AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(15th Jan 2025):

🏻 Policy and Regulation

✅ Executive Order on AI: President Biden signed an order allowing federal land leases for AI data centers, boosting national security and clean energy while mandating American-made semiconductors.

🏻 AI News

✅ Microsoft AutoGen v0.4: Introduced a multi-agent AI framework with asynchronous architecture, debugging tools, and cross-language support.

✅ Google NotebookLM Update: Resolved AI host politeness issues in "Interactive Mode" with "friendliness tuning."

✅ Google Titans Architecture: Unveiled a new AI architecture combining short✅ and long-term memory, outperforming Transformers and RNNs.

✅ Sundar Pichai's Cricket Bid: Google CEO leads a $97M bid for a London-based cricket team in The Hundred league.

✅ OpenAI Board Update: Added Adebayo Ogunlesi to its board, part of a major restructuring post-2023 leadership changes.

✅ OpenAI o1 Model Quirk: Observed multilingual reasoning even when prompted in English, raising transparency concerns.

✅ ChatGPT Tasks Beta: Introduced scheduled reminders and recurring requests for Plus, Team, and Pro users.

✅ Apple Joins UALink Consortium: Invests in AI accelerator chip connectivity for data centers.

✅ Meta Llama 3 Goals: Internally aimed to outperform GPT-4 and Claude, focusing on open AI models.

✅ Meta Apology in India: VP apologized for Zuckerberg's incorrect election-related statement on a podcast.

✅ Amazon Alexa Rebranding: Plans to reposition Alexa as an advanced AI agent with expanded capabilities.

✅ Soket AI Realtime Speech API: Launched a multilingual API with voice cloning and low latency.

✅ India's Sovereign LLM: IT Minister discusses developing a large language model for Indian languages.

✅ Bhashini at Maha Kumbh: AI chatbot "Kumbh Sah‘AI’yak" offers real-time assistance in 11 languages.

🏻 AI Funding Rounds

✅ Anysphere Series B: Raised $105M for its AI-powered coding tool, reaching a $2.5B valuation.

✅ Nvidia Invests in MetAI: Taiwanese startup accelerates digital twin creation for robotics and industry.

✅ Synthesia Series D: Raised $180M to enhance AI video tech, now valued at $2.1B.

✅ Arva AI Seed Round: Raised $3M to improve KYB verification with generative AI.

✅ Applied Digital Investment: Secured up to $5B from Macquarie for AI-focused data centers.

✅ AWS Mexico Expansion: $5B investment over 15 years, including a new server region to boost GDP by $10B.

✅ Thoras Seed Round: Raised $5M for its AI-powered cloud reliability and cost optimization platform.

✅ SEEQC Quantum Chips: Raised $30M to integrate quantum computing functions into scalable chips.

✅ Telstra-Accenture JV: Launched a $700M venture to enhance AI integration in Telstra's operations.

✅ OrbitAID Aerospace: Secured $1.5M for space refueling tech, advancing India's space sector.

✅ Sarla Aviation Series A1: Raised $10M to develop the Shunya electric flying taxi and expand in India.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(14th Jan 2025):

🏻 AI News

✅ OpenAI Blueprint: Released a proposal urging the US to attract AI funding, build infrastructure, and responsibly regulate AI to maintain leadership and prevent $175B investment loss to China.

✅ Microsoft CoreAI Division: Formed under Jay Parikh to accelerate AI infrastructure and software, focusing on "model-forward" applications reshaping software.

✅ Nvidia's AI Mini PC: Launched $3,000 Project Digits with Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip, a Linux-based AI supercomputer hinting at potential Windows PC disruption.

✅ Mercedes-Benz & Google AI: Integrating generative AI into MBUX Virtual Assistant for conversational search and navigation, debuting in the new CLA model.

✅ UK Antitrust Probe: CMA investigates Google's AI search and ad practices, examining market dominance and data usage, with potential for major regulatory actions.

✅ Raspberry AI Funding: Raised $24M Series A for its text-to-image AI platform revolutionizing fashion design for brands like Under Armour.

✅ Blaize IPO: AI chip startup focusing on edge computing to go public via SPAC merger, targeting a $1.2B valuation.

✅ Meta Backlash: Faces criticism for AI-generated images in Instagram feeds, reflecting struggles with profitable AI applications.

✅ Simpli.fi Autopilot AI: Launched tools for simplified omnichannel campaign management, making programmatic advertising more accessible.

✅ ArcherMind & Arraymo: Unveiled FusionOS2.0 and ArraymoAIOS1.0 at CES 2025 for AI+OS integration, enabling smart applications in automotive, IoT, and smart home sectors.

✅ Singapore AI for Aging: Using robots like Dexie and AI tools for early depression detection to address its aging population, investing heavily in healthcare AI.

🏻 AI Funding Rounds

✅ SuperDial Acquisition: Acquired MajorBoost to enhance voice AI capabilities for healthcare automation, improving benefits verification and claim follow-up.

✅ Bioptimus Funding: Raised $41M to develop a "GPT of biology" for disease prediction and treatment development, with plans for a multi-modal model release.

✅ Open Ledger Launch: Raised $3M for AI-driven accounting software offering APIs and components for automated financial tasks in enterprises.

✅ LemFi Series B: Raised $53M to expand remittance services into Europe and Asia, handling $1B monthly transaction volume.

AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(13th Jan 2025):

🏻 Government and Policy

✅ US AI Regulations: New rules restrict access to advanced AI chips (TPP limit ~50,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs) and control AI model weights, with exemptions for allies and small orders.

✅ Nvidia Criticism: Nvidia argues the US chip export rules harm AI leadership and innovation without improving national security.

✅ UK AI Investments: PM Starmer announced a $17B private investment plan, fast-tracking data centers, a supercomputer, and a national data library.

✅ UK AI Opportunities Action Plan: creating 13,250 jobs and boosting AI growth.

🏻 AI News

✅ iPhone Market Decline: Global share dropped to 18% due to delayed AI features and competition from Chinese brands like Xiaomi and Vivo.

✅ VLC AI Features: Developing on-device AI for real-time subtitle generation and translation, enhancing privacy and accessibility.

✅ AI Misinformation: AI-generated images on corn digestion dominate Google search, highlighting issues with low-quality content.

✅ AI in Coding: Mark Zuckerberg predicts AI will replace mid-level coders by 2025, with Meta and Google already automating significant code development.

✅ Ariqt Expansion: Dutch AI firm opens an innovation hub in Hyderabad, hiring 300+ engineers and reinforcing Telangana's innovation ecosystem.

✅ Coreweave Expansion: $19B cloud computing company launches two UK data centers with Nvidia H200 GPUs, aligning with AI infrastructure investments.

✅ GitHub Copilot Workspace: Now open to all, supporting natural language coding in Indian languages like Hindi and Kannada.

✅ India’s First Private Fab: Andhra Pradesh partners with YITOA and Indichip to establish a ₹14,000 crore silicon carbide semiconductor fab in Kurnool.

✅ TCS-Nvidia Collaboration: Using BioNeMo for accelerated protein research in flavors and fragrances, modernizing R&D processes.

✅ TransPixar AI: Simplifies creating transparent video effects via text prompts, democratizing tools for creators.

✅ Private AI in Banking: Enhances compliance with DORA by improving risk management, incident response, and fraud detection.

🏻 AI Funding Rounds

✅ Qventus: Secured $105M at a valuation over $400M to advance AI healthcare solutions.

✅ Fetch.ai Accelerator: Launched a $10M fund for startups in AI agents, quantum computing, and high-performance tech.