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🔊 Hume AI releases EVI 2, supporting sub-second conversations and various tone simulations.
🎧 Google Illuminate converts research papers into podcast audio, now integrated into NotebookLM.
📘 Andrew Ng launches the "AI Python for Beginners" course, designed for beginners.
🧑💻 Python Tutor offers code visualization, aiding beginners in learning and debugging.
🗂️ Spacedrive releases a cross-platform file manager, supporting AI tagging and cloud storage.
Latest News
1. Hume AI releases the new speech-to-speech foundational model, EVI 2.
It enables sub-second response times, allowing users to engage in fast and smooth conversations while understanding users' tones and generating various corresponding tones, making it feel like a real conversation.
Detailed introduction: https://www.hume.ai/blog/introducing-evi2
It can even adjust speaking speed to rap, mimic various personalities, accents, and speaking styles, showcasing strong language capabilities.
Try it online: https://app.hume.ai/
The live demo is quite impressive, and it feels comparable to GPT-4o.
2. Google Illuminate converts research papers into podcast-style audio conversations.
Though not fully available to the public yet, Google NotebookLM has integrated this feature, now free for all users.
Detailed introduction: https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-audio-overviews/
Currently, it only supports English, but the generated voice sounds very natural and comfortable. If you're interested, give it a try.
Try it online: https://notebooklm.google.com/
Learning Tutorials
1. Andrew Ng's new AI course: "AI Python for Beginners".
Taught by Andrew Ng himself, this course is mainly aimed at beginners, teaching the basics of Python programming and how to integrate AI tools for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization.
You will learn through real project development, such as a to-do list app, travel planning, and data visualization, to strengthen your Python skills.
Course link: https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/ai-python-for-beginners/
The course lasts about 1 hour, divided into 11 sessions, each lasting about 5 minutes. It is divided into four main parts:
Basic AI Python Programming
Learn Python basics and quickly apply them to AI projects, mastering programming concepts and writing scripts to interact with large language models.Python for Task Automation
Automate repetitive tasks with Python, mastering concepts like lists and loops, and creating intelligent decision-making tools for complex problems.Data and Document Handling
Learn to process various data formats using Python, utilize large language models to analyze information, and plan real-life projects like travel planning.Extending Python Functionality
Extend Python with packages and APIs, use existing code to solve problems, learn how to install Python and Jupyter, and improve programming capabilities.
2. A code visualization learning tool for beginners: Python Tutor.
By inputting a piece of Python code, the tool visualizes the execution process, helping beginners better learn, understand, and debug code.
Website: https://pythontutor.com/
In addition to Python, it also supports languages like Java, C, C++, and JavaScript.
Open Source Projects
1. A beautiful and feature-rich cross-platform file manager: Spacedrive.
Developed in Rust, it provides a secure and intuitive file management experience, combining cloud and offline storage to create a personal distributed cloud.
GitHub: https://github.com/spacedriveapp/spacedrive
It supports previews and thumbnails for various file types, advanced file search, AI tagging, cloud storage, and multi-language, multi-platform support.
