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Etsy has rolled out “Gift Mode,” an innovative AI-driven feature designed to help you discover personalized gift ideas tailored to unique preferences.

From healthcare to customer support, finance to spell-checking, AI is sweeping through every industry like wildfire. However, there’s one area where AI is facing significant backlash—and perhaps for good reason: robots are designed for work, while humans are naturally inclined toward creativity.

GitHub has officially launched Copilot Chat, its AI-powered chat interface for coding inquiries and code generation, in the mobile app as of Tuesday. This feature, which was initially previewed last November, aims to enhance developers' productivity on the go.

Few would argue that 2023 was a pivotal year for technology, with artificial intelligence at the forefront of innovation. This impact didn’t escape the notice of dictionary publishers, with "word of the year" lists reflecting the growing prominence of AI. Interestingly, the highlighted AI-related terms are often familiar words that have taken on new meanings—an intriguing twist, don't you think?

As the founder and CEO of the healthy grocery delivery service Hungryroot, Ben McKean has been exploring how AI technologies can enhance his business. With the introduction of his new side project, an app named Every, McKean aims to harness the power of AI to foster deeper relationships among users and help them find common ground with others.

Wayve Secures $1.05 Billion in Series C Funding for Revolutionary Autonomous Driving Technology

Probabl stands out in the AI landscape as a distinctive startup emerging from France. This innovative company is an Inria spin-off, built around scikit-learn, a widely acclaimed open-source data science library from the renowned French research institute Inria.

Google is setting the stage for its Gemini family of generative AI models to transform how applications manage databases. At its annual Cloud Next conference in Las Vegas, Google unveiled the public preview of Gemini in Databases, a suite of innovative features designed to "simplify all aspects of the database journey." In simpler terms, Gemini in Databases offers AI-driven, developer-friendly tools tailored for Google Cloud customers who are developing, monitoring, and migrating their application databases.

On Monday, Tencent, the Chinese tech giant renowned for its gaming empire and popular chat app WeChat, introduced a new version of its open-source video generation model, DynamiCrafter, on GitHub. This move highlights how major Chinese technology companies are increasingly focusing on advancing the text-to-video and image-to-video markets.

Betaworks is tapping into the AI revolution not with yet another language model, but through a suite of innovative agent-type models designed to automate everyday tasks that are often challenging to outline. The firm's latest incubator, "Camp," has trained and funded nine AI agent startups aimed at tackling some of today's more mundane tasks.

Allozymes has developed an innovative technique for rapidly testing millions of bio-based chemical reactions, establishing itself not just as a service provider, but as a cornerstone of a unique and valuable dataset. With datasets come opportunities for AI integration, which in turn attracts investors. The company recently secured a $15 million Series A funding round, enabling it to evolve from a supportive service into a leading global biotech resource.

You've just gone home with a Tinder date, and things are heating up. But you're feeling uneasy—after all, you don’t know him well and you're concerned about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). So what should you do?

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated a groundbreaking project known as Justice AI, aiming to gather insights on how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance law enforcement capabilities. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco introduced this initiative during her speech at the University of Oxford. Over the next six months, Justice AI will engage experts from civil society, academia, and the technology industry to explore the implications of AI on the DOJ’s functions.

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Elon Musk's xAI startup raised $6 billion in Series B funding at an $18 billion pre-money valuation, positioning it as a major player in AI. The funds will enhance its Grok-1 chatbot, compete with OpenAI and Google, and advance towards developing a supercomputer by 2025.