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This Week In AI: New White House Regs, Better Chatbots, Apple AI, Smarter Pharmacies and...
Artificial Intelligence // March 29, 2024

This week in artificial intelligence news, the White House unveiled regulations to promote safe and ethical AI use by the government. Meanwhile, Amazon teamed up with Dashbot to ease chatbot creation for businesses, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT success sparked a race to craft cutting-edge language models....

Who Will Win the Battle for Generative AI?
Artificial Intelligence // March 27, 2024

OpenAI’s remarkable success with ChatGPT has sent shockwaves through the tech world, sparking a fierce race to build the next generation of large language models (LLMs). Rivals are multiplying, aiming to challenge OpenAI’s early dominance. Securing a lead in the artificial intelligence (AI) race could allow a...

Cohere Targets $5 Billion Valuation for ChatGPT Rival
artificial intelligence // March 21, 2024

Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere is reportedly in advanced discussions to raise $500 million. That funding would value the company — which makes foundation models to compete with ChatGPT creator OpenAI — at $5 billion, Reuters reported Thursday (March 21), citing a source familiar with the matter....

Nvidia Invests in 35 AI Companies in 2023
artificial intelligence // December 11, 2023

Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, has solidified its position as a prominent investor in artificial intelligence (AI) startups this year. The company has participated in 35 deals in 2023, marking a significant increase from the previous year and making it one of the most...

Quick Reads
AWS Extends Free Credits Program to Cover Additional AI Models

April 02, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly extended its free credits program to cover artificial intelligence (AI) models from other companies. The program now offers startups credits to cover the cost of using models from Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI and Cohere, Howard Wright, vice president and global head of startups at AWS, told Reuters in a report posted Tuesday (April 2). This expansion is meant […]

Nvidia Invests in 35 AI Companies in 2023

December 11, 2023
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, has solidified its position as a prominent investor in artificial intelligence (AI) startups this year. The company has participated in 35 deals in 2023,...

AI Startup CEO Criticizes Effective Altruism Movement for ‘Self-Righteousness’ 

November 22, 2023
In a letter addressed to his staff, Aidan Gomez, the CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere, expressed his criticism of the effective altruism movement.  Gomez argued against what he perceived as...

Report: OpenAI Competitor Cohere Seeking Valuation Higher Than $2.2 Billion

August 31, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere is reportedly working on a new funding round, two months after completing its previous one. The amount the company is seeking to raise is undetermined, but it...