Generative AI News Highlights - Gemini, Grok, Mistral, Microsoft, and More - Voicebot Podcast Ep 366

Google ranks as our featured story section with the launch of the
Gemini LLM and the new AI Studio. Mistral and Microsoft were
other big newsmakers with the introduction of small LLMs this
past week. And there is a lot on the new product and funding
front, the EU AI Act, an OpenAI and news media tie-up, and a lot
more.
Generative AI News Featured Stories of the
Week



Google's Gemini LLM Arrives Next Week and It May Just
Outperform GPT-4 (sort of)




Google Gemini Looks Amazing in Video Demos, But Marketing
Makes Another Unforced Error




Google Launches AI Studio for Easy Access to Gemini
Generative AI Model


Generative AI Funding Fountain ️



Mistral Has $415M in New Funding, a Big Valuation, and a New
LLM to Challenge GPT-4




SoundHound AI Acquires Restaurant Voice AI Startup SYNQ3




Speech AI Startup AssemblyAI Raises $50M




Indian Generative AI Startup Sarvam AI Raises $41M




Business Generative AI Startup Kognitos Raises $20M




Generative AI Tutoring Startup Kyron Learning Raises $14.6M




Generative AI Video Startup HeyGen Raises $5.6M


Generative AI Product Garden 🪴



Microsoft's New Phi-2 Small LLM Shows Strong Benchmark
Performance




Elon Musk Releases Generative AI Chatbot Grok on X




Snapchat Adds Generative AI Images to Snapchat+ Subscription
Service




Meta Expands Generative AI Features to Social Media and
Teases Invisible Watermarking




Getty Images and Runway Team Up to Build Generative AI Video
Model for Businesses That Won’t Spark Lawsuits


Generative AI in the World



Google Cloud Will Serve Generative AI to McDonald’s
Restaurants




Mastercard Unveils Generative AI Retail Tool Shopping Muse




The EU AI Act is Approved but It's Not Done Yet - A Breakdown
of Some Interesting Details




OpenAI Strikes ChatGPT Content Deal with Axel Springer,
Publisher of Politico, Insider, and BILD


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