Kuaishou, a Chinese tech firm, unveiled Kling AI 2.0, an AI video generation model it claims is the 'world's most powerful,' fueling China's race to develop advanced AI tools to rival OpenAI and Google DeepMind's offerings, with over 22 million global users already generating millions of video clips and images.
Palantir, the data analytics firm, has secured a $99.8 million contract from the US Army to expand its AI/ML capabilities across all military branches, supporting the Department of Defense's CJADC2 initiatives by operationalizing AI and machine learning for battlespace awareness, logistics, and targeting.
Apple is pioneering private AI by leveraging synthetic data and differential privacy to analyze user data securely, generating artificial datasets mimicking real data to enhance AI models for features like Genmoji, Image Playground, and email summaries while preserving privacy.
Anthropic's AI assistant Claude gains autonomous research capabilities to provide comprehensive answers rapidly, and integrates with Google Workspace for secure data access, promising enhanced productivity through intelligent analysis of users' emails, calendars, and documents.
Notion unveils Notion Mail, an AI-powered email client for Gmail that seamlessly integrates with its workflow platform, offering AI-assisted email organization, drafting, scheduling, and search capabilities, aiming to revolutionize email productivity with a highly customizable experience.
In a strategic move, Intel is spinning off its Altera FPGA unit into an independent company by selling a 51% stake for $8.75 billion to Silver Lake, enabling Intel to streamline operations while allowing Altera to invest in emerging AI markets like edge computing and robotics.
Mira Murati, ex-CTO of OpenAI, aims to raise an unprecedented $2 billion seed round for her ambitious AI startup Thinking Machines Lab, focused on customizable, multimodal, and safe AI systems amidst soaring AI funding.
Hugging Face, an AI company known for its open-source language models, has acquired Pollen Robotics, a French startup developing affordable humanoid robots, with plans to sell Pollen's Reachy 2 robot and enable developers to enhance its capabilities, bringing advanced robotics into homes.
The US military is embracing generative AI for intelligence tasks like translation and analysis, utilizing tools from companies like Vannevar Labs, but concerns linger about the accuracy and potential misuse of such powerful technology in sensitive military applications.
In a groundbreaking move, NATO has awarded a rapid 6-month contract to Palantir for its Maven Smart System AI platform, accelerating AI adoption to enhance battlefield intelligence, situational awareness, planning, and decision-making capabilities across NATO operations.