Microsoft collaborates with Siemens, Bayer, and Rockwell Automation to launch industry-specific AI models designed to boost efficiency in manufacturing, agriculture, and finance through tailored AI solutions available via Azure AI.Read More
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Alibaba Cloud has released Qwen2.5-Coder, a new AI coding assistant that has already become the second most popular demo on Hugging Face Spaces. Early tests suggest its performance rivals GPT-4o, and it’s available to developers at no cost. The release includes six model variants, from 0.5 billion to 32 billion parameters, making advanced AI coding accessible
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google DeepMind has unexpectedly released the source code and model weights of AlphaFold 3 for academic use, marking a significant advance that could accelerate scientific discovery and drug development. The surprise announcement comes just weeks after the system’s creators, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI launched a new content moderation API on Thursday, marking its latest move to compete with OpenAI and other AI leaders while addressing growing concerns about AI safety and content filtering. The new moderation service, powered by a fine-tuned version of Mistral’s Ministral 8B model, is designed to detect potentially harmful
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Department of Defense has awarded its first generative AI defense contract to Jericho Security, marking a strategic shift in military cybersecurity. The $1.8 million Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract, announced through AFWERX, tasks the New York-based startup with developing advanced cybersecurity solutions for the Department of the Air Force. “This is one
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A team of computer scientists has developed a method that helps artificial intelligence understand when to use tools versus relying on built-in knowledge, mimicking how human experts solve complex problems. The research from the University of California San Diego and Tsinghua University demonstrates a 28% improvement in accuracy when AI systems learn to balance internal knowledge
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Hugging Face today has released SmolLM2, a new family of compact language models that achieve impressive performance while requiring far fewer computational resources than their larger counterparts. The new models, released under the Apache 2.0 license, come in three sizes — 135M, 360M and 1.7B parameters — making them suitable for deployment on smartphones and other
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google launched real-time search capabilities for its Gemini AI platform on Thursday, enabling its language models to access current information from Google Search. The new feature, called “Grounding with Google Search,” targets developers building AI applications, distinguishing it from OpenAI’s consumer-focused ChatGPT Search service launched the same day. “We’re focused on putting search-augmented responses into developer
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A centuries-old technology — pen and paper — is getting a dramatic digital upgrade. Google Research has developed an artificial intelligence system that can accurately convert photographs of handwritten notes into editable digital text, potentially transforming how millions of people capture and preserve their thoughts. The new system, called InkSight, represents a significant breakthrough in the
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman introduces ‘super agency’ framework for AI development, dismissing near-term election risks while advocating for balanced regulation and human-AI collaboration in emerging cognitive technologies.Read More