10X AI (Issue #10): Better Bard, Claude 2, Stable Doodle, and Very Questionable Pogo Sticks

Plus Shopify's new Sidekick, Google's NotebookLM, Firefly's worldwide expansion, upgrades to Quora's Poe, and OpenAI's streak of collaborations.

Happy Sunday, friends!

I’m gearing down for the summer, so I’ll mostly stick to a single post per week over the next few weeks.

Today’s 10X AI is an all-news edition. Unlike the two weeks before it, this one was rich on developments that’ll impact the average user.

Let’s get to it.

🗞️AI news

Here are the highlights of this busy AI week.

1. Bard gets a few upgrades

After being quiet for a while, Google just added a whole slew of features to Bard.

The most notable one is that Bard can now see images, just like Bing. You should be able to use this feature for all of the same practical purposes.

Also, Bard finally made it to Europe, which means that yours truly can use it at last:

In addition, you can now:

• Communicate with Bard in over 40 languages

• Hear Bard’s replies spoken out loud

• Change the tone of its responses

• Pin, rename, and share conversations

Bard’s underlying Pa…