Aitomatic unveiled SemiKong, the world's first open-source AI Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for the semiconductor industry.

Artificial intelligence startup Fireworks AI, a platform that helps companies fine-tune and deploy generative AI models for specific purposes, announced it has raised $52 million in a Series B funding round.

Defense AI startup Helsing has raised €450 million ($487 million) in a Series C financing round led by General Catalyst.

SoftBank has bought UK-based chipmaker Graphcore, as the Japanese tech group founded by Masayoshi Son accelerates its multibillion-dollar push into artificial intelligence.

Armada, an edge computing startup, announced a $40 million funding round led by M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund), raising its total to over $100 million. This funding comes as all Armada products are now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, with Azure customers able to use pre-committed Azure spend on Armada products.

Samsung dressing up its first-ever premium smartwatch and smart ring with tech’s latest fashion - artificial intelligence, to help users monitor and manage their health.

Microsoft and Apple, the two most important partners of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, will not have advisory roles on the company’s board of directors, as governments in the United States and Europe take a closer look at the power Big Tech companies have over leading artificial intelligence start-ups.