Katie Roof / Bloomberg: MaintainX, which helps manufacturing and other companies manage operations and maintenance, raised a $50M Series C at a $1B valuation, up from $191M in 2021  —  – Bain Capital Ventures leads $50 million investment in firm  — McDonald’s, Shell, Duracell are among MaintainX’s clients Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta rolls out its 28 AI characters across WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram in the US, and plans to experiment with “long-term memory” for several characters  —  Earlier this year, Meta introduced a set of AI characters, including those based on real-life celebs including … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta debuts Imagine with Meta, a standalone text-to-image generator on the web powered by its Emu model that generates four images per prompt, free for US users  —  Not to be outdone by Google’s Gemini launch, Meta’s rolling out a new, standalone generative AI experience on the web … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta’s virtual assistant Meta AI gets support for Reels, a feature called “reimagine” that lets users generate AI images using prompts in group chats, and more  —  Alongside other AI updates announced today, Meta AI, the company’s generative AI experience, is gaining … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans a revamped iPad Pro with an OLED screen, iPad Airs with 10.9 and 12.9 screens, 13 and 15 MacBook Airs with M3, and more for early 2024  —  – New models follow an unprecedented drought in iPad releases  — Vision Pro, larger iPhones and new AirPods also coming in 2024 Lees verder op Tech Meme