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Meta’s Habitat 3.0 simulates real-world environments for intelligent AI robot training
Researchers from Meta Platforms Inc.’s Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Research team said today they’re releasing a more advanced version of the AI simulation environment Habitat, which is used to teach robots how to interact with the physical world. Along with the launch of Habitat 3.0, the company announced the release of the Habitat Synthetic Scenes Dataset, ...
Product and support customer relationship management startup DevRev debuts customizable AI models
The developer-focused customer relationship management startup DevRev Inc. today announced the availability of what it calls “customizable large language models” along with in-browser analytics aimed at making generative artificial intelligence more actionable and affordable to enterprises. DevRev was established by Nutanix Inc.’s co-founder and former Chief Executive Dheeraj Pandey and co-founder Manoj Agarwal. The startup ...
OpenAI integrates its latest image generator DALL-E 3 into ChatGPT app
OpenAI LP said today its latest artificial intelligence text-to-image generator, DALL-E 3, is now available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise users through a direct integration with the ChatGPT application, while saying it has implemented various safety measures to mitigate against its generating harmful imagery. DALL-E 3 was unveiled by the company last month, when it ...
Nvidia’s DGX Cloud supercomputer for generative AI launches on Oracle Cloud
Nvidia Corp. says the most advanced version of its artificial intelligence supercomputing platform, Nvidia DGX CLoud , is available now in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace alongside its Nvidia AI Enterprise software suite. The launch of Nvidia DGX Cloud on Oracle Corp.’s cloud infrastructure provides customers with a way to access its most powerful graphics processing units ...
Stanford’s AI transparency index shows foundational models are shrouded in secrecy
Researchers from Stanford University today published a report looking at the transparency of the most popular foundational artificial intelligence models built by companies like OpenAI LP and Google LLC, declaring that none of them are particularly open. The authors stated that none of the most prominent developers of AI models, including companies such as Meta ...
Objective raises $13M to bring multimodal search capabilities to any website or app
Multimodal search startup Objective Inc. exited stealth mode today, announcing the launch of its platform and the closure of a $13 million venture funding round led by Matrix, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures and others. Founded by machine learning experts who previously worked at Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc. and ...
Meta’s newest AI system can decode images from human brain activity
Artificial intelligence researchers from Meta Platforms Inc. have made another key breakthrough, designing an algorithm that can replicate the process of transforming brain activity into the images we see every day. In a blog post today, Meta researchers explained that they use a non-invasive neuroimaging technique known as magnetoencephalography or MEG to collect thousands of brain ...
Statement, a real-time cash flow intelligence platform, raises $12M
Cash intelligence startup Statement Ltd. said today it has closed on a $12 million seed funding round to coincide with the official launch of its liquidity management platform. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners and saw participation from Citi, Mensch Capital Partners, Titan Capital and Operator Partners. Statement has built what it says ...
Auquan raises $3.5M in seed funding to deliver AI-powered insights to the financial services industry
Auquan Ltd., a startup that offers an artificial intelligence-powered analytics engine for financial services companies, said today it has closed on a $3.5 million seed funding round. Today’s round, led by Neotribe Ventures and with participation from Episode 1 and Stage 2 Capital, comes alongside the official debut of the company’s flagship product, the Auquan ...
IBM Consulting to help companies get started with generative AI on AWS cloud
IBM Corp. said today its consulting division is partnering with Amazon Web Services Inc. to help customers deploy and operationalize generative artificial intelligence on its cloud computing infrastructure. In addition to helping customers deploy some very specific use cases of generative AI, IBM will integrate its watsonx.data platform with AWS. It has also committed to ...