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This Week in AI: Google DeepMind; Anthropic’s LLM; and OpenAI Co-Founder Starts Again
June 21, 2024

From Google DeepMind’s video-to-audio tool transforming content creation to Nvidia’s Omniverse Cloud Sensor RTX accelerating self-driving car development, the AI landscape is buzzing with advancements. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet chatbot sets new benchmarks, and OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever launches Safe Superintelligence, a startup focused...

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OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Bolster Enterprise AI Offerings
June 21, 2024

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) firm behind ChatGPT, has bought enterprise search and analytics startup Rockset, according to a Friday (June 21) report by Bloomberg. While financial terms were not disclosed, the acquisition is notable for OpenAI’s plans to fully integrate Rockset’s technology and key...

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: AI Will Drive ‘Evolution of Humanity’
June 21, 2024

Ten years from now, artificial intelligence (AI) will be 10,000 times smarter than humans, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son reportedly said Friday (June 21). Speaking during SoftBank’s annual general meeting of shareholders, Son dubbed this degree of AI “artificial super intelligence (ASI),” CNBC reported Friday. Son added that within...

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Target Pilots GenAI-Powered Chatbot Designed for Store Staffers
June 20, 2024

Target is piloting a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot that answers store staffers’ questions about on-the-job processes. The retailer is piloting the Store Companion chatbot at about 400 stores and plans to roll it out to nearly all of its almost 2,000 stores by August,...

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AI Money: Nvidia Soars, Oracle Invests $1B in Spain
June 20, 2024

In a week of seismic shifts in the tech industry, Nvidia has claimed the title of world’s most valuable company, surpassing a $3 trillion market cap on the back of soaring artificial intelligence (AI) demand, while Oracle announced a $1 billion investment in Spanish cloud...

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Materia Exits Stealth, Launches GenAI Platform for Public Accounting Firms
June 20, 2024

Materia has come out of stealth with over $6.3 million in funding, launching a generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform built specifically for public accounting firms. The platform aims to provide these firms with intelligent technology that will free up time they currently spend on many...

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Safe Superintelligence’s Launch Spotlights OpenAI Roots
June 20, 2024

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI, has launched Safe Superintelligence Inc. (SSI), a new artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on creating a safe and powerful AI system, marking another evolution from OpenAI’s roots. To understand Ilya Sutskever’s new venture, consider the goals...

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SoundHound AI Expands Voice AI Ordering for Restaurants
June 20, 2024

SoundHound AI announced Tuesday (June 18) its acquisition of key assets from Allset, an online food ordering platform, in a move that bolsters the voice artificial intelligence company’s presence in the restaurant industry. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, brings Allset’s nearly 7,000...

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Tech Giants’ AI Audio Revolution: A Boon for Business?
June 20, 2024

Google DeepMind’s latest trick? Giving artificial intelligence (AI)-generated videos a voice. The tech behemoth has unveiled a video-to-audio tool that could revolutionize content creation. By marrying pixels with text prompts, it creates soundtracks, effects and even dialogue for AI-generated clips. Experts say that AI-created videos...