The glorious AI-run future may be one step closer now that Clay Labs Inc. has raised $46 million in Series B funding to boost its AI-powered B2B sales and marketing services platform. Clay queries some 75 data enrichment providers to help target prospects. Its AI assistant, Claygent, can perform more bespoke research tasks like identifying a company’s competitors.
Trusting AI with time-consuming or repetitive tasks is one thing (workers are handing over more than 40% of those tasks already) — but trusting AI to make decisions without supervision is something else. A Salesforce survey finds 77% of global workers think AI autonomy is the future, but most think it’s three or more years away. Today, over 50% still believe in AI and humans working together.
Add privacy to the list of things Congress can’t get done. The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has abandoned plans for marking up the American Privacy Rights Bill. Opponents included advertising groups who thought the legislation too strong and civil rights groups who thought it too weak. It’s not clear whether the bill goes anywhere from here.
Meta has begun rolling out its AI assistant across more than 40 European countries. It blames delays in the rollout on Europe’s “complex regulatory system.” The assistant will be available in six languages, initially on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp Messenger.