SCRKrea’s platform aims at visual creatives and integrates multiple generative AI models in one interface, helping designers navigate the overwhelming landscape of AI tools. As reported by Ingrid Lunden in TechCrunch, the San Francisco-based startup has raised $83 million across several funding rounds, including a recent $47 million Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures. …
Google has expanded its “AI Mode” search feature to support image understanding. The update enables users to upload or take photos that AI Mode can analyze to provide relevant search results. According to Ryan Whitwam at Ars Technica, the feature uses a custom version of the Gemini large language model working alongside Google Lens to …
Google has announced that its Gemini 2.5 Pro model is now available in public preview through the Gemini API in Google AI Studio, with Vertex AI rollout expected shortly. According to Google, this model is their “most intelligent” to date and has been priced competitively at $1.24 per million input tokens and $10 per million …
Meta has released its newest generation of artificial intelligence models, Llama 4, introducing three variants with improved capabilities. The weekend release included two immediate offerings – Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick – with a third model, Llama 4 Behemoth, still in development. According to Meta, Llama 4 models mark “the beginning of a …
A new Pew Research Center report reveals significant gaps between how the American public and AI experts perceive artificial intelligence. According to researcher Colleen McClain’s findings, while experts are largely optimistic about AI’s impact (56% positive), only 17% of the general public shares this enthusiasm. The surveys, conducted in 2024, show that AI specialists are …
Midjourney, primarily known for AI image generation, has released new research in collaboration with New York University on training large language models to produce more creative text. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the research introduces two new techniques: Diversified Direct Preference Optimization (DDPO) and Diversified Odds Ratio Preference Optimization (DORPO). These methods encourage LLMs …
Google has accelerated its AI model releases without publishing corresponding safety reports. According to TechCrunch reporter Maxwell Zeff, the company has not provided safety documentation for its latest models, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.0 Flash, despite previous commitments to transparency. Google’s director of Gemini, Tulsee Doshi, explained that Gemini 2.5 Pro is considered “experimental,” …
Anthropic has published new research that sheds light on how its AI assistant Claude “thinks” internally. Two recent papers explore the model’s internal mechanisms through a novel interpretability approach the company compares to an “AI microscope.” This research reveals several surprising findings about Claude’s cognitive processes, including how it handles multiple languages, plans ahead when …
Analyst firm Gartner forecasts that global spending on generative AI will reach $644 billion in 2025, representing a 76.4% increase from 2024. According to the report detailed by Sean Michael Kerner in VentureBeat, hardware will account for approximately 80% of this spending, with devices alone claiming $398.3 billion. John Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, …
A new study by the AI Disclosures Project claims OpenAI likely trained its GPT-4o model on paywalled books from O’Reilly Media without a licensing agreement. Researchers Tim O’Reilly, Ilan Strauss, and Sruly Rosenblat analyzed how well different OpenAI models recognized content from O’Reilly books. As reported by Kyle Wiggers for TechCrunch, the team found that …