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 unveils “Apple Intelligence” – a new suite of AI features deeply integrated into iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia that prioritizes on-device processing and user privacy.
• Apple partners with OpenAI – to integrate ChatGPT into Siri and system-wide writing tools, allowing users to opt-in for more advanced query processing and content generation.
• Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices – citing security risks with the new “OS-level” integration of OpenAI’s technology in his companies.
• OpenAI appoints new leadership – former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar is its first Chief Financial Officer and former Planet Labs President Kevin Weil is its new Chief Product Officer.
• Luma Labs launches Dream Machine – a publicly available and highly realistic text-to-video generation model that is accessible for free during its initial release.
• Microsoft delays Recall feature – the controversial feature on new Copilot+ PCs will be shifted to an opt-in preview for Windows Insiders first due to security concerns.
• Mistral AI raises €600 million – the French AI startup’s new funding round brings its valuation to €5.8 billion.
• Perplexity introduces structured outputs – the AI search engine’s new features can convert natural language questions into outputs like charts, graphs, and reports.
• Inflection releases Inflection-2.5 – now part of Microsoft, the company released its new model on its Pi chatbot, claiming performance competitive with top-tier models like GPT-4.
• Raspberry Pi shares surge in market debut – shares surged over 30% in its London Stock Exchange debut, raising $202 million and valuing the company at around $685 million.
• Runway announces Gen-3 Alpha – its next-generation video model promises major improvements in realism, control, and consistency for creating video content from text prompts.
• ElevenLabs launches text-to-sound effects – the AI voice company’s new model allows creators to generate a wide range of audio clips from simple text descriptions.
• Figure AI deploys humanoids at BMW – its robots are at a BMW manufacturing facility in South Carolina to begin automating tasks in automotive production.
• AI brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak – a new implant allowed a woman to speak through a digital avatar at a rate of 62 words per minute.
• CoreWeave secures $7.5 billion – the AI cloud provider’s new debt financing will be used to expand its infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing.
• Character.AI launches Character Calls – a new feature enabling users to have real-time, one-on-one voice conversations with its AI personas.
• Google tests ads in AI Overviews – the company has started testing the placement of advertisements within its AI-generated search summaries.
• Snowflake launches Snowflake Copilot – an enterprise AI chatbot designed to help users query and analyze their data using natural language.
• MIT study finds AI job automation is overestimated – the study found that only 23% of wages for vision-based tasks could be economically automated by AI today.
• Defiance emerges from stealth – the new startup aims to build an autonomous AI software engineer capable of handling complex development tasks.
• Stanford releases Octopus v2 – an open-source, on-device model designed to power AI agents with high accuracy and low latency for controlling device functions.
• Zhipu AI in talks for new funding – the Chinese startup and major OpenAI competitor is reportedly in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of around $3.5 billion.
• MIT’s ASKCOS AI predicts chemical reactions – the tool can now predict the outcomes of complex organic chemical reactions with greater accuracy than human chemists.
• Pika – a popular AI tool that enables users to generate and edit video content from text prompts and images.
• Durable – an AI-powered website builder that can generate a fully functional business website, including copy and images, in under a minute.
• Guidde – a tool that uses AI to help teams create video documentation and how-to guides quickly and easily.
• HeyGen – an AI video platform that allows users to create studio-quality videos featuring realistic AI avatars and voices.

Trending AI Tools:

• Devin – The first AI software engineer that can autonomously handle entire development projects from a single prompt.
• Suno – An AI music generation tool that creates full, radio-quality songs with vocals from a simple text description.
• HeyGen – An AI video platform that allows you to create studio-quality videos with AI avatars and voices.
• Gamma – An AI-powered tool that generates polished presentations, documents, and websites from text prompts.
• Viggle AI – A new video model that lets you animate any character from a still image using a motion video for guidance.
• Opus Clip – An AI-powered video tool that automatically turns long videos into shorter, viral-ready clips for social media.
• Claude 3 – A new family of AI models (Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus) that set new industry benchmarks across a wide range of cognitive tasks.
• Midjourney – A popular AI image generator known for creating highly detailed and artistic images from text prompts.
• Runway – An advanced AI video editing and generation platform for creators to bring their ideas to life.
• ElevenLabs – An AI voice generator used to create realistic, human-like speech and voice clones in multiple languages.
• Perplexity – An AI-powered conversational search engine that provides direct, cited answers to user questions.
• Leonardo.ai – A feature-rich platform for generating and refining AI images, textures, and other visual assets.
• Magnific – An AI-powered tool designed to upscale images and add intricate details.
• Ideogram – An AI image generator that excels at rendering coherent and readable text within the generated images.
• Krea – An AI tool that provides real-time generation and enhancement of images and video.
• Screenshot to Code – A utility that converts any screenshot into clean, functional HTML, CSS, or React code.
• Tome – An AI-powered tool for creating compelling presentations, documents, and microsites from your ideas.
• Poe – A platform by Quora that allows users to interact with a variety of different AI chatbots and models in one place.
• Durable – An AI website builder that enables users to create a professional website with copy and images in seconds.
• Guidde – A tool that helps you create video documentation and how-to guides for your team and customers.
• Ema – A “universal AI employee” designed to automate complex work and boost productivity across an organization.
• Dola – An AI assistant that quickly turns your ideas and commands into a shareable calendar.
• Taskade – An AI-powered, unified workspace for teams to manage tasks, write notes, and collaborate in real-time.
• Kickresume – An AI-powered builder that helps you create professional resumes and cover letters.
• Recast – An AI tool that repurposes long-form audio or video content into engaging short-form social media clips.
• AI Story Generator – A creative tool that generates unique stories from a simple prompt with a single click.
• Chatling – An AI-powered chatbot that provides instant, 24/7 customer support in over 50 languages.
• AlphaCTR – An AI tool that helps e-commerce brands A/B test and optimize their product photos to increase click-through rates.
• E-Acc – An AI-powered bookkeeping service designed to be an affordable alternative to traditional accounting.
• Microsoft Copilot for Security – An AI assistant for cybersecurity professionals to help identify and respond to digital threats.

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