xAI launched Aurora, a new model with image generation and understanding capabilities. According to xAI, Aurora was designed to deliver photorealistic renderings and remarkable instruction-following. X users can now try Aurora's capabilities, regardless of their subscription status.
AWS re:Invent 2024 coverage; World Labs previewed its first world model; Google DeepMind previewed Genie 2; Meta released Llama 3.3 70B; xAI raised $6B; Microsoft launched Copilot Vision; Nebius raised $700M; and more.
Meta launched Llama 3.3 70B, a highly performant and cost-effective open-source AI model that approaches the capabilities of larger models, signaling the company's continued commitment to accessible AI technology and setting the stage for Llama 4's release in 2025.
xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup and the company behind X's chatbot Grok, has raised an additional $6B following its $6B Series B fundraiser this May. As part of the negotiations, investors who contributed to fund xAI and Musk's Twitter acquisition had access to up to 25% of xAI's shares.
Microsoft has launched the Copilot Vision preview for a small set of US-based Pro subscribers. Copilot Vision is an AI-powered feature that provides insights based on the contents of Microsoft Edge screens while prioritizing user privacy and control.
Gleamer announced an €18 million investment in OncoView, its latest project. OncoView will support radiologists in interpreting oncology patients' CT scans. As a France 2030 laureate, OncoView will be partly funded by the French government.
PeriWatch, an AI system that tracks mothers' and babies' vital signs in real-time to detect possible anomalies shortly before and after childbirth, has helped the Area 25 hospital in Malawi reduce its stillbirth and neonatal death rate by 82%.
Google DeepMind's Genie 2 is an advanced AI world model that can generate interactive 3D environments from a single image, with capabilities for simulating virtual worlds, object interactions, and character animations. Genie 2 is primarily intended to create training environments for AI agents.
This Tuesday at re:Invent 2024, AWS announced it will expand Amazon Q Developer's capabilities. The AI-powered assistant can now assist developers in generating documentation and automating code reviews and unit test creation. The company also announced a new GitLab integration.
World Labs, led by Fei-Fei Li, unveiled an AI system capable of generating interactive 3D scenes from 2D images. The preview demonstrates the AI system's impressive spatial simulation capabilities, which can recreate physics-consistent environments with interactive elements.
Nebius raised $700 million in private placement financing from investors including Accel and NVIDIA, positioning itself to expand its AI infrastructure services and achieve an annual recurring revenue of $750 million to $1 billion by the end of 2025.
AWS has launched Trainium2 EC2 instances, offering a groundbreaking 30-40% improvement in price performance for AI model training. UltraServers connect 64 chips to deliver unprecedented computational power for large language and foundation models.