NVIDIA has exhibited Project G-Assist at Computex 2024; a context-aware AI assistant technology that offers insightful and accurate replies to questions about game knowledge, suggests system setting optimizations, and explains specific settings' impact on performance.
OpenAI made a lot of announcements and sparked many discussions; AI voice generators are scarily easy to manipulate into producing fake messages by politicians; xAI raised $6B; Mistral AI launched Codestral; Claude 3 can use tools now; Microsoft Copilot is on Telegram; and more.
You.com has launched a groundbreaking feature called Custom Assistants, which allows users to create personalized AI assistants tailored to their specific needs by selecting and fine-tuning leading large language models like GPT-4, Claude, and LLaMA through a simple interface.
An alarming new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate reveals how leading AI voice cloning tools can be easily manipulated to generate disinformation mimicking political leaders' voices, posing a severe threat to the integrity of the many upcoming elections worldwide in 2024.
EthonAI, a Swiss startup pioneering AI-powered manufacturing analytics, has raised $17 million in Series A funding to scale its breakthrough Manufacturing Analytics System.
Major tech companies like Intel, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and AMD have formed the Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) Promoter Group to develop an open industry standard for connecting the AI accelerator chips used in data centers, aiming to reduce reliance on NVIDIA as demand for AI hardware soars.
ElevenLabs has launched a groundbreaking new Text to Sound Effects feature that leverages AI to allow users to generate a wide variety of audio content like sound effects, instrumental tracks, and character voices simply from text prompts.
Iris.ai, the startup behind an AI engine that can provide high-quality insights from scientific research publications, raised €7.64 million to enhance its flagship RSpace platform's factual accuracy capabilities.
Faircado, a Berlin-based startup with an AI-powered browser extension that helps consumers find second-hand alternatives while shopping online, has raised €3 million in pre-seed funding to scale its circular economy solution across Europe, grow its team, and enhance its technology.
OpenAI has launched two new initiatives, OpenAI for Nonprofits and ChatGPT Edu, to provide affordable access to its advanced AI technology and models for nonprofit organizations and universities, enabling them to increase productivity, enhance operations, and drive innovative applications.
Google has outlined the steps it took to improve the AI Overviews feature, including better detection of nonsensical queries, reducing satirical content, restricting advice from forums, adding safeguards for sensitive topics, and quickly addressing issues.
To celebrate Fire TV's 10th birthday, Amazon published a recap on the AI Art feature, boasting over a million generations, and launched an AI-enhanced voice search providing personalized entertainment recommendations based on natural language queries.