[News] World Labs showcased a preview of its interactive 3D scene generator
World Labs, led by Fei-Fei Li, unveiled an AI system capable of generating interactive 3D scenes from 2D images. The preview demonstrates the AI system's impressive spatial simulation capabilities, which can recreate physics-consistent environments with interactive elements.
https://dataphoenix.info/world-labs-showcased-a-preview-of-its-interactive-3d-scene-generator/

[News] AWS announced new capabilities for Amazon Q Developer and a GitLab Duo integration
This Tuesday at re:Invent 2024, AWS announced it will expand Amazon Q Developer's capabilities. The AI-powered assistant can now assist developers in generating documentation and automating code reviews and unit test creation. The company also announced a new GitLab integration.
https://dataphoenix.info/aws-announced-new-capabilities-for-amazon-q-developer-and-a-gitlab-duo-integration/

[News] An AI system has cut stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 82% in a Malawi hospital
PeriWatch, an AI system that tracks mothers' and babies' vital signs in real-time to detect possible anomalies shortly before and after childbirth, has helped the Area 25 hospital in Malawi reduce its stillbirth and neonatal death rate by 82%.
https://dataphoenix.info/an-ai-system-has-cut-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-by-82-in-a-malawi-hospital/

[News] Microsoft cautiously launched a Copilot Vision preview in the US
Microsoft has launched the Copilot Vision preview for a small set of US-based Pro subscribers. Copilot Vision is an AI-powered feature that provides insights based on the contents of Microsoft Edge screens while prioritizing user privacy and control.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-cautiously-launched-a-copilot-vision-preview-in-the-us/

[News] Following a recent $6B fundraise, xAI has raised $12B total
xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup and the company behind X's chatbot Grok, has raised an additional $6B following its $6B Series B fundraiser this May. As part of the negotiations, investors who contributed to fund xAI and Musk's Twitter acquisition had access to up to 25% of xAI's shares.
https://dataphoenix.info/following-a-recent-6b-fundraise-xai-has-raised-12b-total/

[News] Meta Llama 3.3 70B delivers Llama 3.1 405B performance in a smaller, cost-effective package
Meta launched Llama 3.3 70B, a highly performant and cost-effective open-source AI model that approaches the capabilities of larger models, signaling the company's continued commitment to accessible AI technology and setting the stage for Llama 4's release in 2025.
https://dataphoenix.info/meta-llama-3-3-70b-delivers-llama-3-1-405b-performance-in-a-smaller-cost-effective-package/

[News] Weekly AI Highlights Review: December 4–10
AWS re:Invent 2024 coverage; World Labs previewed its first world model; Google DeepMind previewed Genie 2; Meta released Llama 3.3 70B; xAI raised $6B; Microsoft launched Copilot Vision; Nebius raised $700M; and more.
https://dataphoenix.info/weekly-ai-highlights-review-december-4-december-10/

[News] Grok just got a new image generator and a free usage tier
xAI launched Aurora, a new model with image generation and understanding capabilities. According to xAI, Aurora was designed to deliver photorealistic renderings and remarkable instruction-following. X users can now try Aurora's capabilities, regardless of their subscription status.
https://dataphoenix.info/grok-just-got-a-new-image-generator-and-a-free-usage-tier/

[News] European AI hyperscaler Nscale raises $155M in Series A funding to keep up with demand
AI hyperscaler Nscale has announced that it has raised $155 million in its Series A funding round led by Sandton Capital Partners to fuel its ambitious growth plans across Europe and North America.
https://dataphoenix.info/european-ai-hyperscaler-nscale-raises-155-million-in-series-a-funding/

[News] Reddit began testing Answers, an AI-powered conversational search interface
Reddit has started testing Answers, a new AI-powered search feature that enables users to ask questions in plain English about any topic they care about to surface relevant conversation summaries, links to related communities, inline answers written by real redditors, and follow-up questions.
https://dataphoenix.info/reddit-began-testing-answers-an-ai-powered-conversational-search-interface/

[News] Google released Gemini 2.0 Flash, the first of its next-gen Gemini model family
Google unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash, a multimodal AI model with native tool use and multimodal input and output capabilities to be available in early 2025. An experimental model version without multimodal outputs is now available through the API and on the Gemini desktop and web apps.
https://dataphoenix.info/google-released-gemini-2-0-flash-the-first-of-its-next-gen-gemini-model-family/

[News] OpenAI-backed Speak has achieved a $1B valuation on its recent $78M Series C round
Speak, an AI-powered English learning platform specializing in helping its users achieve spoken English fluency, recently secured $78M in Series C funding at a valuation of $1 billion.
https://dataphoenix.info/openai-backed-speak-has-achieved-a-1b-valuation-on-its-recent-78m-series-c-round/

[News] Microsoft unveiled Phi-4, a new small language model proficient in math and complex reasoning
Phi-4 is Microsoft's latest small language model in the Phi family. The model was trained to focus on tasks requiring complex reasoning skills, such as competition math problems. The model is available for research purposes at the Azure AI Foundry.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-unveiled-phi-4-a-new-small-language-model-proficient-in-math-and-reasoning-2/

[News] Deep Research transforms Gemini into a personal research assistant
Google's Deep Research feature for Gemini Advanced allows users to generate comprehensive research reports that can be easily exported and refined, transforming complex research tasks into a matter of minutes.
https://dataphoenix.info/deep-research-transforms-gemini-into-a-personal-research-assistant/

[News] Liquid AI has raised $250M to advance its liquid foundation models
Liquid AI, a startup focused on the development of liquid foundation models (LFM) that are efficient and flexible alternatives to the now-standard generative pre-trained Transformer models, has raised a $250M Series A funding round led by AMD that gave the company a $2B valuation.
https://dataphoenix.info/liquid-ai-has-raised-250m-to-advance-its-liquid-foundation-models/

[News] Google's Project Mariner is an agent that browses the web on behalf of users
Google introduced Project Mariner, an AI agent prototype that can autonomously browse the web alongside other experimental agents like coding AI agent Jules and agents that can act as gaming companions.
https://dataphoenix.info/googles-project-mariner-is-an-agent-that-browses-the-web-on-behalf-of-users/

[News] Cartesia's $27M seed round will enable it to build better alternatives to transformer-based models
Cartesia, having raised $27 million in seed funding, is developing innovative AI architectures that enable more efficient, long-memory, and multi-modal intelligence with their breakthrough State Space Model (SSM) technology, exemplified by their hyper-realistic Sonic voice generation model.
https://dataphoenix.info/cartesias-27m-seed-round-will-enable-it-to-build-better-alternatives-to-transformer-based-models/

[News] The redesigned NotebookLM lets users interact with its AI hosts and has a paid tier
Google is expanding NotebookLM with a paid tier. The company also announced it will use the experimental Gemini 2.0 Flash to power NotebookLM, and that users can enjoy two new features: a redesigned workspace and the capability to interact with the hosts in an AI Overview.
https://dataphoenix.info/the-redesigned-notebooklm-lets-users-interact-with-its-ai-hosts-and-has-a-paid-tier/

[News] Claude 3.5 Haiku is now generally available for Claude users
Anthropic has confirmed the new version of its smallest model, Claude 3.5 Haiku, is now available in the Claude web experience and mobile apps. First announced in October, Claude 3.5 Haiku is intended to deliver Claude 3 Opus' performance at Claude 3 Haiku's speed.
https://dataphoenix.info/claude-3-5-haiku-is-now-generally-available/

[News] Poland-based Vivid Mind has raised $200K to detect dementia using a voice-based test
Vivid Mind, a startup that has developed an AI-assisted voice test capable of detecting early-stage dementia with 90% accuracy, has raised $200,000 in pre-seed funding to continue testing and obtain regulatory approvals for its innovative diagnostic tool.
https://dataphoenix.info/poland-based-vivid-mind-has-raised-200k-to-detect-dementia-using-a-voice-based-test/

[News] Meta showcased Video Seal, a model that embeds edit-resistant watermarking into videos
Meta has released an open-source neural watermarking model called Video Seal that embeds a robust, imperceptible watermark and optional message to address limitations of existing video watermarking solutions and support responsible AI development.
https://dataphoenix.info/meta-showcased-video-seal-a-model-that-embeds-edit-resistant-watermarking-into-videos/