OpenAI launches text-to-voice generative AI + Grok 1.5 is here

Today’s Highlights:

?? News: OpenAI launches its text-to-voice generative AI platform + Grok 1.5 is now available

?? Funding: Robovision gets $40M+

?? Top News Stories:

1.? OpenAI introduces Voice Engine, a text-to-voice generation platform that creates synthetic voices from a 15-second voice clip, aiming for diverse industry applications.

• The tech is being tested by companies such as Age of Learning and HeyGen, demonstrating its potential in education and storytelling by generating voice-overs and real-time responses.
• Voice Engine, developed in late 2022, also powers OpenAI's text-to-speech API and ChatGPT's Read Aloud feature, showcasing its versatility.
• OpenAI is ensuring ethical use by requiring partner companies to obtain consent from the original speakers and to inform listeners that the voices are AI-generated, with added watermarking for traceability.
• Voice Engine is currently only available to about 10 chosen developers under strict usage policies to prevent misuse.

2. Grok-1.5 is announced with enhanced capabilities, including a significant increase in context understanding and memory capacity, now processing up to 128K tokens.

3. 微软 and OpenAI are reportedly planning a $100Bn data center project, including an AI supercomputer named "Stargate," set to launch in 2028.

4. 苹果 researchers have developed ReALM (Reference Resolution As Language Modeling), an AI system that understands on-screen references and context, in order to enhance user interactions.?

5. OpenAI has made ChatGPT accessible without an account, allowing users to engage with the AI immediately upon visiting the site (with feature limitations), aiming to expand its user base.

6. NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced a partnership with Evolv to test AI gun detectors at subway turnstiles, aiming to enhance public safety following recent incidents.

7. US Congress bans staffers from using Microsoft Copilot, due to potential cybersecurity risks.?

8. 英特尔 announces Microsoft's Copilot AI to run on PCs locally, setting a 40 TOPS NPU performance standard for future AI PCs.

9. AI21 Labs unveils Jamba, a novel AI model merging Mamba and Transformer technologies for unprecedented efficiency and a 256K context window.

?? Top Funding News:

1. Robovision , an AI-powered computer vision platform providing an end-to-end, no-code solution for machinery manufacturers and production lines, raised $42M in a funding round led by Target Global and Astanor , w/ Red River West