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 announces “Apple Intelligence” and partners with OpenAI – At its WWDC event, Apple unveiled “Apple Intelligence,” its new suite of on-device and private cloud AI features integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, which also includes an optional integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
• Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices over OpenAI integration – Elon Musk threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies over security concerns related to Apple’s new OS-level integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
• Mistral AI raises €600M at a €5.8B valuation – French AI startup Mistral AI has raised €600 million in a new funding round, bringing its valuation to nearly €6 billion.
• Inflection AI pivots to enterprise and hires new CEO – Inflection AI has appointed a new CEO, Sean White, and is pivoting to an enterprise focus by offering its conversational AI models to business customers via an API.
• Perplexity launches Pages to turn search results into articles – AI search engine Perplexity launched a new feature called Pages, which automatically generates comprehensive, customizable articles on any topic from search results.
• Raspberry Pi shares surge after London IPO – British low-cost computer maker Raspberry Pi saw its shares jump by over 30% following its successful initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange.
• Luma Labs releases Dream Machine, a text-to-video model – Luma Labs has released Dream Machine, a new text-to-video generation model available to the public for creating high-quality, realistic video clips from text prompts.
• AI tool detects Parkinson’s disease 7 years before symptoms appear – Researchers have developed an AI tool that can identify biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease from brain scans up to seven years before physical symptoms appear.
• Google DeepMind unveils an AI model for sports analysis – Google DeepMind introduced a new AI system that can generate commentary and tactical analysis for sports videos, such as soccer matches, by understanding on-field action.
• Snowflake acquires AI observability platform TruEra – Snowflake has acquired AI observability platform TruEra to help customers improve the quality and trustworthiness of their large language models and AI applications.
• CoreWeave secures $7.5B in debt financing – AI cloud provider CoreWeave secured $7.5 billion in debt financing from private creditors to expand its infrastructure for training and serving AI models.
• SEC investigates Microsoft’s deal with Inflection AI – The U.S. SEC is reportedly investigating whether Microsoft misled investors regarding its recent $650 million deal to hire most of Inflection AI’s staff and license its models.
• Report predicts AI PCs will make up 70% of shipments by 2028 – A new report from Canalys predicts that AI-capable PCs will represent 70% of all PC shipments by 2028.
• Paris-based AI startup ‘H’ raises $220M seed round – Paris-based AI startup “H” (formerly Holistic AI) has raised a $220 million seed round to build foundational multimodal models for businesses.
• Ex-OpenAI board member Helen Toner details reasons for Altman’s ouster – Former OpenAI board member Helen Toner discussed the events leading to Sam Altman’s temporary ouster, citing a long-standing lack of trust and concerns over his transparency.
• AMD details new AI chips to compete with Nvidia – AMD announced its new Instinct MI325X accelerators, set for release in late 2024, as part of its updated roadmap to compete with Nvidia in the AI chip market.
• Character.AI in talks for new funding from investors including Google – Character.AI is reportedly in talks with investors, including Google, for a new funding round that could significantly increase its valuation.
• Chinese AI firm Zhipu AI raising funds at a $3B valuation – Chinese AI startup Zhipu AI, a major rival to OpenAI in the region, is reportedly raising capital at a $3 billion valuation.
• Wayfair launches generative AI tool to virtually redecorate rooms – Online furniture retailer Wayfair has launched a generative AI tool called “Decorify” that allows customers to virtually redecorate their own spaces by uploading a photo.
• Spotify launches ‘Creative Lab’ to make AI-powered ads – Spotify is launching an in-house creative agency called “Creative Lab” to help brands create custom ads, including those using AI-generated voiceovers.
• Hippocratic AI partners with Nvidia for AI healthcare agents – Hippocratic AI is partnering with Nvidia to develop empathetic generative AI healthcare “agents” designed to assist with non-diagnostic tasks and reduce nurse burnout.
• Cisco launches $1 billion investment fund for AI startups – Cisco has launched a $1 billion global investment fund to support AI startups and expand its own AI capabilities.
• Saudi Aramco invests in autonomous trucking startup Waabi – Saudi Aramco’s venture arm has invested in Waabi, an autonomous trucking startup that uses a single end-to-end AI model for self-driving.
• UN summit highlights AI’s potential for global good – The UN’s “AI for Good” summit showcased how AI can be used to address global challenges like poverty and hunger, while also discussing the need for international governance.

Trending AI Tools:

• Luma Dream Machine – A new AI video model that can create high-quality, 5-second video clips from text and image prompts.
• Claude 3.5 Sonnet – Anthropic’s fastest and most intelligent AI model yet, excelling at complex tasks with high speed and cost-effectiveness.
• Perplexity Pages – An AI tool that transforms prompts and search queries into well-structured, visually appealing articles and reports.
• Krea AI – A suite of AI-powered creative tools that offers real-time image and video generation and enhancement.
• Runway Gen-3 Alpha – Runway’s newest video generation model, offering significant improvements in detail, consistency, and character control.
• Viggle – A video generation AI that creates character-consistent videos by animating a static character image with a motion video.
• Project Music GenAI Control – An experimental Adobe tool for generating and editing music using text prompts, with fine-grained control over the output.
• Minion – An AI agent that can observe your actions in the browser and automate repetitive web-based tasks.
• Diffuse – A tool that provides ControlNet-like capabilities for video editing, allowing for precise structural control over AI-generated video outputs.
• Artisan – A new collaborative workspace in Perplexity where users can generate, edit, and refine code with AI models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
• Glean – An AI-powered work assistant that searches across all your company’s apps to help you find information and discover knowledge.
• Pika – An AI video platform that can generate and edit videos from text and images, recently adding a feature for generating sound effects.
• Suno – An AI tool that generates original songs, complete with lyrics, instruments, and vocals, from simple text prompts.
• HeyGen – An AI video platform for creating videos with AI avatars, voice cloning, and automatic video translation and dubbing.
• Opus Clip – An AI-powered tool that automatically repurposes long videos into viral short-form clips for social media.
• Gamma – An AI-powered tool that generates polished and engaging presentations, documents, and webpages from text prompts.
• Baseloop – An AI-native alternative to Jira designed for streamlined issue tracking and faster project management.
• Flo – An AI tool that automatically generates user flow diagrams and wireframes from text descriptions or screen recordings.
• Brevian – A no-code platform for building custom, fine-tuned AI agents that can automate complex workflows.
• Sudowrite – An AI writing partner designed specifically for fiction authors to help brainstorm, write, and revise their stories.
• Explainpaper – A tool that helps you read and understand complex research papers by letting you highlight confusing text to get AI-powered explanations.
• Ideogram – An AI image generator known for its superior ability to reliably create images that include coherent text.
• Leonardo AI – A comprehensive generative AI suite for creating images, 3D textures, and other visual assets for games and creative projects.
• Firefly – Adobe’s family of creative generative AI models for generating images, vectors, and text effects within Adobe’s ecosystem.
• ElevenLabs – An advanced AI voice generator and text-to-speech platform for creating realistic, human-like voiceovers in multiple languages.
• Kaiber – An AI tool that transforms your images and text prompts into dynamic, captivating music videos and animations.
• Vizcom – An AI-powered design tool that instantly transforms your hand-drawn sketches into high-quality product renders and concept art.
• Godmode – A platform that lets you build, test, and deploy workflows by chaining multiple AI models together to accomplish complex tasks.
• Sidekick – An AI-powered meeting assistant that can join your calls to transcribe, take notes, and summarize discussions.
• SQL Lingo – An AI-powered tool that translates plain English questions into SQL, making database interaction easier for non-technical users.
• Durable – An AI-powered platform that lets you build a professional website, create a business name, and design a logo in just 30 seconds.
• Uizard – An AI-powered tool that helps you quickly design and prototype user interfaces for apps and websites from text prompts.
• Magnific – An AI-powered tool for intelligently upscaling and enhancing the details and resolution of your images.
• Fine-Tuner.ai – A platform that simplifies the process of fine-tuning open-source language models for specific business tasks without needing technical expertise.
• AI Story Generate – An AI tool designed for parents to create personalized and illustrated stories and books for their children.
• Foundry – Palantir’s AI platform for creating a central operating system for an organization’s data, enabling better analytics and decision-making.
• Snowflake Cortex – A fully managed service that provides access to large language models and AI capabilities directly within the Snowflake Data Cloud.
• Databricks AI/BI – A business intelligence tool that uses a conversational AI to help users analyze data, find insights, and generate dashboards.
• Together AI Model-as-a-Service – A service offering developers fine-tuning capabilities and dedicated instances for running and scaling open-source AI models.

Sponsors:

• Masterworks – A platform that allows investors to purchase shares in multi-million dollar paintings by artists like Banksy and Basquiat.
• Cohere on Amazon Bedrock – Cohere’s enterprise-grade generative AI model, Command R+, is now available on Amazon Bedrock for building scalable, production-ready applications.
• Guidance – An AI-native customer support platform that uses AI agents to instantly resolve up to 70% of customer tickets.
• Notion – Notion AI is a connected assistant integrated into your workspace to help you write better, work faster, and think bigger.
• AE Studio – A development, data science, and design studio that helps businesses solve problems and build custom software solutions.