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Daily Crunch: New Point-E AI allows users to generate 3D objects from detailed text prompts

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Making 3D out of text : That’s OpenAI’s new thing as it releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models. And not just any models, Kyle writes — it “generates point clouds, or discrete sets of data points in space that represent a 3D shape — hence the cheeky abbreviation.”. Big Tech Inc. Christine and Haje.

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

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Technology and telecommunications deals accounted for more than one-fifth of that, according to Shearman & Sterling. Here CIO.com rounds up of some of the most significant tech M&As of recent months that could impact IT. HR technology company Phenom has snapped up another talent experience management company.

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AI creative platform D-ID, the tech behind those viral videos of animated family photos, raises $25M

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star rating across some 42,300 user reviews — a large number of them praising the AI-powered animations. Though this technology is not quite advanced enough to enter deepfake territory, it’s akin to really good lip-syncing — or that’s how the company put it at the time. It’s worked with Warner Bros.

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YC, Khosla-backed Atmos lands $12.5M to design custom dream homes

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Founded in 2018, San Francisco-based Atmos touts that with its tech, homebuyers are able to select land, design a home within their budget and approve the design using 3D tech. Atmos says its technology allows buyers to see “exactly what can be built on any specific lot depending on the size, shape and development requirements.”

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SAP aims for more digital and resilient supply chains

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As a result, managers in manufacturing were more inclined than those in other industries to introduce intelligent technologies on a large scale in order to make better predictions. As a result, suppliers could receive more precise sustainability indicators and make their rating status visible in the SAP Business Network.

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Ottonomy.IO raises $3.3 million to expand network of autonomous robots for deliveries

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Sangeet Kumar, founder and chief executive of Uttar Pradesh-based Addverb Technologies, also joined the round. develops robots that feature sensors including 3D LiDAR sensors and cameras. According to Vijay, all these design elements and technological changes make Ottonomy.IO The startup is also looking to expand its team.

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Covariant, MassRobotics and The Engine discuss the road from lab to market at TC Sessions: Robotics

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It’s a long road taking an idea from the R&D stage in a lab to successful commercialization, especially when you’re talking about technologies as complex and costly as robotics and artificial intelligence. You can catch all of the sessions and join the robotics community online for speed networking, chats and one-on-one meetings.