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.

• 8 Charts that Explain Enterprise Generative AI Adoption in 2024

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Amazon Music Introduces ‘Maestro’ Generative AI Playlist Builder