AI news and funding updates from the last 24 hours(7th Feb 2025):

✅Mistral AI

- Updated AI assistant Le Chat with a new web interface, mobile apps, and a Pro tier for faster performance and enterprise deployment.

✅OpenAI /Anthropic

- OpenAI co-founder John Schulman left Anthropic after five months and is reportedly joining Mira Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, which has raised over $100M.

- OpenAI improved the chain of thought feature in its o3-mini AI model to enhance transparency in reasoning.

✅GitHub

- Introduced Copilot Vision, allowing users to upload images for AI-driven code generation.

- Launched Agent Mode for Copilot, enabling AI to refine, debug, and execute code autonomously.

- Announced Project Padawan, an AI agent for handling entire coding tasks.

✅RPLY

- Launched a Mac app that uses AI to suggest replies to unread iMessages, raising privacy concerns due to access to messages and contacts.

✅European Union Association AI Regulation

- Released non-binding guidance on defining AI systems under the AI Act, helping developers avoid compliance penalties.

✅Snap Inc.

- Expanded Snapchat+ features with AI-generated custom stickers and self-destructing Snaps to boost engagement.

✅Google

- Google Photos will watermark AI-edited images using SynthID technology to improve transparency in AI-generated content.

✅Tesla

- Continued scaling up its Dojo supercomputer for training Full Self-Driving AI, alongside Nvidia GPUs.

✅Tinder

- Introducing AI-powered discovery and matching features to boost engagement amid declining user growth.

✅Amazon

- Plans to invest over $100B in AI for AWS in 2025, aligning with major AI investment trends from Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft.

✅Meta

- Partnered withUNESCO to improve AI language models for underserved languages.

- Launched PARTNR, a research program to enhance human-robot collaboration for household tasks.

✅ France & UAE

- Announced a €30-€50B AI data center investment in France, leveraging nuclear and renewable energy.

✅Composo

- Raised $2M to help enterprises assess AI app reliability and performance using a no-code platform.

✅Safe Superintelligence Inc. (Ilya Sutskever's Startup)

- Reportedly seeking funding at a $20B valuation, up from $5B, despite having no revenue yet.

✅PromptLayer

- Raised $4.8M in seed funding to expand its AI prompt management platform targeting non-technical users.

✅Synergy Quantum & MP3 International

- Partnered to distribute quantum-secure cybersecurity solutions across the GCC.

✅ByteDance

- Introduced OmniHuman-1, an AI model that generates realistic human videos from a single image and motion signals.

✅Genpact

- Q4 2024 revenue grew by 9%, with a 12% rise in its Data-Tech-AI segment, driven by increasing GenAI adoption.

✅Astra Security

- Raised $2.7M to enhance its AI-driven penetration testing platform, improving real-time cybersecurity defenses.

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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