Over two recent weeks a landslide of stories mostly revolved around large language models (LLM). Llama 3 was the biggest news, but the debut of new models by Microsoft, Mistral, and X.ai also pointed to a downstream impact. We also have a couple of nine-figure funding rounds, a nine-figure acquisition, and a new unicorn valuation is confirmed.

Read the news through the links below and watch my discussion with Eric Schwartz of Voicebot.ai, in which we break it all down via the YouTube video above.

Generative AI News Top Story of the Week 🔦

8 Charts that Explain Enterprise Generative AI Adoption in 2024

LLMs on Parade 🎉

Meta Llama 3 Launch Part 1 - 8B and 70B Models are Here, with 400B Model Coming
Meta Llama 3 Launch Part 2 - New Model Security and Performance Benchmarks
Meta Llama 3 Launch Part 3 - Meta AI Upgrade, Broader Distribution & Strategy
Meta Unveils Llama 3 Generative AI Model, Claims It As 'Most Capable' Open LLM Around

X.ai Announces Grok-1.5V Multimodal Foundation Model and a New Benchmark
Mistral's 8x22B LLM Mixes Performance with Efficiency
Microsoft's Phi AI Models Show it is Not Just an OpenAI Reseller
New Apple Acquisition Reinforces On-Device Generative AI Focus
AWS Widens Amazon Bedrock Platform With Custom Model Imports, Evaluation, Choices, and Content Filtering
OpenAI Enhances Assistants API with Advanced File Management and Cost Control Features

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

Microsoft Shows Off Generative AI Model That Makes Deepfake Videos From Still Photos
Adobe Photoshop Adds New Firefly Image 3 Model With 'Photographic' Quality and Image Fine-Tuning Tools
Adobe Rolls Out Acrobat Acrobat AI Assistant to Explain Documents to Users

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

Cognition Labs Claims $2B Valuation After 6 Months and $175M Investment in Generative AI Coding Assistant Devin
Generative AI Coding Startup Augment Splashes Out of Stealth With $252M
Generative AI Customer Service Startup Parloa Raises $66M
Nvidia Spends $700M to Buy Run.ai and Bolster AI Management and Infrastructure
Perplexity Enterprise Debuts Alongside New Funding Round and $1B Valuation
Apple Buys French AI Startup Datakalab

Generative AI in the World 🌎

Amazon Music Introduces 'Maestro' Generative AI Playlist Builder