Here are fifteen generative AI news stories from the past week. Links to the articles are below, or you can watch the GAIN Rundown via YouTube above.

Deepfakes and momentum by Microsoft topped the news this week, while positive moves by Google may have gone unnoticed. Plus, we have another deep dive into new retail-oriented solutions, new funding rounds, and more.

Top Stories of the Week 🔦

• Sex and Politics: Deepfakes Make a Big Splash to Kick Off 2024

• Microsoft Azure AI Users Base Rose by 50%, Half of Fortune 500 Adopt OpenAI Service

Generative AI Product Garden 🪴

• Google Chrome Embeds Generative AI to Write Text, Organize Tabs, and Design Browser Experience

• OpenAI is Rolling Out ‘GPT Mentions’ in ChatGPT to Invoke Custom GPTs

• Meta’s New Code Llama 70B Rivals GitHub Copilot for Generative AI Programming Models

• IBM’s Generative AI Will Scout Soccer Players for Sevilla FC

• Brave Installs Mistral’s Mixtral as Default LLM for Generative AI Browser Assistant Leo

• Google Bard Gets Gemini Pro in 40 Languages and Hits #2 on Popular Benchmark Leaderboard

• Google Adds Imagen2 and GeminiPro To Bard

Generative AI Funding Fountain 💰⛲️

• Indian Generative AI Startup Krutrim Raises $50M to Hit $1B Valuation

• Kore ai Raises $150M to Scale Enterprise Generative AI Platform

Generative AI in Retail & Commerce 🛒

• Shopify Expands Generative AI Features with Synthetic Image Editor for Product Backgrounds and More

• Yelp Rolls Out Generative AI Features to Summarize Business Reviews

• Etsy Launches Generative AI ‘Gift Mode’ to Suggest Personalized Presents

Generative AI in the World 🌎

• Washington State Issues Generative AI Ethics Guidelines

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