Captions, the two-year-old AI video startup founded by Gaurav Misra, former head of design engineering at Snap and a former software development engineer (II) at Microsoft, is not resting on its laurels.
Fresh off of a $25 million funding round from top VCs announced earlier this summer, the company is also launching a new, dedicated AI dubbing app called Lipdub, which automatically translates and…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced today plans to acquire Nod.ai, a startup that specializes in optimizing AI software for high-performance hardware.
The purchase of Nod.ai, founded just three years ago, shows that AMD is serious about staking a claim in the rapidly…
AI startups in Israel, which have provided some of the country’s biggest tech success stories, are trying to carry on with regular business operations after the violent surprise attack by Hamas left over 900 Israelis killed and hundreds kidnapped over the weekend. At the…
Goldman Sachs CIO is ‘anxious to see results’ from GenAI, but moving carefully | The AI Beat
October 11, 2023
With all the generative AI hype swirling among evangelists, one might think that the Fortune 500 is galloping wildly towards putting large language models (LLMs) into production and turning corporate America into one big chatbot. To that, I say: “Whoa, Nelly!” — meaning, think again.
That’s because for all the C-suite executives out there feeling generative AI FOMO and getting pressure…
Seeing an opportunity to scale AI and reduce how overburdened compliance and security teams are with repetitive tasks, Vanta is launching its Vanta AI suite today. The suite relies on AI and large language models (LLMs) to help teams get more of their time back by automating…
VentureBeat is partnering with Anzu Partners on an exclusive gathering for the AI community in Washington DC this coming Thursday, October 26: AI ❤️ DC!
Join us for an evening of incisive discussions and high-level networking, spotlighting the rapidly evolving landscape…
ElevenLabs, a year-old voice cloning and synthesis startup founded by former Google and Palantir employees, today announced the launch of AI Dubbing, a dedicated product that can translate any speech, including long-form content, into more than 20 different languages.
Available to all platform users, the offering comes as a new way to dub audio and video content and can transform an area that has…
This week in data: AI stack tricks, generative AI adoption, the future of composability (and more)
October 10, 2023
Every company wants to be a platform company — but not all can be.
This week, we talk about the consumer and enterprise platforms you should be paying attention to. We also share generative AI adoption stats, as well as AI stack maps and tricks that teams should use…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman foresees ‘breathtaking’ scientific discoveries, muses on geoengineering
October 10, 2023
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman wasn’t a well known figure outside of the tech sector until recently, but following his company’s rapid ascent to the top of the competitive generative AI landscape propelled by its hit product ChatGPT, and his own “world tour”…
Ten years in: Deep learning changed computer vision, but the classical elements still stand
October 9, 2023
Computer Vision (CV) has evolved rapidly in recent years and now permeates many areas of our daily life. To the average person, it might seem like a new and exciting innovation, but this isn’t the case.
CV has actually been evolving for decades, with studies in the 1970s forming the early foundations for many of the algorithms in use today. Then, around 10 years ago, a new technique still in…
