• Paris startup adds 'universal compute' weapon to France's growing AI arsenal

    A startup promising “universal AI compute” has joined France’s thriving artificial intelligence sector. Paris-based FlexAI emerged from stealth today with a €28.5mn war chest and an ambitious plan to "unlock the future of machine intelligence." To pick that lock, FlexAI is rearchitecting compute infrastructure. The startup's centrepiece is an on-demand cloud service. Set to launch later this year, the product will enable developers to build and train AI applications with heterogeneous...

  • Feature: AI twins and the digital revolution

    While the use of AI and digital twins isn’t new to operators, the evolution of the former is enabling advanced twinning use cases such as improved network planning and optimisation, 6G research frameworks and training models. Mike Robuck explores.

  • Meta AI adds Google Search results

    Meta AI will point users to web search results of Google or Microsoft Bing for queries that require the most up-to-date answers.

  • AI unicorn Synthesia is adding emotions to your digital double

    British AI unicorn Synthesia has launched its new generation of AI avatars, promising truly human-like digital speakers. Synthesia CEO Victor Riparbelli said traditional AI avatars, including those made by his own company, have always struggled to capture the nuance of human facial expressions and emotions. The London-based startup, which raised £71.4m last June in a […]

  • This Week in B2B: Lending Innovations, AI and Digital Payments

    The B2B landscape is on the cusp of the next era in payments innovation. As PYMNTS readers already know, this new and exciting era is being driven by an ongoing digital transformation of historical processes and an electronic streamlining of traditional workflow hiccups. In order to capture the concrete opportunities that exist for B2B businesses to […]

  • Digital Clone: Your AI Doppelganger Could Soon Attend Your Meetings

    Tired of waiting for AI to take over your tasks? Now, you can be in multiple places at once (virtually) with your digital twin! A tech company is giving users an unmissable chance to create their digital clone, capable of performing several tasks, such as attending Zoom calls.Delphi AI, a platform powered by artificial intelligence, lets users create a digital representation of themselves that can handle tasks like attending Zoom meetings. This virtual twin goes beyond looking like you - it can...

  • Verafin Adds AI Copilot to Financial Crime Management Solutions

    Verafin has added an artificial intelligence (AI) copilot to its suite of financial crime management solutions. The new Entity Research Copilot is being rolled out to the firm’s customer base of more than 2,500 financial institutions, the Nasdaq company said in a Monday (April 22) press release. “As financial crime continues to evolve, we remain committed to empowering institutions […]

  • Meta AI Assistant Adds Website, Expands Beyond US

    Meta has introduced the latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Meta AI, powered by the latest advances with its large language model (LLM), Meta Llama 3. The assistant is free and can be used on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, the company said in a Thursday (April 18) press release. It’s also now available on a website, meta.ai, for use on computers, according to the release. In addition, Meta […]

  • Meta Adds AI Chatbot to Instagram That Can Generate Images

    Instagram users may have noticed a new colorful circular logo at the top of their messages interface lately. It is Meta's AI-powered chatbot. [Read More]

  • Adobe explores OpenAI partnership as it adds AI video tools

    Adobe is in the early stages of allowing third-party generative artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI's Sora and others inside its widely used video editing software, the U.S. software maker said on Monday. Adobe's Premiere Pro app is widely used in the television and film industries. The San Jose, California, company is planning this year to add AI-based features to the software, such as the ability to fill in parts of a scene with AI-generated objects or remove distractions from a scene...

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    Vyond's video generator adds AI that businesses will love. Try it for yourself

    Businesses need to make a lot of video content to support processes like compliance training, onboarding, and more – especially when getting hundreds or thousands of employees up to speed at scale. Enterprise AI video platform Vyond is using artificial intelligence (AI) to make that task quicker and easier. On Wednesday, the company announced new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features to its video-generating tools, most notably improved brand control measures. Also: My 9 must-have...

  • Updated Retouch4me Photoshop Panel Adds Cloud-Based AI Editing

    Retouch4me has released an update for its free Adobe Photoshop panel that allows users to edit their images through a single interface with the plugin(s) installed locally or through the cloud, extending its original functionality. [Read More]