One-Minute Daily AI News 2/29/2024

1. Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding.[1]
2. Microsoft adds new Copilot features to Windows 11 as AI hype remains high.[2]
3. Former Twitter engineers are building Particle, an AI-powered news reader, backed by $4.4M.[3]
4. Pika and Alibaba Debut Competing AI Lip Sync Tools – Video Generation Market Heats Up.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/29/robot-startup-figure-valued-at-2point6-billion-by-bezos-amazon-nvidia.html

[2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-adds-new-copilot-features-to-windows-11-as-ai-hype-remains-high-180034361.html

[3] https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/former-twitter-engineers-are-building-particle-an-ai-powered-news-reader/

[4] https://www.ccn.com/news/pika-lip-sync-alibaba-emo-new-ai-video-tools/