Spellbook, a legal AI assistant, raised $10.9 million in funding to meet the high demand from lawyers.
Opera's new AI assistant, Aria, integrated into its web browser, aims to enhance user productivity and interaction with the web.
Adobe integrated generative AI tools into Photoshop, making AI-powered creation and editing tools more accessible to both professionals and consumers.
Deep dives
Spellbook raises $11 million in funding round
Spellbook, formerly known as Rally Legal, has raised $11 million in a funding round. The company provides AI-powered tools for lawyers to draft, review, and analyze contracts more efficiently. With overwhelming demand from lawyers, Spellbook plans to use the funding to scale its engineering, product, AI, sales, and customer support teams.
Opera integrates AI assistant Aria into browser
Opera, a web browser company, has introduced their AI assistant called Aria into their browser. Aria allows users to access a chatbot directly within the browser, eliminating the need for external websites or extensions. Opera aims to leverage the power of generative AI to enhance user productivity and interaction with the web.
Adobe brings generative AI tools to Photoshop
Adobe has integrated generative AI tools, called Firefly, into its widely used Photoshop application. With this integration, users can now access AI-powered tools for creating and editing images directly within Photoshop. This move aims to make generative AI more accessible to a larger user base, including both professional and consumer users.
Tesla Develops Humanoid Robots for Various Tasks
Tesla recently revealed the development of humanoid robots capable of walking around and performing tasks. These robots, which are still in the early stages, aim to assist with repetitive or challenging tasks in factories and other environments. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has stated that these robots could be produced for as little as $20,000, making them accessible to a wide range of businesses. This development highlights Tesla's expansion beyond its core electric car and battery products into the robotics field.
Deepfake Video Featuring Elon Musk and Ryan Reynolds Creates Buzz
A real estate agent and wealth coach created a deepfake video featuring Ryan Reynolds praising Tesla, which caught Elon Musk's attention and prompted him to respond positively on social media. Subsequently, an advertising agency owned by Ryan Reynolds released another deepfake video, this time featuring Elon Musk endorsing Aviation Gin. These videos garnered significant attention and went viral across various online platforms, despite being taken down shortly after their release. This episode underscores the potential of deepfake technology in marketing and advertising, offering brands the ability to quickly generate buzz and create engaging content.
Your Generative AI News (GAIN) rundown for May 25, 2023, is here. Spellbook’s Scott Stevenson joined Eric Schwartz from Voicebot.ai and Bret Kinsella (that’s me) to discuss the news and his company’s $10.9 million funding round.
We have some exclusives for you if you want to hear the latest about the OpenAI GPT-powered lawyer copilot from Spellbook. These include the surprising number of lawyers that signed up in April and the enormous customer onboarding backlog. Plus, Spellbook is hiring aggressively right now.
Generative AI News
Beyond the live interview segment with Spellbook, we also cover new ChatGPT features on desktop and in the iOS app, additional comments on key Microsoft announcements from this week, news from Adobe, Opera, Hugging Face, and Google. In addition, we have two interesting stories about Tesla, one involving robots and the other deepfakes. So, that should hold your attention.
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