Luke Litowitz

Tech optimist | Product Analyst

Google AI Mode Early Access Tester

[leo 🐾 @synthwavedd]

🚨 SCOOP: Anthropic is gearing up for the public launch of a new version of Mythos, better than Mythos Preview.

A checkpoint of the model, codename Oceanus, was made available to red teamers yesterday. These programs typically begin 7 days before the wider launch, I am told.

The program has since been paused, presumably due to an individual in the program reselling it via a Chinese API proxy (as reported by @scaling01). But whether this will impact the launch target is unknown.

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@lizzij_me @TechCrunch I was so curious how it ended up being named this! Now I know!

[Eliza Huang @lizzij_me]

@TechCrunch okay but I can explain the name 🤣
dreams overnight → fresh story beans by morning 🫘

[Mark Sabalauskas @MarkSab]

I had early access to Dreambeans from @GoogleLabs

Think of it like a magazine, with an editor who is trying to tailor the articles to your interests. Daily it surfaces stuff you didn't know to ask for.

Some things you'll just glance at. But I also have great stuff I've kept.

[Dieter Bohn @backlon]

Been using this for a few days and it's super fun, some of the suggestions are really impressive! Worth checking out 😃😃

[Josh Woodward @joshwoodward]

A short backstory on this one:

A small Google Labs team had an idea to make an app designed to connect you with what matters, without the endless scroll. "Hope scrolling, not doom scrolling" was the hallway pitch. "Go for it."

And today, that little experiment is rolling out.

Meet Dreambeans, a daily dose of inspiration, brewed fresh for you. We're excited to see what you think!

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@lizzij_me @GoogleLabs You guys killed it! It definitely is hard to get right, but the combo of information provided, the UI/UX, and the feeling that it isn't creepy while still using a lot of data is so telling of a well designed and functioning product! 👏👏 Thank you and the team!

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

#DreamBeans 💭🫘 by @GoogleLabs is the most tasteful generative AI experience I've used (Thanks for early access!)

It's a genuinely new way to discover things that are truly relevant to you: news, restaurants, vinyls, and even highly specific things - outdoor furniture covers

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM In a sense, talking, to me, is the easiest way to collaborate and if AI can do the same it'll be incredibly useful. Obviously chat boxes are helpful in scenarios where you can't speak out loud or there are other issues like needing time to "think" before speaking

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

#GeminiApp can now generative images of what it sees through your camera during live mode 😮

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM But Gemini live, which should be the "general" version of that feels like it's stuck in its box ready to come out

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM The ability to talk and see something change in realtime and stop it midway through is the closest thing to an actual personal assistant I've ever experienced

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM Honestly not a great analogy. But I really think, for example, that the use of voice in Stitch is one of the best UI/UX experiences I've ever had

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM So in a sense it has all these features that a "magic box" could summon, but it won't let them leave or it won't "show me" what it's doing

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM Then after I've visualized it provide feedback to Gemini for it to iterate again. At the moment, prompting the AI via live voice to generate an image is a step in the right direction, but I can't see it in the interface immediately.

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM So the way I think about it is that all of the capabilities of an agent should be usable by voice, similar to how chat works. If I ask for a video, document, song, etc to be created I should be able to do it by voice and edit it in real time (or have a good UI to visualize it)

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM I'll need to think about how to express some of my ideas but I have so many 😃

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM In general I think Gemini live is helpful but it feels stuck in its "magic box" if that makes sense

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM I think there are a lot of possibilities that my mind has opened up to after using Stitch voice mode. I think collaborated workspace work would be an interesting idea (similar to the Google docs update coming)

[Luke Litowitz @Luke_litowitz]

@neelGDM Also "screen following" would be nice. If I could use voice mode on my phone and say, let's continue this conversation on my computer. And it brings all the context with it