Google Media & Entertainment YouTube is Adding Veo and Other AI-Powered Tools for Creators By Chris McKay • Sep 18, 2024 This upgrade will allow creators to generate more complex and imaginative video backgrounds, pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Runway Media & Entertainment Runway Inks Deal with Lionsgate to Bring Generative Video AI into Film Production By Chris McKay • Sep 18, 2024 Lionsgate plans to use the AI tools for tasks ranging from storyboarding to creating background elements and special effects.
Op-ed AI Strategy Do AI Product Teams Need to Sell? Absolutely. And Here's Why. By Richard Banfield • Sep 18, 2024 There’s this persistent idea that product teams are meant to quietly sit at their desks, tweaking models and designing features, while the sales team wrangles the customers. Let the salespeople deal with the chaos outside, right? Wrong.
Venture Capital Startups Japan Sakana AI Expands Series A to $200 Million, Gains Backing from Top Japanese Firms By Chris McKay • Sep 17, 2024 The expanded round now includes investments from Japan's three largest banking groups: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and Mizuho Financial Group.
AI Policy AI Safety Media & Entertainment California Enacts Five Laws to Combat AI Deepfakes in Elections and Entertainment By Chris McKay • Sep 17, 2024 Three bills focus on curbing the spread of deceptive AI-generated content in political campaigns, while two others strengthen protections for actors and performers against unauthorized use of their digital likenesses.
Microsoft AI Infrastructure BlackRock, Microsoft, and Partners Launch $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Initiative By Chris McKay • Sep 17, 2024
Google AI Safety Google to Identify AI-Generated Images in Search and Ads with C2PA 2.1 Standard By Chris McKay • Sep 17, 2024
OpenAI AI Safety OpenAI Updates Safety and Security Measures with Independent Oversight By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Microsoft Microsoft Introduces Copilot Pages for Collaborative AI Workflows By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Microsoft Enterprise AI Microsoft 365 Copilot is Now Generally Available By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Intel Chips Intel Spins Off Foundry Business, Partners with Amazon on AI Chips By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Microsoft Enterprise AI Microsoft Announces Copilot Agents for Microsoft 365 By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Intel Chips Military & Defense Intel Receives $3 Billion Grant from U.S. Government to Develop Secure Military Chips By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Salesforce Slack Introduces Agentforce, Bringing CRM Capabilities Directly into Slack By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Groq Saudi Arabia Aramco Digital Partners with Groq to Build Massive AI Center in Saudi Arabia By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Apple Research Apple's Ferret-UI is an AI that Can Understand and Navigate Mobile Interfaces By Chris McKay • Sep 16, 2024
Op-ed AI Strategy AI Literacy The Best Way To Learn A New Technology Is To Teach It By Richard Banfield • Sep 14, 2024
Venture Capital Startups World Labs Emerges from Stealth with $230 Million to Build "Spatial Intelligence" AI By Chris McKay • Sep 13, 2024
Anduril Military & Defense Anduril Unveils Barracuda-M, Affordable, Mass-Producible Autonomous Missiles to Bolster U.S. Arsenal By Chris McKay • Sep 13, 2024
OpenAI OpenAI Launches o1, a New AI Model Family with Advanced Reasoning Capabilities By Chris McKay • Sep 12, 2024
Google Open Source Google Introduces DataGemma to Improve AI Accuracy with Trusted Data Sources By Chris McKay • Sep 12, 2024
Op-ed AI Strategy Enterprise AI SaaS Reckoning: The Inevitable AI-Driven Transformation in Enterprises By Richard Banfield • Sep 12, 2024