Grok's image generation capabilities have practically zero guardrails; AI features announced in Made by Google 2024; Sakana AI is working on an AI scientist; MIT published an AI risk database; Snowflake launched its Cortex Analyst; Google's AI Overviews are available in more countries; and more.
Midjourney has launched a comprehensive Web Editor that integrates the Remix, Vary Region, Pan, and Zoom functionalities, allowing users to refine AI-generated images and unleash their creativity.
Google is expanding the availability of its AI Overviews to six new countries, introducing new linking capabilities and user-friendly options while reporting increased engagement and focusing on information quality.
CodeRabbit, an AI-powered code review tool, has raised $16 million in Series A funding to expand its team and enhance its product offerings, building on its initial success in addressing manual code review challenges and gaining traction among developers.
Goodfire, a startup developing an AI observability platform that allows developers to visualize and edit AI model behavior, has raised $7 million in seed funding to advance its mechanistic interpretability-based approach to making AI models more transparent and controllable.
Primate Labs has released Geekbench AI 1.0, a comprehensive cross-platform benchmarking tool that measures AI performance across various devices using realistic workloads, multiple scoring dimensions, and accuracy assessments.
Google's Imagen 3 advances AI-generated imagery with improved detail, versatility, and prompt understanding; while emphasizing responsible development and planning deployment across various Google products.
Snowflake launches Cortex Analyst, a service enabling natural language queries for structured data. Built on Meta and Mistral models, it offers high text-to-SQL accuracy, security features, and easy integration. Already used by Bayer, it aims to democratize data analytics for business users.
xAI launched Grok-2 and Grok-2 mini on 𝕏. Grok-2 performed well on benchmarks, competing with top models. Notably, these models can now integrate real-time 𝕏 data, raising concerns about misinformation generation.
MIT researchers have launched the AI Risk Repository, a comprehensive database of over 700 unique AI-related risks, designed to help organizations, policymakers, and researchers better understand, assess, and mitigate the evolving challenges in artificial intelligence deployment and development.
EliseAI, a leading conversational AI platform for the housing industry, has raised $75 million in Series D funding, achieving unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion, as it continues to revolutionize property management and expands into healthcare automation.
Clearly, a London-based AI-powered climate intelligence platform, has raised $4.3 million in seed funding to enhance its technology that provides real-time, trip-level emission insights for fleet operators, aiming to revolutionize supply chain decarbonization efforts globally.