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Contextual AI launches RAG 2.0 platform to aid in the development of domain-specific AI agents
Contextual AI Inc., one of the leading players in retrieval-augmented generation systems that can advance the capabilities of large language models, today announced the general availability of its flagship product. With the launch of the Contextual AI Platform, enterprises will be able to create specialized “RAG agents” that can automate knowledge work on behalf of ...
Qbiq raises $16M to automate architectural design and visualization with AI
Israeli startup QbiqAI Ltd. said today it has closed on a $16 million early-stage funding round to fuel its bid to transform architectural planning with artificial intelligence smarts. The Series A round was led by the New York-based venture capital firm Insight Partners, and saw participation from the likes of JLL Spark, 10D, Random Forest, ...
With $20M in funding, Quantum Brilliance wants to build a diamond-encased mobile quantum computer
Quantum Brilliance GmbH said today it’s ready to begin mass production of its diamond-based quantum computers after closing on a $20 million early-stage round of funding. Today’s Series A round was led by the deep-technology fund Main Sequence, the U.S. venture capital firm In-Q-Tel and the Japanese investor Intervalley Ventures. Other participants include the Australian ...
ChatGPT’s autonomous capabilities expand with scheduled tasks and reminders
ChatGPT subscribers can now ask the artificial intelligence assistant to set reminders and perform certain recurring tasks on a regular basis. The new feature is called Tasks and it’s being launched in beta this week for ChatGPT Plus, Team and Pro users. Although there has been no official announcement from OpenAI, reports from VentureBeat, TechCrunch ...
Intel to shed its venture capital arm in latest restructuring move
Intel Corp. said today that its venture capital arm Intel Capital is being spun off into an independent entity, the latest move in a series of structural changes it’s making as it struggles to regain its mojo. By becoming a separate and standalone fund, Intel Capital will be able to raise money from outside investors, ...
Big data company dbt Labs buys SDF Labs to improve SQL code comprehension
Big data engineering company dbt Labs Inc. today announced it’s buying SDF Labs Inc. in a merger of acronymic startups that promises to deliver improved data velocity and quality for their customers. Philadelphia-based dbt Labs is the creator of a cloud-based data transformation tool, which can be used by companies to alter data and make ...
OpenAI advocates for more funding and ‘AI economic zones’ to drive innovation
OpenAI has laid out a new “economic blueprint” for the artificial intelligence industry that aims to ensure America remains at the forefront of innovation. In a blog post today that introduced the new document, the company stresses that it believes in America “because America believes in innovation,” and tries to position itself as a champion of ...
UK PM Keir Starmer to announce new plans to transform the country into an ‘AI superpower’
The U.K. government under Labor Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a plan Monday to implement a massive increase in the country’s computing infrastructure in order to foster the growth of homegrown artificial intelligence startups that can rival the likes of OpenAI. Under the U.K.’s “AI Opportunities Action Plan,” the government has set ...
Salesforce brings an AI-powered digital labor force to retailers
Salesforce Inc. is targeting retailers with its latest artificial intelligence innovations announced today, including a customized version of the Agentforce platform and a new product called Retail Cloud with Modern POS. The new tools will help to boost the productivity of store associates, digital merchants and customer service teams and help them to provide more ...
Diffbot boosts LLM accuracy by tapping into its vast Knowledge Graph of up-to-date information
Knowledge graph startup Diffbot Technologies Corp., which maintains one of the largest online knowledge indexes, is looking to tackle the problem of hallucinations in artificial intelligence chatbots by ensuring the accuracy of their responses. The company has just launched a fine-tuned version of Meta Platforms Inc.’s Llama 3.3, saying that its responses are enhanced using ...
