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How AI Chatbots May Blur Reality 🤯 It's a fascinating look at the psychological effects of this technology. Learn more about the writeup

A study on the nature of AI models, a research paper dives into the nature of AI models, possibly focusing on biological inspiration or network structure. 🔬 Read the full study here

Google breaks down the energy usage of its Gemini AI. The median text prompt uses a tiny 0.24 watt-hours of electricity! 🔋 Check out the full report.

Assembled: Support Orchestration with AI Agents & Human Workforce Management. Combines AI agents with human workforce management to help businesses with customer support. 🧑‍💼 It's all about delivering "superhuman support." Read more about their approach here.

MIT Report Finds 95% of AI Pilots Fail to deliver meaningful results. 📉 The article explains why these pilot projects are collapsing. Read the full analysis

Netflix Lays Down the GenAI Law in its productions. 🎬 This article breaks down their policies and what it means for creators. Find out more here

Meta is restructuring its AI research team to focus on a long-term goal: creating "superintelligence." 🧠 This is a major shift in focus for the company. Learn more about their new direction.

Pudu Robotics Launches Pudu MT1 Max AI-Powered Robotic Sweeper! It<s cute, is compact, and it's designed to clean large, complex environments. Check out this futuristic cleaning bot.

Meet your next wealth manager! Kasisto Launches KAIgentic AI That Thinks Like a Trusted Banker. Read about this new tech for finance

DoControl Introduces AI-Powered Configuration Management to help businesses with systems management. 💻 This will help security teams keep an eye on everything. Learn about their new solutions here

This research paper explores how to attack and defend against "LLM fingerprinting," which is a method of identifying large language models. 🕵️‍♂️ It's a deep dive into AI security. Read the full paper

Can You Really Govern Multi-Agent AI? this article explores the big question of whether we can truly govern multi-agent AI systems. 🤔 It's a complex issue as these systems become more autonomous. Read the insights here

Beware When Your AI Helper Becomes a Hacker's Dream Tool. This article from KnowBe4 spells a warning about how your AI helper could become a tool for hackers. 🚨 It highlights the security risks of AI agents. Find out how to stay safe

The Most Active AI Agent Investors. This breakdown flags the most active investors are in the AI agent space. 💰 It's a great overview of who's funding the future of AI. Check out the list

Apate AI, a cyber-intelligence startup, just secured $2.5 million in a seed round! They plan to use the funds to fight scams with their new "anti-scam bot army." Read about this awesome new tech here

Sola in its recent US$17 million Series A funding round had teamed up with Latham & Watkins to make it happen! Sola is an AI-native platform that helps businesses with automation. Find out more about the deal

Method AI just raised a huge $20 million in Series A funding! They're using the cash to further develop their AI platform for surgical oncology. 🩺 Check out details

Wizcommerce has secured a cool $8 million in Series A funding! This investment will help them grow their AI platform. Get all the details here

Interhuman AI, based in Copenhagen, has raised €2 million in pre-seed funding! They're building a "social intelligence layer" to help AI better understand human behavior. 🤯 Find out more

TinyFish, an AI agent startup, just reeled in a massive $47 million funding round! The round was led by Iconiq, showing major confidence in their technology. 🚀 Read about this big catch here

Bluefish, an AI marketing platform, has nabbed a huge $20 million in Series A funding. They specialize in "Generative Engine Optimization" to help brands get noticed by AI models. Dive into the details

Chatblu Raises $500K Pre-Seed Round, they’re working on an AI agent for e-commerce. This cash will help them develop their platform. Check out the full story

Zipline.ai Raises $7M to Ease AI Data Pipeline Development! The funding will help them make it easier to develop AI data pipelines. Learn more about their technology here.

Casca, an AI-native loan platform, has raised a huge $29 million in Series A funding! The company helps financial institutions process loans much faster. 🏦 Find out more about their success

Betterpic, an AI imaging startup, has secured a $2.5 million seed round! They're using AI for fashion and professional photography, which is super cool. 📸 Read all about it

Keychain Raises a $30M Series B round! They're using the investment to launch an AI-powered operating system for the consumer goods industry. 📦 Learn more about their tech

ShiftUp Secures $3M Seed Funding for AI Sales Intelligence to further develop their AI sales intelligence platform. 📈 Check out the full story here

Firecrawl, a new AI crawler startup, has just raised $14.5 million! Interestingly, they're also still hiring "agents" as employees. 🤖 Find out more about their unique approach

Nota AI has filed a securities registration statement and is getting ready to list on KOSDAQ this year! 🚀 This is a big step for the company - an AI IPO in Korea! Read all about it

Axl Venture Studio Aims to Launch 50 AI Startups. A new venture studio in Toronto, Axl, is aiming to launch 50 AI startups to help combat "brain drain" in Canada. 🧠 This is a great initiative to keep local talent at home! Learn more about the project