Last Week in AI

Every week, my team at Invector Labs publishes a newsletter to track the most recent developments in AI research and technology. You can find this week’s issue below. You can sign up for it below. Please do so, our guys worked really hard on this:

From the Editor: A Multi-Billion Week in AI

The investments in artificial intelligence(AI) are regularly achieving new highs but this week has been unprecedented. We started the week with Microsoft announcing an investment of $1 billion in AI research powerhouse OpenAI. The partnership will give Microsoft access to one of the most exclusive talent pools in the AI ecosystem in order to take the first steps towards the development of artificial general intelligence(AGI) technologies.

The second major development of the week was SoftBank’s announcement of its second Vision Fund. This time backed by $108 billion, the fund will have a special focus on AI. Microsoft and Apple are notable investors in this new edition of the Vision Fund which is likely to disrupt the venture capital ecosystem even more than its predecessor.

Now let’s take a look at the core developments in AI research and technology this week: