The wait is finally over! 🍽️ 👇️ 

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• Microsoft to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model 🤖 

• JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model 📈 

• Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI 🗣️ 

• Generate natural sounding voices with AI 🧬 

• Top AI Tools of the week! 🛠️ 

FRESH AI NEWS

Microsoft is getting ready to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model 🤖 

Microsoft is preparing to host Elon Musk’s Grok AI model on its Azure AI Foundry platform, marking a significant expansion of its AI offerings. The company has been in discussions with xAI, Musk’s AI startup, to make Grok available to customers and Microsoft’s own product teams through its cloud service ✅ 

Grok will be accessible via Microsoft’s AI development toolkit, allowing developers to build AI applications using the model.

This move could strain Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI, as the company has been diversifying its AI portfolio beyond its multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI.

Microsoft is only providing hosting capacity for Grok, not the servers needed for training future models.

It remains unclear whether Amazon AWS or other cloud providers will also be able to host Grok.

JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model 📈 

JetBrains has officially released Mellum, its first open AI coding model, designed specifically for code completion and developer tooling. Here are the key features 👇️ 

• Optimized for Code Completion: Mellum is built to assist developers by predicting and completing code snippets based on context.
  

• Open-Source Availability: The model is Apache 2.0-licensed and now accessible on Hugging Face.
  

• Training Data & Performance: Mellum was trained on 4 trillion tokens using 256 Nvidia H200 GPUs over 20 days.
  

• Fine-Tuning Required: The base model isn’t production-ready and requires fine-tuning before deployment.
  

• Security Considerations: JetBrains warns that Mellum may reflect biases from public codebases and could introduce vulnerabilities.

JetBrains emphasizes that Mellum is not a general-purpose AI, but rather a focused model aimed at enhancing developer productivity. The company hopes that Mellum will spark innovation in AI-assisted coding 🧑‍💻 

Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI 🤖 

Duolingo has announced the launch of 148 new language courses created using generative AI, marking the largest expansion in the company’s history. This move comes as Duolingo faces backlash over its decision to replace contractors with AI and shift to an AI-first approach ✅ 

The company claims AI allows it to scale content faster and improve quality, though some users argue it has led to inaccurate and lower-quality lessons.

The new courses primarily cater to beginner learners, featuring tools like Stories for reading comprehension and DuoRadio for listening practice.

Duolingo intends to expand AI-generated content further, including advanced-level courses in the coming months.

Many users have expressed disappointment over the shift, with some deleting the app and encouraging others to do the same.

While Duolingo emphasizes the efficiency and scalability of AI-powered course creation, the decision to phase out human contractors has sparked ethical concerns among users and industry experts 👀 

NATURAL SOUNDS WITH AI

How to generate natural-sounding sounds using AI 🗣️ 

Now you can convert your scripts into realistic speech using Kokoro’s new frontier text-to-speech model in seconds! ✅ 

Here’s how to use it 👇️ 

1. Head to Hugging Face and locate the Kokoro-TTS space.
   

2. Pick a language from the list and select a voice. Look for voices marked with a ★ for stable performance, ensuring smooth, reliable output.

3. Type your text in the input box, using clear punctuation to create a more natural and expressive audio output.

4. Customize the speed to fit your desired delivery and trim any unnecessary parts for a polished final result.
   
   BONUS: Try out multiple voices and settings. With quick generation times, you can experiment and refine your audio efficiently.

Try Kokoro-TTS HERE! 👈️ 

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