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[News] Google's Project Mariner is an agent that browses the web on behalf of users Google introduced Project Mariner, an AI agent prototype that can autonomously browse the web alongside other experimental agents like coding AI agent Jules and agents that can act as gaming companions. https://dataphoenix.info/googles-project-mariner-is-an-agent-that-browses-the-web-on-behalf-of-users/

[News] Liquid AI has raised $250M to advance its liquid foundation models Liquid AI, a startup focused on the development of liquid foundation models (LFM) that are efficient and flexible alternatives to the now-standard generative pre-trained Transformer models, has raised a $250M Series A funding round led by AMD that gave the company a $2B valuation. https://dataphoenix.info/liquid-ai-has-raised-250m-to-advance-its-liquid-foundation-models/

[News] Deep Research transforms Gemini into a personal research assistant Google's Deep Research feature for Gemini Advanced allows users to generate comprehensive research reports that can be easily exported and refined, transforming complex research tasks into a matter of minutes. https://dataphoenix.info/deep-research-transforms-gemini-into-a-personal-research-assistant/

[News] Microsoft unveiled Phi-4, a new small language model proficient in math and complex reasoning Phi-4 is Microsoft's latest small language model in the Phi family. The model was trained to focus on tasks requiring complex reasoning skills, such as competition math problems. The model is available for research purposes at the Azure AI Foundry. https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-unveiled-phi-4-a-new-small-language-model-proficient-in-math-and-reasoning-2/

[News] OpenAI-backed Speak has achieved a $1B valuation on its recent $78M Series C round Speak, an AI-powered English learning platform specializing in helping its users achieve spoken English fluency, recently secured $78M in Series C funding at a valuation of $1 billion. https://dataphoenix.info/openai-backed-speak-has-achieved-a-1b-valuation-on-its-recent-78m-series-c-round/

[News] Google released Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first of its next-gen Gemini model family Google unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash, a multimodal AI model with native tool use and multimodal input and output capabilities to be available in early 2025. An experimental model version without multimodal outputs is now available through the API and on the Gemini desktop and web apps. https://dataphoenix.info/google-released-gemini-2-0-flash-the-first-of-its-next-gen-gemini-model-family/

[News] Reddit began testing Answers, an AI-powered conversational search interface Reddit has started testing Answers, a new AI-powered search feature that enables users to ask questions in plain English about any topic they care about to surface relevant conversation summaries, links to related communities, inline answers written by real redditors, and follow-up questions. https://dataphoenix.info/reddit-began-testing-answers-an-ai-powered-conversational-search-interface/

[News] European AI hyperscaler Nscale raises $155M in Series A funding to keep up with demand AI hyperscaler Nscale has announced that it has raised $155 million in its Series A funding round led by Sandton Capital Partners to fuel its ambitious growth plans across Europe and North America. https://dataphoenix.info/european-ai-hyperscaler-nscale-raises-155-million-in-series-a-funding/

[News] Grok just got a new image generator and a free usage tier xAI launched Aurora, a new model with image generation and understanding capabilities. According to xAI, Aurora was designed to deliver photorealistic renderings and remarkable instruction-following. X users can now try Aurora's capabilities, regardless of their subscription status. https://dataphoenix.info/grok-just-got-a-new-image-generator-and-a-free-usage-tier/

[News] Weekly AI Highlights Review: December 4–10 AWS re:Invent 2024 coverage; World Labs previewed its first world model; Google DeepMind previewed Genie 2; Meta released Llama 3.3 70B; xAI raised $6B; Microsoft launched Copilot Vision; Nebius raised $700M; and more. https://dataphoenix.info/weekly-ai-highlights-review-december-4-december-10/

[News] Meta Llama 3.3 70B delivers Llama 3.1 405B performance in a smaller, cost-effective package Meta launched Llama 3.3 70B, a highly performant and cost-effective open-source AI model that approaches the capabilities of larger models, signaling the company's continued commitment to accessible AI technology and setting the stage for Llama 4's release in 2025. https://dataphoenix.info/meta-llama-3-3-70b-delivers-llama-3-1-405b-performance-in-a-smaller-cost-effective-package/

[News] Following a recent $6B fundraise, xAI has raised $12B total xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup and the company behind X's chatbot Grok, has raised an additional $6B following its $6B Series B fundraiser this May. As part of the negotiations, investors who contributed to fund xAI and Musk's Twitter acquisition had access to up to 25% of xAI's shares. https://dataphoenix.info/following-a-recent-6b-fundraise-xai-has-raised-12b-total/

[News] Microsoft cautiously launched a Copilot Vision preview in the US Microsoft has launched the Copilot Vision preview for a small set of US-based Pro subscribers. Copilot Vision is an AI-powered feature that provides insights based on the contents of Microsoft Edge screens while prioritizing user privacy and control. https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-cautiously-launched-a-copilot-vision-preview-in-the-us/

[News] An AI system has cut stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 82% in a Malawi hospital PeriWatch, an AI system that tracks mothers' and babies' vital signs in real-time to detect possible anomalies shortly before and after childbirth, has helped the Area 25 hospital in Malawi reduce its stillbirth and neonatal death rate by 82%. https://dataphoenix.info/an-ai-system-has-cut-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-by-82-in-a-malawi-hospital/

[News] AWS announced new capabilities for Amazon Q Developer and a GitLab Duo integration This Tuesday at re:Invent 2024, AWS announced it will expand Amazon Q Developer's capabilities. The AI-powered assistant can now assist developers in generating documentation and automating code reviews and unit test creation. The company also announced a new GitLab integration. https://dataphoenix.info/aws-announced-new-capabilities-for-amazon-q-developer-and-a-gitlab-duo-integration/

[News] World Labs showcased a preview of its interactive 3D scene generator World Labs, led by Fei-Fei Li, unveiled an AI system capable of generating interactive 3D scenes from 2D images. The preview demonstrates the AI system's impressive spatial simulation capabilities, which can recreate physics-consistent environments with interactive elements. https://dataphoenix.info/world-labs-showcased-a-preview-of-its-interactive-3d-scene-generator/

[News] AWS announces the general availability of Trainium2 instances at re:Invent 2024 AWS has launched Trainium2 EC2 instances, offering a groundbreaking 30-40% improvement in price performance for AI model training. UltraServers connect 64 chips to deliver unprecedented computational power for large language and foundation models. https://dataphoenix.info/aws-announces-the-general-availability-of-trainium2-instances-at-re-invent-2024/

[News] Amazon Bedrock previews two new features: Model Distillation and multi-agent collaboration This Tuesday at re:Invent 2024, AWS unveiled two new features (in preview) for Amazon Bedrock: Model Distillation and multi-agent collaboration. Both features respond to the increasing demand for faster but accurate models, and more complex AI-powered workflows. https://dataphoenix.info/amazon-bedrock-previews-two-new-features-model-distillation-and-multi-agent-collaboration/

[News] Nova is Amazon's new family of multimodal foundation models At re:Invent 2024, Amazon launched the Nova AI model family with multimodal capabilities, offering a range of models from text-only to multimodal and generative AI solutions, with features like fine-tuning and model distillation, aimed at enterprise use and AI-powered advertising. https://dataphoenix.info/nova-is-amazons-new-family-of-multimodal-foundation-models/

[News] Weekly AI Highlights Review: November 26–December 4 Complimentary consultations with HPE; A group of artists protested OpenAI by leaking access to Sora; IMAX is testing Camb.ai's localization tech; Bertelsmann partnered with ElevenLabs to trial its AI solutions; OLMo-2, new truly open source AI models; the latest OpenAI o1 rival; and more. https://dataphoenix.info/weekly-ai-highlights-review-november-26-december-4/