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’ – Apple unveiled “Apple Intelligence,” a new personal intelligence system deeply integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia that provides powerful writing tools, image generation, and a more capable Siri.
• OpenAI partners with Oracle – OpenAI is partnering with Oracle to leverage its cloud infrastructure for additional compute capacity, aiming to scale its services and AI models for a growing user base.
• Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices over OpenAI integration – Elon Musk stated he would ban Apple devices from his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, citing major security concerns.
• Mistral AI raises $640M at a $6B valuation – Paris-based AI startup Mistral AI confirmed a new €600 million ($640 million) funding round, valuing the company at nearly €6 billion ($6 billion).
• Perplexity launches Pages – AI search engine Perplexity introduced ‘Pages,’ a new feature that allows users to create and publish comprehensive, visually organized articles from a single prompt.
• OpenAI makes GPT-4o API 50% cheaper – OpenAI has significantly reduced the API prices for its flagship model GPT-4o, making it 50% cheaper and faster for developers.
• Raspberry Pi shares surge 38% in London IPO – Shares of Raspberry Pi, the maker of popular low-cost single-board computers, jumped as much as 38% in their London Stock Exchange debut.
• Humane is reportedly seeking a buyer – Following poor reviews for its AI Pin, Humane is reportedly looking to sell the company for a price between $750 million and $1 billion.
• New UK and US partnership to test AI models for safety – The UK and US AI Safety Institutes have partnered to jointly develop robust testing methods for the most advanced AI models.
• MindEye2 reconstructs high-quality images from brain scans – Researchers have developed MindEye2, a model that can reconstruct detailed, high-resolution images from human brain activity recorded via fMRI scans.
• Stability AI releases Poles Apart for enhanced image control – Stability AI launched “Poles Apart,” a new set of T5-based text encoders that give Stable Diffusion 3 users greater control over image aesthetics, such as switching between photorealistic and anime styles.
• Google’s June Pixel Feature Drop brings Gemini Nano to more devices – Google’s latest update for Pixel devices expands Gemini Nano to the Pixel 8 and 8a and adds new features like on-device call summaries.
• CoreWeave valuation soars to $19 billion – AI cloud provider CoreWeave’s valuation has more than doubled in five months to $19 billion following a secondary share sale.
• Character.AI rolls out voice conversations and group chat features – Character.AI has introduced Character Voice for all users and a new feature that allows multiple AI characters to interact with each other in a group chat.
• Inflection-2.5 is now available via API – Inflection AI has made its Inflection-2.5 model, which powers the Pi chatbot, available to developers through an API.
• AMD announces new Instinct MI325X AI accelerator – AMD revealed its upcoming Instinct MI325X accelerator, which will feature 288GB of HBM3E memory to compete with Nvidia’s offerings for large-scale AI training.
• Cuebric raises $26M for its AI filmmaking platform – Cuebric, a generative AI platform that helps filmmakers create virtual environments, has raised $26 million in a seed plus funding round.
• Section acquires T-Mobile’s AI platform team and technology – The AI and cloud-native platform Section is acquiring the team and technology behind T-Mobile’s machine learning platform to expand its capabilities for telecommunications clients.

Trending AI Tools:

• Runway Gen-3 Alpha – A new foundational video model for generating highly detailed and realistic video clips from text and image prompts.
• Luma Labs Dream Machine – A text-to-video model that generates high-quality, realistic 5-second video clips from a single prompt.
• Suno – An AI music generator that creates complete songs, including vocals and lyrics, from a simple text description.
• Kino – An AI-powered tool for filmmakers that automatically logs, transcodes, and organizes footage to streamline the post-production process.
• Perplexity – An AI-powered conversational search engine that provides direct answers to questions with cited sources from the web.
• Viggle – An AI video tool that can transfer the motion from a source video onto a static character image, making it dance or move.
• ElevenLabs – A voice AI platform that provides realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, and AI dubbing capabilities.
• HeyGen – An AI video platform that allows you to create realistic avatar videos and translate your speech into different languages.
• Arc Search – A mobile browser app that uses AI to browse multiple websites and create a single, summarized webpage to answer your query.
• Ideogram – An AI image generator renowned for its ability to accurately and creatively render text within the generated images.
• Udio – An AI music creation tool that generates high-quality, full-length songs with vocals and instruments from text prompts.
• Pika – An AI-powered platform that generates and edits videos from text prompts and still images.
• Google NotebookLM – An AI research assistant that uses your own documents as a source to answer questions, summarize information, and generate ideas.
• Poe by Quora – A platform that provides access to a wide variety of AI chatbots and allows users to create their own custom bots.
• Beautiful.ai – An AI presentation maker that automatically designs professional-looking slides as you add content.
• Glean – An AI-powered work assistant that searches across all your company’s applications to find information and answer questions.
• Kaiber – An AI video generator that creates stylized videos and animations from your own images, audio, or text prompts.
• Leonardo AI – A comprehensive generative AI platform for creating images, game assets, and other visual content.
• Splash Pro – An AI music platform that enables users to generate original music and vocals simply by typing a prompt.
• Mindtrip – An AI travel planner that creates personalized itineraries based on your interests and preferences.
• Recast – An AI tool that automatically repurposes long-form video and audio into short, shareable clips for social media.
• Keyframes Studio – An AI-powered animation tool that allows users to create complex animations using text prompts.
• Vizcom – An AI design tool for industrial designers and artists that transforms simple sketches into realistic product renderings in seconds.
• Deforum – A popular tool for creating AI-generated animations and videos, particularly known for its distinctive zoom and transformation effects.
• Gamma – A tool that uses AI to create polished and engaging presentations, documents, and webpages from simple text prompts.
• Fine-Tuner.ai – A no-code platform that allows you to create custom AI agents and fine-tune large language models.
• Veed – An online video editing suite that incorporates AI features like automatic subtitling, transcription, and background noise removal.
• Syllaby – An AI tool that helps businesses and creators generate a content strategy and write scripts for viral social media videos.
• Lindy – An AI assistant that automates tasks like calendar management, email drafting, and meeting scheduling.
• Looka – An AI-powered platform for designing a brand identity, including logos, websites, and business cards.
• Shortwave – An intelligent email client that uses AI to organize your inbox, summarize long threads, and help you draft replies.
• Albus – An AI assistant that integrates with Slack to answer questions, generate ideas, and create visuals for your team.
• SuperAGI – An open-source framework for building and deploying autonomous AI agents to perform complex tasks.
• Swimm – An AI-powered platform that helps engineering teams create and maintain up-to-date documentation that is integrated with their code.
• Superhuman – A premium email client that uses AI to help you sort, summarize, and respond to emails at high speed.
• Microsoft Copilot – Microsoft’s AI assistant integrated across its products to help with coding, writing, data analysis, and general productivity.
• Lamini – An enterprise AI platform for building and fine-tuning custom large language models on private company data.

Sponsors:

• Brilliant.org – An online learning platform with interactive courses in math, data science, and computer science to help you master key concepts.
• HubSpot – A business software company offering new AI-powered tools to help build a more efficient business.
• Copilot – A client portal platform for service businesses, allowing you to create branded, professional portals for your clients.
• Growth School – An education platform hosting workshops on topics like building AI chatbots to automate your work.
• AE Studio – A development, data science, and design studio that helps businesses implement AI and software solutions.
• Persado – A generative AI platform that creates the precise marketing language designed to motivate every individual to engage and act.
• Welcome – An all-in-one marketing platform built to manage campaigns, content, and collaboration.
• Writer – A full-stack generative AI platform that enables enterprises to embed AI into any business process.
• Drift – A “Conversation Cloud” company that provides AI-powered tools for sales and marketing teams to connect with customers.
• BrandOps – An AI-powered platform providing brand and competitive intelligence for businesses.
• Showpad – A sales enablement platform that helps sales and marketing teams deliver better buyer experiences.
• Content at Scale – An AI writing platform focused on creating long-form, undetectable SEO content that is designed to rank.
• AX Semantics – A software company that provides AI-powered, natural language generation for e-commerce content automation.
• PR 20/20 – A marketing agency that specializes in using AI to build data-driven strategies for clients.