Meta has recently announced a revamped Meta AI assistant, now powered by Meta Llama 3. The experience will be available across all of Meta's apps and the web. Meta AI also features an image generator that allows users to create, refine, and animate AI-generated images.
Snapchat recently updated its transparency and security policies, focusing on AI-generated media watermarking, and a human-based reviewing process for political ads focused on preventing misleading content and AI misuse. AI features will undergo red-teaming, filtering, and inclusion testing.
HealthSage AI announced it secured 3 million EUR in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Peak, with the participation of additional investors. The funds will enable the company to grow its team, commercialize its offerings, and scale the adoption of its platform.
The Linux Foundation AI & Data recently announced the introduction of the Model Openness Framework (MOF), which enables the objective evaluation of the completeness and openness of machine learning models by identifying 16 critical components and evaluating the license they are released under.
The Linux Foundation AI & Data recently announced the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA). The OPEA will address the fragmentation at the heart of generative AI technologies with standardized components, including frameworks, blueprints, and reference solutions.
Qdrant Hybrid Cloud is a managed vector database that can be deployed anywhere, on-premises, on the cloud, or even on edge devices. Qdrant Hybrid Cloud's versatility is due to its Kubernetes-native architecture and multiple infrastructure, development, and framework launch partners.
Seedrs and Microsoft will hold a four-week AI accelerator program for startups at the seed to Series A funding levels. The program offers specialized webinars, insights, and resources. Six finalists will be selected to pitch their businesses to leading VCs in the UK at Microsoft’s Reactor Space.
GovDash recently completed a successful $10 million Series A funding round led by Northzone, with the participation of existing investor Y Combinator. The company plans to invest the funding into expanding its system of records platform for government contractors.
Adobe doesn't want to get caught unprepared in the AI-powered video generation and editing race. The company recently shared its plans to launch the Firefly Video Model, add AI-powered features to Premiere Pro, and integrate third-party video generation solutions to power said tools.
OpenAI is expanding its global presence by setting up a new Tokyo-based office. To kickstart this new stage, the company is granting access for local Japanese businesses to a custom Japanese-optimized GPT-4 version.
After recently announcing the official retirement of its hydraulic humanoid robot Atlas, Boston Dynamics has announced a fully electric, new-generation Atlas. Initial real-world Atlas testing will happen in partnership with Hyundai before the robot is available to a select group of early customers.
Meta has released the first two models of the Meta Llama 3 family: an 8B and a 70B model in pre-trained and instruction fine-tuned variants. The company claims this is the first step in an ambitious plan spanning everything from multilingualism and multimodality to edge computing and smart devices.