Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #7
Cognition releases a fully autonomous GenAI coding tool, Mercedes trials ML-enhanced assembly robots, Thailand outlines its national AI strategy, and much more.
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North America:
Aided by OpenAI’s speech-to-speech generative model, a California-based robotics company Figure posts a YT video showcasing its AI humanoid robot.
Cognition releases Devin: the first-of-its-kind, fully autonomous AI software engineering tool that only requires written instructions from the end user to operate.
Apple buys DarwinAI, a Canadian startup that builds GenAI solutions for businesses, aiming to strengthen its standing in the global AI market.
Amazon launches a new GenAI-powered feature for vendors that automatically generates product pages using only company URLs.
Meta unveils a major AI infrastructure upgrade with 24K GPU clusters and plans for 350,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, bolstering its GenAI capabilities.
Europe:
The European Parliament passes the historic EU AI Act set to regulate the use of AI technology across the union, with 523 votes in favor, 46 against, and 49 abstentions.
German automobile giant Mercedes begins to trial ML-enhanced Apollo robots made by Apptronic for physically demanding and repetitive tasks at its factory in Hungary.
Silicon Box raises $3.5 billion to build a new AI chip factory in northern Italy, declares the country’s Minister for Business, Adolfo Urso.
Asia:
China’s Tencent releases Follow-Your-Click, a novel GenAI solution that uses text prompts and static images to generate videos.
Thailand’s government outlines six key projects as part of the second phase of its national AI strategy and action plan.
100K Filipino women to be trained by Microsoft in AI and cybersecurity, which includes learning GenAI tools from OpenAI.
Australia:
RSM Australia, a member firm of the multinational accounting conglomerate, reveals how it uses AI to optimize business processes and boost productivity.
Melbourne-based marketing company Trade Indy gets acquired by Singapore’s SQREEM Technologies in an effort to further enhance AI-powered audience targeting.