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Snowflake launches LLM-driven Document AI and more at annual conference 

Snowflake is making another generative AI push. Today at its annual conference, the data cloud company announced Document AI, a new large language model (LLM)-based interface that allows enterprises to quickly extract value from their barrage of documents. The move marks a major development for the data giant — which started off with a focus on structured data — and provides an easy way to…
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Merlyn Mind launches education-focused LLMs for classroom integration of generative AI

Merlyn Mind, an AI-powered digital assistant platform, announced the launch of a suite of large language models (LLMs) specifically tailored for the education sector under an open-source license.  Merlyn said that its LLMs, developed with an emphasis on education workflows and safety requirements, would empower teachers and students to engage with generative models that operate on user-selected…
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Talent Select AI automatically screens job candidates’ for psychological & personality traits during interviews

If you’ve ever had to take what appears to be a personality assessment test when filling out a job application for a prospective employer, you’re not alone: “100 million workers worldwide take psychometric tests…designed to study personality and aptitude,” making for a $2 billion annual market, according to a recent article in The New York Times. Such tests are used by 80% of Fortune 500…
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AI video creation app Captions bags $25M from top VCs

Captions, an AI-powered video creation app for iOS that launched in 2021 and counted more than three million users to date, today announced a $25 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins, with additional funding provided by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and SV Angel. The company has now raised a total $40 million. It was founded by Gaurav Misra, former head of design…
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