Black Forest Labs, a startup founded by experts in image diffusion models and the creator of the FLUX.1 model suite, is reportedly seeking to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation, likely by leveraging its collaboration with X and promising upcoming text-to-video generation models.
Microsoft signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy to reopen the Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear reactor as the Crane Clean Energy Center, aiming to power its AI-driven data centers with carbon-free energy and support its goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030.
Amazon introduced a generative AI feature for Amazon Ads that creates product videos and animated images from single product photos, with aims to help sellers produce engaging content more easily.
Amazon developed Project Amelia, an AI-powered assistant using Amazon Bedrock, to support independent sellers on its platform by providing personalized insights, answering questions, and eventually automating tasks to help grow their businesses.
Inbolt, a Paris-based startup developing AI-powered real-time robot guidance solutions, has secured €15 million in Series A funding to expand its presence in the US and Japan, accelerate product development, and grow its team, building on the success of its GuideNOW software.
fal has raised $23 million in funding to accelerate its generative media model hosting platform, which offers high-performance inference APIs and solutions that have attracted a rapidly growing user base of developers and enterprises.
LinkedIn opted in users in the US to data collection for AI model by default and without updating its privacy policy, prompting privacy concerns. The company also failed to correctly specify whether UK-based users were subject to the data collection process, spurring further confusion.
YouTube is introducing AI-powered features, including video generation with Veo for Shorts, creative assistance in YouTube Studio, and AI-enhanced reply suggestions, to enhance content creation and audience engagement while implementing safeguards for AI-generated content.
Runway and Lionsgate have formed a partnership allowing Runway to use Lionsgate's content for AI model development, aiming to enhance creative processes and reduce costs, amid ongoing legal and regulatory challenges surrounding AI in the media industry.
At its Snap Partner Summit, Snap announced new generative AI features, including Easy Lens for text-based AR creation, AI-powered prebuilt Lenses, and expanded My AI capabilities. These tools aim to enhance content creation and user interaction on Snapchat through generative AI technology.
Google is adopting the C2PA technology alongside its existing SynthID watermarking, integrating it into Search and Ads products, exploring implementation in YouTube, and encouraging industry-wide adoption of content provenance standards.
At Dreamforce, Salesforce introduced Agentforce, a platform for building custom AI agents, and showcased Slack's evolution into an AI agent hub with features like AI-generated huddle notes, conversational Workflow Builder, enhanced search, and seamless integration with third-party AI applications.