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Today we brings significant advancements in robotics, multimodal AI, and venture capital strategies in the AI space. From ambitious efforts in creating a universal robot intelligence to China's latest AI model and innovative approaches to supporting AI startups, we're witnessing rapid evolution across the AI landscape. Let's dive into these crucial developments.

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• Skild AI raises $300M for 'general purpose' robot brain

• SenseTime launches GPT-4 rival in China

• A16z stockpiles GPUs for AI startups

• Tutorial: Master AI image prompting through gaming

• Everything else you should know today

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Everything You Should Know Today

• Micro Vision Glasses ‘XE aR+’ is a super eyewear for every profession

• Etsy will now require sellers to disclose which of their products are created with AI and which are human-designed after some shoppers complained about “AI junk.”

• Anthropic announced Artifacts made with Claude can now be published and shared online — alongside the launch of new prompt engineering tools in Claude’s developer Console.

• ‘Oura Advisor’ a new AI-powered health coach, aiming to help users make sense and take action on the data from the company’s wearable rings Launched.

• Roblox published new research on the company’s use of machine learning to combat voice abuse on the platform, utilizing a model for real-time safety that led to significant decreases severe reports and violations

• Elon Musk revealed that Grok 2 will likely be ready for release next month, with xAI also beginning training on the most powerful training cluster in the world by a large margin, “100k H100 system”

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🤖 Skild AI develops universal robot brain

Skild AI, a $1.5 billion startup, is working on a 'general purpose brain' for robots.

The Details 📊

• Founded in May 2023 by former Carnegie Mellon professors Abhinav Gupta and Deepak Pathak

• Raised $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation in Series A funding

• Investors include Lightspeed Ventures, SoftBank, Coatue, Jeff Bezos, and others

• Claims to have created a foundational model adaptable to various robot types

• Model trained on a database 1000 times larger than rivals, using diverse data collection techniques

• Demonstrated "emergent capabilities" - new abilities not explicitly taught

• Faces competition from OpenAI, Figure AI, and Covariant in the robotics AI space

Why It Matters: Skild AI's approach could revolutionize robotics by providing a versatile, off-the-shelf intelligence applicable across various robot types and industries.

AI MODEL

🔥SenseTime launches GPT-4 rival

SenseTime unveils SenseNova 5o, China's first real-time multimodal AI model competing with GPT-4.

The Details 📊

• SenseNova 5o processes text, images, and video in real-time

• The model demonstrates capabilities similar to OpenAI's GPT-4

• It's China's first publicly announced multimodal AI at this scale

• SenseTime claims the model outperforms GPT-4 in some Chinese language tasks

Why It Matters: This development signifies China's progress in advanced AI, potentially shifting the global AI landscape and intensifying international competition in the field.

AI Research

💻 A16z stockpiles GPUs for AI startups

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is acquiring over 20,000 GPUs to support AI startups.

The Details 📊

• A16z's 'Oxygen' initiative aims to amass GPU power rivaling major AI labs

• The firm plans to rent chips to portfolio companies at below-market rates for equity

• Already secured thousands of AI chips, including coveted Nvidia H100s

• Video generation platform Luma AI cited GPU access as key in choosing a16z as lead investor

• A16z has made the second most generative AI-related investments of any venture firm in the last two years

Why It Matters: By offering scarce GPU resources, a16z is redefining venture capital's role in the AI space, potentially giving its portfolio companies a significant competitive advantage and reshaping the AI startup landscape.

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