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The amount of information (measured in tokens) an AI model can process simultaneously when generating a response. The announcement of Gemini 1.5 Pro's 1 million token window is highlighted as a significant breakthrough.
An advanced AI model announced by Google, distinguished by its massive 1 million token context window, which dramatically increases the amount of information the model can process at once.
A phenomenon where a computer-generated figure that is almost, but not perfectly, human-like causes a sense of unease or revulsion. This concept is mentioned in relation to Pixar's efforts to achieve realism.
A real-time 3D creation tool from Epic Games. It's used as a benchmark to illustrate the difference between traditional, deterministic 3D rendering and Sora's novel approach, which appears to generate physically consistent scenes without explicit object modeling.
A class of generative AI technology that creates video content from written text descriptions. Sora is presented as the latest and most advanced example of this technology.
The principle that a small number of investments generate the vast majority of returns.
A venture capital fund founded by SoftBank Group, which was the primary vehicle for SoftBank's massive investment into WeWork. It is noted that 45% of the fund's money is from Saudi Arabia.
Business advantages like brand, network effects, or hardware that protect against AI disruption.