Perplexity Launches New $50M Startup Fund, Google Code Assist Now Integrates with Third-Party Tools, Hume's Octave AI Makes Voices Sound Real and Human, AI Software Download Leads to Disney Employee's Downfall, Hugging Face Simplifies Real-Time Voice
Perplexity AI Search Launches New $50M Startup Fund. AI search engine Perplexity is launching a $50 million fund, cleverly leveraging its recent $500 million raise to boost both its growth and promising startups.
Google Code Assist Now Integrates with Third-Party Tools. Google's Gemini Code Assist now integrates third-party tools, boosting developer productivity with real-time data access from services like Jira, Git, and Sentry, all while minimizing distractions.
Hume's Octave AI Makes Voices Sound Real and Human. Hume AI's new Octave text-to-speech engine creates incredibly lifelike, emotionally nuanced voices for various content, offering creators unprecedented control and flexibility.
AI Software Download Leads to Disney Employee's Downfall. A Disney employee's life was upended after downloading malware-infected AI software. This led to a massive data breach, job loss, and personal information exposure, highlighting the critical need for strong cybersecurity practices.
Hugging Face Simplifies Real-Time Voice and Video AI. Hugging Face's new FastRTC library makes building real-time voice and video AI apps incredibly easy, dramatically accelerating innovation for developers without WebRTC expertise.
