German robotics manufacturer Neura showcased its humanoid robot, 4NE-1, performing tasks like ironing and moving boxes. The company was given early access to Nvidia's humanoid development and deployment tools, along with 12 other firms. Nvidia is also showcasing new tools for humanoids at the Siggraph conference in Colorado.

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Tezi, an early-stage startup, is building an AI agent to help HR teams find the perfect candidates for a job opening. The AI agent will sift through resumes, set up interviews, and send out emails to candidates. The company has received a $9 million seed to fuel its journey to a generally available product. The alpha product is being rolled out with a handful of design customers this week.

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Leaf, a New York-based company, aims to standardize and make accessible the vast amounts of data generated by farms. The company's API allows customers, including crop insurance providers and agtech startups, to utilize and build upon the data. Customers pay based on the number of acres their data is harvested from. Co-founder and CEO Bailey Stockdale compares Leaf to Plaid, a company that standardizes financial data.

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OpenAI has released ChatGPT's Advanced Voice Mode, allowing users to access GPT-4o's hyper-realistic audio responses. The feature will initially be available to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users and will roll out to all Plus users by fall 2024. Scarlett Johansson, an actress, has refused to use her voice for the feature and has hired legal counsel to defend her likeness.

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Airtable has acquired Dopt, a startup that helps other startups build product onboarding experiences, for its AI capabilities. The acquisition closed on July 15 and the Dopt team will join Airtable's AI group. Dopt introduced AI-based assistance tools earlier this year, which Airtable is acquiring to further its approach to AI.

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A new research paper published in Nature warns that AI models may get dumber and collapse due to a phenomenon called 'model collapse', where the input and output of a model converge and turn into garbage. This could happen as more AI content fills the web, leading to a loss of understanding of what a dog, for example, even is.

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Avi Schiffmann, a Harvard dropout, is developing an AI device called Friend, a neck-worn companion designed to combat loneliness. The device has raised $2.5 million in funding at a $50 million valuation from investors including Caffeinated Capital's Raymond Tonsing and Solana founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal. Friend is not the only AI wearable in development, with Limitless and Bee AI also working on screenless devices.

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Intelmatix, a deep tech startup, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to enable businesses in the MENA region to tap into AI for decision-making. The startup has offices in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, London, and Boston, and has launched its enterprise AI platform, EDIX. It has picked up 10 enterprise customers so far and plans to expand to medium and smaller businesses. The global enterprise AI market is projected to grow to $68.9 billion by 2028.

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Perplexity AI plans to share ad revenue with news publishers when its chatbot surfaces their content in response to a user query. The company's head of business, Dmitry Shevelenko, stated that the program was explored in January, before publishers accused Perplexity of plagiarism and unethical web scraping. The business case for the publisher program is self-preservation, as Perplexity needs journalists to continue producing new facts about the world.

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Meta is rolling out its AI Studio to all creators in the U.S., allowing them to create personalized AI-powered chatbots. The tool was first announced last year and started testing with select creators in June. Creators can use their own prompts or suggested templates to build a chatbot, which can be used for various purposes such as caption creation, post formatting, or generating memes.

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