AI News & Updates for January 2025

Google Expands NotebookLM with Interactive Audio Features and Premium Tier

6 days ago

Google has updated NotebookLM with interactive audio features and a premium subscription service. Users can now interact with AI hosts during Audio Overviews and ask questions using voice commands. A new three-panel interface improves content management. The premium service, NotebookLM Plus, offers higher limits, customizable responses, and team sharing. Gemini 2.0 Flash enhances AI capabilities, but some features may have delays.

Nvidia launches Nemotron models and orchestration blueprints for agentic AI development

14 days ago

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Nvidia launched Nemotron, a family of AI models for agentic tasks, including language and vision applications. The models come in three sizes: Nano, Super, and Ultra, optimized for different computing resources. Nvidia also introduced orchestration blueprints to manage multiple agents, partnering with various companies. New blueprints include converting PDFs to podcasts and summarizing videos, aiming to streamline the deployment of AI agents.

Meta Launches AI-Generated Accounts to Boost Engagement on Facebook and Instagram

18 days ago

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Meta is introducing AI-generated accounts on Instagram and Facebook to attract younger users. AI influencers like Aitana Lopez and Kimochii are emerging, while companies like 1337 allow user interaction with AI entities. However, there are growing concerns about misinformation and harmful content from these AI accounts. The rise of AI in social media could significantly alter user engagement and trust.

xAI raises $6 billion in Series C funding

26 days ago

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xAI, Elon Musk’s AI company, raised $6 billion in a Series C financing round, boosting its valuation to $45 billion. Major investors included Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, and Kingdom Holdings, which invested $400 million. The company launched the AI supercomputer Colossus and developed models like Grok 2 and Grok 3. The funding will enhance infrastructure and product development focused on beneficial AI. xAI is also hiring for mission-driven roles.

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Google Launches Veo 2 Next-Gen AI for High-Quality Video Generation

1 months ago

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Google introduced Veo 2, a next-gen video-generating AI that creates clips over two minutes long at up to 4K resolution. Currently in VideoFX, it is limited to 720p and eight seconds. Veo 2 enhances realism and cinematography understanding, producing high-quality videos with fewer unwanted details. Additionally, Imagen 3 improves image generation with better detail and style diversity. A new tool, Whisk, allows users to creatively remix images.

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Amazon Unveils Nova, New Family of Multimodal AI Models

1 months ago

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Nova, a new family of multimodal generative AI models, at its re:Invent conference. The Nova family includes four text-generating models: Micro, Lite, Pro, and Premier, with the latter available in early 2025. Integrated with Amazon Bedrock, these models support text, image, and video inputs, offering cost-effective and fast solutions for various tasks.

Meta Introduces Andromeda: Next-Generation AI Retrieval System for Advertising

1 months ago

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Meta has introduced Andromeda, a machine learning system to enhance ad recommendation using NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip and Meta Training and Inference Accelerator hardware. It offers a 6% recall improvement, 8% ad quality improvement, 3x enhancement in model inference queries per second, and a 10,000x increase in model capacity. Advantage+ users see a 22% ROAS increase and 7% conversion increase.

ElevenLabs Launches GenFM for AI-Generated Podcasts from Various Content

1 months ago

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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs introduced GenFM, a feature on its ElevenLabs Reader iOS app that creates multispeaker podcasts from various content types like PDFs, articles, and ebooks. GenFM supports 32 languages and automatically selects voices to generate podcasts. The ElevenReader app, available on iOS and Android, turns text into audio with natural AI narration. GenFM podcasts adapt to key insights from uploaded content and are produced swiftly.

ElevenLabs Launches Conversational AI Agents

2 months ago

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ElevenLabs launched a feature to build conversational AI bots with customizable variables like tone and response length. Users can create agents on the developer platform, addressing challenges like knowledge base integration and customer interruptions. Developers can select language models, tune voice, latency, and other aspects, and add their own knowledge base.

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