Adept has released its multimodal model Fuyu-8B, a smaller version of the proprietary model that powers its platform. Aligning with Adept's mission, Fuyu-8B excels at image understanding capabilities, including screen reading.
Anysphere, a startup working on Cursor, an AI-first code editor, recently raised $8M from the OpenAI Startup Fund. Cursor features an AI-powered chat prompt that can assist developers in debugging and other repetitive tasks.
Lakera launched with $10M in funding that it plans to invest in protecting enterprises from some of the best-known LLM exploits, such as prompt injection and hallucinations. Furthermore, as part of their work on AI security, the startup co-founders served as advisors for the EU AI Act.
The 2023 State of AI Report has just been released, containing an in-depth analysis of the current situation in the field spanning from research and industry to politics and safety. The report also features the team's prediction for the most exciting developments to be seen in the following year.
Gradient recently emerged from stealth with $10M raised from Wing VC and other contributors. The startup lets enterprises train and deploy multiple domain-specific models to harness the power of generative AI in a user-friendly and cost-effective manner.
Lemurian Labs is taking a risk by planning to redesign AI computing to make it more effective, sustainable, and affordable for everyone. The company recently secured $9M in seed funding destined to release the software part of its stack.
Canva increased its text-to-image offerings by incorporating DALL-E and Image into its image-generation app collection. These two image generators join the latest version of Canva's Magic Media, powered by Stable Diffusion. The apps are available with restrictions for free and Pro subscribers.
Orquesta had a successful pre-seed funding round, bringing home 800,000 EUR for the development of their innovative no-code platform for LLM integration into collaborative business operations. Orquesta's offerings will be mainly directed at the European market.
Nexusflow has secured a $10.6 M seed funding round. This will enable it to deliver AI-powered cybersecurity solutions for enterprises like Nexusflow Copilot, an assistant for enterprise security teams.
Kolena, a startup working on a platform that can test and validate solutions for any ML problem, just raised $15M in a funding round led by Lobby Capital. The platform will feature private, fine-grained, customizable testing that adapts to each user's needs.
OpenAI announced it will soon roll out image recognition and speech synthesis features for ChatGPT. These features will be accessible to Enterprise and Pro users. Whether you need a bedtime story or help analyzing a chart, ChatGPT's newly expanded abilities will be here to assist.
Mistral AI is planning to become a leader in the open generative AI community. It has ambitious plans to bridge the gap between proprietary and open-source AI solutions by releasing fully open-source models with a performance comparable to proprietary ones.