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San Francisco-based Virtue AI today announced $30 million in seed and Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden Catalyst Ventures, with participation from several other investors, including Prosperity7. Virtue AI is dedicated to eliminating the traditional trade-off between AI innovation and security, helping enterprises deploy AI safely and efficiently.

Policy experts have voiced concerns over proposed AI copyright regulations in the UK, arguing that a lack of comprehensive text and data mining exemptions could lead to lower-quality AI models and stifle innovation. They suggest that prohibiting companies like OpenAI, Google, and Meta from using copyrighted material to train AI in the UK could result in biased model outputs, diminishing their effectiveness. The UK government launched a consultation in December 2024 to explore how to protect creators while allowing the use of creative content in AI model training.

According to a Department of Justice press release on Wednesday, Albert Saniger, founder and former CEO of Nate, an AI-powered shopping app claiming to offer a universal checkout experience, has been charged with defrauding investors. Founded in 2018, Nate raised over $50 million in funding from firms including Coatue and Forerunner Ventures, including a $38 million Series A round led by Renegade Partners in 2021. The company claimed...

With the rapid advancement of AI technology, publishers are seeking new revenue streams to adapt to this evolving market. Recently, major publishers have been forging partnerships with AI companies, exploring diverse revenue models including content licensing agreements and ad revenue sharing. These new business models offer publishers potential profit opportunities but also present complex relationships with AI companies. Content licensing agreements are one of the most common collaborations between publishers and AI companies. Publishers license their content to AI companies...

Fudan University and Jieyue Xingchen, a leading domestic AI innovation company, recently announced the upcoming release of OmniSVG, an end-to-end multimodal SVG generation model. This news has quickly garnered widespread attention in the technology and design fields. According to AIbase, OmniSVG's core strength lies in its powerful generation capabilities, supporting vector graphic generation from simple icons to complex anime characters, providing a new intelligent solution for digital art creation. The launch of this model is poised to redefine the technical boundaries of vector graphic generation. Multimodal Generation: Flexible response.

The legal battle between OpenAI and its co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, continues to escalate. OpenAI has filed a countersuit, seeking a court order to prevent further illegal and unfair actions by Musk and demanding compensation for damages incurred. In the countersuit, OpenAI's lawyers stated: "OpenAI is a resilient company, but Musk's actions have caused us harm. If his attacks continue, OpenAI's mission and the public interest will be further threatened."

DeepSeek AI, a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence research lab, following its powerful open-source language model DeepSeek-R1, has achieved another significant breakthrough in the field of Large Language Models (LLMs). Recently, DeepSeek AI officially launched an innovative technology called Self-Principled Critique Tuning (SPCT), aimed at building more general-purpose and scalable AI reward models.

In recent years, US tech companies have increasingly focused on India's vast internet user market, and OpenAI is no exception. OpenAI has stated that India is one of the fastest-growing markets for its ChatGPT users. However, third-party data suggests OpenAI is facing challenges in translating this growth into revenue. According to data from analytics firm SensorTower, since 2023, spending by Indian users on ChatGPT subscription services has...

OpenAI's recently released image generation model, 4o, demonstrates impressive capabilities in generating text within images, particularly in creating fake documents, making it a popular tool for some users. Concerns are rising over the proliferation of fake receipts, prescriptions, and forged passports. On social media, Menlo Ventures investor Deedy Das posted a picture of a fake receipt showing a lavish meal at a well-known San Francisco steakhouse. Das tweeted: 'You can use'

AI video startup Runway has raised $308 million in a new funding round led by private equity firm General Atlantic. The funding will help Runway expand its new media ecosystem. Sources say the New York-based Runway is now valued at over $3 billion following this latest round. In addition to General Atlantic, several other prominent firms participated, including SoftBank.

Tencent Yuanbao announced a comprehensive upgrade to its "Favorites" feature, offering users a new solution for knowledge management and information review. This upgrade not only optimizes user experience but also significantly expands Yuanbao's functionality, making it a more intelligent and convenient tool.

Bloomberg reports that Meta is preparing to launch a high-end version of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with a built-in display, potentially as early as the end of this year. Codenamed Hypernova, these glasses will support running apps and displaying photos, controlled via gestures and capacitive touch on the sides of the frames. The screen, according to the report, will only appear in the bottom-right quadrant of the right lens, optimized for viewing when looking downward. Upon startup, the main screen displays icons horizontally, similar to Meta's...

Anthropic today announced Claude for Education, an AI assistant designed for the education sector to enhance learning by fostering critical thinking skills, rather than simply providing answers. The product is already partnering with Northeastern University, the London School of Economics, and Champlain College to extensively test how AI can effectively augment, not shorten, the learning experience. A core innovation in Claude for Education is its learning mode, a feature fundamentally altering how students interact with AI.