerging is going to be something fundamentally different. FreePik has announced that it is integrating ElevenLabs text to speech into their AI suite.

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This will give users the capability to create natural sounding voices in over 30 languages and multiple accents. Freepik is continuously improving its offering and this is just the latest example of their mission to make their AI suite a one stop shop for all of your AI needs.

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Another day, another feature gets shipped from Higgsfield and this time it's a big one. It's another extension to their recently released Soul model called Soul ID But this time you're the star. Soul ID offers a fully personalised, highly consistent character with the soul style, high aesthetic and fashion grade realism all based on you.

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Upload 25 photos of yourself in a range of different angles and poses and your very own Soul model is ready to go. Get ready. Every influencer is going to be AI generated. And finally, Gemini is coming to Wearables as Google announce its integration into Wear OS 4+ So a whole new level of functionality is about to open up in smartwatches from brands like Samsung, Oppo and OnePlus.

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And AI capabilities will be accessed directly from your wrist. This is another intriguing area of innovation, with Jony Ive teaming up with OpenAI to create some kind of new most likely wearable hardware, this space is likely to be hotly contested.