Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore the potential benefits of Meta's open-source approach to AI. Next, they discuss MyHeritage's plans to retire an AI feature. Then, they review the AI image generation features recently added to Adobe Illustrator.

In this week’s Tip of the Week, they share valuable insights on crafting effective, hallucination-resistant, AI prompts using the “role, task, and format” prompting method.

The RapidFire segment covers Apple's AI delays, Google's impressive math achievements, Reddit's web crawling restrictions, OpenAI's venture into AI-based search, and Meta's groundbreaking image recognition advancements.

This episode offers a perfect blend of practical applications and future possibilities, making it essential listening for genealogists navigating the AI revolution. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a family history buff, this show provides the knowledge you need to stay ahead in the rapidly changing world of AI.

## In the News

03:18 Meta's Impact on Corporate Genealogy: Discussion of Meta.ai's release and its implications

07:54 MyHeritage's AI Feature Removal: Retirement of AI Record Finder tool

10:11 Adobe's AI Integration: New AI features in Adobe Illustrator

## Tip of the Week

19:32 Building Better Prompts: Role, Task, and Format: Explanation and examples of this prompting technique

## RapidFire Topics

27:55 Apple's AI Delays: Postponement of Apple Intelligence Tools

33:18 Google's AI Math Achievement: AI Performance in Math Olympics

36:55 Reddit's Web Crawling Restrictions: Implications for AI training data

41:22 OpenAI's SearchGPT Development: Potential impact on search engines and competitors

45:30 Meta's SAM 2 Release: Advancements in image and video recognition

Adobe Acrobat: https://acrobat.adobe.com/

Adobe Illustrator: https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html

Adobe Lightroom: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-lightroom.html

Adobe Photoshop: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

Airtable: https://www.airtable.com/

Apple Intelligence: https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/

Canva: https://www.canva.com/

ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

Claude (Anthropic): https://claude.ai/

FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/

Gemini (Google): https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/

Google AI: https://ai.google/

Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/

Meta AI: https://ai.meta.com/

Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/

MyHeritage: https://www.myheritage.com/

OpenAI: https://openai.com/

Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/

SearchGPT: https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-prototype/

Segment Anything Model (SAM) by Meta: https://ai.meta.com/sam2/

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In this week’s episode, hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore Meta AI 3.1's huge large language model upgrade, as well as FamilySearch's innovative, AI-based summarization feature. They then address growing concerns about AI hype. In this week’s Tip of the Week, they share their approach for mastering the fine art of summarization, a crucial AI skill for genealogical research. The show rounds off with rapid-fire discussions of Google's privacy policy update, Apple's response to accusations made about their training data, and exciting developments in AI-powered education. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a family history buff, this episode offers invaluable insights into how AI is revolutionizing genealogy and beyond.

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In the News

01:01 Meta AI 3.1: A Huge Upgrade, and it’s Free!

13:09 FamilySearch's New AI Summarization Feature

20:16 Addressing AI Hype Concerns

Tip of the Week

24:59 AI Building Blocks: Summarization

AI RapidFire

31:25 Google's Privacy Policy Update

36:57 Apple's Response to Training Data Accusations

40:02 Apple vs. Google: Platform Competition Heats Up

44:59 AI in Education: New Developments and Partnerships

Meta AI: https://meta.ai

FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/

OpenAI (ChatGPT): https://openai.com/chatgpt

Anthropic (Claude): https://www.anthropic.com

Google (Gemini): https://gemini.google.com/app

Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com

Apple AI: https://www.apple.com/ai

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com

Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org

Google DeepMind: https://www.deepmind.com

Andrej Karpathy's Eureka Labs: https://eurekalabs.ai/

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Family History, Genealogy, Large Language Models, Meta AI, Facebook AI, Family Search, AI Summarization, OCR, Land Records, AI Model Comparison, Open Source AI, AI Adoption, AI Investment, AI Winter, AI Ethics, Data Privacy, Training Data, Google Privacy Policy, YouTube Closed Captions, Apple AI, AI Research, Platform Competition, AI Ecosystems, AI in Education, Khan Academy, Microsoft AI, Andrej Karpathy, AI Tutoring, AI Learning

In this episode, hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little dive into Perplexity's big upgrade, enhancing research capabilities for family historians. They tackle pressing ethical concerns in AI, exploring copyright issues and training data controversies that impact genealogists. The show introduces a new series on building better prompts, offering practical tips to maximize AI tools. In the rapid-fire segment, they cover open-source developments, geopolitical influences on AI, and exciting updates from industry leaders like Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Apple. Whether you're a tech-savvy genealogist or new to AI, this episode provides valuable insights to navigate the evolving landscape of family history research in the digital age. Tune in for expert analysis and practical advice on leveraging AI in your genealogical pursuits.

Welcome and introduction

2:12 AI In the News

2:30 Story 1: Perplexity upgrade

7:20 Story 2: Ethical issues in AI

13:55 Tip of the Week: Build Better Prompts

21:40 AI Rapid Fire

21:40 Open source developments in AI

24:08 Geopolitical issues affecting AI tools

26:38 Anthropic's Claude and new features

29:08 Changes in OpenAI board membership

32:35 Google Pixel 9 AI features

37:20 Delay in Apple's Siri upgrades

38:53 Tout Fini!

• Perplexity: https://www.perplexity.ai/

• OpenAI: https://openai.com/

• Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/

• Google: https://www.google.com/

• Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/

• Apple: https://www.apple.com/

• ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

• Claude AI: https://www.anthropic.com/

• Google Gemini: https://deepmind.google/technologies/gemini/

• NVIDIA: https://www.nvidia.com/

• Meta (Facebook): https://about.meta.com/

• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/