### Title Prolific raises $32M to expand its AI training and stress-testing platform ### Important Facts - 💰 London startup Prolific secures £25 million ($32 million) in funding - 🧠 Prolific uses a network of 120,000 human participants to train and stress-test AI models - 🌐 The system helps prevent AI from going in the wrong direction due to insufficient data - 🚀 Funding will be used to scale up Prolific's operations - 🔥 Demand for Prolific's services drives the successful fundraising round ### Secondary Facts - 🎯 AI-based systems often fail when trained on inadequate or unreliable data - ✨ Prolific's platform aims to address this issue by leveraging human input - ⭐️ The startup believes that deep, wide, and reliable data is crucial for effective AI models

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### Title Overcoming Barriers to AI Adoption in Companies ### Important Facts - 📌 AI has the potential to lighten workload and improve task execution. - 📌 Creating an AI-friendly company culture is challenging. - 📌 Every company needs to consider integrating AI into their team. ### Secondary Facts - 💡 Employees often express a desire for more time or assistance with their work. - 💡 Making AI a seamless extension of a team requires effort and planning.

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### Title Shutterstock expands partnership with OpenAI for generative AI tools ### Important Facts - 📈 Shutterstock plans to expand its existing deal with OpenAI - 🤝 Over the next six years, OpenAI will license data from Shutterstock including images, videos, music, and metadata - 💡 Shutterstock gains "priority access" to OpenAI's latest technology and new editing capabilities - 🖼️ Customers of Shutterstock can transform images in the stock content library using OpenAI's editing capabilities ### Secondary Facts - 🔍 The expanded partnership aims to provide training data for OpenAI's AI models - 💻 OpenAI benefits from accessing a wide range of media assets from Shutterstock

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### Title Sapphire Ventures to invest $1B in enterprise AI startups ### Important Facts - 💰 Sapphire Ventures plans to invest over $1 billion in AI-related enterprise startups - 🚀 The investment demonstrates the strong appetite among investors for cutting-edge AI tech ### Secondary Facts - None

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### Title A Comprehensive Guide to Artificial Intelligence ### Important Facts - 📚 The news provides an overview of artificial intelligence, breaking down the jargon and explaining its major players. - 🌐 It emphasizes the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest AI news. - 💡 The article aims to provide readers with everything they need to know about AI. ### Secondary Facts - 🗞️ The news is titled "Age of AI: Everything you need to know about artificial intelligence." - 📰 The body of the news repeats the title and adds that it will break down the jargon and provide an overview.

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### Title Raft raises $30M in Series B funding led by Eight Roads VC ### Important Facts - 💰 Raft, a company that provides services to freight forwarders, has closed a $30 million Series B funding round. - 🚢 The digitization of the freight industry experienced significant growth during the pandemic. - 💸 Other companies in the freight logistics sector have also raised substantial amounts of funding: Forto ($600 million), Nuvocargo ($75 million), Zencargo ($66 million), and Freightify ($14.5 million). ### Secondary Facts - 📈 Raft's funding round was led by Eight Roads VC. - 🌐 All the mentioned companies are associated with streamlining and digitizing freight logistics.

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### Title Vellum.ai raises $5M in seed funding as demand for generative AI services grows ### Important Facts - 💰 Vellum.ai has closed a $5 million seed round of funding - 🚀 The company is experiencing increased demand for its generative AI services - 💼 The lead investor in the round remains undisclosed, but it is a multi-stage firm - 💡 Rebel Fund, Eastlink Capital, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, and several angels participated in the funding round ### Secondary Facts - 🔒 Vellum.ai declined to disclose the identity of its lead investor - 👥 Multiple investors, including Rebel Fund, Eastlink Capital, Pioneer Fund, Y Combinator, and angel investors, contributed to the funding round

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### Title VC firm uses personality tests and AI to find investments ### Important Facts - 🤖 VC firm utilizes personality tests and AI for investment decisions - 💼 The fund has no carry, meaning investors do not pay fees on profits - ⏰ Technology helps save time in the investment process ### Secondary Facts - 💸 Investors are investing in AI startups - ❌ Investment decisions are not solely based on AI technology

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### Title Anthropic releases Claude 2, its second-generation AI chatbot ### Important Facts - 🚀 Anthropic, an AI startup co-founded by ex-OpenAI executives, has launched Claude 2, a new text-generating AI model. - 🌐 Claude 2 is available in beta in the U.S. and U.K., both on the web and through a paid API (with limited access). - 💰 The pricing for the API remains unchanged at approximately $0.0465 per 1,000 words generated. - 💼 Jasper, a generative AI platform, and Sourcegraph are among the businesses piloting Claude 2. ### Secondary Facts - 📈 Claude 2 is the successor to Anthropic's first commercial model. - 🧪 Several businesses have already started testing Claude 2, indicating early interest in the technology.

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### Title China's Baichuan Intelligence Releases Open-Source Language Model to Compete with OpenAI ### Important Facts - 🚀 Sogou founder Wang Xiaochuan aims to create a Chinese alternative to OpenAI. - 💡 Baichuan Intelligence, Wang's startup, introduces its next-generation large language model called Baichuan-13B. - 🌐 The open-source model is designed to rival OpenAI's language models. - 💪 Baichuan-13B represents China's effort to develop its own advanced AI technology. - 📈 Baichuan Intelligence seeks to establish itself as a pioneer in the field of natural language processing. ### Secondary Facts - 👥 Wang Xiaochuan expressed his vision for a Chinese OpenAI on Weibo in February. - 🎉 Baichuan-13B's release brings Wang closer to realizing his dream. - 🌍 Baichuan Intelligence's language model contributes to the global competition in AI development. - 🇨🇳 China continues to invest in and promote domestic AI innovation. - 🔬 Baichuan-13B demonstrates advancements in language modeling technology.

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