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[News] Salva Health's screening device has the potential to bridge the breast cancer mortality gap Salva Health, the 2024 TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield winner, is working towards eliminating the barriers to early breast cancer detection with Julieta; a portable and affordable AI-powered device that detects abnormalities in breast tissue without requiring radiation or internet access. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpJZGjQv

[News] Google debuted 'Grounding with Google Search' on AI Studio and the Gemini API Google has launched 'Grounded with Google Search', a paid feature that allows Gemini to access current search results for more accurate responses with citations and search suggestions. Grounding features a dynamic retrieval configuration to optimize when the feature is used. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gtSa7QpN

[News] OpenAI is ready to jump into the web search market with ChatGPT Search OpenAI has launched ChatGPT search, a GPT-4o-based model that provides natural language answers using current web sources. ChatGPT search features specialized views for partnered content, source attribution, and contextual follow-up capabilities, and is available to Pro and Team users. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gPjU8YSU

[News] AI Overviews is now available in even more locations Google's AI Overviews feature, which faced initial controversy over questionable suggestions, is expanding to over 100 countries with multiple languages, improved source attribution, and new features like simplified language and saved overviews, while maintaining US-exclusive mobile ads. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gF7-YpM3

[News] Whisper, Open AI's speech recognition engine, was found to hallucinate by researchers Despite OpenAI's claim of "near-human accuracy" for its open-source Whisper speech recognition system, recent research has revealed significant hallucination issues across multiple studies, raising concerns about its widespread use in sensitive applications. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gTTfa7U6

[News] Read AI raised $50M and launched the Read AI for Gmail Chrome extension Read AI secured $50 million in Series B funding led by Smash Capital, with participation from Madrona and Goodwater Capital, in a round coming just 6 months after its $21 million Series A round, amid strong growth metrics of 100,000 new weekly accounts and 81% first-month retention. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gJcfs_re

[News] Weekly AI Highlights Review: October 22-29 Materials science and biotechnology startups raised funding; creatives stand against the threat of generative AI; Anthopic launched new models and a computer use API; Google open-sourced SynthID Text, and more. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBS9PDw7

[News] Pharos raised an oversubscribed $5M seed funding round Pharos, founded by healthcare and AI veterans from Vital and Meta, has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Felicis Ventures to develop AI solutions that help healthcare institutions' quality teams improve patient care and streamline clinical reporting. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gwZc-YfR

[News] Google Photos now displays information on whether an image was edited with its AI tools Google has announced it will display information about AI-powered edits made using tools like Magic Editor and Magic Eraser in Google Photos' metadata and Details tab, following IPTC standards, as part of its efforts to increase transparency around AI-edited images. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfUutWZ6

[News] The CMA's investigation into the Google-Anthropic partnership is officially in Phase 1 The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has initiated a Phase 1 investigation into the Alphabet-Anthropic partnership to determine if it constitutes a merger that could potentially reduce market competition, following a similar investigation into the Amazon-Anthropic partnership. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpU-8gT5