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OpenAI will now add labels to AI-generated images following Meta
OpenAI said Tuesday that it will begin labeling images generated by its artificial intelligence image generator DALL-E 3, which is embedded within ChatGPT, that will allow users and other companies to identify any artwork created by it. This follows a similar announcement by Meta Platforms Inc. to add metadata labels to AI-generated images uploaded to Facebook, Instagram and Threads ...
Synthetaic raises $15M for advanced AI image classification and detection
Synthetaic Inc., a provider of advanced artificial intelligence solutions, today announced that it has raised $15 million in new funding co-led by Lupa Systems and TitletownTech to accelerate the development and commercialization of its platform for classification and detection of image data. The company’s Series B funding follows the company’s $13 million Series A funding ...
NinjaOne raises $231M at nearly $2B valuation for its IT management platform
NinjaOne LLC, a company that provides a platform for information technology teams to automate and manage security and privacy needs, today announced that it has raised $231.5 million bringing the company’s valuation to $1.9 billion. The Series C funding round was led by ICONIQ Growth and was joined by Frank Slootman, the chairman and chief executive of ...
Ethereum Name Service partners with GoDaddy to link domain names and blockchain addresses
Ethereum Name Service, a blockchain-based naming system, today announced a partnership with the domain name registrar and web hosting service GoDaddy Inc. to link ENS-enabled names to web domains for users without the need for technical know-how. ENS works to simplify complex blockchain wallet addresses, which can be represented by up to 40 alphanumeric characters, ...
Crypto payments mobile app Oobit raises $25M led by Tether
Oobit Technologies UAB, a mobile crypto payments app, said today that it has raised $25 million in an early-stage funding round to support its development and expansion into more markets. The Series A round was led by stablecoin issuer Tether Ltd. and joined by other cryptocurrency venture capital contributors such as CMCC Global’s Titan Fund, 468 Capital ...
Google Maps adds generative AI to maps for local search
Google Maps is adding generative AI features to help users find destinations using conversational search in a limited experiment for users in the United States that is rolling out this week. Detailed in a blog post published Thursday, the enhanced search in maps uses large language models that analyze map data from 250 million places and “trusted ...
Google powers up Bard with Gemini Pro and releases new AI tools
Google LLC today announced that its Bard artificial intelligence chatbot is getting fully upgraded with Gemini Pro, the company’s most powerful large language model to date, which is also now available with image generation capabilities powered by its Imagen 2 model. The company also introduced ImageFX, a new image generation tool, and an upgrade to MusicFX, which ...
Okta to cut 400 employees a year after its last round of layoffs
Identity access management company Okta Inc. said today in a message to employees that it will lay off 7% of its staff, or about 400 employees, in a cost-cutting measure, according to an email message. “In order to grow profitably, we need to run the business with greater efficiency,” Okta Chief Executive Todd McKinnon said ...
TrueMedia.org aims to use AI to fight political deepfakes
A new nonprofit, nonpartisan organization called TrueMedia today announced it’s developing a tool that will use artificial intelligence to detect deepfakes with an aim to protect the 2024 U.S. election cycle from misinformation. Deepfakes are a type of fake video, photo or audio recording produced by AI that has been designed to trick a person into thinking that someone ...
Report: Humanoid robot startup Figure AI seeks $500M raise led by Microsoft and OpenAI
Figure AI Inc., a startup developing humanoid robots, is reportedly in talks to raise $500 million in new funding led by Microsoft Corp. and OpenAI, according to a report from Bloomberg. Although the principal investors and Figure declined to comment, the Jan. 30 report cited an anonymous source with knowledge of the matter who said ...