We begin this week with three thematic discussions. Generative AI myths reviews the recent Stargate rumors and why journalists are so easily co-opted into publishing stories that may have a seed of truth shrouded in impractical, nonsensical claims. We also discuss three news items highlighting how generative AI is transforming the search market and the coalition of companies that want to displace NVIDIA from its generative AI throne.

That is followed by an onslaught of news from the past two weeks. We have an LLM rundown that includes announcements from Anthropic, X.ai, Databricks, and AI21 Labs, as well as a dedicated section on OpenAI announcements. Funding highlights include HeyGen and Hailo. There is also news from Adobe, Opera, Samsung, Open Interpreter, and Financial Times.

Generative AI News

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

OpenAI Updates

Generative AI Funding Fountain and Money Gusher 💰⛲️

Generative AI in the World 🌎

Financial Times Launches Generative AI Chatbot for Subscribers Powered by Anthropic’s Claude 3 LLM