AI News - April 28, 2024

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We're excited to bring you this week's roundup of the most fascinating AI news, updates, and breakthroughs! Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, and explore the incredible world of AI with us.

🔥 Top AI Stories of the Week

1. Google, Inc. crosses the two trillion USD mark in market evaluation. Uses generative AI to grow its search business. [Link]

2. Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University and others release Vidu, a text to video model rivaling OpenAI’s Sora. [Link]

3. Chinese company SenseTime launches SenseNova 5.0, it’s latest large language model to rival OpenAI’s GPT-4. [Link]

4. Google launches a new AI tool to help people improve their spoken English. [Link]

5. Apple and OpenAI intensify talks to integrate ChatGPT into its iOS operating system. [Link]

6. Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology develops a rival to Elon Musk’s neuralink brain computer interface. [Link]

7. Tesla’s Autopilot identified as having a “critical safety gap” contributing to 13 fatalities. [Link]

8. Nexus, the world’s first AI trading bot, becomes publicly available. [Link]

9. Ex Steam employee claims that over 1000 games currently on Steam use generative AI. [Link]

10. Robotics company Sanctuary AI reveals its latest iteration of its humanoid robot, Phoenix. [Link]

11. Company CIOs are now prioritizing Generative AI in the workplace, according to a survey. [Link]

12. Moderna partners with OpenAI to speed drug discovery. [Link]

13. AI powered facial recognition technology can tell a persons political affiliation by scanning their face. [Link]

14. Meta CEO says that it will take years for the company to make money from generative AI. [Link]

15. Augment, a company backed by famed VC Eric Schmidt, launches a product to compete with Microsoft Copilot. [Link]