In other AI news, AI research lab Imbue raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, eBay is rolling out an AI tool that can generate product listings from a single photo, and AI startup Anthropic launched its first consumer-facing premium subscription plan. OpenAI announced its first-ever developer conference, and Zoom is updating and rebranding several of its AI-powered features. Meanwhile, a new tool called Artisse allows users to generate AI photos of themselves, and an AI-driven high-speed drone beat human world champions in a drone race.
Key takeaways:
- D-Matrix, an AI chip startup, has raised $110 million to commercialize its inference compute platform, which it claims can run AI models at a lower cost than GPU-based alternatives.
- Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are investing in developing in-house next-gen chips for AI inferencing due to the AI hardware shortage and high demand for AI chips.
- Imbue, an AI research lab, has raised $200 million in a Series B funding round, and eBay is rolling out a new AI tool that can generate a product listing from a single photo.
- An AI-driven high-speed drone has beaten human world champions at drone racing, and machine learning models are being used to quantify and map scent, analyze audio from wildlife, and detect heart disease.