SCROpenAI CEO Sam Altman foresees a rapid evolution of artificial intelligence. In a blog post on his personal website, he predicts that super-intelligent AI could become a reality “in just a few thousand days”. Altman is also convinced that deep learning is capable of solving difficult problems such as climate change. Finally, the CEO believes …
Meta is planning to equip its AI chatbot with the voices of famous actors. According to a source familiar with the plans, users will be able to choose between the voices of Judi Dench, Kristen Bell, John Cena and others. The new audio feature will be unveiled this week at Meta’s annual Connect conference, Reuters …
Anthropic, the company behind the AI Claude, is apparently preparing a new round of funding. This is according to a report from The Information. According to the report, the startup could be valued between $30 billion to $40 billion. This would be roughly double the value of a previous round of funding earlier this year. …
Alexandr Wang, the 27-year-old founder of Scale AI, has built a billion-dollar company that is laying the groundwork for modern AI development. As Berber Jin reports in an article for the Wall Street Journal, Scale AI employs more than 100,000 contractors worldwide who write text and label images to train chatbots and other AI systems. …
LinkedIn uses user data for its own AI training without prior consent. However, the social network has suspended this practice in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the UK. As Chiara Castro writes for TechRadar, this case shows the importance of strong EU-style privacy laws. Meta and X (Twitter) had also previously tried to use European …
Researchers are apparently increasingly using small AI models on their own computers instead of the offerings of large AI services like ChatGPT. As Nature reports, freely available tools such as Llama or Phi-3 allow scientists to run AI models locally. This offers advantages: cost savings, data protection, and reproducibility. The local AI models are becoming …
AI agents will fundamentally change the future of work. This is the prediction made by Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference, as reported by VentureBeat. According to Huang, the capabilities of AI agents are developing rapidly and offer “gigantic” opportunities. They will soon be able to solve complex …
Generative AI will fundamentally change businesses in 2025, according to DataStax CEO Chet Kapoor. In an interview with VentureBeat, Kapoor explains that the current challenges in implementing AI are a normal part of technology revolutions. He compares the situation to previous disruptions such as the web, mobile, and cloud. Kapoor sees 2024 as the year …
Black Forest Labs, a German startup for generative AI image models, is close to a new funding round of 100 million US dollars at a valuation of 1 billion dollars, according to sources. This is reported by Ingrid Lunden for TechCrunch. The company was founded by the engineers who developed the technology behind Stability AI. …
Fal.ai, a platform for AI-generated multimedia content, has raised $23 million from investors. The company provides computing power and APIs for AI models to create images, audio and video. As Kyle Wiggers reports for TechCrunch, $14 million came from a Series A financing led by Kindred Ventures. Another $9 million came from a previously undisclosed …