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OpenAI's hyper-personalized AI health coach
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
The future of health and fitness is about to be prescribed a major dose of AI.
OpenAI and Thrive are creating a hyper-personalized AI health coach — but is this the wellness revolution we’ve been waiting for, or another tech pipe dream? Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI and Thrive create AI health coach
Odyssey’s ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video
Create mind maps with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Japan Ministry introduces first AI policy
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI AND THRIVE CAPITAL
🥦 OpenAI and Thrive create AI health coach
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The Rundown: The OpenAI Startup Fund and Thrive Global just announced Thrive AI Health, a new venture developing a hyper-personalized, multimodal AI-powered health coach to help users drive personal behavior change.
The details:
The AI coach will focus on five key areas: sleep, nutrition, fitness, stress management, and social connection.
Thrive AI Health will be trained on scientific research, biometric data, and individual preferences to offer tailored user recommendations.
DeCarlos Love steps in as Thrive AI Health’s CEO, who formerly worked on AI, health, and fitness experiences at Google as a product leader.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Thrive Global founder Ariana Huffington published an article in TIME detailing AI’s potential to improve both health and lifespans.
Why it matters: With chronic disease and healthcare costs on the rise, AI-driven personalized coaching could be a game-changer — giving anyone the ability to leverage their data for health gains. Plus, Altman’s network of companies and partners lends itself perfectly to crafting a major AI health powerhouse.
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💡Surface up what NPS and CSAT don’t tell
The Rundown: Syncly (YC W23) leverages AI to reveal critical customer sentiments that traditional metrics like NPS and CSAT miss — allowing businesses to surface real pain points from everyday interactions.
With Syncly, you can:
Automatically identify key issues using Smart Insight, eliminating manual work
Utilize Syncly AI to pinpoint drivers of negative customer experiences
Monitor customer satisfaction in real-time with Customer AI to prevent churn
Seamlessly integrate with existing tools for a unified workflow
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ODYSSEY AI
🎬 Odyssey’s ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video
Image source: Odyssey
The Rundown: Odyssey, a new startup co-founded by self-driving car industry veterans, just emerged from stealth with a ‘Hollywood-grade’ AI video generation platform aimed at revolutionizing visual effects and storytelling capabilities.
The details:
Odyssey is developing four specialized AI models focused on geometry, materials, lighting, and motion, aimed at giving more control over outputs.
The company's team includes AI researchers from tech giants, as well as artists who've worked on blockbusters like Dune and Avengers.
Odyssey is reportedly gathering its own 3D, real-world data for training instead of scraping existing video data, building on learnings from self-driving AI experience.
The startup also announced a $9M funding round with participation from Google Ventures, Y Combinator’s Garry Tan, DeepMind’s Jeff Dean, and more.
Why it matters: While we’ve already seen Hollywood start to experiment with AI video platforms like Sora, the capabilities (at least publicly) seem a bit off from longer Hollywood-type outputs. Odyssey’s ambitions could accelerate the tech’s use on the big screen, video games, and other media — but it certainly will have some stiff competition as other models improve.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Create mind maps with Claude 3.5 Sonnet
The Rundown: Claude 3.5 Sonnet can generate detailed mind maps of video shot types and elements, which can significantly improve your prompts for AI video generation with other AI tools like Runway Gen-3 or Luma Dream Machine.
Step-by-step:
Head over to Claude AI.
Use the following prompt: "I am using a video generator. Please give me a map of all the different types of shots and things I can enter for my prompt."
Explore the map and craft detailed prompts to use for AI video generator tools!
Prompt example: “Overhead drone shot: A colorful hot air balloon festival in a vast green field.”
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The Rundown: Warp’s new Agent Mode lets you get fast, efficient AI guidance directly from the command line — elevating the coding experience and streamlining development workflows.
Agent Mode enables you to:
Switch between natural language and traditional commands
Get highly-tailored recommendations based on your dev environment
Walk through multi-step workflows, like fixing git issues or building new features
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AI & MILITARY
🇯🇵 Japan Ministry introduces first AI policy
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The Rundown: Japan's Defense Ministry just released its inaugural basic policy on the use of artificial intelligence in military applications, aiming to tackle recruitment challenges and keep pace with global powers in defense technology.
The details:
The policy outlines seven priority areas for AI deployment, including target detection, intelligence analysis, and unmanned systems.
Japan sees AI as a potential solution to its rapidly aging and shrinking population, which is currently impacting military recruitment.
The strategy also emphasizes human control over AI systems, ruling out fully autonomous lethal weapons.
Japan’s Defense Ministry highlighted the U.S. and China’s military AI use as part of the ‘urgent need’ for the country to utilize the tech to increase efficiency.
Why it matters: Whether the world is ready or not, the military and AI are about to intertwine. By completely ruling out autonomous lethal weapons, Japan is setting a potential model for more responsible use of the tech, which could influence how other powers approach the AI military arms race in the future.
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QUICK HITS
Poe launched ‘Previews’, a new feature allowing users to generate and interact with web apps directly within chats, leveraging LLMs like Claude 3.5 Sonnet for enhanced coding capabilities.
Luma Labs chief scientist Jiaming Song said in an interview that real-time AI video generation is less than a year away, also showing evidence that its Dream Machine model can reason and predict world models in some capacity.
Magnific AI introduced a new Photoshop plugin, allowing users to leverage the AI upscaling and enhancing tool directly in Adobe’s editing platform.
Nvidia launched a new competition to create an open-source code dataset for training LLMs on hardware design, aiming to eventually automate the development of future GPUs.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. saw its valuation briefly surpass $1T, coming on the heels of Morgan Stanley increasing its price targets for the AI chipmaker.
AI startup Hebbia secured $130M in funding for its complex data analysis software, boosting the company’s valuation to around $700M.
A new study testing ChatGPT’s coding abilities found major limitations in the model’s abilities, though the research has been criticized for its use of GPT-3.5 instead of newer, more capable models.
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OpenAI's secret hack exposed
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
OpenAI has been increasing its safety efforts recently, but is the company’s AI secret sauce already out in the wild?
A 2023 hack of the AI giant was just uncovered, raising major questions about what info may have fallen into the wrong hands. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
OpenAI's secret AI details stolen in 2023 hack
Chinese AI firms flex muscles at WAIC
Control AI videos with Luma Labs’ Keyframes
DeepMind’s JEST supercharges AI training
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
OPENAI
🕵️ OpenAI's secret AI details stolen in 2023 hack
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The Rundown: A new report from the New York Times just revealed that a hacker breached OpenAI’s internal messaging systems last year, stealing sensitive details about the company’s tech — with the event going unreported to the public or authorities.
The details:
The breach occurred in early 2023, with the hacker accessing an online forum where employees discussed OpenAI’s latest tech advances.
While core AI systems and customer data weren’t compromised, internal discussions about AI designs were exposed.
OpenAI informed employees and the board in April 2023, but did not disclose the incident publicly or to law enforcement.
Former researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner (later fired for allegedly leaking sensitive info) criticized OpenAI’s security in a memo following the hack.
OpenAI has since established a Safety and Security Committee, including the addition of former NSA head Paul Nakasone, to address future risks.
Why it matters: Is OpenAI’s secret sauce out in the wild? As other players continue to even the playing field in the AI race, it’s fair to wonder if leaks and hacks have played a role in the development. The report also adds new intrigue to Aschenbrenner’s firing — who has been adamant that his release was politically motivated.
TOGETHER WITH LOGITECH
📶 Level up your ChatGPT prompts
The Rundown: Logitech’s Logi AI Prompt Builder streamlines your ChatGPT prompting process — providing a user-friendly interface for creating pre-defined, customizable prompts to save time and effort.
With Prompt Builder, you can:
Access commonly used prompt recipes with a single click
Tailor prompts by defining tone, complexity, and length
Gain access for free with supported Logitech mice and keyboards
Learn more and start building powerful prompts today.
WAIC
🇨🇳 Chinese AI firms flex muscles at WAIC
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The Rundown: The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) took place this weekend in Shanghai, with Chinese companies showcasing significant advances in LLMs, robotics, and other AI-infused products despite U.S. sanctions on advanced chips.
The details:
SenseTime unveiled SenseNova 5.5 at the event, claiming the model outperforms GPT-4o in 5 out of 8 key metrics.
The company also released SenseNova 5o, a real-time multimodal model capable of processing audio, text, image, and video.
Alibaba's cloud unit reported its open-source Tongyi Qianwen models doubled downloads to over 20M in just two months.
iFlytek introduced SparkDesk V4.0, touting advances over GPT-4 Turbo in multiple domains.
Moore Threads showcased KUAE, an AI data center solution with GPUs performing at 60% of NVIDIA's restricted A100.
Why it matters: If China’s AI firms are being slowed down by U.S. restrictions, they certainly aren’t showing it. The models and tech continue to rival the leaders in the market — and while sanctions may have created hurdles, they may have also spurred Chinese innovation with workarounds to stay competitive.
AI TRAINING
🎥 Control AI videos with Luma Labs’ Keyframes
The Rundown: Luma Labs’ new Keyframe feature allows you to add both starting and ending keyframes to guide AI video generation, increasing control over the final output.
Step-by-step:
Head over to Luma Labs and log in, or sign up for free.
Set starting and ending keyframes using the provided options.
Craft a detailed prompt describing the desired video and transition.
Generate your video and review the results 🎉
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⚙️ Outsource any business process to LLMs
The Rundown: Stack AI is an AI automation platform developed by two MIT PhDs that lets companies harness the power of artificial intelligence without writing a single line of code.
With Stack AI, enterprises can:
Connect AI to their knowledge bases with governance and security.
Automate tasks like Staff training, RFP responses, auditing customer calls, and KYC due diligence.
Deploy LLMs with SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance.
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GOOGLE DEEPMIND
💨 DeepMind’s JEST supercharges AI training
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The Rundown: Google DeepMind researchers published new research introducing JEST (Joint Example Selection Technique), a method that accelerates AI model training while significantly reducing computing requirements.
The details:
The technique leverages two AI models — a pre-trained reference model and a ‘learner’ model that is being trained to identify the most valuable data examples.
JEST intelligently selects the most instructive batches of data, making AI training up to 13x faster and 10x more efficient than current state-of the-art methods.
In benchmark tests, JEST achieved top-tier performance while only using 10% of the training data required by previous leading models.
The method enables ‘data quality bootstrapping’ — using small, curated datasets to guide learning on larger unstructured ones.
Why it matters: As AI’s massive energy consumption comes under increasing scrutiny, JEST’s ability to drastically cut computing requirements could be a game changer for training models in a more energy-efficient way. Plus, faster training capabilities mean the acceleration of advanced model releases is just getting started.
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QUICK HITS
Apple’s Siri upgrades are now expected to come in Spring 2025, with the voice assistant not likely to be part of the Apple Intelligence rollout this Fall.
Google reportedly explored limiting the ‘AI Overviews’ feature to its own app and excluding Safari users, as part of efforts to reduce reliance on Apple’s browser.
Stability AI announced new changes to its licensing model, making SD-3 free for commercial use up to $1M in annual revenue and addressing quality concerns.
YouTube introduced a new AI-powered eraser tool that allows creators to quickly remove copyrighted music from videos while preserving other audio elements.
OpenAI updated its ChatGPT macOS app to encrypt locally stored conversations after a security flaw was discovered that allowed plain text access to chat logs.
Kuaishou’s KLING video model is now available as a web app for generations up to 10 seconds, though a Chinese phone number is still required for access.
EU chief Margrethe Vesteger warned that Nvidia’s dominance in AI chip supply is a ‘huge bottleneck’ as the company continues to face scrutiny from regulators.
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Mind-reading AI
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Mind-reading was once thought to be a fairytale, but thanks to the latest advancements in AI, it's now inching closer to reality.
A new groundbreaking study just showed how AI can recreate what someone is looking at, with uncanny accuracy. Let's get into it…
In today’s AI rundown:
AI recreates images from brain activity
Cop pulls over driverless Waymo robotaxi
Stretch creativity with AI image expansion
Open-TeleVision brings robot control to reality
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
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LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
MINDREADING AI
🧠 AI recreates images from brain activity
Image source: NewScientist
The Rundown: Researchers at Radboud University just developed an AI system capable of reconstructing remarkably accurate images of what someone is looking at based on their brain activity recordings.
The details:
The team used both fMRI scans of humans and direct electrode recordings from a macaque monkey to capture brain activity while viewing images.
An improved AI system learned which parts of the brain to focus on, significantly enhancing reconstruction accuracy.
In the image above, the top row is what the monkey saw, and the bottom row is the images the AI system reconstructed based on brain activity.
Lead researcher Umut Güçlü claims these are "the closest, most accurate reconstructions" to date.
Why it matters: While the study has some limitations (like using images already in the dataset), this research is still mind-blowing. From helping stroke victims communicate to recreating dreams, we’re likely seeing the early innings of a tech that will have major applications in society as it continues to improve.
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The program provides:
Complimentary access to powerful NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs
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WAYMO
🚓 Cop pulls over driverless Waymo robotaxi
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The Rundown: A viral video captured the bodycam footage of a Phoenix police officer pulling over a Waymo robotaxi for driving on the wrong side of the road, only to find an empty driver's seat and a very confused cop.
The details:
The video shared on X showed the driverless Waymo robotaxi being pulled over by a policeman after driving into opposing lanes of traffic.
The robotaxi rolled down its window as police approached, despite having no driver, and instead connected the officer to a Waymo support rep.
Waymo confirmed the incident, citing "inconsistent construction signage" as the cause for the car's behavior.
The event occurred just weeks after Waymo recalled 672 vehicles due to their inability to avoid pole-like objects.
Why it matters: While a cop trying to ticket a computer is comedy gold, it exposes serious gaps in current traffic laws. As Waymo and Tesla race to perfect self-driving tech, these real-world hiccups highlight the challenges ahead. Who do you fine when there's no driver?
AI TRAINING
🖼️ Stretch creativity with AI image expansion
The Rundown: Freepik has a powerful new feature called ‘Expand‘ that allows you to expand your images beyond their original boundaries, filling in details with AI.
Step-by-step:
Head over to the Freepik Pikaso website and look for the “Expand” feature.
Upload your image by clicking "Upload" or using drag-and-drop.
Choose your desired aspect ratio from the options on the left sidebar and add a prompt describing what you want in the expanded areas.
Click "Expand", browse the AI-generated results, and select your favorite 🎉
AI RESEARCH
🤖 Open-TeleVision brings robot control to reality
Image source: Xuxin Cheng on X
The Rundown: Researchers at UC San Diego and MIT just introduced Open-TeleVision, an open-source teleoperation system that allows users to control robots from thousands of miles away, similar to the movie 'Avatar'.
The details:
Open-TeleVision is accessible from any device with a web browser, including VR headsets — allowing for robot teleoperation from anywhere.
The system provides real-time stereo video streaming for depth perception, enabling fine manipulation of challenging objects.
An active neck with inverse kinematics allows intuitive control of the robot's head movements, mirroring the operator's actions.
The system is fully open-sourced, allowing other researchers to access the source code.
Why it matters: Tech developments like this bridge the gap between current AI limitations and fully autonomous humanoid robots, enabling more immediate practical applications while paving the way for the future where they become fully independent.
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QUICK HITS
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy spoke at UC Berkeley’s AI hackathon, predicting that rather than a single AI, there will be multiple AIs populating a digital space, collaborating on tasks and having their own Slack threads.
WhatsApp beta revealed an upcoming 'Imagine' AI avatar generator feature, which will allow users to create personalized avatars of themselves in various settings.
An international research team introduced EMOKINE software, an open-sourced AI tool that can decode emotional expression through motion capture and whole-body movements.
Noland Arbaugh, Neuralink's first human patient, hinted at the potential to control the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot within the next year using the brain implant.
Mantee Robotics showcased a new video of its humanoid robot, Menteebot, navigating new environments by following humans, demonstrating potential for various real-world applications.
Midjourney released its ‘Year One‘ book, celebrating one year of Midjourney Magazine and showcasing inspiring prompts, milestones, and profiles of popular community members.
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An open-source GPT-4o competitor
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Feeling down that OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode is still delayed and potentially months away? Have no fear — Moshi is here!
A new startup just launched its own real-time AI voice assistant, and the open-source model could be set to push the competition to new heights. Let’s investigate…
In today’s AI rundown:
French AI startup launches ‘Moshi’
Salesforce’s small model breakthrough
Turn thoughts into polished content
Perplexity gets major research upgrade
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
KYUTAI
🚀 French AI startup launches ‘Moshi’
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The Rundown: French startup Kyutai just introduced Moshi, a new ‘real-time’ AI voice assistant capable of responding in a range of emotions and styles in a similar fashion to OpenAI’s delayed Voice Mode feature.
The details:
Moshi is capable of listening and speaking simultaneously, with 70 different emotions and speaking styles ranging from whispers to accented speech.
Kyutai claims Moshi is the first ‘real-time voice AI assistant’ released, with a 160ms latency that potentially outpaces OpenAI's offering.
The nonprofit group plans to open-source the research and model in the coming weeks, with Moshi currently available to try via Hugging Face.
The startup launched in 2023 with $324M in funding, with a team of 8 researchers developing Moshi in just four months.
Why it matters: Moshi looks to be a massive win for the French AI landscape, and another eye-opening rival that chips away at OpenAI’s perceived moat on the rest of the field. Plus, with that uniquely French accent, there certainly won’t be any ScarJo concerns about this model rollout.
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SALESFORCE
🤏 Salesforce’s small model breakthrough
Image source: Salesforce
The Rundown: Salesforce just published new research on APIGen, an automated system that generates optimal datasets for AI training on function calling tasks — enabling the company’s xLAM model to outperform much larger rivals.
The details:
APIGen is designed to help models train on datasets that better reflect the real-world complexity of API usage.
Salesforce trained a both 7B and 1B parameter version of xLAM using APIGen, testing them against key function calling benchmarks.
xLAM’s 7B parameter model ranked 6th out of 46 models, matching or surpassing rivals 10x its size — including GPT-4.
xLAM’s 1B ‘Tiny Giant’ outperformed models like Claude Haiku and GPT-3.5, with CEO Mark Benioff calling it the best ‘micro-model’ for function calling.
Why it matters: While the AI race has been focused on building ever-larger models, Salesforce’s approach suggests that smarter data curation can lead to more efficient systems. The research is also a major step towards better on-device, agentic AI — packing the power of large models into a tiny frame.
AI TRAINING
🗣️ Turn thoughts into polished content
The Rundown: ChatGPT's voice mode feature now allows you to convert your spoken ideas into well-written text, summaries, and action items, boosting your creativity and productivity.
Step-by-step:
Enable “Background Conversations” in the ChatGPT app settings.
Start a new chat with the prompt shown in the image above (it was too long for this email).
Speak your thoughts freely, pausing as needed, and say "I'm done" when you've expressed all your ideas.
Review the AI-generated text, summary, and action items, and save them to your notes.
Pro tip: Try going on a long walk and rambling any ideas to ChatGPT using this trick — you’ll be amazed by the summary you get at the end.
THE RUNDOWN AI UNIVERSITY
🎓 Learn how to create an AI commercial
The Rundown: Runway’s Gen 3 AI video generator just dropped, and to showcase its powerful capabilities, we’re hosting a live workshop on how to create a fully AI-generated commercial using Gen 3, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney.
Join us on Friday at 4 PM EST to:
Understand the text-to-video capabilities and top prompt tips for Runway Gen-3.
Learn the industry-standard workflow for producing AI videos, from visual concepts to animated commercials using Midjourney and Runway.
Elevate your video with ElevenLabs sound effects and voiceovers.
If you’re a member of The Rundown University you can RSVP in the Upcoming Workshops space.
If you’re not a member yet, you can still join the workshop with a 14-day free trial to The Rundown University.
PERPLEXITY
🧠 Perplexity gets major research upgrade
Image source: Perplexity
The Rundown: Perplexity just announced new upgrades to its ‘Pro Search’ feature, enhancing capabilities for complex queries, multi-step reasoning, integration of Wolfram Alpha for math improvement, and more.
The details:
Pro Search can now tackle complex queries using multi-step reasoning, chaining together multiple searches to find more comprehensive answers.
A new integration with Wolfram Alpha allows for solving advanced mathematical problems, alongside upgraded code execution abilities.
Free users get 5 Pro Searches every four hours, while subscribers to the $20/month plan get 600 per day.
The upgrade comes amid recent controversy over Perplexity's data scraping and attribution practices.
Why it matters: Given Google’s struggles with AI overviews, Perplexity’s upgrades will continue the push towards ‘answer engines’ that take the heavy lifting out of the user’s hand. But the recent accusations aren’t going away — and could cloud the whole AI-powered search sector until precedent is set.
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QUICK HITS
Cloudflare released a free tool to detect and block AI bots circumventing website scraping protections, aiming to address concerns over unauthorized data collection for AI training.
App Store chief Phil Schiller is joining OpenAI’s board in an observer role, representing Apple as part of the recently announced AI partnership.
Shanghai AI Lab introduced InternLM 2.5-7B, a model with a 1M context window and the ability to use tools that surged up the Open LLM Leaderboard upon release.
Magic is set to raise over $200M at a $1.5B valuation, despite having no product or revenue yet — as the company continues to develop its coding-specialized models that can handle large context windows.
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin told the company’s new class of interns that he is ‘not convinced’ AI will achieve breakthroughs that automate human jobs in the next three years.
ElevenLabs launched Voice Isolator, a new feature designed to help users remove background noise from recordings and create studio-quality audio.
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Hollywood's new AI narrators
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Hollywood’s golden age just got a digital resurrection with AI, and your favorite books are about to get a heavy dose of star power.
With late celebrities like James Dean and Judy Garland getting into the narration game — are human voice actors getting a final curtain call in the process? Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
ElevenLabs launches ‘Iconic Voices’
Leaks reveal Google Pixel AI upgrades
Create talking photos with just a selfie
Meta’s new text-to-3D AI
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
ELEVENLABS
🗣️ ElevenLabs launches ‘Iconic Voices’
Image source: ElevenLabs
The Rundown: AI audio company ElevenLabs just announced a new ‘Iconic Voices’ feature for its recently released Reader App, allowing users to have text read by AI-generated voices of famous Hollywood stars.
The details:
The initial lineup includes AI-recreated voices of Judy Garland, James Dean, Burt Reynolds, and Sir Laurence Olivier, with more being added in the coming months.
ElevenLabs reached licensing agreements for the voices with CMG Worldwide, which manages the estates of late-featured celebrities.
Users can have the AI voices read books, articles, PDFs, and other text content available within the Reader App.
The voices are only useable within the Reader App itself, and cannot be selected to create shareable content on the platform.
Why it matters: If you’re a voice actor, the competition just got a whole lot fiercer. ElevenLabs is not only showing off the powerful future of AI-generated voice clones, but also setting a strong licensing precedent for the industry by working directly with the estates of the late Hollywood stars.
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The Rundown: Retool just launched its new State of AI report, packed with data from 700+ devs and tech leaders to help you cut through the hype and learn how to leverage AI for real impact.
The comprehensive report includes:
The good, the bad, and the ugly of the AI stack
How much ROI builders are actually seeing from their AI use
The real AI use cases builders and businesses love most
📱 Leaks reveal Google Pixel AI upgrades
Image source: Android Authority
The Rundown: Newly leaked details have emerged regarding a suite of new AI features for the upcoming Google Pixel 9 — including a privacy-focused take on Microsoft’s controversial Recall tool.
The details:
‘Pixel Screenshots’ will allow users to search and summarize manually captured screenshots, without being ‘always-on’ like the Copilot Plus’ Recall feature.
‘Add Me’ is a new AI feature designed for group photos, while ‘Studio’ will reportedly bring new creative capabilities to editing and sticker creation.
The AI features will all be grouped under the ‘Google AI’ branding, with the new Pixel line set to be unveiled at a launch event on Aug. 13.
The Pixel 8 line has already introduced several existing AI features, including Circle to Search, summarize and transcription tools, Audio Magic Eraser, and more.
Why it matters: Between Apple Intelligence, Google AI, and Microsoft’s Copilot line, the next device reveals feel like the first true step into the AI era. Billions of users are about to get very familiar with how to use basic AI tools as they get added to every device.
AI TRAINING
🗣️ Create talking photos with just a selfie
The Rundown: Hedra Labs now transforms static photos into dynamic talking images, bringing your selfies to life with synchronized speech and facial animations.
Step-by-step:
Visit Hedra Labs' website and create a free account.
Upload a high-quality, clear photo of yourself facing the camera directly.
Generate audio by typing text (up to 300 characters) or import your own audio file.
Click "Generate video" to create your talking photo.
Preview, download, or share your animated selfie!
Pro tip: For best results, use photos where you're not smiling, and there's high contrast between you and the background.
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The details:
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AI RESEARCH
🧊 Meta’s new text-to-3D AI
Image source: Meta
The Rundown: Meta just announced Meta 3D Gen, a new AI system that can generate detailed, high-quality 3D assets from text descriptions in less than a minute.
The details:
Meta 3D Gen combines two components — Meta 3D AssetGen for the initial object generation and Meta 3D TextureGen for texture refinement.
The system generates 3D assets with high-resolution textures and physically-based rendering (PBR) materials 3-10x faster than existing options.
3D Gen can also understand and apply complex ideas, like artistic styles or specific materials, to the objects it creates.
In tests, 3D Gen outperformed state-of-the-art rivals in both visual quality and prompt adherence.
Why it matters: 3D object creation had previously been a painstaking process — but AI is opening new possibilities for anyone to quickly and easily generate assets for sectors like video games, VR, product design, and more.
NEW TOOLS & JOBS
Trending AI Tools
📱 Motiff - AI-powered UI design for professionals
🔒 GPT4All 3.0 - Run powerful LLMs locally on your computer
📈 Quill - AI-powered SEC filing, access reliable information from public investment material
👩🎤 Rapport - Animate and deploy virtual avatars of ChatGPT and other AIs
🎨 RunDiffusion - A cloud platform for generative art that allows you to run open-source models
New AI Job Opportunities
QUICK HITS
Figma temporarily disabled its newly launched ‘Make Design’ AI feature following a viral post showing the tool directly reproducing Apple’s Weather app design.
Runway is reportedly in talks for a new $450M funding round, which would bring the company’s value to nearly $4B.
Google reported a 13% increase in emissions for 2023, falling short of its ‘net zero’ climate goal set for 2030 — citing growing AI power demands as a key factor for the setback.
Anthropic launched an initiative to fund third-party organizations in developing new advanced AI model evaluations, focused on AI safety assessments, capability metrics, and evaluation infrastructure.
Microsoft’s AI partnership with UAE firm G42 is facing scrutiny from U.S. officials over national security concerns, potentially jeopardizing plans for AI projects in emerging markets like Kenya.
A new Meta job listing hints at the company’s plan to infuse AI into its metaverse gaming efforts, detailing AI-powered consumer experiences like games that “change every time you play”.
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The best AI video since Sora
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
After weeks of viral AI-generated video demos, Runway’s stunning Gen-3 Alpha is now out and ready for the masses.
But is the hyped model the new leader in the AI video boom, or just another appetizer while the world anxiously waits for Sora? Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Runway opens Gen-3 Alpha access
Motorola hits the AI runway
Visualize projects with Claude Artifacts
New AI framework optimizes LLM usage
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
RUNWAY
🎥 Runway opens Gen-3 Alpha access
Image source: Runway
The Rundown: Runway just announced that its AI video generator, Gen-3 Alpha, is now available to all users following weeks of impressive, viral outputs after the model’s release in mid-June.
The details:
Runway unveiled Gen-3 Alpha last month, the first model in its next-gen series trained for learning ‘general world models’.
Gen-3 Alpha upgrades key features, including character and scene consistency, camera motion and techniques, and transitions between scenes.
Gen-3 Alpha is available behind Runway’s ‘Standard’ $12/mo access plan, which gives users 63 seconds of generations a month.
On Friday, we’re running a free, hands-on workshop in our AI University covering how to create an AI commercial using Gen-3, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney.
Why it matters: Despite impressive recent releases from KLING and Luma Labs, Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha model feels like the biggest leap AI video has taken since Sora. However, the tiny generation limits for non-unlimited plans might be a hurdle for power users.
TOGETHER WITH CODEIUM
🤝 Your AI coding partner is here
The Rundown: Codeium is a free AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers ship high-quality code faster than ever.
This powerful tool offers:
Intelligent autocomplete for faster coding
Prompt-based code generation for complex tasks
Full repo context awareness for more accurate suggestions
Chat support for instant coding insights and problem-solving
Ready to revolutionize your coding workflow? Try Codeium now — it's free and always will be.
MOTOROLA
📸 Motorola hits the AI runway
Image source: Motorola
The Rundown: Motorola just launched its ‘Styled By Moto’ ad campaign, an entirely AI-generated fashion spot promoting its new line of Razr folding smartphones — created using nine different AI tools, including Sora and Midjourney.
The details:
The 30-second video features AI-generated models wearing outfits inspired by Motorola's iconic ‘batwing’ logo in settings like runways and photo shoots.
Each look was created from thousands of AI-generated images, incorporating the brand's logo and colors of the new Razr phone line.
Tools used include OpenAI’s Sora, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Krea, Magnific, Luma, and more — reportedly taking over four months of research.
The 30-second spot is also set to an AI-generated soundtrack incorporating the ‘Hello Moto’ jingle, created using Udio.
Why it matters: This is a fascinating look at the AI-powered stack used by a major brand, and a glimpse at how tools can (and will) be combined to open new creative avenues. It’s also another example of the shift in discourse surrounding AI’s use in marketing — potentially paving the way for wider acceptance and integration.
AI TRAINING
💻 Visualize projects with Claude Artifacts
The Rundown: Anthropic Claude’s new ‘Artifacts‘ feature lets you run and visualize code directly in your chat window, revolutionizing how we interact with AI-generated code.
Step-by-step:
Access Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Claude AI and enable Artifacts in Future Preview settings.
Start a new chat. To see its potential, write: “Demonstrate some Artifacts you can make.”
Request code generation for your specific use case (e.g., React components, websites)
Interact with the generated Artifact - preview, modify, and expand on it!
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Key features include:
A semantic layer so your business users can speak to it in high-level language
Seamless integration with your existing data warehouse
An agent for each node of the data stack
Skip the waitlist and request a demo.
AI RESEARCH
♻️ New AI framework optimizes LLM usage
Image source: Lmsys
The Rundown: Lmsys researchers just published new research detailing RouteLLM, an open-source framework for cost-effective routing between large language models.
The details:
RouteLLM learns to route queries between a stronger, more expensive LLM and a weaker, cheaper LLM to optimize cost and performance.
The system acts as a filter to determine which LLM a message is sent to, using human preference data to determine correct routing.
In tests routing between GPT-4 and Mixtral-8x7B, RouteLLM achieved significant cost savings while maintaining 95% of GPT-4's performance.
Why it matters: As LLMs grow more powerful, intelligent routing can help significantly reduce the often expensive costs while maintaining quality outputs. Routers may eventually also make sense for filtering user queries to the most capable or specialized LLMs — taking advantage of different models’ strengths and weaknesses.
NEW TOOLS & JOBS
Trending AI Tools
🎥 Runway Gen-3 - The most high-fidelity, fast, and controllable video generation
🎨 Plus AI Powerpoint Maker - Generate PowerPoint presentations in minutes
🎓 MagicSchool - Streamline teacher lesson planning, communication, feedback, and more
💡 Walling - Organize and present your idea with AI
🗣️ Fluently - Refine English speaking skills with an AI language coach
⚡Gumloop - Skip the learning curve, automate any workflow with AI
New AI Job Opportunities
👨💻 OpenAI - Engineering Manager, Supercomputing
💼 UiPath - Acquisition Account Executive
📊 Palantir - Deployment Strategist
🔧 Databricks - Sr. Solutions Engineer
QUICK HITS
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is facing backlash after claiming that all publicly available online content is ‘freeware’ for AI training during an interview with CNBC.
Robinhood acquired AI investment platform Pluto, with plans to integrate advanced data analytics and personalized strategies into its trading app.
Elon Musk revealed that Grok-2 will be released in August, and will improve on the problem of LLMs being trained on data from other models.
Meta updated its AI content labeling from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ following complaints from photographers of incorrect flagging and a lack of context.
French antitrust regulators are reportedly set to charge Nvidia with anti-competitive practices, marking the first regulatory action against the AI chip giant.
K Health raised $50M for its AI-powered primary care platform, bringing the company’s valuation to $900M as it aims to expand its U.S. market presence and AI capabilities.
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The best AI video since Sora
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
After weeks of viral AI-generated video demos, Runway’s stunning Gen-3 Alpha is now out and ready for the masses.
But is the hyped model the new leader in the AI video boom, or just another appetizer while the world anxiously waits for Sora? Let’s dive deeper…
In today’s AI rundown:
Runway opens Gen-3 Alpha access
Motorola hits the AI runway
Visualize projects with Claude Artifacts
New AI framework optimizes LLM usage
6 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 3 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
RUNWAY
🎥 Runway opens Gen-3 Alpha access
Image source: Runway
The Rundown: Runway just announced that its AI video generator, Gen-3 Alpha, is now available to all users following weeks of impressive, viral outputs after the model’s release in mid-June.
The details:
Runway unveiled Gen-3 Alpha last month, the first model in its next-gen series trained for learning ‘general world models’.
Gen-3 Alpha upgrades key features, including character and scene consistency, camera motion and techniques, and transitions between scenes.
Gen-3 Alpha is available behind Runway’s ‘Standard’ $12/mo access plan, which gives users 63 seconds of generations a month.
On Friday, we’re running a free, hands-on workshop in our AI University covering how to create an AI commercial using Gen-3, ElevenLabs, and Midjourney.
Why it matters: Despite impressive recent releases from KLING and Luma Labs, Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha model feels like the biggest leap AI video has taken since Sora. However, the tiny generation limits for non-unlimited plans might be a hurdle for power users.
TOGETHER WITH CODEIUM
🤝 Your AI coding partner is here
The Rundown: Codeium is a free AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers ship high-quality code faster than ever.
This powerful tool offers:
Intelligent autocomplete for faster coding
Prompt-based code generation for complex tasks
Full repo context awareness for more accurate suggestions
Chat support for instant coding insights and problem-solving
Ready to revolutionize your coding workflow? Try Codeium now — it's free and always will be.
MOTOROLA
📸 Motorola hits the AI runway
Image source: Motorola
The Rundown: Motorola just launched its ‘Styled By Moto’ ad campaign, an entirely AI-generated fashion spot promoting its new line of Razr folding smartphones — created using nine different AI tools, including Sora and Midjourney.
The details:
The 30-second video features AI-generated models wearing outfits inspired by Motorola's iconic ‘batwing’ logo in settings like runways and photo shoots.
Each look was created from thousands of AI-generated images, incorporating the brand's logo and colors of the new Razr phone line.
Tools used include OpenAI’s Sora, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Krea, Magnific, Luma, and more — reportedly taking over four months of research.
The 30-second spot is also set to an AI-generated soundtrack incorporating the ‘Hello Moto’ jingle, created using Udio.
Why it matters: This is a fascinating look at the AI-powered stack used by a major brand, and a glimpse at how tools can (and will) be combined to open new creative avenues. It’s also another example of the shift in discourse surrounding AI’s use in marketing — potentially paving the way for wider acceptance and integration.
AI TRAINING
💻 Visualize projects with Claude Artifacts
The Rundown: Anthropic Claude’s new ‘Artifacts‘ feature lets you run and visualize code directly in your chat window, revolutionizing how we interact with AI-generated code.
Step-by-step:
Access Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Claude AI and enable Artifacts in Future Preview settings.
Start a new chat. To see its potential, write: “Demonstrate some Artifacts you can make.”
Request code generation for your specific use case (e.g., React components, websites)
Interact with the generated Artifact - preview, modify, and expand on it!
PRESENTED BY NUMBERS STATION
👩🏻💻 Build a data analytics platform for business users
The Rundown: Intent agent. Context agent. Tool agent. Numbers Station brings a multi-agent architecture to data analytics—using LLMs to disrupt traditional data workflows one hyper-specialized agent at a time.
Key features include:
A semantic layer so your business users can speak to it in high-level language
Seamless integration with your existing data warehouse
An agent for each node of the data stack
Skip the waitlist and request a demo.
AI RESEARCH
♻️ New AI framework optimizes LLM usage
Image source: Lmsys
The Rundown: Lmsys researchers just published new research detailing RouteLLM, an open-source framework for cost-effective routing between large language models.
The details:
RouteLLM learns to route queries between a stronger, more expensive LLM and a weaker, cheaper LLM to optimize cost and performance.
The system acts as a filter to determine which LLM a message is sent to, using human preference data to determine correct routing.
In tests routing between GPT-4 and Mixtral-8x7B, RouteLLM achieved significant cost savings while maintaining 95% of GPT-4's performance.
Why it matters: As LLMs grow more powerful, intelligent routing can help significantly reduce the often expensive costs while maintaining quality outputs. Routers may eventually also make sense for filtering user queries to the most capable or specialized LLMs — taking advantage of different models’ strengths and weaknesses.
NEW TOOLS & JOBS
Trending AI Tools
🎥 Runway Gen-3 - The most high-fidelity, fast, and controllable video generation
🎨 Plus AI Powerpoint Maker - Generate PowerPoint presentations in minutes
🎓 MagicSchool - Streamline teacher lesson planning, communication, feedback, and more
💡 Walling - Organize and present your idea with AI
🗣️ Fluently - Refine English speaking skills with an AI language coach
⚡Gumloop - Skip the learning curve, automate any workflow with AI
New AI Job Opportunities
👨💻 OpenAI - Engineering Manager, Supercomputing
💼 UiPath - Acquisition Account Executive
📊 Palantir - Deployment Strategist
🔧 Databricks - Sr. Solutions Engineer
QUICK HITS
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman is facing backlash after claiming that all publicly available online content is ‘freeware’ for AI training during an interview with CNBC.
Robinhood acquired AI investment platform Pluto, with plans to integrate advanced data analytics and personalized strategies into its trading app.
Elon Musk revealed that Grok-2 will be released in August, and will improve on the problem of LLMs being trained on data from other models.
Meta updated its AI content labeling from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ following complaints from photographers of incorrect flagging and a lack of context.
French antitrust regulators are reportedly set to charge Nvidia with anti-competitive practices, marking the first regulatory action against the AI chip giant.
K Health raised $50M for its AI-powered primary care platform, bringing the company’s valuation to $900M as it aims to expand its U.S. market presence and AI capabilities.
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Welcome, AI enthusiasts.
Apple Intelligence is supposed to be the magic cure-all for the tech giant’s slumping iPhone sales — but can it infuse life into the Vision Pro as well?
The new suite of AI features is now reportedly coming to the company’s emerging headset line, but will it be enough to push users to take the pricey leap? Let’s explore…
In today’s AI rundown:
Apple’s AI ambitions spread to Vision Pro
Humanoid robots head to the warehouse
How to try Stable Diffusion 3 Medium
Google Translate adds 110 languages
5 new AI tools & 4 new AI jobs
More AI & tech news
Read time: 4 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
APPLE
🥽 Apple’s AI ambitions spread to Vision Pro
Image source: Apple
The Rundown: Apple is reportedly working on bringing its new AI features from its Apple Intelligence push to the Vision Pro headsets, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
The details:
Apple Intelligence was announced for Mac, iPhone, and iPad during WWDC, but is now being adapted for the Vision Pro headset as well.
Bloomberg said the capabilities are not expected on the device this year, despite the company looking for ways to boost sales for the product line.
The Apple Intelligence suite will include an improved Siri, writing tools, and an OpenAI-powered chatbot, among other AI-infused features.
The report also expanded on the WSJ’s rumored Apple-Meta partnership, saying Apple has ‘zero interest’ in the deal.
Why it matters: The futuristic capabilities of the Apple Vision Pro and the advanced workflows unlocked with AI are a match made in heaven — assuming anyone is willing to pay the high price tag. Users might need to see a significant price cut to come around to the new tech, regardless of what AI is infused into it.
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🧠 Learn AI theory & coding skills
The Rundown: CodeSignal’s ‘AI Theory and Coding’ learning path is designed to help master the underlying algorithms of Machine Learning.
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Build ML algorithms from scratch (e.g. implement your own gradient descent)
Learn ensemble methods, unsupervised learning, and more
Available for individual learners and teams
Start your AI learning journey for free and start leveling up your skills today.
DIGIT
🤖 Humanoid robots head to the warehouse
Image source: Agility Robotics
The Rundown: Agility Robotics just signed a multi-year deal with GXO Logistics to bring the company’s Digit humanoid robots to warehouses, following a successful pilot in Spanx facilities in 2023.
The details:
The agreement is being hailed as the first Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deal and ‘formal commercial deployment’ of the humanoid robots.
Agility's Digit robots will be integrated into GXO's logistics operations at a Spanx facility in Connecticut, handling repetitive tasks and logistics work.
The 5'9" tall Digit can lift up to 35 pounds, and integrates with a cloud-based Agility Arc platform to control full fleets and optimize facility workflows.
Digit tested a proof-of-concept trial with Spanx in 2023, with Amazon also testing the robots at its own warehouses.
Why it matters: Is RaaS the new SaaS? Soon, every company will be looking to adopt advanced robotics into their workforce — and subscription services could help lower the financial and technical barriers needed to scale without the massive upfront costs.
AI TRAINING
🎨 How to try Stable Diffusion 3 Medium
Image source: Stability AI
The Rundown: Stability AI recently released Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, a new text-to-image model with exceptional quality, photorealism, and typography — now available for free on Hugging Face.
Step-by-step:
Visit the Stable Diffusion 3 Medium page on Hugging Face.
In the "Enter your prompt" text box, write a detailed prompt describing your desired image.
Refine your output using advanced settings like negative prompt, seed, guidance scale, width, and height.
Click "Run" to generate your image and view the results in the image display area.
🌎 Google Translate adds 110 languages
Image source: Google
The Rundown: Google just announced its largest-ever expansion of Google Translate, adding support for 110 new languages enabled by the company’s PaLM 2 LLM model.
The details:
The new languages represent over 614M speakers, covering about 8% of the global population.
Google's PaLM 2 model was the driving force behind the expansion, helping unlock translations for closely related languages.
The expansion also includes some languages with no current native speakers, displaying how AI models can help preserve ‘lost’ dialects.
The additions are part of Google’s ‘1,000 Languages Initiative,' which aims to build AI that supports all of the world's spoken languages.
Why it matters: We’ve talked frequently about AI’s coming power to break down language barriers with its translation capabilities — but the technology is also playing a very active role in both uncovering and preserving languages from lost and endangered cultures.
NEW TOOLS & JOBS
Trending AI Tools
🧠 Briefy - Turns lengthy content into concise, structured summaries
💻 ApyHub Fusion - A Notion-like API client powered by AI
🎥 DeepMake - AI Image generation in Adobe After Effects
🎵 Jamahook - Sound assistant that finds royalty-free musical elements
⚖️ Legaliser - Simplifies legal contract analysis and drafting with AI
New AI Job Opportunities
💻 Databricks - Consumption Program Manager
🤝 Glean - Enterprise Customer Success Manager
🛡️ Shield AI - Principle Product Manager
🧠 Meta - Data Scientist, GenAI
QUICK HITS
Amazon is hiring executives from enterprise AI startup Adept onto the company’s AGI Autonomy team, also licensing its automation tools to build agents for software workflows.
Andrew Ng’s AI Fund is aiming to raise $120M for its second venture fund, focused on early-stage AI startups, coming in significantly lower than the initial $175M fund.
The Center for Investigative Reporting filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging use of its journalism in AI training.
Meta’s anticipated Llama-3-405B model is reportedly displayed in a recent WhatsApp update, indicating the new version may be close to launching.
Amazon is planning to spend over $100B on data centers over the next decade, shifting its investment focus towards AI infrastructure.
Actor Morgan Freeman posted a thank you to fans for calling out the use of AI to replicate his voice in an apparent scam.
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