Amazon has entered into a significant agreement with AI robotics company Covariant, licensing their robotic foundation models and acquiring key talent to enhance its warehouse automation capabilities and advance the state of AI-powered robotics.
LAION has released Re-LAION 5B, a revised version of their large-scale image-text dataset, thoroughly cleaned of known links to suspected illegal content through collaboration with child protection organizations, delivering on its commitment to remove illegal content from its datasets.
Google is implementing a multi-faceted approach to safeguard the upcoming U.S. elections by providing authoritative information, combating abuse, enhancing security for high-risk users, and increasing transparency around AI-generated content across its platforms.
Atlassian has acquired Rewatch, an AI-powered asynchronous video solution company, to integrate its features into Loom, enhancing video messaging capabilities with automated recording, transcription, and meeting assistance across various platforms.
Magic AI has announced a major partnership with Google Cloud to build next-generation AI supercomputers powered by NVIDIA GPUs, alongside a significant $465 million funding round from notable investors.
Codeium, an AI-powered coding assistant startup, has raised $150 million in Series C funding, achieving unicorn status, as it aims to differentiate itself in the competitive market with context-aware suggestions, robust security measures, and a focus on reliable code generation.
IBM and Intel are collaborating to offer Intel's Gaudi 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud starting in early 2025, aiming to make enterprise AI more accessible, cost-effective, and secure while enhancing performance and scalability across hybrid cloud environments.
Wayve, a developer of hardware-agnostic autonomous vehicle technology offering various levels of autonomy, is partnering with Uber to deploy its self-driving solutions globally, backed by a strategic investment from Uber that extends Wayve's recent Series C funding round.
OpenAI is reportedly seeking a funding round at a $100 billion valuation, led by Thrive Capital, with potential participation from NVIDIA and Apple, to address its significant cash needs amid high operational costs and strong investor interest in the generative AI sector.
Google has launched Custom Gems for Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users; and Imagen 3 for enhanced image generation to all Gemini users. The company also plans a cautious rollout of people image creation.
Clockwise has launched Prism, an LLM-powered intelligent scheduling assistant that uses natural language processing to simplify complex scheduling tasks, offering features like smart scheduling, optimal time selection, quick rescheduling, Slack integration, and task management.
Aleph Alpha has released Pharia-1-LLM-7B, a new open-source foundation model family designed for concise, length-controlled responses, optimized for German, French, and Spanish, and trained on carefully curated data in compliance with EU regulations.