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Weekly AI Highlights Review: October 22-29
Materials science and biotechnology startups raised funding; creatives stand against the threat of generative AI; Anthopic launched new models and a computer use API; Google open-sourced SynthID Text, and more.
Oct 29, 2024
Pharos raised an oversubscribed $5M seed funding round
Pharos, founded by healthcare and AI veterans from Vital and Meta, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Felicis Ventures to develop AI solutions that help healthcare institutions' quality teams improve patient care and streamline clinical reporting.
Oct 28, 2024
Google Photos now displays information on whether an image was edited with its AI tools
Google has announced it will display information about AI-powered edits made using tools like Magic Editor and Magic Eraser in Google Photos' metadata and Details tab, following IPTC standards, as part of its efforts to increase transparency around AI-edited images.
Oct 28, 2024
The CMA's investigation into the Google-Anthropic partnership is officially in Phase 1
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a Phase 1 investigation into the Alphabet-Anthropic partnership to determine if it constitutes a merger that could potentially reduce market competition, following a similar investigation into the Amazon-Anthropic partnership.
Oct 28, 2024
Avenue Biosciences secured $2.5M for its protein expression engineering platform
Avenue Biosciences has raised $2.5 million in seed funding to develop its machine learning platform that optimizes signal peptides for more efficient protein production, potentially making treatments like monoclonal antibodies and gene therapies more accessible.
Oct 28, 2024
Dunia secured $11.5M to accelerate the discovery of promising catalysts
Dunia Innovations GmbH, a startup founded in 2022, has raised $11.5 million to develop its Catalyst Acceleration Platform, which combines machine learning and automated robotics to discover new electrocatalysts for sustainable energy and chemical production.
Oct 27, 2024
AI-powered notepad Granola secured $20M in Series A funding
Granola, a Mac-based AI note-taking app that enhances rather than replaces human note-taking, has secured $20 million in Series A funding to expand its product, which has gained traction among business leaders with its philosophy that human judgment shouldn't be outsourced to AI.
Oct 26, 2024
AI-ECG risk estimation (AIRE), a model that predicts heart disease risks and complications
Researchers have developed AIRE, an AI system that can predict a patient's risk of heart disease complications and death with 78% accuracy by analyzing ECG scans. The NHS plans to trial AIRE starting in mid-2025 to evaluate its effectiveness in real clinical settings.
Oct 26, 2024
The NHS is incorporating AI-powered radiology diagnostics tools into urgent care settings
The UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued draft guidance recommending four AI-powered radiology tools for fracture diagnosis in urgent care settings, aiming to support healthcare professionals and improve diagnostic accuracy amid staff shortages.
Oct 26, 2024
Fractile received a £5M award from the UK's Advanced Research + Invention Agency
The UK's Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) has launched a £50 million Scaling Compute program funding twelve research projects, including Fractile's analog in-memory computing project, aimed at dramatically reducing AI hardware costs by developing alternative computing approaches.
Oct 26, 2024
Raspberry Pi got a new HAT+ adapter with an integrated Hailo accelerator
Raspberry Pi has launched the AI HAT+, a new AI accelerator board available in 13 TOPS ($70) and 26 TOPS ($110) variants, featuring integrated Hailo technology that enables complex neural network processing for Raspberry Pi computers.
Oct 25, 2024
Andreessen Horowitz shared how its Oxygen program helps AI startups 'breathe easier'
Venture capital firm a16z has shared more about its "Oxygen" program, designed to help AI startups access affordable GPU computing resources. Oxygen aims to address the market imbalance where large tech companies were outbidding smaller players for critical computing resources.
Oct 25, 2024