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OctoML launches solution for customizing AI image generation models at scale
OctoML Inc., a startup that focuses on artificial intelligence optimization, today announced the launch of OctoAI Image Gen, an architecture for customizing image generation on popular models such as Stable Diffusion, that will allow developers to apply modifications to thousands of assets at a time. “Image generation applications have quickly gone from fad to real ...
Daytona raises $2M to build enterprise-grade alternative to GitHub Codespaces
Managing and provisioning development environments can be difficult, but with the launch of Daytona, a new company that announced Sunday it raised $2 million in pre-seed funding, enterprises can more easily maintain their coding experiences in-house. Daytona provides developers and engineering teams a way to manage their development environments, which means a space to do their coding without ...
Privacy-focused Brave browser releases AI assistant Leo
Brave, a web browser that prioritizes privacy, announced on Thursday that Leo, its built-in AI assistant, is now available in its latest desktop version. Using Leo, users can receive real-time summaries of webpages and videos, the assistant can answer questions about web pages, and generate new content. The AI can understand the context of the ...
PayPal targeted by SEC with subpoena related to its stablecoin offering
Payments giant PayPal Holdings Inc. disclosed today that it has received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to its U.S. dollar stablecoin, PYUSD. PayPal revealed that it received the subpoena from the enforcement division of the SEC in its Nov. 2 financial report for its third quarter and that it’s related to the August ...
HubSpot announces plans to acquire business data provider Clearbit
Marketing software maker HubSpot Inc. announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire the business data provider Clearbit to enhance its trove of data that will fuel the company’s artificial intelligence capabilities. Founded in 2015, Clearbit launched a tool that provides discovery for an email address and returns with a person’s name, job title, company and ...
Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Search adds new enterprise-ready generative AI features
Google LLC’s cloud division Google Cloud today announced big updates for Vertex AI Search that delivers artificial intelligence capabilities to empower information retrieval. Using Vertex AI Search, which was made generally available in August, developers can quickly create conversational chatbot search applications that would have taken weeks in mere days or hours and use large language model AI ...
LinkedIn launches an AI chatbot to coach people on getting a new job
Microsoft Corp.-owned LinkedIn today announced it’s rolling out a new artificial intelligence chatbot that will assist users in getting their next job. LinkedIn said it will act as a “job seeker coach” among other AI-powered tools for its premium members. The new feature is powered by GPT-4, the same generative AI large language model that underlies ...
Judge dismisses most copyright claims by artists against generative AI art providers
A U.S. District judge in California Monday trimmed down a lawsuit filed by three artists against three generative artificial intelligence image providers in January — Stability AI Ltd., Defiant Art Inc. and Midjourney Inc. — who claimed the companies infringed on their copyrights by using their artwork to train their systems. Judge William Orrick found ...
Niantic announces major 3.0 release for its Lightship AR developer platform
Niantic Inc., the developer of the popular augmented reality game “Pokemon Go” and the Lightship AR platform, today announced the newest version of its augmented reality developer toolkit, Lightship ARDK 3.0, which adds Unity support, new meshing features and easier multiplayer support. According to Niantic, this release represents the most comprehensive set of tools and ...
Biden signs executive order directing artificial intelligence companies to develop safer AI
President Biden signed an executive order today establishing new guidelines for the development of artificial intelligence, including rules for the industry, security standards, consumer protections and federal oversight. Ever since the OpenAI LP popularized generative AI with its ChatGPT chatbot almost a year ago, its power and capabilities have wowed the world at large with ...