The Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown for August 11, 2023 is here. Special segments this week include:
GPTBot and OpenAI’s plans to politely crawl the web, along with how most websites will react or should react
Amazon’s generative AI strategy and how that will carve out unique positioning compared to OpenAI, Google, and others
The significance of Alexa’s top exec shifting to generative AI
Generative AI winners and losers of the week.
My Voicebot.ai colleague Eric Schwartz and I were joined this week by Vixen Labs CEO James Poulter to go deep on our first four stories. Thanks James! ????
Generative AI NewsLinks related to the stories are included below if you want to go deeper into any topics.
Top Stories of the Week
GPTBot and OpenAI’s plans to politely crawl the web
Amazon’s generative AI strategy, its three-tier model, and market positioning
The significance of Alexa’s top exec shifting to generative AI
Generative AI Funding Fountain
Weights & Biases raises $50M on a $1.25B valuation and what this says about the generative AI tools market
Tome is rumored to be raising a new round and seeking a $600M valuation, double its February 2023 round
Generative AI Product Garden
NVIDIA and Hugging Face partner on new generative AI training service
Cohere debuts enterprise generative AI chatbot Coral
Brands in Generative AI Lands
Google and Universal Music Group pursue licensing deal for deepfake songs
Zoom adjusts policy on generative AI training with customer data following public outcry
Apple finally begins focusing on generative AI with a new hiring spree
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