German AI startup Aleph Alpha has raised $500 million in a funding round co-led by Schwarz Group and Bosch Ventures. The startup, which gives businesses full control over the integration of AI into their operations, was compared to France's Mistral by Techcrunch. Meanwhile, Humane has launched the AI Pin, a screenless, always-on clip-on device that reads emails and provides unlimited access to ChatGPT. Other notable developments include layoffs at Pico, signaling ByteDance's pivot away from consumers, and Samsung's plans to release a Galaxy-branded mixed reality headset in 2024.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI has announced a new app store and GPT Builder that allows users to customize and share their own AI assistants. They are also launching a GPT Store for selling these AI assistants.
- xAI has opened the waitlist for a new ChatBot called Grok, which is designed to deeply understand and empathize with the world in real time.
- German AI startup Aleph Alpha has raised $500 million in a funding round co-led by Schwarz Group and Bosch Ventures. The startup provides businesses with full sovereignty over the implementation of AI into their businesses.
- ByteDance is speculated to be pivoting away from consumers as over 1,000 people, mostly from the content and marketing sides of the business, are looking for new jobs. The hardware team was largely unaffected, leading to speculation that the company is planning to pivot to MR.