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AI Startup’s $1B Windfall Signals Potential Shake-up in Global Business Landscape
September 06, 2024

A three-month-old artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s eye-popping $1 billion funding round could signal a shift in how the technology affects commerce. Safe Superintelligence (SSI), co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, has secured this massive investment with only 10 employees. The company, launched in...

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AI Drug Discovery Trial Reveals Promise and Challenges of Using the Tech
September 05, 2024

As artificial intelligence (AI) promises to remake drug discovery, recent clinical trial results reveal its potential and challenges. Recursion Pharmaceuticals, a self-described “clinical stage TechBio company,” recently announced results from its Phase 2 SYCAMORE trial for REC-994, a drug candidate targeting cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM),...

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Report: OpenAI Considers $2,000 Monthly Subscription Prices for New LLMs
September 05, 2024

OpenAI executives are reportedly considering subscription prices as high as $2,000 per month for the company’s upcoming large language models (LLMs) like Strawberry and Orion. The executives have discussed higher prices in early internal talks regarding these LLMs, Reuters reported Thursday (Sept. 5), citing a...

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Google Adds Dresses to AI-Powered Virtual Try-On Offering
September 05, 2024

Google’s virtual try-on tool now lets shoppers see how they’d look in dresses. The tech giant on Thursday (Sept. 5) announced it is expanding the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered offering to cover dresses, one of its most-searched apparel categories. “This feature is made possible thanks to a generative...

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75% of Automakers Plan to Integrate GenAI Into Vehicles This Year
September 05, 2024

Generative AI is revolutionizing the automotive industry, pushing the boundaries of vehicle design, manufacturing and customer experience. The technology, which harnesses advanced algorithms to create novel solutions and streamline processes, is reshaping how carmakers approach R&D and interact with consumers. A  PYMNTS Intelligence report, “How...

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C3.AI Sees Accelerating Growth as Enterprise AI Demand Surges
September 04, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) software company C3.AI reported better-than-expected quarterly results and highlighted surging demand for enterprise AI applications as businesses and government agencies rush to adopt the transformative technology. The Redwood City, California, company said revenue grew 21% year over year to $87.2 million in...

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Intuit Debuts ‘Major’ Updates to Generative AI Operating System
September 04, 2024

TurboTax maker Intuit has released “major” updates to its generative artificial intelligence (AI) operating system, GenOS. The system now includes GenOS AI Workbench, a “dedicated development environment for end-to-end application development,” along with enhancements to GenStudio, GenRuntime, and GenUX components, the company said Wednesday (Sept....

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Report: OpenAI’s Building of AI Infrastructure to Begin in US
September 04, 2024

OpenAI reportedly plans to bring together global investors to spend tens of billions of dollars on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the United States. The planned projects include data centers, turbines and generators, and semiconductor manufacturing, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Sept. 4), citing unnamed sources. The scope...

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Tech Firms Pursue AI Chatbots to Bridge Global eCommerce Divide
September 03, 2024

Technology giants are racing to develop sophisticated, multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for cross-border eCommerce and could reshape how businesses engage with international customers.  Google’s recent expansion of its Gemini AI in India exemplifies the industry’s focus on multilingual capabilities. It’s one of many companies...