Michael Nuñez
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Palo Alto, CA, United States
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Claude Pro vs. ChatGPT Plus: Which AI chatbot is better for you?
Claude Pro is a new paid subscription service from AI startup Anthropic and is set to compete directly with OpenAI's ChatGPT Plus. → Read More
Adobe publicly launches AI tools Firefly, Generative Fill in Creative Cloud overhaul
Adobe announced a major overhaul to its Creative Cloud suite of apps today, integrating AI capabilities across flagship programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects. → Read More
Dropzone AI launches autonomous AI agent to investigate security alerts, raises $3.5M in seed funding
Dropzone AI, a startup that aims to automate the tedious work of investigating security alerts, announced that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. → Read More
Tromzo secures $8M to lead the charge in AI-powered application security posture management
Cybersecurity startup Tromzo secures another $8 million in an oversubscribed seed round led by Venture Guides to secure cloud applications. → Read More
Jericho Security uses AI to fight AI in new frontier of cybersecurity
Jericho Security has raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to build solutions using machine-learning capabilities to "fight AI with AI." → Read More
Microsoft launches new features for its AI-powered Bing and Edge
Microsoft announced a major expansion of its artificial intelligence-based search tools today, opening up new features that allow visual and multimodal searches as well as persistent chat tools. The updates significantly expand the capabilities of Bing, the company’s search engine, and Edge, its web browser. → Read More
Letter from the editor: How generative AI is shaping the future of journalism and our newsroom
I sent this memo to the editorial staff at VentureBeat today, explaining the way I think that we should approach this moment in digital media. → Read More
Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, resigns from Google over ethical fears
Geoffrey Hinton has resigned from his position at Google, citing growing concerns about the ethical implications of AI. → Read More
Developers embrace AI Tools but face ‘Big Code’ challenges, survey finds
A new report from Sourcegraph warns Big Code will hit crisis mode if companies don't get a handle on how their developers use AI at work. → Read More
US federal agencies pledge to uphold fairness and equality in AI systems amid growing concerns
Four federal agencies pledged on Tuesday to enforce their respective laws and regulations to ensure AI is fair and law-abiding. → Read More
Elon Musk quietly starts X.AI, a new artificial intelligence company to challenge OpenAI
Elon Musk is preparing to launch a new artificial intelligence startup, X.AI, that aims to rival OpenAI, according to a bombshell report published by the Wall Street Journal on Friday. → Read More
Poe introduces chatbot creation feature with simple text prompts
Poe, a platform for creating and interacting with chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs), has launched a new feature that lets anyone create their own chatbot with just a few words. → Read More
Titans of AI Andrew Ng and Yann LeCun oppose call for pause on powerful AI systems
Andrew Ng and Yann LeCun argued against a proposed pause on the development of powerful AI systems in an online event on Friday. → Read More
Anthropic quietly expands access to Claude ‘Private Alpha’ at open-source event in San Francisco
Anthropic, one of the chief rivals to OpenAI, quietly rolled out broader access to the “Private Alpha” version of the highly anticipated chat service, Claude, at a bustling Open Source AI meetup. → Read More
Hugging Face hosts ‘Woodstock of AI,’ emerges as leading voice for open-source AI development
Hugging Face drew more than 5,000 people to a local meetup celebrating open-source technology at the Exploratorium in downtown San Francisco. → Read More
Google and Replit Join forces to challenge Microsoft in coding tools
Cloud-based coding platform Replit partners with Google Cloud to provide access to Google's AI and infrastructure — and challenge Microsoft. → Read More
OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a platform overnight with addition of plugins
OpenAI today announced its support of new third-party plugins for ChatGPT, and it already has Twitter buzzing about the company's potential platform play. → Read More
GitHub unveils Copilot X: The future of AI-powered software development
GitHub is introducing Copilot X, adopting the latest OpenAI GPT-4 model and expanding Copilot's capabilities with chat and pull requests. → Read More
Google releases Bard, a competitor to ChatGPT, Claude and Bing Chat
Google has opened access to Bard, its experimental text-based service that lets you collaborate with generative AI. → Read More
OpenAI releases highly-anticipated GPT-4 model in surprise announcement
In a surprise move, OpenAI released GPT-4 today, calling it its "most advanced system, producing safer and more useful responses." → Read More