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6079 aims to decentralize AI services with the help of AI Prize Fight esports tournament

May 31, 2024
The team at AI Layer has an interesting project called 6079, a reference to Winston Smith, the protagonist of the cautionary book 1984 by George Orwell, which warned readers of totalitarian rule. In similar fashion, the 6079 “free think” movement stands for the inherent right of every individual to think independently, to challenge without fear, to explore without limits. Oddly enough, this…
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Kinetix and Overdare put generative AI in gamers’ hands

May 30, 2024
Kinetix, the generative AI startup creating user-generated emotes (UGE) for video games, has teamed up with Overdare to put generative AI in the hands of gamers. Overdare is a user-generated content (UGC) platform from South Korean publishing giant Krafton. Today, the companies are placing the power of generative AI directly into the hands of gamers. Enabling completely new, previously impossible…
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OpenAI is devouring the media industry

May 30, 2024
Let’s make one thing clear up front: I’m generally pro-generative AI. At least, I am a lot more amenable to it — and use it myself daily in the form of parsing information via ChatGPT and generating images with it and Midjourney — than many of my peers in the…
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Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6B to take on OpenAI

May 29, 2024
Today, Elon Musk’s xAI startup announced a massive $6 billion round of funding. Confirming reports from April, the series B investment comes from the participation of multiple known venture capital firms and investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital…
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OpenAI begins training new frontier model — but GPT-5 won’t come for at least 90 days

May 29, 2024
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI this morning announced it has begun training its new “frontier model” and formed a new Safety and Security Committee led by current board members Bret Taylor (OpenAI board chair and co-founder of customer service startup Sierra AI, former Google Maps lead and former Facebook CTO), Adam D’Angelo (CEO of Quora and AI model aggregator app Poe), Nicole Seligman (former…
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Anomaly raises $1.45M for AI-driven Layer 3 gaming platform

May 24, 2024
Anomaly has raised $1.45 million for an AI-driven Layer 3 Web3 gaming platform. Anomaly unveiled its AI-driven layer 3 gaming platform, which the company said has captivatedTelegram’s users with a novel “play-to-airdrop” mechanism. The recent funding round valued Anomaly at $11.4 million post-money and it was led by Decasonic, with participation from Shima Capital, Round 13, Triptyq VC…
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