AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(5th Feb 2025): ✅ ByteDance - OmniHuman-1: Unveiled a deepfake tool capable of generating hyper-realistic videos from minimal input. Concerns about misuse for fraud/misinformation have intensified calls for global regulation and improved detection methods. ✅ OpenAI - India Focus: CEO Sam Altman highlighted India as OpenAI’s second-largest market during a Delhi visit, praising its AI potential (e.g., healthcare, education). Mentioned India’s IndiaAI Mission and Ola’s Krutrim AI Lab as key initiatives. - Challenges: Acknowledged rising AI training costs and ethical concerns. ✅ France & EU - AI Action Summit: France to host a global summit on AI safety, environmental impact, and investments. - Startup Growth: European AI startups raised $8B in 2024, with French firms leading in health, climate, and vertical applications. - EU AI Act: Compliance began with bans on “unacceptable risk” AI (e.g., social scoring). Penalties up to 7% of global revenue; draft guidelines released. ✅ Google/Alphabet Inc. - AI-Powered Search: Integrating Google DeepMind’s Project Astra and Gemini Deep Research to transform Search into an AI assistant. CEO Sundar Pichai predicts major 2025 innovations despite early rollout issues. - Weapons Policy Shift: Removed pledge against AI for weapons/surveillance, citing “national security” priorities. Follows controversy over U.S. mlitary contracts. - Investment Surge: Increased 2025 capex by 42% ($75B) to boost AI infrastructure, betting on usage growth despite cheaper alternatives like DeepSeek AI. ✅ AMD - MI350 GPUs: Accelerated launch of Instinct MI350 data center GPUs to mid-2025 amid surging AI chip demand. Major clients include Meta and Microsoft; expects double-digit revenue growth. ✅ Figure AI - OpenAI Split: Ended partnership to focus on proprietary AI for humanoid robots, citing a “breakthrough” and need for vertical integration to scale embodied AI. ✅ Hugging Face - Open Deep Research: Released an open-source alternative to OpenAI’s Deep Research using OpenAI’s o1 model. Limited by lack of access to advanced o3 model. ✅ China - Antitrust Probe: May investigate Intel Corporation (29% revenue from China) amid U.S.-China tech tensions. Follows similar scrutiny of Google. ✅ U.S. Government - AI-First Strategy: Ex-Tesla engineer @Thomas Shedd leads Technology Transformation Services, prioritizing AI-driven cost-cutting and contract databases, aligning with Silicon Valley’s push for smaller government. Listen to us here: 👉🏻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3SxK3fD2xqV5iLW48VFOxI?si=8e1fb9738b2342d6 👉🏻 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.in/podcasts/396d7f14-97ac-4f8a-b2bd-89b34d84cfdb/ai-news-and-funding-updates 👉🏻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theaiopus