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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

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A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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Model Medicines Takes $4.1M

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San Diego-based Model Medicines, a company that is developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software for the drug discovery and development process, has raised $4.1M in a funding round. The funding came from 8VC, Irving Investors, Particle X and Nex Cubed.

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Elon Musk Backs Billion Dollar Artificial Intelligence Effort

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Elon Musk , the billionaire technology mogul behind SpaceX, has put some money behind--surprisingly--an effort to help developer artificial intelligence research. Altman and Musk are co-chairs of the new group. READ MORE>>.

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What Is xAI? Elon Musk Reveals New Startup To Rival OpenAI

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According to Ars Technica , back in April, Musk secured a range of Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) from computer hardware behemoth Nvidia, necessary for building the large language models that power chatbots like Bard and ChatGPT. Corp” in Nevada, according to business records seen by the Financial Times.

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What Is Claude AI and Anthropic? ChatGPT’s Rival Explained

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Who Owns Anthropic, and Who Funds It? The company describes itself as an AI “safety and research” business and focuses focused on creating “ reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. ” Anthropic largely focuses its work on building large language models (LLM) and the chatbots that subsequently use them.

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GrayMatter Robotics Gets $1M From NSF

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Los Angeles-based artificial intelligence and robotics startup GrayMatter Robotics said today that the company has received a $1M award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), via a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant. The company said the funding comes on top of the $4.1M

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March Capital Leads $51M Funding In Uniphore's AI Software

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Los Angeles-based venture investor March Capital is the lead investor in a $51M, Series C funding round for Uniphore , which also included Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures), Sistema Asia, CXO Fund, ITP, Iron Pillar, Patni Family, and others. Uniphore's operations are split between Chennai, India and Palo Alto, California.