Databricks Closing $55B Round?! OpenAI Vision Model Sora Leaked, Potential AI Czar of the New Administration, and AI Impact Abroad
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Databricks Closing Another Round
Databricks closes in on multibillion funding round at $55 billion valuation to help employees cash out (CNBC)
OpenAI Sora Leaked
OpenAI’s Sora video generator appears to have leaked (TechCrunch)
AI Impact Abroad
AI helps India’s Meesho cut some customer call costs by 75% (TechCrunch)
Orange enlists Meta and OpenAI to develop AI language models in Africa (Reuters)
AI’s Role in the New Administration
Trump considers naming an ‘AI czar’ (TechCrunch)
A Better WebMD?
Roon raises $15M to replace ‘Dr. Google’ with real doctors sharing videos about illness treatments (TechCrunch)
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