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Embodied, the company behind the Moxie AI robot designed for children, has unexpectedly closed its doors, leaving parents and children deeply disappointed. Those who purchased the $799 robot are not only facing financial loss but also the difficult task of explaining to their kids why their once-beloved companion has suddenly disappeared. The emotional impact of this closure runs as deep as the financial one.

A major announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making waves. This powerful agency, which oversees a range of national security matters, has recently rolled out a new tool—DHSChat, an AI-powered chatbot designed for use by the department's approximately 19,000 employees. This tool acts as a highly intelligent "personal assistant," leveraging the magic of generative AI to enable quick and easy access to departmental information.

In a surprising move during its annual Person of the Year reveal, Time magazine introduced an innovative AI chatbot that offers readers a powerful "key to knowledge" like never before. This smart strategy, leveraging one of the most talked-about stories of the year, allowed the magazine to quickly gather user interaction data from every corner of the globe—almost as if it had turbocharged its data collection process.

Anthropic has introduced a groundbreaking automated analysis tool that brings fresh capabilities in detecting and preventing malicious users attempting to exploit the Claude chatbot.

Grammarly, the AI-powered writing assistant valued at $13 billion, has just made a significant move in the tech world by acquiring productivity startup Coda. In an unexpected twist, Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Coda, will be stepping into the role of Grammarly’s new CEO. It’s a business turn that seems straight out of a drama, doesn’t it?

Sunairio, an AI-driven company making waves in the weather and climate modeling software sector, has just scored a major win. The company recently raised $6.4 million in its latest funding round, putting it in a prime position to accelerate its growth and innovation.

The AI video generation race has recently been heating up, with major tech players and emerging startups all eager to create models that can seamlessly produce high-quality, realistic videos from simple text prompts. After OpenAI's flashy release of its video tool Sora, industry giants like Google and up-and-comers like Runway couldn't sit idly by. They quickly rolled up their sleeves, intent on developing their own models that could rival this new wave of GenAI-powered video tools.

Microsoft is betting big on 2025 as a critical turning point for its Windows business, and there's a key reason for that: the retirement of the widely-used Windows 10 operating system. After this year, the system will no longer receive support.

Meta has been making impressive strides in the AI arena, especially with its push to integrate its AI assistant into a wide range of applications. The momentum has been nothing short of extraordinary, almost as if the company has been riding a rocket. Recently, Mark Zuckerberg shared a moment of triumph, revealing that Meta AI is about to reach an incredible milestone — nearly 600 million monthly active users! Considering that Meta AI just launched last fall, hitting 500 million in October, this rapid growth is akin to a sapling growing into a tree overnight.

MasterClass, the company renowned for attracting a massive audience with its pre-recorded video lessons, has recently had a major brainstorm and is now stepping into bold new territory. The company is expanding its business offerings with a fresh concept, aiming to provide on-demand coaching from some of the world’s most sought-after celebrity instructors. But how do you get the busiest stars to take time out of their hectic schedules to respond to our questions? The solution has arrived — enter generative AI!

Google has quietly opened a "backdoor" to the magical world of AI for a select group of lucky customers who have purchased the Vertex AI Google Cloud package. These customers now have private access to Google's generative AI models, Veo and Imagen 3.

Recently, there has been a major development in the field of artificial intelligence, as OpenAI, a leading name in the AI industry, has teamed up with defense startup Anduril Industries to work on AI technologies for the U.S. Department of Defense. This collaboration is quite intriguing. The plan is to combine OpenAI's "star models," such as GPT-4 and OpenAI 01, with Anduril's systems and software in a powerful partnership.