fal has raised $23 million in funding to accelerate its generative media model hosting platform, which offers high-performance inference APIs and solutions that have attracted a rapidly growing user base of developers and enterprises.
LinkedIn opted in users in the US to data collection for AI model by default and without updating its privacy policy, prompting privacy concerns. The company also failed to correctly specify whether UK-based users were subject to the data collection process, spurring further confusion.
YouTube is introducing AI-powered features, including video generation with Veo for Shorts, creative assistance in YouTube Studio, and AI-enhanced reply suggestions, to enhance content creation and audience engagement while implementing safeguards for AI-generated content.
Runway and Lionsgate have formed a partnership allowing Runway to use Lionsgate's content for AI model development, aiming to enhance creative processes and reduce costs, amid ongoing legal and regulatory challenges surrounding AI in the media industry.
At its Snap Partner Summit, Snap announced new generative AI features, including Easy Lens for text-based AR creation, AI-powered prebuilt Lenses, and expanded My AI capabilities. These tools aim to enhance content creation and user interaction on Snapchat through generative AI technology.
Google is adopting the C2PA technology alongside its existing SynthID watermarking, integrating it into Search and Ads products, exploring implementation in YouTube, and encouraging industry-wide adoption of content provenance standards.
At Dreamforce, Salesforce introduced Agentforce, a platform for building custom AI agents, and showcased Slack's evolution into an AI agent hub with features like AI-generated huddle notes, conversational Workflow Builder, enhanced search, and seamless integration with third-party AI applications.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced significant developments for the company, including a $3 billion Secure Enclave award, an expanded partnership with AWS for custom chip manufacturing, restructuring of Intel's Foundry as an independent subsidiary, and strategic pauses in European facilities.
Supermaven, a startup founded by Tabnine creator Jacob Jackson, raised $12 million in funding. Supermaven plans to create a proprietary text editor to overcome the limitations of editor extensions.
Sam Altman stepped down from OpenAI's Security Committee; Meta will resume AI training in the UK; OpenAI launched o1; Bookkeeping platform finally raised $200M; Palantir and BP announced a 5-year strategic partnership; Pixtral 12B is Mistral AI's first open-source multimodal model; and more
Fei-Fei Li's AI startup World Labs, backed by $230 million in funding and reportedly valued at over $1 billion, is developing large world models to enable AI systems to reason about the physical world, with applications in design, gaming, visual effects, and potentially robotics.
Meta is resuming training its AI models using public data from UK-based, adult Facebook and Instagram users. The company acknowledged the support of the UK's Information Commissioner’s Office, which accepted Meta's alleged 'legitimate interest' as a legal basis for its data collection practices.