Call it a holiday present: Midjourney version 6, the latest and greatest iteration of the popular image generation AI model from the research collective of the same name founded by David Holz, dropped last night as an alpha release — and already, some power users are ecstatic over the improvements it brings. VentureBeat uses Midjourney and other AI art tools to generate article imagery.
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Apple’s latest AI research could completely transform your iPhone
December 22, 2023
Apple, a company practically synonymous with technological innovation, has once again positioned itself at the forefront of the AI revolution.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company recently announced significant strides in artificial intelligence research through two new…
Just yesterday, I asked if Google would ever get an AI product release right on the first try. Consider that asked and answered — at least, going by the looks of its latest research.
This week, Google showed off VideoPoet, a new large language model (LLM) designed for a…
AI will make 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’
December 22, 2023
Generative AI will make the 2024 US elections a ‘hot mess’ — whether it is from chatbots or deepfakes — while at the same time, politics will slow down AI regulation efforts, says Nathan Lambert, a machine learning researcher at the Allen Institute for AI, who also co-hosts The Retort AI podcast with researcher Thomas Krendl Gilbert.
“I don’t expect AI regulation to come in the US [in…
In its continuous pursuit of advancements in the generative AI domain, Google has introduced a new product, NotebookLM. This experimental AI-driven online note-taking app, marked by the integration of the Gemini AI Model 1, has progressed from its initial limited release to…
Many of us in the technology and business worlds have been thinking a lot more about artificial intelligence (AI) in the past year since OpenAI released ChatGPT, catapulting generative AI into the mainstream.
But for Juergen Mueller, the chief technology officer of German…
Mine’s $30M boost will bring AI-based privacy to the enterprise
December 9, 2023
In a turbulent year for venture capital investing, Mine countered the trend with a Series B $30 million funding round co-led by PayPal Ventures and Battery Ventures, with notable investment from Nationwide Ventures.
The shift in regulation for both consumer and employee privacy in both the U.S. and the European Union has increased an enterprise’s responsibilities around privacy for both their…
Stanford and Meta inch towards AI that acts human with new ‘CHOIS’ interaction model
December 9, 2023
Researchers from Stanford University and Meta’s Facebook AI Research (FAIR) lab have developed a breakthrough AI system that can generate natural, synchronized motions between virtual humans and objects based solely on text descriptions.
The new system, dubbed CHOIS…
Justin Maier, the Mormon-raised, Boise, Idaho-based founder of open-source AI platform Civitai, has had a wild year — and a rough few months.
His company was founded a year ago to support a community discovering, creating and sharing models and image-generated content…
ChatGPT rival Pi launches on Android
December 9, 2023
Inflection AI, the Palo Alto-based startup founded by DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, just announced that its AI chatbot ‘Pi’ is now available as a dedicated app on Android.
The move, which is expected to give billions of users access to Pi, comes as the latest effort from the year-old startup to take on OpenAI’s widely popular ChatGPT and other new…
