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British telecom Virgin Media O2 enlisted an "AI granny" to fight scammers
Virgin Media O2 has launched dAIsy, an AI-powered chatbot that poses as a grandmother to engage and waste scammers' time by keeping them on the line with meandering conversations about knitting, family, and pets.
Nov 18, 2024
The European Commission published the 'General-Purpose AI Code of Practice' first draft
The first draft of the EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, developed by independent experts, will undergo discussion with 1,000 stakeholders. Following three more drafting rounds ending in April 2025, the final document will establish comprehensive guidelines for AI providers.
Nov 18, 2024
ChatGPT can read code in some macOS apps for developers
OpenAI has launched a new "Work with Apps" feature for ChatGPT on macOS that allows direct integration with coding applications through the macOS Accessibility API, enabling more contextual and accurate assistance by accessing content from compatible apps.
Nov 18, 2024
Gendo has raised €5.1M in seed funding for its AI-powered design visualization platform
Gendo, an AI-powered platform that turns sketches and text prompts into high-quality visualizations, has raised €5.1M in seed funding four months after launch. The company already serves major architectural firms; over 50,000 images have been generated for 5,000 projects through its platform.
Nov 18, 2024
Stepful raised a $31.5M Series B for its learning platform for US-based healthcare entry-level positions
Stepful, an AI-powered healthcare education platform, has raised $31.5M in Series B funding to expand its successful training programs that combine virtual instruction with hands-on experience. The funding will enable Stepful to continue addressing the growing healthcare worker shortage in the US.
Nov 18, 2024
DeepL Voice can instantly provide translated captions for live or virtual conversations
DeepL, the German AI translation company, has launched DeepL Voice, a solution that leverages the startup's proprietary translation models to deliver translated captions in virtual meetings on Microsoft Teams, and one-on-one in-person conversations through a mobile device.
Nov 17, 2024
Tessl has secured $125M for an AI-native software development platform
Tessl, a startup founded by Snyk creator Guy Podjarny, has raised $125M in funding to develop an AI-native platform that allows teams to write specifications in natural language and have AI generate and maintain the code, with plans for full launch in 2025.
Nov 17, 2024
Anysphere enlists Supermaven to build the ultimate AI-powered code editor
Anysphere announced its acquisition of Supermaven, the AI-powered coding assistant with jumps and deletions support, available as an extension for many popular editors. Although the Supermaven extension will be maintained, the priority will be to strengthen the Cursor editor.
Nov 16, 2024
Amazon's "Build on Trainium" will allocate up to $110M in credits for a new research cluster
Amazon is investing $110 million in its Build on Trainium program to provide academic researchers access to powerful AI computing resources and support open-source AI innovation through university partnerships.
Nov 16, 2024
Enterprise AI platform Writer secured $200M in Series C funding at a $1.9B valuation
Writer, an AI company that developed the Palmyra language model series, has secured $200 million in Series C funding at a $1.9 billion valuation to expand its enterprise-focused generative AI platform and hail the next generation of AI applications and agents for use cases.
Nov 15, 2024
Red Hat acquired inference performance engineering startup Neural Magic
Red Hat is acquiring Neural Magic, an MIT spin-off specializing in AI inference optimization, to help make large language models more accessible and cost-effective across hybrid cloud environments.
Nov 15, 2024
Google DeepMind has made the code and weights for AlphaFold 3 available to researchers
After facing criticism for undermining the reproducibility and transparency of science, Google DeepMind has released the source code for AlphaFold 3 for anyone to access. Additionally, researchers with an academic affiliation can request access to the model's training parameters.
Nov 13, 2024