Club AI @ H-FARM Campus - September 18, 6:00 PM

Quick heads-up (and tiny shameless plug): we’re highlighting an H-FARM event in this newsletter - because we genuinely think it might be interesting if you fancy a trip in our wonderful campus just outside Venice (for free! 🙂) discussing AI.

H-FARM’s AI Club is a monthly community meetup that brings up to 500 people together to cut through the AI noise with real news, real cases, real debate.

On stage this edition:

• Diego Pizzocaro (CEO, H-FARM AI): the latest AI news but mixed with our comments, perspectives and your questions.

• Luca Pezzullo (President, Order of Psychologists of Veneto Region): “AI & Consciousness: Illusion, Reality, and Risks.”

• Enterprise Voice Agents (CISCO): what really works in large organizations - architecture, rollout, ROI with AI Voice tech.

Language: English (full session)

🚀 OpenAI launches hiring platform to challenge LinkedIn 🚀
AI giants enter the professional networking and recruitment market

OpenAI has officially announced its new hiring platform, a strategic move that positions the company as a direct competitor to LinkedIn. The platform aims to leverage AI to match candidates with suitable roles, highlighing AI-skills with a certification program also announced. This expansion signals OpenAI's ambition to disrupt various industries beyond its core AI research and development.

💰 Anthropic rockets to $183B valuation with massive $13B funding round 💰
AI safety-focused company secures one of the largest funding rounds in tech history

Anthropic has closed a monumental $13 billion funding round, catapulting its valuation to an astounding $183 billion. This massive investment underscores the immense confidence investors have in Anthropic's approach to developing safe and reliable AI systems. Anthropic has also recently announced to be the top AI company for enterprise use. The funding will be used to scale its research, expand its team, and compete more aggressively with other leading AI labs.

🍎 Apple to launch AI search in Siri, powered by Gemini 🍎
Apple rumored to partner with Google to enhance its now outdated assistant's capabilities

Apple is rumored to launch an updated Siri - soon integrating advanced AI search capabilities, likely powered by Google's Gemini model. This partnership will enable Siri to provide more accurate, context-aware, and conversational responses. Apple seems to have decided to call this feature “World Knowledge Answers“. The move is a long awaited significant step for Apple in the AI race, as it seeks to catch up with competitors and enhance the user experience across its ecosystem of devices.

INTERESTING TO KNOW

🧠 Mistral adds Memories to Le Chat, allowing to inspect which memory is considered by the model 🧠 

Mistral has unveiled its latest "Memories" feature in Le Chat, enabling the AI assistant to retain and recall information from previous conversations. This innovative hybrid memory system offers transparent, user-controlled recall with visible citations and editable memory logs that users can review and modify at any time. The enhancement is designed to create more contextual and personalized interactions while ensuring users maintain complete control over their stored information, setting a new standard for conversational AI transparency.

🤝 Meta considers integrating OpenAI and Google AI models into its suite of apps 🤝

Meta is exploring the possibility of integrating both OpenAI's and Google's AI models into its suite of applications. This would bring powerful generative AI features to billions of users across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger and WhatsApp, trying to improve even more how people create and interact with content - until Lllama models catch up with competition.