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 announced a partnership to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into iOS 18, and is also in talks with Google to potentially offer Gemini as an alternative. – Apple announced a partnership to integrate OpenAI’s ChatGPT into iOS 18, and is also in talks with Google to potentially offer Gemini as an alternative.
• Perplexity launched “Pages,” a new feature that allows users to create and share visually appealing articles on any topic from a single prompt. – Perplexity launched “Pages,” a new feature that allows users to create and share visually appealing articles on any topic from a single prompt.
• Apple introduced “Apple Intelligence,” its new personal AI system that integrates generative models across iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia. – Apple introduced “Apple Intelligence,” its new personal AI system that integrates generative models across iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia.
• Elon Musk threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, citing major security concerns. – Elon Musk threatened to ban Apple devices from his companies if Apple integrates OpenAI at the operating system level, citing major security concerns.
• Luma Labs unveiled Dream Machine, a new text-to-video model capable of generating high-quality, 5-second video clips from text prompts or images. – Luma Labs unveiled Dream Machine, a new text-to-video model capable of generating high-quality, 5-second video clips from text prompts or images.
• French AI startup Mistral AI raised $640 million in a new funding round, bringing its valuation to $6.2 billion. – French AI startup Mistral AI raised $640 million in a new funding round, bringing its valuation to $6.2 billion.
• Shares for Raspberry Pi surged over 30% after the low-cost computer maker raised $191 million in its successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange. – Shares for Raspberry Pi surged over 30% after the low-cost computer maker raised $191 million in its successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange.
• The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Stability AI over claims that the company misled investors. – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating Stability AI over claims that the company misled investors.
• Following poor reviews of its AI Pin, Humane is reportedly exploring a sale of the company for a price between $750 million and $1 billion. – Following poor reviews of its AI Pin, Humane is reportedly exploring a sale of the company for a price between $750 million and $1 billion.
• Microsoft laid off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division, primarily impacting its Mission Engineering and Internet of Things teams. – Microsoft laid off hundreds of employees in its Azure cloud division, primarily impacting its Mission Engineering and Internet of Things teams.
• AI cloud provider CoreWeave made an offer to acquire Bitcoin miner Core Scientific for over $1 billion. – AI cloud provider CoreWeave made an offer to acquire Bitcoin miner Core Scientific for over $1 billion.
• Runway teased its next-generation text-to-video model, Gen-3 Alpha, which is expected to offer major improvements in output quality, consistency, and motion. – Runway teased its next-generation text-to-video model, Gen-3 Alpha, which is expected to offer major improvements in output quality, consistency, and motion.
• AMD announced its new MI325X AI accelerator and next-generation “Zen 5” processors to better compete with Nvidia in the AI chip market. – AMD announced its new MI325X AI accelerator and next-generation “Zen 5” processors to better compete with Nvidia in the AI chip market.
• An AI model developed by researchers can predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before clinical symptoms appear by analyzing eye scans. – An AI model developed by researchers can predict Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before clinical symptoms appear by analyzing eye scans.
• Google DeepMind introduced V2A (video-to-audio) technology, which generates synchronized soundtracks, sound effects, and dialogue for silent videos from visual information and text prompts. – Google DeepMind introduced V2A (video-to-audio) technology, which generates synchronized soundtracks, sound effects, and dialogue for silent videos from visual information and text prompts.
• A report from Canalys predicts that AI-capable PCs will account for 65% of all PC shipments by the end of 2028. – A report from Canalys predicts that AI-capable PCs will account for 65% of all PC shipments by the end of 2028.
• LinkedIn launched new AI-powered job search features that allow users to ask questions in natural language and receive personalized application advice. – LinkedIn launched new AI-powered job search features that allow users to ask questions in natural language and receive personalized application advice.
• Alibaba’s Qwen team released a new large language model that has reportedly outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-4 on a key industry benchmark. – Alibaba’s Qwen team released a new large language model that has reportedly outperformed OpenAI’s GPT-4 on a key industry benchmark.
• Google’s latest Pixel update includes on-device Gemini Nano for the Pixel 8 and 8a, enabling features like summarization in the Recorder app. – Google’s latest Pixel update includes on-device Gemini Nano for the Pixel 8 and 8a, enabling features like summarization in the Recorder app.
• Character.AI introduced a new voice cloning feature that allows users to create a custom voice for their AI characters by uploading a short audio sample. – Character.AI introduced a new voice cloning feature that allows users to create a custom voice for their AI characters by uploading a short audio sample.
• SEC Chair Gary Gensler warned companies against “AI washing,” which involves making misleading claims about their use of AI to deceive investors. – SEC Chair Gary Gensler warned companies against “AI washing,” which involves making misleading claims about their use of AI to deceive investors.
• Figure AI is partnering with MLOps platform The Gantry to accelerate the development and deployment of safe AI models for its humanoid robots. – Figure AI is partnering with MLOps platform The Gantry to accelerate the development and deployment of safe AI models for its humanoid robots.
• Unstructured raised $40 million in a Series B round to advance its platform that helps enterprises prepare their internal data for use with large language models. – Unstructured raised $40 million in a Series B round to advance its platform that helps enterprises prepare their internal data for use with large language models.
• Spotify has launched Creative Lab, a new in-house agency to help brands develop marketing campaigns, including the use of AI tools. – Spotify has launched Creative Lab, a new in-house agency to help brands develop marketing campaigns, including the use of AI tools.
• Cleanlab launched the Trustworthy Language Model (TLM), which is designed to provide accurate answers and honestly state when it lacks knowledge on a topic. – Cleanlab launched the Trustworthy Language Model (TLM), which is designed to provide accurate answers and honestly state when it lacks knowledge on a topic.
• Suno released version 3.5 of its AI music generation model to all users, featuring improved audio quality and the ability to create longer songs. – Suno released version 3.5 of its AI music generation model to all users, featuring improved audio quality and the ability to create longer songs.
• AI video generator Pika Labs added a new feature that lets users generate and add sound effects to videos via text prompts. – AI video generator Pika Labs added a new feature that lets users generate and add sound effects to videos via text prompts.
• Contextual AI raised $20 million to build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that help enterprises ground LLMs in their own private data for more accurate results. – Contextual AI raised $20 million to build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems that help enterprises ground LLMs in their own private data for more accurate results.
• Neko Health, a preventative health-tech company co-founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, has launched its AI-powered body scanning service in the UK. – Neko Health, a preventative health-tech company co-founded by Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, has launched its AI-powered body scanning service in the UK.
• Lamini introduced a new enterprise-grade LLM that it claims is competitive with leading models like GPT-4 and Claude 3 Opus for business applications. – Lamini introduced a new enterprise-grade LLM that it claims is competitive with leading models like GPT-4 and Claude 3 Opus for business applications.
• AI21 Labs launched a new developer hub that provides access to its models and tools for building and customizing generative AI applications. – AI21 Labs launched a new developer hub that provides access to its models and tools for building and customizing generative AI applications.
• Cartwheel raised $2.7 million in pre-seed funding for its AI agent that assists developers with building and maintaining web applications. – Cartwheel raised $2.7 million in pre-seed funding for its AI agent that assists developers with building and maintaining web applications.
• Baseten launched a new product that enables enterprises to fine-tune open-source models on their own data for specific, private use cases. – Baseten launched a new product that enables enterprises to fine-tune open-source models on their own data for specific, private use cases.

Trending AI Tools:

• Claude 3.5 Sonnet – Anthropic’s latest, fastest, and most intelligent AI model, setting new industry standards for graduate-level reasoning and coding proficiency.
• Dream Machine – A new text-to-video model from Luma AI that generates high-quality, 5-second video clips from text prompts and images.
• Perplexity Pages – A feature within Perplexity that automatically generates well-structured, shareable articles and reports on any topic from a single prompt.
• Gen-3 Alpha – Runway’s new flagship video generation model, offering significant improvements in speed, creative control, and realism.
• Notion AI – An AI-powered assistant within Notion that can now answer questions about your workspace content and accept voice commands.
• Codestral – A generative AI model from Mistral AI specifically designed for code generation, completion, and interaction tasks.
• Artifacts – A new feature in Anthropic’s Claude that allows users to view, edit, and build upon AI-generated content in a dedicated workspace.
• Pika – An AI-powered platform for generating and editing videos from text, images, or other video clips.
• Sora – OpenAI’s highly anticipated text-to-video model capable of creating realistic and imaginative scenes from text instructions.
• Kling – A text-to-video model from Kuaishou that can generate high-resolution videos up to two minutes long.
• Viggle – An AI video tool that animates a character from a still image using a motion reference video, effectively making any photo dance.
• Splash Pro – An AI-powered music creation tool that allows users to generate unique songs with custom vocals and instrumentals from a text prompt.
• Krea Enhance & Upscale – An AI tool that can enhance and upscale images to higher resolutions in real-time with impressive quality and detail.
• Midjourney – A popular and powerful AI image generator accessed via Discord that produces highly artistic and detailed visuals from text prompts.
• Ideogram – An AI image generator known for its superior ability to reliably render coherent text within the images it creates.
• ElevenLabs – A voice AI research and deployment company known for its realistic text-to-speech and voice cloning technology.
• HeyGen – An AI video platform for creating professional-looking videos with AI-generated avatars, voices, and video translation.
• Poe – An AI chatbot platform by Quora that allows users to interact with various models and create custom bots with persistent memory.
• Mindtrip – An AI-powered travel planner that helps you discover destinations and build personalized itineraries.
• Gamma – An AI-powered tool for creating polished and engaging presentations, documents, and webpages from text prompts in seconds.
• Defog – An AI tool that converts natural language business questions into data queries and visualizations, eliminating the need to write SQL.
• Guidde – An AI platform that helps teams create video documentation and how-to guides instantly by capturing workflows.
• Fine-Tuner.ai – A no-code platform for creating and training custom AI models tailored to specific business needs and data.
• Brevian – A no-code platform for building custom AI agents that can integrate with your existing business data and tools to automate tasks.
• Keen – A platform for building, deploying, and managing custom, proactive AI agents to automate complex business workflows.
• Lindy – An AI assistant that automates tasks like scheduling meetings, managing calendars, and drafting emails.
• SQL Llama – An AI-powered agent specifically designed to convert natural language questions into accurate SQL queries for database analysis.
• Recap – An AI-powered tool that provides quick summaries of various documents, articles, and PDFs.

Sponsors:

• Replicate – A platform that lets you run open-source AI models on your own machine with a single command.
• Brilliant – An interactive learning platform with courses designed to help you level up your AI skills in minutes a day.
• AE Studio – A development, data science, and design agency that helps companies build and launch their next big product.
• Meco – An AI-powered newsletter assistant that helps you manage your inbox and stay on top of your subscriptions.
• Notion – A connected workspace with a built-in AI assistant to help you work faster, write better, and think bigger.
• Vultr – A cloud provider offering immediate access to NVIDIA H100 and GH200 GPUs for building, testing, and deploying AI models.
• Drift – An AI-powered conversational platform designed to connect businesses with buyers in real-time.
• Persado – A generative AI platform that creates personalized marketing language to increase customer engagement and conversions.
• Terminus – An account-based marketing platform that helps B2B companies target and engage their most valuable accounts.
• Welcome – A marketing orchestration platform that helps teams manage content, campaigns, and performance all in one place.
• Amdocs – A provider of software and services for communications, media, and financial services providers.
• Content at Scale – An AI writing platform designed to produce long-form, SEO-optimized content from a single keyword.
• Jasper – An enterprise-grade AI platform that helps teams accelerate their content creation lifecycle.
• VEED – An online video editing platform that provides all the tools needed to create professional videos without requiring training.
• The Rundown AI – A popular AI newsletter that provides the latest news and tools in the artificial intelligence space.