Onton raises $7.5M to expand its AI-powered shopping site beyond furniture
Major tech companies aren’t just using AI to help you generate or summarize content — they also want you to use it for shopping. OpenAI,…
Category: Ai/Robotics
Sovato CEO says big telesurgery advances are coming soon
Sovato Health co-founder and CEO Cynthia Perazzo. | Source: Sovato Health Sovato Health co-founder and CEO Cynthia Perazzo expects big advances in telesurgery in the year…
Physical Intelligence raises $600M to advance robot foundation models
Physical Intelligence says its latest VLA model can double robot throughput. Source: Physical Intelligence While ChatGPT and other generative AI engines can draw conclusions from…
Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat
Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature…
ChatGPT’s voice mode is no longer a separate interface
ChatGPT’s voice mode is getting more usable. OpenAI announced on Tuesday it is updating the user interface to its popular AI chatbot so users can…
Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with Suno, settling its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup. WMG said…
OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it
With holiday shopping on the horizon, OpenAI and Perplexity both announced AI shopping features this week, which integrate into their existing chatbots to help users…
Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15
Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot will no longer be available on WhatsApp after January 15, the company has shared. After that date, users on WhatsApp won’t…
Speechify adds voice typing and voice assistant to its Chrome extension
Speechify has largely been a tool that helps you listen to articles, PDFs, and documents. The company is now adding voice detection features to its…
Parallax Worlds raises funding for hyper-realistic digital twins to test robots
Parallax Worlds co-founders Aumkar Renavikar (left) and Tanmay Agarwal (right). | Credit: Pear VC Not only can digital twins and simulation be used to design…