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:

• Mistral launched Codestral – a new 22B parameter open-weight generative AI model specifically designed for code generation tasks that supports over 80 programming languages.
• Microsoft released Phi-3-vision – a 4.2B parameter multimodal small language model that can understand and reason over images and text, optimized to run on a variety of devices including mobile phones.
• Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion – in a Series B funding round to bring its first products to market, build advanced infrastructure, and accelerate R&D.
• OpenAI has formed a new Safety and Security Committee – led by board members to make recommendations on the safety and security of its projects and processes.
• Adept has unveiled Fuyu-Heavy – their most powerful multimodal model to date, which excels at understanding complex diagrams, charts, and user interfaces.
• AI-wearable startup Humane is reportedly seeking a buyer – for between $750 million and $1 billion following the poor reception of its AI Pin device.
• AMD announced its new Instinct MI325X accelerator – set to launch in Q4 2024, as part of a yearly roadmap to compete with Nvidia’s AI chips.
• The Washington Post has outlined its principles for using AI – emphasizing that its journalists will always be in control of the content they publish while using AI tools to enhance their work.
• The New York Times’ updated legal complaint alleges that OpenAI and Microsoft deliberately misappropriated its content – and attempted to “free-ride” on its journalism to build their AI models.
• Runway announced Gen-3 Alpha – its new flagship video generation model, promising major improvements in generation quality, consistency, and motion.
• AI search startup Perplexity is reportedly in talks to raise over $250 million – in a new funding round that would value the company at $2.5 to $3 billion.
• Viggle is a new free AI tool – that allows users to generate videos with characters that maintain consistent appearances and movements.
• Google DeepMind has trained AI agents to play soccer – in a simulated 3D environment, demonstrating sophisticated teamwork and control.
• A new research paper argues that directly editing large language models is often less effective – than continuing their training with new data.
• ElevenLabs has launched a new tool for generating realistic sound effects – from text prompts.
• IKEA launched “The Co-Worker” – an AI-powered design tool inside Roblox that allows players to design and get feedback on virtual furniture showrooms.
• NVIDIA ACE is a suite of technologies – designed to help developers create lifelike, interactive digital humans for games and applications.
• An article in The Atlantic argues that AI could paradoxically make social media feel more real – by creating personalized content that resonates more deeply than human-created viral trends.
• Apple is reportedly adding a ‘gray’ AI scale feature to iOS 18 – which will use AI to selectively desaturate distracting apps to help users reduce screen time.
• Spotify’s AI-powered DJ feature is expanding to dozens of new markets globally – which provides personalized music selections with commentary.
• The New York Times is launching a new ad campaign – to highlight the value of its human-led journalism in an era of increasing AI-generated content.
• Vercel AI SDK 3.2 has been released – introducing new features for building streaming user interfaces that load components in parallel.
• Gretel has released a new state-of-the-art text-to-SQL model – designed to help developers and analysts query databases using natural language.
• VentureBeat explores how the increasing demand for data to train AI models – is driving the adoption and development of synthetic data generation.
• A fun online game challenges users to distinguish between images created by AI and those created by human artists – where users can test their skills.
• A report from The New York Times explores how doctors are using large language models like ChatGPT – as a diagnostic tool to help solve rare and mysterious medical cases.
• The AI chatbot platform Poe has introduced a feature allowing creators to set specific prices for their bots – enabling direct monetization.
• The New York Times’ Hard Fork podcast discusses how the internet is changing – as it becomes filled with AI-generated content, affecting everything from search results to online communities.
• A YouTube video from a16z explains the concept of AI agents – which are programs that can reason, plan, and take actions to achieve goals.
• An opinion piece in Noema magazine argues that the greatest threat from AI is not existential risk – but the concentration of economic and social power in the hands of a few tech companies.
• A blog post breaks down the key components of a successful AI feature – offering a framework for product managers and developers.
• A WIRED opinion piece advocates for the creation of a legally binding AI Bill of Rights – to ensure that AI development and deployment respect fundamental human rights.
• A Harvard Business Review article discusses how companies can leverage AI – to improve their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance.

Trending AI Tools:

• Perplexity Pages – An AI feature that generates comprehensive, visually rich, and well-structured articles on any topic from search results.
• Viggle – An AI tool that animates any static character with realistic motion from text prompts or a reference video.
• Codestral – Mistral AI’s new language model specialized for generating code in over 80 programming languages.
• Udio – An AI music generation tool for creating high-quality songs with vocals and instruments from simple text prompts.
• Suno – A popular AI music generator that creates original songs, complete with lyrics and instruments, from a short description.
• HeyGen – An AI video platform for creating studio-quality videos with realistic avatars, voice cloning, and video translation.
• Luma Labs’ Dream Machine – A new text-to-video model designed to generate high-quality, realistic video clips from prompts.
• Midjourney – A renowned AI image generator that creates highly artistic and detailed images from textual descriptions.
• Runway – A comprehensive AI video creation suite that includes tools for text-to-video generation, editing, and special effects.
• ElevenLabs – A leading AI voice platform for generating realistic text-to-speech, creating voiceovers, and cloning voices.
• Notion AI – An AI assistant integrated within Notion that can summarize documents, answer questions, and search your entire workspace.
• Gamma – An AI tool that creates beautiful and engaging presentations, documents, and webpages from simple text prompts.
• Durable – An AI-powered website builder that generates a complete business website with copy, images, and a contact form in seconds.
• Guidde – An AI platform that helps you create instant video documentation and how-to guides for your team or customers.
• Jellypod – An AI service that transforms online articles into concise, engaging, podcast-style audio summaries.
• Beautiful.ai – An AI presentation builder that automates the design process to help you create professional slides quickly.
• Decktopus – An AI-powered tool focused on rapidly creating professional presentations and business proposals.
• Ideogram – An AI image generator particularly known for its reliable ability to render coherent text within images.
• Splash – An AI music generation tool, integrated with Roblox, that allows users to create and share their own unique music.
• Luminal – An AI-native data platform that automates the tedious process of cleaning, transforming, and enriching spreadsheets.
• AI Story Generate – An AI-powered platform for generating and illustrating personalized children’s storybooks.
• StoryNest AI – An AI tool that allows you to create customized, illustrated storybooks for children.
• Code UI – A tool that converts natural language prompts into functional frontend code for web development.
• Firefly – A platform for creating custom, branded AI sales agents that can handle phone calls and sales conversations.
• NVIDIA ACE – A suite of technologies for developers to bring digital avatars to life with conversational AI capabilities.
• Leap – A no-code platform for building AI-powered internal tools, workflows, and automations.
• Trieve – An open-source API that lets developers build search applications combining traditional and vector search capabilities.
• Brev – A tool that helps developers quickly set up powerful and configurable GPU instances in the cloud for AI projects.
• Prompter – An open-source tool designed to help developers create, manage, and test prompts for large language models.
• AlphaWave Data – A platform for finding, exploring, and licensing datasets specifically for training AI models.
• AeroVDB – An open-source, GPU-accelerated framework from NVIDIA for processing sparse volumetric data used in simulations and rendering.

Sponsors:

• Vultr – Vultr offers a global cloud platform providing a wide range of GPU resources, including NVIDIA H100s and GH200s, for training and deploying AI models.
• Dust – Dust is a platform for designing, deploying, and monitoring powerful large language model applications.
• Masterworks – Masterworks is an investment platform that allows you to invest in shares of blue-chip art from renowned artists.
• Shortform – Shortform provides detailed guides and summaries of thousands of non-fiction books to help you learn key insights quickly.
• AE Studio – AE Studio is a development, data science, and design studio that partners with businesses to build and implement AI solutions.
• CommandBar – CommandBar provides tools for SaaS companies to build AI-powered user assistance and in-app copilots to improve user experience.
• Notion – Notion AI integrates artificial intelligence into your workspace to help you work faster, write better, and automate tasks.