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Silicon Valley startup d-Matrix on Tuesday announced the start of shipments of its first artificial intelligence chip aimed at providing services such as chatbots and video generation. d-Matrix has raised more than $160 million (currently about Rs 1,158 million) in funding so far, including an investment from Microsoft's venture capital arm. Early customers are testing sample chips and full shipments are expected next year, the company said. Santa Clara, California-based d-Matrix did not name specific customers, but said Super Micro Co.

On November 4, Microsoft announced the launch of its Generative AI Accelerator program, which aims to nurture the UK's most prominent AI startups and help them succeed in the future. In partnership with NVIDIA and Microsoft's development platform GitHub, the program provides resources and opportunities for companies looking to build, scale and expand generative AI products and services. It runs from January to early March 2025, and is officially said to be tailored for UK AI startups that have already received seed funding and are looking to grow further. According to reports, Microsoft launched the program...

Recently, a Canadian startup Perceptive Space announced that it has emerged from stealth mode and successfully raised $2.8 million in financing, aiming to improve the accuracy of space weather forecasts through artificial intelligence technology. The Toronto-based company said it will use the funds to develop an innovative space weather platform to help users better cope with changes in the space environment. Source Note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is licensed by Midjourney. As we all know, space weather includes dynamic changes such as solar flares and geomagnetic storms, which can seriously affect...

Recently, it was reported that the US Department of Justice is investigating Nvidia's acquisition of Israeli artificial intelligence startup Run:ai, suspecting that it may have violated antitrust regulations. This news has attracted widespread attention. In April this year, Nvidia announced the acquisition, but the price was not disclosed. According to TechCrunch's report, the acquisition price was estimated to be about US$700 million. The US Department of Justice has asked market participants about the competitive impact of the transaction. Source Note: The image is generated by AI, and the image is authorized by Midjourney. At present, the scope of the investigation is unclear. But…

Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, recently announced that he will step down as OpenAI’s chief scientist in May this year to pursue a new entrepreneurial project. He, OpenAI colleague Daniel Levy, and Daniel Gross, former head of artificial intelligence at Apple and co-founder of Cue, announced that they are co-founding Safe Superintelligence Inc., a startup whose mission is to build safe superintelligence. In a letter published on the SSI website…