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Welcome to another edition of the AI Chronicles

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🗞 This Week in AI

• Meta Calls for Industry Effort to Label A.I.-Generated Content.

• Google may be rolling out Gemini Ultra this week and renaming Bard at the same time.

• A truly open LLM, Deepfake scams $34 million, FCC cracks down on AI robocalls, how AI is used in music.

• EU member states ‘endorse political agreement’ to advance AI Act.

• Microsoft is teaming up with Semafor on AI-assisted news stories.

👀 10 AI Unicorns to watch out in 2024

#1 Cohere

Description: Large language model developer
Last valuation: $2.2B
Total funding raised: $435M
Lead investors: Index Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Inovia Capital

#2 AI21 Labs

Description: Large language model developer
Last valuation: $1.4B
Total funding raised: $274M
Lead investors: Pitango VC, Walden Catalyst, Ahren Innovation Capital, Samsung Next, B2venture, SCB 10X

#3 Imbue

Description: AI research lab
Last valuation: $1B
Total funding raised: $232M
Lead investors: Astera Institute

#4 Runway

Description: AI generative video
Last valuation: $1.5B
Total funding raised: $237M
Lead investors: Lux Capital, Amplify Partners, Coatue, Felicis , Google

#5 Synthesia

Description: AI generative video

Last valuation: $1B
Total funding raised: $157M
Lead investors: LDV Capital, FirstMark, Kleiner Perkins, Accel

#6 Quantexa

Description: AI data analytics
Last valuation: $1.8B
Total funding raised: $370M
Lead investors: AlbionVC, HSBC, Dawn Capital, Evolution Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus, GIC

#7 Replit

Description: A developer platform
Last valuation: $1.2B
Total funding raised: $202M
Lead investors: Y Combinator, A.Capital Ventures, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz

#8 Adept AI

Description: AI for human and computer interaction
Last valuation: $1B
Total funding raised: $415M
Lead investors: Addition, Greylock, General Catalyst, Spark Capital

#9 Helsing

Description: AI software defense tech company
Last valuation: $1.8B
Total funding raised: $341M
Lead investors: Prima Materia, General Catalyst

#10 Typeface

Description: AI content creation platform
Last valuation: $1B
Total funding raised: $165M
Lead investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures

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🧠 AI Fun Fact

The First News Report on the L.A. Earthquake Was Written by a Robot.

That wraps up today's segment of The AI Chronicles.

See you next Wednesday!