Proto-AGI, Google's Learning Companion, Perplexity's $9B Valuation, and more ??

Introducing This Week in AI, our weekly newsletter by Daniel Derzic with the latest updates across GenAI, Gaming, and the business behind the news.

? SingularityNET launches proto-AGI in Minecraft with ASI alliance.

? Tencent reports 47% profit surge from gaming and AI.

? Take-Two CEO defends human creativity in game development.

? Mistral releases moderation API.

? Layer AI now supports 3D asset generation.

? OpenAI's "Orion" shows minor improvements over GPT-4.

? TinyTroupe debuts multiagent persona simulation library.

? Google unveils enhanced AI 'learning companion'.

? Jasper introduces AI Knowledge Layer for marketing.

? Baidu launches first Chinese-native AI glasses.

? Microsoft adds AI features to Notepad.

? xAI considers free Grok-2 release on X.

? Panjaya.ai launches AI dubbing platform BodyTalk.

? JioTV+ implements AI content moderation.

Business and Funding:

? Perplexity nearing $500M funding round at $9B valuation, led by IVP.

? UnifyApps raises $20M Series A for AI chatbot development platform.

? Andreessen Horowitz leads $50M investment in AI startup 11x.

? Israeli voice AI startup Kardome secures $10M Series A.

? Writer raises $200M at $1.9B valuation in generative AI space.

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