Note from Matt: Below is an AI-generated list of AI news and tools. Our bot scours the internet daily to find AI news. Because it’s AI, it often finds older news or non-AI news and adds it to the mix. It also seems to break links often. We’re constantly working on improving the automation but this should, for the most part, ensure no AI news ever gets missed

The Latest AI News:

• Apple introduces Apple Intelligence, its new personal AI system – Apple announced “Apple Intelligence,” a new personal AI system integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, which includes a partnership with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT to its devices.
• Luma Labs launches Dream Machine – Luma Labs launched Dream Machine, a new text-to-video AI model available to the public that is capable of generating high-quality, 5-second video clips from text prompts and images.
• Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI – Elon Musk has withdrawn his lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleged the company abandoned its original non-profit mission by prioritizing profits with its partner Microsoft.
• Mistral AI confirms €600M funding round – French AI startup Mistral AI has raised €600 million in a new funding round, bringing its total valuation to €5.8 billion.
• Perplexity launches Pages – Perplexity AI launched “Pages,” a new feature that allows users to generate and publish comprehensive, well-structured articles on any topic from simple prompts.
• Google’s Veo, its most capable video generation model, is now available in VideoFX – Google has made its most advanced text-to-video model, Veo, available to select creators through a new experimental tool called VideoFX.
• Inflection-2.5 is now available on the Hugging Face Hub – Inflection AI has released its Inflection-2.5 large language model on the Hugging Face hub, making it accessible for commercial and research use.
• Y Combinator introduces a new standard deal for AI companies – Y Combinator has introduced a new, more favorable deal for AI companies, offering $500K on a $3M post-money cap to help them cover the high initial costs of training models.
• Snowflake announces new AI features, including Cortex AI and Polaris Catalog – At its annual user conference, Snowflake unveiled a suite of new AI-powered tools and features designed to help enterprises build AI applications using their own data.
• Figure shows its humanoids are already working in the BMW factory – Robotics company Figure released a new video showcasing its human-like robots performing autonomous tasks at a BMW manufacturing plant.
• CoreWeave acquires AnchorFree to bolster its GPU cloud network – AI cloud provider CoreWeave has acquired former VPN provider AnchorFree in a deal to absorb its data centers and network infrastructure.
• Raspberry Pi shares surge 31% after $202M London IPO – Raspberry Pi, the company known for its low-cost single-board computers, saw its shares rise significantly after its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.
• The UN General Assembly adopts first-ever resolution on AI – The United Nations General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution aimed at establishing international standards for the safe, secure, and trustworthy development of artificial intelligence.
• SectionAI raises $18M to help companies secure their GenAI applications – SectionAI secured $18 million in a Series B funding round to expand its platform, which helps businesses secure and manage their generative AI applications.
• New AI-powered blood test can predict Parkinson’s up to seven years before symptoms appear – Researchers have developed a blood test that uses AI to predict the onset of Parkinson’s disease years before physical symptoms manifest.
• The Browser Company pivots to building an ‘internet computer’ with AI agents – The company behind the Arc browser is shifting its focus to create an “internet computer” that uses AI agents to autonomously perform tasks for users.
• Stability AI appoints new CEO to lead the company post-exodus – Stability AI has appointed Prem Akkaraju, former CEO of visual effects company Weta Digital, as its new chief executive.
• Cartwheel launches an AI agent to automate e-commerce operations – Cartwheel has developed an AI agent designed to automate tasks for e-commerce brands, such as handling customer support and managing marketing campaigns.
• Claude AI chatbot helps user win over $25,000 in the lottery – A person in Thailand won a lottery prize of 2,000 baht (about $54) by asking Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude for a number sequence.
• Meta researchers propose ‘MEGALODON’ to improve long-context LLMs – Meta AI has introduced MEGALODON, a new method that allows for efficient training of large language models on sequences of up to two million tokens.
• Microsoft opens new AI hub in Helsinki, Finland – Microsoft has launched a new AI development hub in Helsinki, focusing on advancing generative AI technologies.
• Google DeepMind researchers propose a method to teach AI ethics and morals – A new research paper outlines a method that could help AI systems better align with human values and societal norms.
• Harvey launches ‘Harvey for Tax’ to bring AI to tax professionals – Legal AI startup Harvey has introduced a new specialized product designed to assist tax professionals with research, analysis, and document drafting.
• AMD launches new Instinct accelerators to compete with Nvidia – AMD has unveiled its latest AI chips, the Instinct MI350 series, aiming to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in the AI hardware market.
• Godot Engine is getting AI-powered features for game development – The open-source Godot game engine is integrating generative AI tools to assist developers with tasks like code completion and asset creation.
• RunwayML releases new ‘Motion Brush’ tool for video editing – Runway has introduced a new feature called Motion Brush, which allows creators to add controlled motion to specific areas of a still image to turn it into a video.
• Teal introduces an AI-powered resume builder for job seekers – Job search platform Teal has launched a free AI resume builder that provides targeted feedback and suggestions to help users tailor their resumes for specific job applications.
• Researchers use Gen-AI to create proteins for drug discovery – Scientists are using generative AI to design novel proteins from scratch, a development that could significantly accelerate the process of drug discovery.
• How a paralyzed man walked again thanks to AI – A new documentary showcases how a combination of AI, brain implants, and spinal stimulation enabled a paralyzed man to regain the ability to walk.
• Swell AI launches AI writer for podcast show notes – Swell AI has released an AI-powered writing tool that automatically generates detailed show notes, summaries, and other content for podcasters.
• Hugging Face partners with Pollen Foundation for decentralized AI infrastructure – Hugging Face is collaborating with the Pollen Foundation to build a decentralized AI network that aims to reduce reliance on centralized GPU providers.
• Google study finds fine-tuning Sec-PaLM 2 improves security vulnerability detection – A new paper details how fine-tuning Google’s Sec-PaLM 2 model significantly improved its ability to detect security vulnerabilities in code.
• Decryptionary is a dictionary for AI terms – Decryptionary is a new online resource that provides simple, clear definitions for common artificial intelligence terminology.
• Founder University is a free 6-week course on building an AI startup – Jason Calacanis’s Founder University has opened applications for a free, intensive course designed to guide entrepreneurs through the process of building an AI company.

Trending AI Tools:

• GPT-4o – OpenAI’s new flagship model that is natively multimodal, accepting and generating text, audio, and image content in real-time.
• Project Astra – Google’s vision for a universal, real-time, multimodal AI assistant that can see, hear, and understand the world around you.
• Veo – Google’s most capable video generation model to date, designed to create high-quality, realistic videos from text prompts.
• Imagen 3 – Google’s most advanced text-to-image model for creating incredibly detailed, photorealistic images with a better understanding of natural language.
• Llama 3 – Meta’s latest generation of open-source large language models, designed to be more capable and responsible for a wide range of tasks.
• GitHub Copilot Workspace – A new AI-native developer environment that helps users go from an idea to a fully working codebase using natural language.
• Microsoft VASA-1 – A new AI model from Microsoft that generates lifelike talking faces with synchronized lip movements from a single photograph and an audio clip.
• Viggle – An AI video generation tool that animates characters based on text or video motion prompts, making them dance or move realistically.
• Codestral – Mistral AI’s first open-weight generative model specifically designed for code generation tasks across numerous programming languages.
• Poe – An app for interacting with various AI models that now allows you to bring multiple bots into a single conversation.
• ChatGPT – The popular AI chatbot whose free version was recently upgraded with features like GPT-4o, web browsing, and data analysis.
• ElevenLabs Music – A new tool for generating high-quality, original music from text prompts.
• Runway – An AI video editing and generation platform that recently added a Motion Brush feature for controlling movement in specific areas of a video.
• Grok-1.5 Vision – The first multimodal model from xAI, which can process and understand a wide variety of visual information, including documents, charts, and photos.
• Google Search AI Overviews – An integrated feature in Google Search that provides AI-powered summaries and planning capabilities directly on the results page.
• VLOGGER – A Google AI model that can create a realistic, controllable video of a person talking and moving from a single still photograph.
• MusicFX – An experimental AI tool from Google for creating music that was recently updated with a new “DJ Mode” for creating mashups.
• Suno – A popular AI tool that generates complete songs, including lyrics, instruments, and vocals, from a simple text prompt.
• Udio – A powerful AI music generation tool known for producing high-quality, full-length tracks in a variety of styles.
• Storybird – An AI-powered platform for creating personalized, illustrated stories for children.
• Krea – A suite of creative AI tools that recently introduced new features like real-time logo illustrations and enhancements to its upscaling capabilities.
• Mano AI – An AI-native calendar designed to protect your time by automating tedious tasks like scheduling and meeting preparation.
• Vapi – A platform for developers to quickly build, test, and deploy human-like AI voice agents.
• Fine-Tuner.ai – A no-code platform that allows you to train and fine-tune a Llama 3 model on your own data.
• Hydra – Microsoft’s new open-source framework that helps AI models reason by decomposing complex problems into smaller, more manageable parts.
• Co-Writer – An AI writing partner that adapts to your unique style and helps you overcome writer’s block.
• Recap – A tool that uses AI to summarize any webpage, PDF document, or YouTube video.
• Taskade – An AI-powered productivity platform that combines a workflow manager, task tracker, and team chat into a single “second brain.”
• AI Story Generator – A tool that generates unique stories complete with illustrations across a variety of genres and styles.
• TuneFlow – A free, all-in-one platform with a variety of AI tools to assist with music production.
• Gems – A feature within Google’s AI Studio that allows you to create customized versions of the Gemini model tailored to your specific needs and tasks.
• OpenAI’s Jukebox – A music generation model released by OpenAI in 2020 that was recently open-sourced.
• AlphaCodium 2.0 – An AI code generation tool with a new prompt toolkit designed to improve reasoning and tool use for better coding results.
• GPT-4 Turbo with Vision (API) – The generally available API for OpenAI’s model that can understand and process images, allowing developers to integrate vision capabilities into their apps.
• Galileo Luna – A new suite of evaluation foundation models designed to help enterprises detect and mitigate chatbot hallucinations.
• Trillium – Google’s 6th generation of Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), the specialized hardware designed for training and running large-scale AI models.

Sponsors:

• LlamaIndex – A data framework for building LLM applications from prototype to production.
• AE Studio – A development, data science, and design studio that helps companies build and integrate AI solutions.
• Guidde – A screen capture tool for teams to create video documentation 11 times faster.
• Atomic – A specialized venture firm focused on building companies in AI, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare.
• Masterworks – A platform with over 2 million members for investing in multi-million dollar paintings by artists like Banksy and Basquiat.