In two recently published papers, Google researchers presented complementary approaches to fine-tuning LLMs to enable accurate analysis of personal health data and the generation of personalized wellness recommendations, paving the way for AI-powered personal health assistants.
Microsoft decided to delay the broad release of the Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs, initially planned for June 18th, opting instead to first preview it in the Windows Insider Program to gather additional feedback and ensure security and privacy measures meet the company's high standards.
Enveda Biosciences, a company building an advanced search engine for new drugs in the unexplored chemical space, announced a successful $55M Series B2 round to support its platform which helps researchers find multiple molecule candidates for targeted diseases and organs.
Meta has expressed disappointment over the opposition from EU regulators regarding its plans to train LLMs on public European user data. The company argues that its approach complies with laws and regulations, despite concerns over the transparency and legality of its data collection practices.
Luma AI has launched Dream Machine, a transformer model that generates high-quality, physically accurate, and consistent 5-second video shots, offering free (with limitations) and paid tiers for commercial use, capturing users' attention with its availability for public access.
Kling, a new text-to-video generation model developed by Kuaishou Technology, gained significant attention for its impressive capabilities, sparking demand for state-of-the-art video generation tools and potential competition among leading AI companies.
Backed by €228.7M from the German government and €25.7M private investors as part of a major €254.4 million Series A round, Black Semiconductor aims to commercialize its groundbreaking graphene-based chip connectivity technology.
RetailReady, a Y Combinator graduate leveraging AI to help shippers and providers reduce fees for non-compliant shipments to major retailers, recently raised $3.3M in seed funding to grow its team and develop its product, which aims to optimize warehouse packaging compliance processes.
The robotaxi industry is facing challenges as Waymo issued its second voluntary recall due to a collision involving one of its vehicles, and GM injected $850 million into Cruise to sustain operations after the company had to ground its entire fleet following an accident involving a pedestrian.
As NVIDIA's market cap crosses $3T and major tech giants develop their AI chips to reduce reliance on NVIDIA, South Korean fabless AI chip startups Rebellions and Sapeon are merging to better compete against global rivals in the rapidly growing AI hardware market.
Benchling, a leading provider of R&D cloud software for the biotech industry, has partnered with Sanofi to transition over 1,500 scientists to Benchling's digital R&D Cloud platform, enabling Sanofi to aggregate complex data, accelerate research processes, and harness AI across the R&D lifecycle.
Mistral AI has secured a massive Series B funding round led by General Catalyst with participation from selected top investors. The funding will allow Mistral to expand its computing capacity, grow its team, and strengthen strategies to take on its competitors.