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• Cradle raised $24M to expand Generative AI for protein design and engineering (Link)

• Vendelux raised $14M for its AI-powered event platform (Link)

• Aptus raised €3M to transform compliance activities into business opportunities (Link)

• SeeChange Technologies raised £8M to transform global retail with visual AI (Link)

• Birdseye raised $3M for its AI-powered marketing personalization platform (Link)

• LegalFly raised €2M to transform legal documents into actionable insights (Link)

• Phare Health raised £2.5M to transform the back office of healthcare (Link)

US, Britain, other countries ink agreement to make AI 'secure by design'

Over the weekend, the United States, Britain, and over a dozen other countries signed a groundbreaking international agreement to ensure AI systems are “secure by design.”

This 20-page document, while non-binding, sets general recommendations for AI system design, emphasizing the need for security measures to prevent misuse, data tampering, and abuse. But it doesn't address the appropriate uses of AI or data collection methods.

Europe has the most restrictive AI regulations at this stage, with several countries establishing guidelines for AI's ethical use and management.

Inside US efforts to untangle an AI giant’s ties to China

The United States has expressed significant security concerns over the ties between G42, an AI firm based in the United Arab Emirates, and Chinese companies labeled as security threats, particularly Huawei.

American intelligence agencies such as the CIA have warned of the risks involved, including the potential siphoning of advanced American technology to China and the acquisition of genetic data of millions of Americans by the Chinese government.

In response, the Biden administration has strongly urged G42 to sever its connections with these Chinese firms, even hinting at possible sanctions.

Pentagon's Al initiatives accelerate hard decisions on lethal autonomous weapons

The US military is increasingly integrating artificial intelligence into its operations, including piloting small surveillance drones in special ops missions and aiding Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.

AI technologies are also being used to monitor soldiers' fitness, predict maintenance needs for Air Force planes, and track activities in space.

Aiming to compete with China, the Pentagon plans to deploy thousands of AI-enabled autonomous vehicles by 2026 under the initiative "Replicator." This program, as outlined by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, is designed to advance US military innovation with a focus on small, smart, and cost-effective platforms.

Other news

• Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model (Link)

Stable Video Diffusion (SVD) is now on Replicate

A huge leap in AI-powered web dev

GPT-4 for radiology

Claude 2.1 vs. GPT-4-Turbo chart

• Trickle: Summarize and transform your screenshots using GPT-4 Vision (Link)

• Mutable: AI accelerated software development (Link)

• PaperPal: Real-time, subject-specific language suggestions that help you write better (Link)

• SendSteps: AI-powered writing, design and storytelling for presentations and slide decks (Link)

• Magnific AI: A powerful image enhancer and upscaler (Link) 👇

Find more tools at FutureTools.io.

• GAIA: a benchmark for General AI Assistants (Link)

• LucidDreamer: Domain-free Generation of 3D Gaussian Splatting Scenes (Link)

• FusionFrames: Efficient Architectural Aspects for Text-to-Video Generation Pipeline (Link)

• Diffusion Model Alignment Using Direct Preference Optimization (Link)

• Exponentially Faster Language Modelling (Link)

• The busy person’s intro to large language models - YouTube video (Link)

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-Nathan Lands

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