Connectly.ai, an AI service company aiding retailers in selling on messaging platforms, secured $20M in Series B funding led by Alibaba. The funds will expand its platform and increase San Francisco staff to 80 by year-end. Founded by Stefanos Loukakos, the platform integrates services like WhatsApp and SMS for personalized customer engagement, aiming for 100% revenue growth in 2024.....

Apple's latest iPhone series significantly enhances artificial intelligence applications within its operating system, aiming to accelerate AI usage in the business sector. New features include upgraded Siri, text generation, photo editing, and compatibility with iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro. Some details of these AI features were announced in June, with a beta version expected to launch next month. Despite market interest, stock prices briefly fell, yet Apple's smart devices signal new possibilities and challenges for AI in business.

Lumen Technologies is attempting to improve its financial situation by diversifying its business and restructuring its $20 billion debt through AI-related contracts. CFO Chris Stansbury acknowledges severe debt structure issues and has negotiated with creditors to obtain new credit lines and defer billions in maturing debt. The company focuses on AI connectivity services, recently securing a $5 billion contract with an additional $7 billion in po....

Recently, a study on misinformation from Harvard Kennedy School found that fake research papers generated by artificial intelligence are infiltrating academic search engines like Google Scholar. This could undermine public trust in scientific discoveries and disrupt product development in industries that rely on cutting-edge research.

Glean, an AI-driven enterprise work platform, raised $260 million in Series E financing, doubling its valuation to $4.6 billion, co-led by Altimeter and DST Global. Glean's mission is to provide work AI for everyone, connecting and deeply understanding enterprise data, personnel, processes, and environments, while maintaining intuitiveness and security, becoming a reliable tool in daily work. Since its launch in 2019, Glean has evolved from an AI-powered enterprise search engine to a comprehensive enterprise AI assistant.

OpenAI plans to release its next-generation AI model, Strawberry, in two weeks as part of the ChatGPT services. The model's uniqueness lies in its ability to 'think' before responding to user queries, differing from the traditional immediate response model, and is expected to bring revolutionary changes to human-computer interaction. Initially, Strawberry will support only text input and output, released as a standalone product alongside ChatGPT. OpenAI's innovation prowess in the AI field is once again evident, with its commercial products attracting over 1 million paid users.

On September 8, SF Technology launched its vertical large language model for the logistics industry, 'Fengyu', at the Shenzhen International Artificial Intelligence Exhibition. This model showcased practical applications in over twenty scenarios across SF's marketing, customer service, collection and delivery, and international customs sectors, marking a significant advancement for the logistics industry in the field of artificial intelligence.

This article reports on a rare case in the music industry, where North Carolina musician Michael Smith is accused of fraudulently using artificial intelligence and bot accounts to generate over ten million dollars in illegal income from streaming platforms. He collaborated with an accomplice to purchase AI-generated songs and artificially inflated play counts on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music to reach billions of plays. Smith registered bot accounts under fake names to distribute traffic.

Amazon's Audible has announced an innovative plan to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to train the voices of professional narrators in order to produce high-quality audiobooks. Starting this week, selected audiobook narrators from the U.S. will participate in the AI training process, ensuring that the AI-generated voices can compete with those of professionals. Narrators will have the opportunity to review the AI-generated voices to ensure they align with the style and tone of the work, and to fine-tune the AI's pronunciation and pacing. Audible has committed to compensating participating narrators based on book titles and royalty sharing.

Biotechnology company Chai Discovery has received nearly $30 million in investment from Thrive Capital and OpenAI within six months of its founding. The company focuses on the application of biotechnology in drug development, developing innovative technologies that can predict biochemical molecular structures and reprogram molecular interactions, aiming to transform biology into 'engineering.' Chai Discovery's goal is to accelerate and optimize the drug development process by enhancing drug molecule design through technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Amazon's audiobook service Audible is introducing AI voice training technology to generate new audiobook recordings, with plans to invite professional audiobook narrators in the U.S. to participate starting this week. The trained AI will be used for recordings, with narrators having the right to approve the use of their synthetic voice for specific works and the ability to edit pronunciation and pacing. Narrators participating in the program will be compensated for audiobooks created using their AI voice based on book titles and royalty splits.

At the 2024 Apple event, watchOS received multiple AI upgrades, including the first introduction of the translation app to watchOS 11, supporting offline multilingual translation and speech recognition, usable on specific models of Apple Watch without a phone connection, and allowing the download of 20 language models for offline translation. The Smart Stack feature has also been enhanced with AI, automatically adding widgets based on user context. watchOS 11 also introduced a new 'Photos' watch face, utilizing machine learning to recognize and manage the user's photo library.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into our lives and work, providing convenience while also posing risks. Gartner analyst Mesaglio points out that companies may encounter cost discrepancies of up to 500% to 1000% when applying AI, primarily due to rising vendor prices and companies' neglect of cloud resource usage. While AI processes unstructured data to obtain more information, the costs are high. Additionally, AI applications may lead to 'productivity leakage', where employees may use saved time for leisure rather than work.

Richard Moore, head of the UK's MI6, and Bill Burns, head of the US CIA, jointly published an article for the first time, emphasizing the role of generative artificial intelligence in enhancing the efficiency of intelligence operations. AI technologies, including large language models, are used for rapid information summarization, creative generation, and data filtering, particularly in processing vast amounts of extreme content on the internet, aiding intelligence personnel in better understanding and communication. Intelligence agencies are swiftly adopting emerging technologies to adapt to a complex security environment while maintaining effective secrecy. Technological challenges and their applications in modern conflicts, such as the war in Ukraine...

The current tech industry mainly relies on the boom of artificial intelligence (AI) to mask its overall sluggish condition, with many companies continuing to struggle amid economic downturns. Traditional tech sectors, such as software, IT consulting, and companies providing electronic devices for manufacturing and the automotive industry, face problems of weak demand and excess inventory, making recovery difficult. While AI has become the sole growth point, the aftermath of overhiring and excessive spending, coupled with economic uncertainty, has increased the difficulty of recovery. Large tech companies are experiencing a slowdown in growth, and small businesses in the tech sector are particularly facing weak revenue growth. Although AI is the current highlight,

Apple showcased its artificial intelligence plans at WWDC for the first time, aiming to enhance the appeal of the iPhone 16 through closely interacting technology, potentially leading to another 'super cycle.' However, the slow rollout of new features and policy restrictions, especially concerning the EU and Chinese markets, have raised concerns about the sales performance of the iPhone 16. Currently, only some iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models support Apple's artificial intelligence, with support for more models pending the upcoming launch event.

Goldman Sachs mistakenly attributed the decline in OpenAI's ChatGPT traffic to data analysis errors, failing to notice that domain changes distorted traffic statistics, which raised concerns in the market about the outlook for AI stocks. In reality, Similarweb data shows that the number of ChatGPT users has increased by 66.2% over the past year, making it the most popular generative AI application. OpenAI announced that its weekly active users have reached 200 million, doubling from 2022, with rapid growth in enterprise business and a continuous rise in API usage demand.

With the rise of artificial intelligence technology, the exploration of 'automated decision-making' by businesses and governments has raised widespread public concerns. The latest consumer report shows that over 72% of respondents feel uneasy about the application of AI in areas such as job interviews, bank loan approvals, rental qualification assessments, and facial recognition surveillance, with 45% feeling 'very uncomfortable' about it. More than half of the respondents express concerns about AI in facial recognition surveillance, and about one-third feel 'very uncomfortable' regarding it. Regarding medical diagnosis and treatment plans, half of the respondents are also unwilling...

A startup team from Mexico City, 'Somewhere Someone', successfully attracted collaboration from Adidas by designing a football team jersey using artificial intelligence, showcasing the integration of technological innovation and traditional craftsmanship. The team created innovative product concept images through AI image generation technology, particularly incorporating traditional Mexican embroidery elements into the design of the Adidas-styled national team jersey, capturing global attention. This design not only enhances the unique appeal of the product but also provides economic independence opportunities for over 3,000 artisans, potentially impacting 15,000 people. Adidas' involvement not only promotes...