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iRobot Founder Launches New AI Pet Robot Company
• Colin Angle, who helped create iRobot, is starting a new venture called Familiar Machines & Magic focused on developing AI-powered robotic pets.
• The company aims to create emotional support animals enhanced with artificial intelligence capabilities and is currently seeking $30 million in funding.
• For healthcare facilities and therapy practices, these AI pets could provide a cost-effective way to offer animal-assisted therapy without the logistics of maintaining live animals.
YouTube Teams Up With Creative Artists Agency To Combat Deepfakes
• YouTube has partnered with Creative Artists Agency to develop tools that can identify AI-generated deepfake content.
• The collaboration specifically targets the protection of actors and athletes from unauthorized AI recreations of their likeness.
• This technology could help marketing departments and brand managers ensure their promotional content isn’t being misused or replicated through unauthorized AI-generated videos.
GitHub Introduces Free Tier For Popular Coding Assistant
• GitHub has launched a free version of its Copilot coding assistant, offering users 2,000 monthly code completions and 50 chat messages.
• The service provides access to advanced language models and includes features for multi-file editing and terminal assistance.
• Software development teams can use this free tier to evaluate how AI coding assistance could improve their development workflow before committing to a paid subscription.
Perplexity Achieves Major Funding Milestone With $9 Billion Valuation
• AI search company Perplexity has secured $500 million in new funding, dramatically increasing its valuation from $1 billion to $9 billion.
• The company has grown to over 15 million active users and has established revenue-sharing partnerships with major publishers Time and Fortune.
• Business intelligence teams can leverage Perplexity’s enhanced search capabilities and financial analysis features to improve their research and decision-making processes.
AI Tools
🎨 Google Imagen 3 – Google’s highest-quality text-to-image model
🖼️ Google Whisk – Generate images using other images as prompts
📞 NewOaks AI Phone Agent – AI phone agent for automated calls
🧠 Findr – AI second brain for digital memory
✉️ MagicMail – AI email generator for HTML emails
👩🍳 Cook Clock – Generate step-by-step cooking instructions based on ingredients and oven space
💡 IdeaFloat – Custom-built AI tools to validate business or product ideas
🤖 Martin – AI platform that manages to-do lists, calendars, emails, keeping everything in working memory
🎨 Motiff – AI-powered professional UI design tool
📚 Scispace – AI tools for students and researchers
📊 Infographix – AI-powered infographic creation tool
🎬 Meta Video Seal – Open-source tool embedding invisible watermarks in videos
💪 Impakt AI App – AI coach for workout guidance
⚛️ Tempo Labs – AI-powered visual editor for React
🎵 TemPolor – Royalty-free AI music platform
👁️ Otterly AI – Monitor brand visibility on AI platforms
AI Jobs
💻 Graphics Software Engineer at Captions – Engineering role focused on graphics software development
🗄️ Staff Database Engineer at Pinecone – Senior position for database engineering expertise
⚖️ Employment Counsel at xAI – Legal role specializing in employment law
📊 Data Scientist, Post Training at Character AI – Data science role focusing on post-training analysis
🔬 Summer 2025 Research Intern at Together AI – Research internship opportunity for summer 2025
👨💼 Director TPM, Infrastructure at Databricks – Leadership role in technical program management
💼 Regional Sales Director at Anyscale – Senior sales leadership position
🎯 Sr. Technical Recruiter at Runway – Senior technical recruitment role
🔧 IT Support Manager at Abridge – Management position in IT support
📱 Social Media & Community Manager at Siena – Role managing social media and community engagement
