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AI, Series C and ElevenLabs

Voice AI startup ElevenLabs closes new funding round at $3.3 billion valuation

ElevenLabs said on Thursday it has raised $180 million in a new funding round that triples the voice cloning artificial intelligence startup's valuation to $3.3 billion.

Bloomberg L.P. · 29m

AI Startup ElevenLabs Raises Funds at Over $3 Billion Valuation

ElevenLabs, a startup that uses artificial intelligence software to replicate voices, has raised $180 million in a new round of funding that values the company at $3.3 billion, tripling what it was worth a year earlier.

TechCrunch · 55m

ElevenLabs, the hot AI audio startup, confirms $180M in Series C funding at a $3.3B valuation

ElevenLabs, one of the more popular startups working in the field AI audio, said Thursday that it has raised a Series C round of $180 million, valuing the

Microsoft, Meta CEOs Defend Hefty AI Spending

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 8h

Microsoft, Meta Talk Up Their Big AI Ambitions and Spending Plans

The tech giants vow to barrel ahead despite the jolt from China’s DeepSeek.

U.S. News & World Report · 15h

Microsoft, Meta CEOs Defend Hefty AI Spending After DeepSeek Stuns Tech World

Days after Chinese upstart DeepSeek revealed a breakthrough in cheap AI computing that shook the U.S. technology industry, the chief executives of Microsoft and Meta defended massive spending that they said was key to staying competitive in the new field.

Business Insider · 16h

Microsoft CEO tries to assure investors DeepSeek is good for business as scrutiny of AI spending mounts

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's model led to increased scrutiny on Microsoft's AI spending.

AI, DeepSeek and Alibaba

USA Today · 23h

Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek

Chinese tech company Alibaba 9988.HK on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the highly-acclaimed DeepSeek-V3. The unusual timing of the Qwen 2.

Business Insider · 22h

OpenAI says DeepSeek may have used its AI outputs 'inappropriately' to train new models

DeepSeek built top-performing AI models using less-advanced chips at what it says is a fraction of the cost of rivals such as OpenAI.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Alibaba Touts New AI Model Superior to DeepSeek’s and Meta’s

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. published benchmark scores and touted what it called world-leading performance with its new artificial intelligence model release.

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1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock That Could Be a Once-in-a-Decade Opportunity

The transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) is undeniable. A recent McKinsey & Company research report estimates ...

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Augmenting Humanity: Exploring the Essential Foundations of Artificial Ultra-Intelligence

Examining the nature and origin of human intelligence and the intersection with machine intelligence in the past, present and ...

Tech Xplore on MSN1h

Q&A: Modeling adversarial intelligence to exploit AI's security vulnerabilities

If you've watched cartoons like Tom and Jerry, you'll recognize a common theme: An elusive target avoids his formidable adversary. This game of "cat-and-mouse"—whether literal or otherwise—involves ...

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Is Meta a Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Than Nvidia After DeepSeek's Stunning R1 Debut?

DeepSeek just shook up the artificial intelligence (AI) world in the biggest way since OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022.

SecurityWeek23h

Cyber Insights 2025: Artificial Intelligence

Experts share insights and discuss what to expect with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the cybersecurity industry in 2025.

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DeepSeek AI's data tracking includes what you type in the app

Security experts warn about DeepSeek AI's data tracking, which can even watch what you type. More details here.

Prediction: This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Will Be Worth More Than Meta in 2025

Microsoft alone is projecting $80 billion of infrastructure spend for data centers in 2025; meanwhile, OpenAI, Oracle, and ...

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Oracle debuts new AI agents as artificial intelligence war enters next battle

Oracle’s announcement comes after the company’s chairman, Larry Ellison, joined OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to announce their joint Stargate Project, which seeks to spend as ...