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[News] YouTube launched new AI features at its 'Made on YouTube' event YouTube is introducing AI-powered features, including video generation with Veo for Shorts, creative assistance in YouTube Studio, and AI-enhanced reply suggestions, to enhance content creation and audience engagement while implementing safeguards for AI-generated content. https://dataphoenix.info/google-launched-new-ai-features-on-its-made-on-youtube-event/

[News] Runway and Lionsgate announce partnership to create a custom cinematic video model Runway and Lionsgate have formed a partnership allowing Runway to use Lionsgate's content for AI model development, aiming to enhance creative processes and reduce costs, amid ongoing legal and regulatory challenges surrounding AI in the media industry. https://dataphoenix.info/runway-and-lionsgate-announce-partnership-to-create-a-custom-cinematic-video-model/

[News] Snap announced new generative AI features at Snap Partner Summit 2024 At its Snap Partner Summit, Snap announced new generative AI features, including Easy Lens for text-based AR creation, AI-powered prebuilt Lenses, and expanded My AI capabilities. These tools aim to enhance content creation and user interaction on Snapchat through generative AI technology. https://dataphoenix.info/snap-announced-new-generative-ai-features-at-snap-partner-summit-2024/

[News] Google is adding the C2PA provenance standard to flag AI content across Search and Ads Google is adopting the C2PA technology alongside its existing SynthID watermarking, integrating it into Search and Ads products, exploring implementation in YouTube, and encouraging industry-wide adoption of content provenance standards. https://dataphoenix.info/google-is-adding-the-c2pa-provenance-standard-to-flag-ai-content-across-search-and-ads/

[News] Slack plans to transform into the go-to hub for working with AI agents At Dreamforce, Salesforce introduced Agentforce, a platform for building custom AI agents, and showcased Slack's evolution into an AI agent hub with features like AI-generated huddle notes, conversational Workflow Builder, enhanced search, and seamless integration with third-party AI applications. https://dataphoenix.info/slack-plans-to-transform-into-the-go-to-hub-for-working-with-ai-agents/

[News] Intel's plan to consolidate its chip foundry includes a strategic partnership with AWS Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced significant developments for the company, including a $3 billion Secure Enclave award, an expanded partnership with AWS for custom chip manufacturing, restructuring of Intel's Foundry as an independent subsidiary, and strategic pauses in European facilities. https://dataphoenix.info/intels-plan-to-consolidate-its-chip-foundry-includes-a-strategic-partnership-with-aws/

[News] Supermaven has raised $12M to take its coding assistant to the next level Supermaven, a startup founded by Tabnine creator Jacob Jackson, raised $12 million in funding. Supermaven plans to create a proprietary text editor to overcome the limitations of editor extensions. https://dataphoenix.info/supermaven-has-raised-12m-to-take-its-coding-assistant-to-the-next-level/

[News] Weekly AI Highlights Review: September 9–17 Sam Altman stepped down from OpenAI's Security Committee; Meta will resume AI training in the UK; OpenAI launched o1; Bookkeeping platform finally raised $200M; Palantir and BP announced a 5-year strategic partnership; Pixtral 12B is Mistral AI's first open-source multimodal model; and more https://dataphoenix.info/weekly-ai-highlights-review-september-9-17/

[News] World Labs has emerged from stealth with $230 million to unlock spatial reasoning for AI Fei-Fei Li's AI startup World Labs, backed by $230 million in funding and reportedly valued at over $1 billion, is developing large world models to enable AI systems to reason about the physical world, with applications in design, gaming, visual effects, and potentially robotics. https://dataphoenix.info/world-labs-has-emerged-from-stealth-with-230-million-to-unlock-spatial-reasoning-for-ai/

[News] Meta detailed its plans to train its models on UK adult users' public content Meta is resuming training its AI models using public data from UK-based, adult Facebook and Instagram users. The company acknowledged the support of the UK's Information Commissioner’s Office, which accepted Meta's alleged 'legitimate interest' as a legal basis for its data collection practices. https://dataphoenix.info/meta-detailed-its-plans-to-train-its-models-on-uk-adult-users-public-content/

[News] Meta is relocating the AI info label in AI-edited or modified images Meta has updated its AI labeling approach, distinguishing between AI-generated and AI-edited content by making the label less prominent for edited content and relocating it to the post's menu. However, concerns remain about the potential misinterpretation of heavily manipulated images. https://dataphoenix.info/meta-is-relocating-the-ai-info-label-in-ai-edited-or-modified-images/

[News] The White House secured AI industry voluntary commitments against image-based sexual abuse The Biden-Harris Administration has secured voluntary commitments from major AI companies to combat AI-generated image-based sexual abuse through responsible data sourcing, safeguards in development processes, and dataset modifications. https://dataphoenix.info/the-white-house-secured-ai-industry-voluntary-commitments-against-image-based-sexual-abuse/

[News] Osavul raised €2.78M ($3M) to bring its information security platform to the private sector Osavul, a Kyiv-based media intelligence company founded in response to the Russian Invasion and using AI to counter information warfare, has secured €2.78M in funding from 42CAP, u.ventures, and SMRK to expand globally, develop its algorithms, and offer B2B solutions. https://dataphoenix.info/osavul-raised-eu2-78m-3m-to-bring-its-information-security-platform-to-the-private-sector/

[News] Purple Transform raised £4.5 million to make railway lines safer with the help of AI AI data analytics startup Purple Transform has raised £4.5 million to expand its AI-powered railway safety system. The system has shown significant results in incident reduction. As a result, Purple Transform will leverage the funds to expand its operations. https://dataphoenix.info/purple-transform-raised-4-5-million-to-make-railway-lines-safer-with-the-help-of-ai/

[News] Tem secured $13.7M to disrupt the renewable energy market with AI London-based startup Tem has raised $13.7 million in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered marketplace that directly connects businesses with renewable energy sources, potentially reducing costs by up to 25% and disrupting the traditional utility model. https://dataphoenix.info/tem-secured-13-7m-to-disrupt-the-renewable-energy-market-with-ai/

[News] Google is the latest LLM developer under scrutiny by the Irish Data Protection Commission The Irish Data Protection Commission is investigating whether Google should have conducted a Data Protection Impact Assessment before processing European users' data to train PaLM 2, the precursor to Gemini AI models. https://dataphoenix.info/google-is-the-latest-llm-developer-under-scrutiny-by-the-irish-data-protection-commission/

[News] OpenAI has launched GPT-o1, a model capable of 'thinking' through complex problems OpenAI has launched its new o1 model family, featuring advanced reasoning capabilities and improved performance in various tasks, but with higher costs and some limitations, marking a significant step in AI development while intensifying competition in the field. https://dataphoenix.info/openai-has-launched-gpt-o1-a-model-capable-of-thinking-through-complex-problems/

[News] Pixtral 12B is Mistral AI's first open-source multimodal model Mistral AI has released Pixtral 12B, its first multimodal model. Pixtral 12B offers competitive performance in image and text understanding tasks, features a 128k context window, and is available under an Apache 2.0 license. https://dataphoenix.info/pixtral-12b-is-mistral-ais-first-open-source-multimodal-model/

[News] A new NotebookLM feature lets users listen to conversations based on their sources Google's NotebookLM, an AI research assistant powered by Gemini 1.5 Pro, has introduced a new Audio Overviews feature that converts uploaded documents into AI-generated audio discussions between two speakers. https://dataphoenix.info/a-new-notebooklm-feature-lets-users-listen-to-conversations-based-on-their-sources/

[News] PLATMA raised $2M to accelerate its "Extreme No-Code" development platform Ukraine-founded startup PLATMA has raised $2 million in pre-seed funding to expand its AI-powered no-code platform, which converts natural language into functional code, aiming to revolutionize digital transformation for businesses of all sizes. https://dataphoenix.info/platma-raised-2m-to-accelerate-its-extreme-no-code-development-platform/