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Meta debuts new generative AI tools for creating video-based ads
Meta Platforms Inc. today said it’s rolling out a full-screen video tab on Facebook in recognition of the fact that its users spend more time watching videos than anything else on its platforms. And with that, it’s also looking to help advertisers with the launch of a range of new ad formats specifically for video-based ...
AI startup Driver raises $8M to drive productivity gains by simplifying technical documentation
A startup called Driver AI is looking to ease the headaches around technical documentation for new software and hardware products after closing on an $8 million seed funding round. Today’s round was led by Google LLC’s venture capital arm GV, and saw participation from Y Combinator and a host of angel investors. Driver has created ...
Amazon suffers a defeat as judge allows FTC antitrust case to move forward
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been given the green light to proceed with its landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., though the company did win a small victory after a judge threw out some of the claims against it made by states involved in the case. The order issued by Judge John H. Chun ...
Meta advances generative AI video creation with Movie Gen
Meta Platforms Inc.’s artificial intelligence research team has showcased a new family of generative AI models for media that can generate and edit videos from simple text prompts. Though the models are still a work in progress, the company said they will provide the foundation of new video creation features set to appear in Facebook, ...
Google’s lightweight Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B hits general availability
Google LLC is making a new version of its popular Gemini 1.5 Flash artificial intelligence model available that’s smaller and faster than the original. It’s called Gemini 1.5 Flash-8B, and it’s much more affordable, at half the price. Gemini 1.5 Flash is the lightweight version of Google’s Gemini family of large language models, optimized for speed ...
Credo AI debuts its Integrations Hub for embedded responsible AI
CredoAI Inc., the artificial intelligence governance software startup, said today it’s making its new Integrations Hub generally available. The company says it now becomes simple for enterprises to connect their AI systems and applications to Credo AI’s specialized platform that helps to automate risk and oversight management. The startup, which made headlines in late July when ...
Poolside raises $500M to take on GitHub and others with its AI coding assistants
Artificial intelligence coding startup Poolside Inc., a rival to GitHub Inc.’s Copilot, said today it has closed on a bumper $500 million Series B raise. Today’s funds came from Bain Capital Ventures, which led the round, and it was joined by a number of globally renowned companies. They included eBay Inc., Nvidia Corp., Citi Ventures, ...
Google Cloud beefs up database services for generative AI workloads
Google Cloud said today it’s updating multiple database services, including AlloyDB, Spanner and Memorystore for Valkey 7.2, with new features that should make them more suitable for generative artificial intelligence applications. To begin with, Google announced that it’s making the ScaNN vector index generally available in AlloyDB, which is the company’s fully managed PostgreSQL-compatible database ...
AuthenticID’s new image comparison tool helps to stop fraudsters bypassing visual ID checks
Identity verification company AuthenticID Inc. is adding a new weapon to its arsenal of fraud detection tools with the debut of Velocity Checks, designed to spot what it calls “high-frequency” attempts at fraud. Announced today, Velocity Checks relies on the analysis of biometrics and documents to detect multiple fake identities that are being used for fraudulent ...
Kyndryl launches new consulting services for customers struggling with Copilot for Microsoft 365
Kyndryl Holdings Inc. has taken notice of the apparent customer issues with Microsoft Corp.’s Copilot for Microsoft 365 generative artificial intelligence tool, and is now offering to remedy them. The company has just announced an array of services focused on Copilot for Microsoft 365, aiming to speed up enterprise adoption. The new services, bundled with ...