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Eliyan secured $60 million in funding for its chiplet interconnect technology, enhancing AI chip efficiency. The investment, led by Samsung and Tiger Global, tackles generative AI challenges. Eliyan’s NuLink PHY improves performance by up to four times, targeting memory bottlenecks and advancing multi-die chip architectures.

Foundational has secured $8 million in seed funding to enhance data infrastructure through automatic code analysis, helping organizations manage complex data operations. Their platform aims to improve data quality for AI applications, essential for future digital initiatives.

Venture capitalists are feeling urgency to invest in AI amid a hype cycle, often overshadowing risks. To optimize AI investments, companies should assess total costs, identify unique advantages, and make strategic bets that enhance their business models while avoiding overcommitment to potentially wasteful projects.

SAG-AFTRA has ratified new three-year contracts for TV animation voice actors with over 95% approval. The agreements enhance AI protections, requiring actor consent for AI voice generation and defining "voice actor" as human. Wage increases and provisions for digital replicas are also included.

Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI, has resigned amid key researcher departures, citing the need for decentralized AI. He expressed pride in the company's impact, which includes hundreds of millions of downloads and groundbreaking models like Stable Diffusion. Controversies and lawsuits marked his tenure. COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Christian Laforte will temporarily lead the company.

Accenture has launched a $1 billion AI-powered learning platform, Accenture LearnVantage, aimed at upskilling workforces in generative AI, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. The platform features personalized learning paths and partnerships with tech giants to address significant skills gaps in the market.

**Late Night With the Devil**, a retro horror film starring David Dastmalchian, faces controversy over AI-generated graphics used in its production. Despite a strong reception at SXSW and support from some filmmakers, critics and audiences are voicing disappointment, urging the use of traditional artistry instead. The filmmakers clarified AI graphics were minimal, but calls for a boycott are emerging as discussions on AI in cinema intensify.

A report highlights a gap between security leaders’ intentions and actions in protecting AI and MLOps systems. While 97% stress the importance of security, only 61% are confident in funding defenses. Many face breaches but lack adequate measures. The report outlines strategies for defending against adversarial AI attacks.

At GDC, King directors discussed how AI is transforming level design in Candy Crush Saga, which has earned $20 billion and reached over five billion downloads. AI enhances gameplay testing and level management, allowing designers to prioritize creativity while improving player experience.

Nvidia's Latte3D is a revolutionary generative AI model that instantly creates high-quality 3D shapes from text prompts. Developed in Toronto, it enables near-real-time text-to-3D generation, transforming creative processes across industries, though refinement of generated images remains complex.

Snowflake Data Cloud is enhancing its platform by integrating multimodal large language models (LLMs) from the AI startup Reka. This partnership aims to enable businesses to create generative AI applications that process text, images, and videos. Snowflake's Cortex service will feature Reka's models, boosting AI-driven insights across various sectors, with over 400 enterprises already utilizing its capabilities.

AI video technology is rapidly gaining traction in entertainment, marked by mixed audience reactions to *Late Night With the Devil*'s AI title cards and partnerships like Runway's with Musixmatch to empower artists in creating synced lyric videos. Runway's Gen-2 model, integrated with Musixmatch, streamlines this process, enhancing creativity for musicians.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the field of protein design, which involves developing unique proteins with specific characteristics tailored for various applications. This innovative approach holds immense potential, particularly in discovering drug-based therapies to address diseases and in creating sustainable products for homecare, agriculture, and food industries.

Arthur, a startup specializing in machine learning monitoring, has capitalized on the growing interest in generative AI this year. The company is introducing Arthur Bench, an open-source tool designed to help organizations identify the most suitable large language models (LLMs) for their specific datasets.