One-Minute Daily AI News 8/13/2023

1. The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a particularly insidious form of election disinformation.[1]
2. Aug X released Augie, an AI-powered video creation platform incorporating a voice cloning feature to read ad copy without booking a recording studio.[2]
3. Virtualitics, Inc., an artificial intelligence and data exploration company, today announced that it has raised $37 million in a Series C financing round led by Smith Point Capital, LLC with participation from Citi and advisory clients of The Hillman Company, among other investors.[3]
4. AI-driven analytics platform Rasgo has announced the launch of Rasgo AI, a self-service analytics solution that integrates a GPT into enterprise data warehouse environments. The company said that with Rasgo AI, organizations can use the power of AI/GPT to accelerate insights and optimize recommended actions securely and efficiently.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://tulsaworld.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/fec-moves-toward-potentially-regulating-ai-deepfakes-in-campaign-ads/article_a9143257-512f-50b7-b6cb-53596fa81aeb.html

[2] https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/10/23827676/ai-augx-voice-cloning-video-creator

[3] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtualitics-a-leader-in-artificial-intelligence-and-data-exploration-closes-37-million-series-c-funding-round-301897550.html

[4] https://venturebeat.com/enterprise-analytics/rasgo-launches-rasgo-ai-generative-ai-agent-enterprise-data-warehouse-analytics/