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Squirro acquired Synaptica to integrate graph technology into its generative AI platform
Swiss-based Squirro has acquired US company Synaptica, combining generative AI with knowledge graph technology to enhance enterprise AI solutions, particularly in improving the accuracy and capabilities of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for mission-critical applications.
Jul 6, 2024
Salesforce's xLAM-1B shows competitive performance in function-calling tasks
Salesforce has developed two compact AI models, xLAM-1B and xLAM-7B, using an innovative APIGen pipeline for high-quality data curation, resulting in models that outperform much larger competitors in function-calling tasks and show promise for on-device AI applications.
Jul 5, 2024
Cloudflare is helping users block AI bots and crawlers regardless of how well they behave
Cloudflare has introduced a new feature allowing all users, including those on the free tier, to easily block all AI bots by leveraging its advanced detection methods for disguised bots. Cloudflare has also launched tools enabling all users to report bot activity not blocked by the service.
Jul 5, 2024
Altrove secured €3.7M to accelerate essential materials' discovery and production
Altrove, a startup founded in 2024, has raised €3.7 million to develop sustainable alternatives to rare earth elements using AI-driven material recipe optimization and characterization, differentiating itself by focusing on creating and testing materials rather than just predicting them.
Jul 5, 2024
Meta showcased its research into 3D asset generation
Meta has developed a fast, high-quality 3D asset generation pipeline called Meta 3D Gen, combining text-to-3D mesh and texture generation models, which outperforms alternatives and is likely intended to support content creation for Meta's virtual reality platform.
Jul 4, 2024
Unethical scraping accusations against Perplexity AI keep piling up
Perplexity AI has been facing accusations of plagiarism and unethical web crawling practices, including ignoring the Robots Exclusion Protocol, as investigations reveal issues with its content sourcing and summarization methods.
Jul 4, 2024
Figma pauses the 'Make Design' feature just a week after its launch
Figma's AI-powered 'Make Designs' feature, launched at their Config Conference, was temporarily disabled after generating layouts resembling Apple's Weather app, prompting concerns about its training data and output quality.
Jul 4, 2024
Phaidra, whose technology keeps data centers power-efficient, raised $12M in new funding
Phaidra, a company founded by former DeepMind and Trane Technologies experts, has developed an AI-based autonomous control system that uses reinforcement learning to improve energy efficiency in data centers, addressing the growing concern over AI's environmental impact.
Jul 3, 2024
Anthropic launches an initiative to fund third-party AI evaluations
Anthropic has launched an initiative to fund third-party evaluations of advanced AI models, focusing on safety assessments, capability metrics, and evaluation infrastructure to enhance transparency and safety across the AI industry.
Jul 3, 2024
Meta modifies its media labeling strategy after real photos were tagged as 'Made with AI'
Meta has renamed its "Made with AI" label to "AI Info" after facing issues where labeled real photos gave the impression that they were AI-generated. The new AI Info label encourages users to click for additional context so users can receive accurate information about AI usage in the labeled images.
Jul 3, 2024
Vaire Computing has secured $4.5M to pioneer reversible computing
Vaire Computing, a startup founded by Rodolfo Rosini and Hannah Earley, has raised $4 million to develop reversible computing technology, which aims to drastically reduce energy consumption and heat generation in computer processors by allowing computations to run in both directions.
Jul 3, 2024
The European Commission found Meta's subscription model non-compliant with the DMA
The European Commission has deemed Meta's "pay or consent" model non-compliant with the Digital Markets Act. Meta could be forced to introduce an equivalent alternative to its targeted ads-based services or risk paying a hefty penalty.
Jul 2, 2024