AI news & updates

OpenAI has made its new image generator, powered by the GPT-4o model, accessible to all users, including those on the free tier, as announced by CEO Sam Altman.

ChatGPT's latest image generator has demonstrated a remarkable ability to create convincing fake receipts, raising significant concerns about potential misuse and the implications for fraud detection in various sectors.

Isomorphic Labs, an AI drug discovery platform from Google's DeepMind, has raised $600 million in funding led by Thrive Capital. This investment aims to enhance the platform's AI capabilities in drug development.

Retym, a U.S.-based chipmaker with Israeli origins, has secured $75 million in Series D funding, led by Spark Capital. This investment highlights the growing demand for AI-focused technology, bringing Retym's total funding to $180 million.

Apple has introduced Priority Notifications within its AI-powered Apple Intelligence suite, enhancing how users receive time-sensitive alerts. This feature aims to streamline notification management for iPhone users in the EU.

Apple's latest update, visionOS 2.4, integrates Apple Intelligence into the Vision Pro, enhancing user experience with AI-powered writing tools and new spatial features, alongside a dedicated iPhone app.

OpenAI has temporarily disabled video generation for new Sora users due to ongoing capacity challenges following the launch of its viral image generation feature, which has led to heavy traffic issues.

Runway has launched Gen-4, a high-fidelity AI video generator that creates consistent characters and environments across scenes. This model aims to enhance video production for both individual and enterprise users.

The first clinical trial of a generative AI therapy bot indicates it may effectively treat depression and anxiety, matching human therapy results. Meanwhile, 23andMe's bankruptcy raises concerns over genetic data privacy.

OpenAI has secured a historic $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, elevating its valuation to $300 billion. This marks the largest investment round for a private tech company ever.

Microsoft has expanded its AI capabilities on Copilot Plus PCs with Intel and AMD processors, introducing Live Captions that provide real-time translations of audio into English subtitles from various languages.

Nvidia has open-sourced the KAI Scheduler, a Kubernetes-native GPU scheduling solution, to enhance community collaboration. This initiative aims to improve AI workload management, reduce wait times, and streamline connections with various AI tools.

OpenAI is set to release its first open-weight language model since 2019, responding to economic pressures from competitors like DeepSeek and Meta. This strategic shift aims to adapt to a market increasingly favoring open-source AI solutions.

OpenAI has secured a historic $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, raising its valuation to $300 billion. This investment highlights the growing importance of AI and indicates a significant shift in enterprise technology.

Gartner predicts global generative AI spending will reach $644 billion by 2025, with 80% allocated to hardware. Enterprises are shifting from custom projects to commercial solutions due to high failure rates in internal initiatives.

Runway's Gen-4 AI addresses the challenge of character consistency in videos by generating uniform characters from a single reference image, potentially revolutionizing filmmaking and competing with trends like OpenAI's Ghibli.

At GamesBeat’s Crossfire Lounge, industry leaders debated AI's role in game development, app store dynamics, and the future of the gaming industry, highlighting both challenges and opportunities for innovation.

aiOla has launched Jargonic, an enterprise-specific AI speech recognition model designed to handle jargon, noise, and accents without retraining. It boasts a 5.91% word error rate and excels in multilingual jargon recognition.

ChatGPT's popularity surged with the introduction of its image generation feature, leading to one million new users in just one hour, as reported by CEO Sam Altman. However, this rapid growth raises concerns among artists about the misuse of their work.

Amazon's Alexa+ has launched but lacks many promised features, such as ordering takeout or auto-generating stories. Currently, it can only order Ubers and draft emails, with more features delayed for quality reasons.

Apple's iOS 18.4 introduces AI-sorted Priority Notifications, AI-generated App Store review summaries, and expands Apple Intelligence to new languages and countries, enhancing user experience across devices.

Major movie studios have profited from AI-generated fake trailers on YouTube, allowing ad revenue to flow to them instead of creators. However, YouTube has now halted this practice, demonetizing such content.