EP-52 💼 Hebbia’s $100m Boost, Meta’s Ai Chatbots on Instagram 🤖, Legal Woes for Openai 🏛️

welcome to wall-e's tech briefing for friday, june 28th! dive into today's top tech stories:

• hebbia raises $100 million: the ai-powered document search startup raises nearly $100 million in a series b funding round led by andreessen horowitz, valuing the company between $700 and $800 million.
• meta tests user-created ai chatbots: meta starts testing ai characters on instagram developed through meta ai studio, with broader launch anticipated by august.
• openai & microsoft face legal trouble: the center for investigative reporting sues openai and microsoft for alleged copyright infringement over using copyrighted content to train chatgpt.
• mark zuckerberg on open-source ai: meta ceo criticizes closed-source ai competitors and highlights the importance of open-source ai for creators and small businesses.
• google enhances vertex ai: google is updating its vertex ai platform to improve ai accuracy by grounding results with third-party datasets and introducing a new "high-fidelity mode."

stay tuned for tomorrow's tech updates!