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Cloud Providers Target AI Startups: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs Chooses Google Cloud

While artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to revolutionize numerous industries, one of the most significant breakthroughs is occurring in the realm of drug discovery. By sifting through extensive biological datasets, AI helps researchers anticipate how various chemical compounds interact with specific targets in the body, expediting the identification of promising drug candidates.

This week in AI, excitement is building around OpenAI's upcoming product announcement, as reported by The Information.

Revamping Computer Vision: Beyond Presence’s Leap into Hyper-Realistic Avatars

Microsoft's financial arrangement with Inflection AI's investors remains largely undisclosed, but sources reveal to The Information that the tech giant is investing around $650 million. This total includes approximately $620 million earmarked for non-exclusive licensing fees for Inflection's technology—allowing the startup to license its technology elsewhere—and an additional $30 million aimed at securing an agreement that prevents Inflection from pursuing legal action against Microsoft for its acquisition of co-founders Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, along with key staff members.

Motorsport has entered an exciting new chapter with the launch of the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) this past weekend. It was a groundbreaking event as a team from Germany's Technical University of Munich (TUM) took the top spot at the Yas Marina circuit, showcasing what can be accomplished when cutting-edge technology meets high-speed racing. Organizers described the competition as “bringing a science experiment to the racetrack,” illustrating the innovative spirit that defines this new league.

OpenAI is showcasing videos from its AI model, Sora, through selected filmmakers and artists despite the tool not being public. While Sora's potential is highlighted, concerns about bias and "Artistwashing" have emerged, alongside skepticism towards AI in the art community. OpenAI has not disclosed specific training datasets used for Sora.