AI Reading Coaching Startup Ello Raises $15 Million, Focuses on Improving Children's Literacy Skills

Translated data: AI reading companion startup Ello secures $15 million in funding, leveraging artificial intelligence and speech recognition technology to enhance children's literacy skills. Ello offers a subscription service, providing five books per month for children from kindergarten to third grade, while using unique technology to listen to the child's reading and correct pronunciation errors. The company plans to expand its product range, collaborate with schools to develop classroom-suitable products, and introduce multilingual versions.

Amazing Move! Someone Claims to Have Applied for 2843 Jobs Using AI

Recently, a journalist named Jason Koebler applied for 2843 jobs using an AI tool! He used a free tool called AI Hawk, which is truly impressive. It can automatically fill out personal information, generate resumes, write personalized cover letters, and even check all necessary options when submitting applications. This job seeker submitted 17 applications in just one hour, stopping only when the total reached 2843. Image source note: Image generated by AI.

Apple AI Research Team Discovers Limitations of Large Model Inference, Rendering OpenAI's o1 Ineffective with Just One Sentence

In the world of artificial intelligence, the reasoning capabilities of machine learning models, particularly large language models (LLMs), have been a focal point for scientists. Recently, Apple's AI research team published a paper titled 'Understanding the Limitations of Large Language Models in Mathematical Reasoning,' shedding light on these models' limitations when addressing logical problems. In the paper, researchers demonstrate this through a simple mathematical question. They first posed a question about Oliver picking kiwis: as follows: Oliver picked 44 on Friday.

New Traffic Password for Xiaohongshu? Use This Flux LoRA to Generate 'Amazing Images' at One Click, Hotter than Cotton Candy Dolls

Real to cartoon is a timeless trend on social platforms, continuously evolving with new methods. For example, I just discovered this interesting Flux LoRA, which is expected to become popular on Xiaohongshu soon. This LoRA generates 4 real photos and additionally overlays a corresponding cartoon character on top. The effect is somewhat similar to the recent trending Cotton Candy Dolls on Douyin, where real photos and cartoon characters are layered together in one image, with a white outline around the cartoon character to enhance contrast.

OpenAI Releases MLE-bench: A Benchmark for Evaluating AI Agents

In a recent study, the OpenAI research team launched a new benchmark called MLE-bench, aimed at assessing the performance of AI agents in machine learning engineering. This research particularly focuses on 75 machine learning engineering-related competitions from Kaggle, intending to test agents' abilities in various skills required in the real world, including model training, dataset preparation, and experiment execution. To facilitate better evaluation, the research team utilized foundational data from Kaggle's public leaderboard to establish performance metrics for each competition.

In 2024, 39 AI Startups in the US Raise Over $100 Million - Detailed List Here

In the 2024 startup investment market, artificial intelligence (AI) companies continue to play a significant role. Despite some voices in the market suggesting a decline in enthusiasm for AI, data shows that investors remain confident in this field. In the third quarter of this year, AI companies raised a total of $18.9 billion, accounting for 28% of all venture capital. Among them, OpenAI completed a round of funding amounting to $6.6 billion on October 2, marking the largest single round of funding in history. Below is a report from foreign tech media Tec