Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, secures $6 billion in Series C funding with strategic investments from Nvidia and AMD. The company intends to use the funds for product development and infrastructure expansion, with participants including Sequoia Capital, a16z, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Fidelity, Kingdom Holdings, and various sovereign wealth funds.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/sai

Google Messages is rolling out new features, including a text field redesign, camera and gallery merger, and 'Original quality' sending option, which are currently available in the beta channel.

Source: https://9to5google.com/

xAI has successfully completed a Series C funding round, raising $6 billion from notable investors such as A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners, and Vy Capital. Strategic investors NVIDIA and AMD also participated. Since the Series B funding round in May 2024, xAI has significantly advanced its technology, introducing key initiatives like Colossus - the world's largest AI supercomputer utilizing an NVIDIA full stack reference design with 100,000 NVIDIA Hopper GPUs.

Source: https://x.ai/blog

OpenAI achieved significant milestones in 2024, including record funding and a shift towards becoming a for-profit company. However, the year also saw employee departures and legal disputes, notably with co-founder Elon Musk.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/sai

iOS 18.2 introduces a new 'Type to Siri' control in the Control Center, allowing users to quickly message Siri or ChatGPT by double-tapping the bottom bar or using the new control.

Source: https://9to5google.com/

In 2024, Google introduced various AI features and updates to its products such as Circle to Search, NotebookLM's Audio Overviews, and improvements to Gemini, Chrome, Pixel, and Search. These advancements aimed to enhance everyday user experience.

Source: https://blog.google/technology/ai/rss/

OpenAI's ChatGPT-5, also known as Project Orion, is experiencing delays and high costs. Initially expected to launch in mid-2022, it has not yet been released, despite being in development for 18 months. Microsoft, OpenAI's primary investor, anticipated an earlier release.

Source: https://www.techspot.com/category/ai/

A journalist highlights the increasing trend of people relying on AI, such as ChatGPT, to provide answers or arguments in various aspects of their lives. Examples include seeking help for a mystery illness, requesting tough love advice, creating a custom skin routine, and even discussing theological concepts.

Source: https://www.theverge.com/rss/ai-artificial-intelligence/index.xml

At Meta's Connect event in 2024, CEO Mark Zuckerberg committed the company to an 'all or nothing' approach to artificial intelligence, increasing infrastructure investments by up to $10 billion.

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Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, announced unlimited access to AI video generator Sora for ChatGPT Plus subscribers over the holidays, as a bonus gift following the 12 days of OpenAI event.

Source: https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/artificial-intelligence