Honda Scenic Audio Innovation, SunoAI's Music Revolution & Dyson's AR Dynamic Cleaning Tool

Plus, South Korea is planning a 7B$ investment and Buildbox 4's update will allow you create your own games from scratch.

Hello readers! Let’s hope your coffee stays warm after eyeing all of these news in one sitting. Take a week at this week’s updates:

Top Stories

Honda launches Honda Scenic Audio. This is an AI-powered web app offering detailed scenic audio descriptions for blind and visually impaired passengers during road trips.

Meet SunoAI, the Chat GPT for music. Suno AI quickly generates songs with user prompts, sparking debate among musicians over its impact on creativity and royalties, though it embeds watermarks for identification.

Dyson is developing an AR vacuuming app. The Dyson CleanTrace for iPhone, enables users to digitally 'paint' areas, inspired by a viral AR cleaning prototype, and it will be available from June 2024.

In Funding

South Korea to invest 7$B in AI by 2027. This investment will make the country lead in AI chip technology and strengthen its industry.

FloQast gets $100M funding to boost finance automation. The company aims to expand and innovate in accounting software.

SiMa.ai secures $70 million in funding. This investment aims to launch a GenAI chip focused on multimodal processing.

Keep an eye on

Education: Hevolus and Lenovo are revolutionizing education with XR technology in classrooms.

Health: Osso VR, awarded company at the XR Awards, launches Osso Health for Apple Vision Pro, a hands-on experience for professionals.

Health: Microsoft, GE HealthCare, and LG Electronics have joined forces to enhance medical staff workflows and patient outcomes in South Korea.

Hardware: Humane's Ai Pin, a hands-free alternative to constant smartphone use, has received negative backlash from industry experts.;

Entertainment: Adobe is developing an AI model for generating video, to be integrated into Premiere Pro later this year.

Gaming: Buildbox 4 revolutionizes game creation with AI, allowing users to build games in minutes without code.

Events to be at

• April 29 - May 2 Orlando, USA | World Aviation Training Summit*

• May 14 – 22 Cannes, France | Cannes XR

• May 22 - 23 Manchester, UK | DTX + UCX*

• June 26 – 28 Seoul, Korea | Metaverse Expo

• July 28 – August 1 Los Angeles, USA | Siggraph

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April 15 2024 Edition - Issue 43