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Google's Project Mariner is an agent that browses the web on behalf of users
Google introduced Project Mariner, an AI agent prototype that can autonomously browse the web alongside other experimental agents like coding AI agent Jules and agents that can act as gaming companions.
Dec 16, 2024
Liquid AI has raised $250M to advance its liquid foundation models
Liquid AI, a startup focused on the development of liquid foundation models (LFM) that are efficient and flexible alternatives to the now-standard generative pre-trained Transformer models, has raised a $250M Series A funding round led by AMD that gave the company a $2B valuation.
Dec 16, 2024
Deep Research transforms Gemini into a personal research assistant
Google's Deep Research feature for Gemini Advanced allows users to generate comprehensive research reports that can be easily exported and refined, transforming complex research tasks into a matter of minutes.
Dec 15, 2024
Microsoft unveiled Phi-4, a new small language model proficient in math and complex reasoning
Phi-4 is Microsoft's latest small language model in the Phi family. The model was trained to focus on tasks requiring complex reasoning skills, such as competition math problems. The model is available for research purposes at the Azure AI Foundry.
Dec 15, 2024
OpenAI-backed Speak has achieved a $1B valuation on its recent $78M Series C round
Speak, an AI-powered English learning platform specializing in helping its users achieve spoken English fluency, recently secured $78M in Series C funding at a valuation of $1 billion.
Dec 13, 2024
Google released Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first of its next-gen Gemini model family
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash, a multimodal AI model with native tool use and multimodal input and output capabilities to be available in early 2025. An experimental model version without multimodal outputs is now available through the API and on the Gemini desktop and web apps.
Dec 13, 2024
Reddit began testing Answers, an AI-powered conversational search interface
Reddit has started testing Answers, a new AI-powered search feature that enables users to ask questions in plain English about any topic they care about to surface relevant conversation summaries, links to related communities, inline answers written by real redditors, and follow-up questions.
Dec 12, 2024
Grok just got a new image generator and a free usage tier
xAI launched Aurora, a new model with image generation and understanding capabilities. According to xAI, Aurora was designed to deliver photorealistic renderings and remarkable instruction-following. X users can now try Aurora's capabilities, regardless of their subscription status.
Dec 11, 2024
Meta Llama 3.3 70B delivers Llama 3.1 405B performance in a smaller, cost-effective package
Meta launched Llama 3.3 70B, a highly performant and cost-effective open-source AI model that approaches the capabilities of larger models, signaling the company's continued commitment to accessible AI technology and setting the stage for Llama 4's release in 2025.
Dec 10, 2024
Following a recent $6B fundraise, xAI has raised $12B total
xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup and the company behind X's chatbot Grok, has raised an additional $6B following its $6B Series B fundraiser this May. As part of the negotiations, investors who contributed to fund xAI and Musk's Twitter acquisition had access to up to 25% of xAI's shares.
Dec 10, 2024
Microsoft cautiously launched a Copilot Vision preview in the US
Microsoft has launched the Copilot Vision preview for a small set of US-based Pro subscribers. Copilot Vision is an AI-powered feature that provides insights based on the contents of Microsoft Edge screens while prioritizing user privacy and control.
Dec 9, 2024
Gleamer's 'OncoView' project will be partially funded by the French government
Gleamer announced an €18 million investment in OncoView, its latest project. OncoView will support radiologists in interpreting oncology patients' CT scans. As a France 2030 laureate, OncoView will be partly funded by the French government.
Dec 9, 2024