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Didimo debuts generative AI-powered video game character creation tool
Digital human avatar technology provider Didimo Inc. is bringing generative artificial intelligence to the world of video game character creation. With today’s launch of Popul8, Didimo says, game developers now have a simple way to create hundreds of unique game characters in a fraction of the usual time and cost. Popul8 is a generative AI tool ...
Generative AI startup Kubiya debuts ChatGPT for DevOps
Kubiya Inc., a startup that bills itself as “ChatGPT for DevOps,” today announced the official launch of what it says is the first artificial intelligence assistant for engineering platforms and knowledge management. The Kubiya tool is designed to make life easier for DevOps engineers, the people responsible for leading and coordinating the activities of different ...
Akamai expands Connected Cloud to enable high-performance, lower-cost video streaming
Content delivery network and cloud services provider Akamai Technologies Inc. announced new cloud capabilities for streaming video today that it says will help operators deliver higher-quality and more personalized content to viewers. Announced at NAB 2023, the annual National Association of Broadcasters conference, the new features will help operators to realize lower and more predictable ...
Report: Google is racing to build a new, AI-powered search engine to stave off ChatGPT
Google LLC is reportedly scrambling to launch new, artificial intelligence-powered features and capabilities in its search engine at a time when its bread-and-butter business is facing its most serious threat in years. The company is said to be working on an all-new, AI-powered search engine, and also looking at updating its existing search technology with ...
Space communications startup Kepler raises $92M to build satellite relay network
Canadian satellite startup Kepler Communications Inc. said today it has closed on a $92 million round of funding that will help it build out its on-orbit data network for space-based infrastructure. Today’s Series C round was led by IA Ventures, an existing investor that has backed the company since its initial seed funding round seven years ...
Meta Platforms open sources AI-powered animation tool for doodles
Meta Platforms Inc. said today it’s open-sourcing an artificial intelligence-based animation tool that anyone can use to bring their drawings or photos to life. By making Animated Drawings open source, Meta hopes that other developers will be able to build on it and create richer experiences. The service debuted as a free, web-based tool in 2021. ...
Deloitte establishes new practice to help enterprises deploy generative AI
The information technology consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. said today it’s establishing a new practice aimed at helping enterprises take advantage of the industry’s hottest trend right now: generative artificial intelligence. It’s a trend that has stolen all of the headlines lately, thanks to its ability to produce new content based on simple text ...
Pulumi taps generative AI to automate cloud infrastructure as code
Infrastructure-as-code startup Pulumi Corp. is tapping into the power of generative artificial intelligence, launching a new feature called Pulumi Insights that uses OpenAI LP’s large language model GPT-4 to automate cloud infrastructure management. The AI smarts are embedded in a new command-line tool known as PulumiGPT, which uses generative AI to enhance the productivity of ...
Stability AI debuts next-gen photorealistic image generation model
Generative artificial intelligence company Stability AI Ltd. today released an updated version of its popular open-source photorealistic image generation model. London-based Stability AI is the developer of Stable Diffusion, an AI model that can automatically generate realistic-looking images based on text prompts. It’s not the only AI model with that capability, but what differentiates it ...
Snowflake leads $62.9M Series A funding round in data-as-a-service startup Cybersyn
Data-as-a-service startup Cybersyn Inc. exited stealth mode today armed with hefty $69.2 raised through a new early-stage round of funding. The Series A round was led by Snowflake Inc., the cloud data warehouse giant, and saw participation from Coatue and Sequoia Capital. Cybersyn was founded last year by its chief executive, former Coatue head of data science ...