Hedra, an AI video platform startup, raised $32 million to build omnimodal foundation models like Character-3 that generate lifelike character videos from text, audio, and image inputs, empowering creators and marketers to produce narrative-driven content at scale.
Salesforce signs agreement to acquire Convergence.ai, an AI company specializing in adaptive agents that can navigate complex digital workflows, bolstering Salesforce's Agentforce platform and AI capabilities for automating sophisticated tasks.
Khan Academy founder Sal Khan aims to provide every student globally with a free AI tutor called Khanmigo, modeled on Socrates' teaching style to prevent cheating while offering personalized learning and teacher support tools.
Anthropic launches a bug bounty program offering up to $25,000 in rewards to researchers who can test and expose vulnerabilities in its AI safety measures designed to prevent the misuse of its models for CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) weapons development.
Meta's AI research division unveils groundbreaking datasets and models, including Open Molecules 2025 for molecular discovery, and insights into how language representations develop in the brain, mirroring large language models, potentially revolutionizing science and language processing.
CoreWeave, an AI cloud computing startup specializing in GPU infrastructure, saw its stock soar over 50% after securing a $7 billion lease deal with Applied Digital, cementing its position as a major player in the rapidly growing AI industry.
House Republicans controversially proposed a decade-long federal ban on state oversight of AI systems, framing it as promoting innovation but drawing criticism as a 'gift to Big Tech' that disregards consumer privacy and enables deception.
In a brazen data breach, Coinbase revealed that cybercriminals bribed its overseas support staff to steal customer data, prompting the crypto exchange to terminate the involved employees, warn affected users, and offer a $20 million bounty for information leading to the criminals' arrest, despite no passwords or funds being compromised.
Google unveils Gemini AI, enhancing Android accessibility with image descriptions and question answering via TalkBack integration, introducing Expressive Captions with duration to capture audio emphasis, and improving speech recognition with Project Euphonia resources and African language support.
AI's ability to rapidly analyze massive datasets is revolutionizing drug discovery, cutting research timelines from around 6 years to as little as 2-4 years, leading to significant cost savings and faster delivery of life-saving treatments, as evidenced by the accelerated development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.