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ElevenLabs launched a text-to-sound effects AI audio model
ElevenLabs has launched a groundbreaking new Text to Sound Effects feature that leverages AI to allow users to generate a wide variety of audio content like sound effects, instrumental tracks, and character voices simply from text prompts.
Jun 3, 2024
Iris.ai secured €7.64M to optimize its AI engine for scientific text understanding
Iris.ai, the startup behind an AI engine that can provide high-quality insights from scientific research publications, raised €7.64 million to enhance its flagship RSpace platform's factual accuracy capabilities.
Jun 3, 2024
Faircado raised €3M to drive the circular economy with an AI-powered browser extension
Faircado, a Berlin-based startup with an AI-powered browser extension that helps consumers find second-hand alternatives while shopping online, has raised €3 million in pre-seed funding to scale its circular economy solution across Europe, grow its team, and enhance its technology.
Jun 3, 2024
OpenAI unveiled plans geared toward non-profits and universities
OpenAI has launched two new initiatives, OpenAI for Nonprofits and ChatGPT Edu, to provide affordable access to its advanced AI technology and models for nonprofit organizations and universities, enabling them to increase productivity, enhance operations, and drive innovative applications.
Jun 3, 2024
Google addressed last week's AI Overviews oddities
Google has outlined the steps it took to improve the AI Overviews feature, including better detection of nonsensical queries, reducing satirical content, restricting advice from forums, adding safeguards for sensitive topics, and quickly addressing issues.
Jun 2, 2024
Amazon is celebrating the Fire TV device's 10th birthday with AI-powered voice search
To celebrate Fire TV's 10th birthday, Amazon published a recap on the AI Art feature, boasting over a million generations, and launched an AI-enhanced voice search providing personalized entertainment recommendations based on natural language queries.
Jun 1, 2024
OpenAI brings in two more media and journalism partnerships
OpenAI has announced strategic partnerships with major media companies Vox Media and The Atlantic to integrate their high-quality journalism into AI products like ChatGPT while collaborating on innovative new products and experiences powered by OpenAI's technology.
Jun 1, 2024
Function calling is now generally available for Claude 3 models
Anthropic has made its Claude 3 models even more capable by enabling tool use, which allows them to interact with external tools, APIs, and databases to perform dynamic tasks. Anthropic also launched features like streaming, forced tool selection, and debugging aid to support developers.
Jun 1, 2024
Perplexity Pages lets users unleash their creativity and share their research
Perplexity AI has introduced Perplexity Pages, a feature that generates visually appealing, shareable presentations on any topic based on user prompts. Users can also convert existing conversation threads into pages and have editing capabilities over the AI-generated content and visuals.
Jun 1, 2024
Exactly.ai raised $4.3M to empower visual artists with customized algorithms
Exactly.ai is a startup that allows artists to train AI models on their artwork, enabling them to retain copyright, generate new pieces in their distinct style, and monetize their work. The company recently raised $4.3 million to expand its artist-centric approach to AI image generation.
May 31, 2024
Jan Leike joined Anthropic as an alignment team lead
Following his resignation from OpenAI, Jan Leike recently announced he will join Anthropic to lead a team resembling OpenAI's now-defunct Superalignment team. According to Leike, the team will work on scalable oversight, weak-to-strong generalization, and automated alignment research.
May 31, 2024
Open AI's Safety and Security Committee is mostly OpenAI evaluating itself
OpenAI has recently come under even more scrutiny after its Board recently agreed to create a Safety and Security Committee composed of board members (Altman included) and employees. The Committee will provide recommendations to the Board, which has the final word on their implementation.
May 31, 2024