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Meta Connect 2024: Unveiling Innovations in AI and the Metaverse

It all started with a banana.

Salesforce is actively expanding its portfolio. After acquiring data management company Own earlier this month, Salesforce has now revealed its intention to purchase Zoomin, an innovative enterprise knowledge platform. Zoomin, which we’ve discussed previously, consolidates various company documents—such as product user guides and tutorials—into a single, user-friendly portal.

Microsoft is set to compensate publishers for their content featured in Copilot Daily, a newly unveiled aspect of its Copilot, an AI-driven cross-platform assistant.

Amazon has launched an innovative AI assistant to support sellers in optimizing their businesses by answering queries related to metrics and addressing emerging issues. Known as Project Amelia and powered by AWS's Amazon Bedrock, this assistant is now available in beta for U.S. sellers as of Thursday.

As businesses increasingly adopt artificial intelligence within their operations and products, the demand for efficient tools and platforms to create, test, and deploy machine learning models is surging. This space, known as machine learning operations (MLOps), has become competitive, with startups like InfuseAI, Comet, Arrikto, Arize, Galileo, Tecton, Diveplane, as well as offerings from established players like Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS.

On Thursday, Silicon Valley's renowned accelerator, Y Combinator, hosted the second Demo Day for its Summer 2024 cohort. As we saw on Day 1, a significant majority of startups this cycle are centered around artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, there are also a number of standout companies innovating in areas such as advanced drones, freight carpooling solutions, and sophisticated weather forecasting technologies.

While companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are making strides in enabling users to interact with artificial intelligence using everyday language, a London startup named Basecamp Research has raised $60 million to explore a new frontier. The company is developing an AI agent that not only answers questions about biology and environmental biodiversity but also generates novel insights beyond human capabilities.

During his address at the UN Summit of the Future on Saturday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai characterized artificial intelligence (AI) as "the most transformative technology yet" and introduced a new global fund aimed at AI education and training.

Mistral AI recently unveiled a new free tier that empowers developers to fine-tune and create test applications using the startup’s advanced AI models, as detailed in a blog post on Tuesday. In addition to this offering, Mistral has significantly reduced the prices for accessing its AI models via API endpoints and has integrated image processing features into its consumer AI chatbot, le Chat.

A week after unveiling an array of enhancements for its suite of Copilot AI-driven products, Microsoft is rolling out exciting new Copilot features on Windows for all users. These features include a tool designed to understand and respond to queries based on the content displayed on your screen.

Meta is redefining how it labels content edited or modified by AI tools on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. The "AI info" label will now be relocated to the post's menu, moving away from its previous placement directly beneath the user’s name.

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Cohere has partnered with Fujitsu to develop Japanese language AI models, including the upcoming 'Takane' model, to enhance local enterprises. This collaboration combines Cohere's LLM expertise with Fujitsu's technologies, with availability set for September 2024 on Fujitsu's cloud platform.

Tab, a wearable AI startup, has raised $1.9 million to develop an AI pendant that listens to conversations, offering insights like a supportive friend. With a valuation of nearly $20 million, it's part of a growing AI hardware market, though privacy concerns remain. Pre-orders start at $600, with shipping in 2024.