EP19: 2024's Top 5 AI Genealogy Breakthroughs, MyHeritage LiveMemory Goes Viral, The Bluesky Migration
The Family History AI ShowShow Notes
Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore the AI developments that had the biggest impact on genealogy in 2024.
This week’s episode spotlights MyHeritage's newest viral tool, LiveMemory, which brings old photos to life through animation. Next, Mark and Steve count down the year's top AI breakthroughs for genealogists. The groundbreaking FamilySearch full-text search takes the top spot by providing unprecedented access to huge collections of handwritten records. Mark and Steve also discuss the genealogy community's migration to Bluesky.
Don’t miss this week’s tip of the week, which provides practical tips for using AI to help you research your ancestors’ home countries.
This week’s rapid fire stories include major industry developments at Google, OpenAI, and Amazon.
This episode showcases how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing family history research for genealogists at all levels.
Timestamps:IN THE NEWS 03:02 MyHeritage's Goes Viral (again!) with LiveMemory 10:56 Top Five AI Breakthroughs for Genealogists in 2024 Chatbots Learn How to Reason (OpenAI’s o1-preview) Content Creation Within Chatbots (Artifacts, Canvas) Collaborative Research Spaces (NotebookLM, Claude Projects, Perplexity Spaces) AI-Enhanced Search (SearchGPT, Perplexity, Google) FamilySearch Unlocks Handwritten Records 27:27 The Great Bluesky Migration
TIP OF THE WEEK 32:17 Use AI To Research the Home Country
RAPIDFIRE 40:41 Google Loses Antitrust Cases 44:33 OpenAI Announces Web Browser Initiative 48:25 Amazon's $4B Anthropic Investment Resource LinksIN THE NEWS MyHeritage's Goes Viral (again!) with LiveMemory LiveMemory https://www.myheritage.com/livememory/
Runway ML https://runwayml.com/
TOP 5 AI BREAKTHROUGHS Introducing OpenAI o1-preview https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai-o1-preview/
Claude Artifacts https://support.anthropic.com/en/articles/9487310-what-are-artifacts-and-how-do-i-use-them
ChatGPT Canvas https://openai.com/index/introducing-canvas/
Google NotebookLM https://notebooklm.google.com/
Claude Projects https://www.anthropic.com/news/projects
Perplexity Spaces https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/faq/what-are-spaces
Introducing ChatGPT Search https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search/
Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/
Google https://www.google.com/
FamilySearch Full-Text Search https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/article/find-the-new-full-text-search-for-historical-records
BLUESKY MIGRATION Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/
Mark Thompson’s Bluesky Handle https://bsky.app/profile/makingfamilyhistory.com
Steve Little’s Bluesky Handle https://bsky.app/profile/digitalarchivst.bsky.social
RAPIDFIRE Google Loses Antitrust Cases https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5064624/google-justice-department-antitrust-search https://www.reuters.com/legal/google-asks-us-appeals-court-reject-app-store-monopoly-verdict-2024-11-27/ https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2024/11/26/chrome-google-forced-sale
OpenAI Announces Web Browser Initiative https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-working-on-a-web-browser-to-compete-with-google-chrome https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-considers-taking-google-with-browser-information-reports-2024-11-21/ Amazon's $4B Anthropic Investment https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24303185/amazon-anthropic-investment-ai-alexa
Tags AI, Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, Technology, OpenAI, Google, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Genealogy AI, MyHeritage LiveMemory, Family History Technology, AI Photo Animation, FamilySearch Full-Text Search, Genealogy Search Tools, Historical Photo Animation, Family History Research, AI Genealogy Tools, Digital Genealogy, Handwritten Records Search, Ancestral Research, MyHeritage Tools, Genealogy Technology, Family Photographs, FamilySearch Tools, Genealogy Social Media, Bluesky Genealogy, AI Research Tools, Ancestry Research, Foreign Genealogy Research, Family History Software, Genealogy Databases
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