Alibaba Cloud has open-sourced more than 100 of its newly-launched AI models, collectively known as Qwen 2.5. The announcement was made during the company's annual Apsara Conference.
The cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group has also unveiled a revamped full-stack infrastructure...
Meta has spearheaded an open letter calling for urgent reform of AI regulations in the EU. The letter, which garnered support from over 50 prominent companies – including Ericsson, SAP, and Spotify – was published as an advert in the Financial Times.
The collective voice of these...
A new survey from SolarWinds has unveiled a resounding call for increased government oversight of AI, with 88% of IT professionals advocating for stronger regulation.
The study, which polled nearly 700 IT experts, highlights security as the paramount concern. An overwhelming 72% of...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is code or technologies that perform complex calculations, an area that encompasses simulations, data processing and analytics.
AI has increasingly grown in importance, becoming a game changer in many industries, including healthcare, education and...
A singer from the United States has been accused of manipulating music streaming platforms using AI technologies and bots to fraudulently inflate his stream statistics and earn millions of dollars in royalties.
Michael Smith, 52, from North Carolina, faces charges of wire fraud,...
Walmart and Amazon are harnessing AI to drive retail transformation with new consumer experiences and enhanced operational efficiency.
According to analytics firm GlobalData, Walmart is focusing on augmented reality and AI-enhanced store management. Amazon, meanwhile, is leading...
In the past year, we’ve seen remarkable achievements across AI-assisted cancer diagnosis as more and more clinicians test, use and integrate AI companions into daily practice.
Skin cancer is no exception, and we expect AI diagnostic tools to be widely implemented across this...
What was supposed to herald a new era of AI for Apple has instead left many underwhelmed when the tech giant unveiled the iPhone 16 series, its first AI-powered smartphone line-up, which happens to be still in beta testing and expected to take months, if not years, to fully roll out...
Sony Research and AI Singapore (AISG) will collaborate on research for the SEA-LION family of large language models (LLMs).
SEA-LION, which stands for Southeast Asian Languages In One Network, aims to improve the accuracy and capability of AI models when processing languages from the...
Fears that AI will lead to mass job losses are unfounded, according to a new whitepaper. The report, released by British AI software firm Automated Analytics, found that none of its 5,000 clients across the UK and US reported laying off staff as a result of AI...
The term AI winter refers to a period of funding cuts in AI research and development, often following overhyped expectations that fail to deliver.
With recent generative AI systems falling short of investor promises — from OpenAI's GPT-4o to Google's AI-powered overviews — this...
Just three months after its inception, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a new AI startup founded by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, has raised $1 billion in funding. Led by venture capital firms Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz, the latest investment round values the company at approximately $5...
Google DeepMind has unveiled an AI system called AlphaProteo that can design novel proteins that successfully bind to target molecules, potentially revolutionising drug design and disease research.
AlphaProteo can generate new protein binders for diverse target proteins, including...
With artificial intelligence continuing to permeate a growing number of sectors, there is no telling what this market will be worth in the next decade or so. Amid this expansion, AI assistants have particularly experienced huge growth, both in terms of their scope of operation and the monetary...
The UK has signed a landmark AI safety treaty aimed at protecting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law from potential threats posed by the technology.
Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood signed the Council of Europe’s AI convention today as part of a united global approach to...
NVIDIA has seen its share price plummet following a report of intensified scrutiny from US authorities over potential breaches of competition law.
During the regular trading session on Tuesday, NVIDIA’s share price experienced a near-10% drop. The fall wiped £212 billion from its...
Regardless of the hype cycle, AI is no longer a distant dream but a tangible reality. For decades, way before generative AI, this technology played a critical role in transforming industries and reshaping the way we do business. However, amid the buzz and excitement, shifting your focus from...
Elon Musk's xAI has unveiled its record-breaking AI training system, dubbed 'Colossus'.
Musk revealed that the xAI team had successfully brought the Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online after a 122-day process. Not content with its existing capabilities, Musk stated, "over the...
The new UK Government is developing an AI strategy that prioritises public sector adoption over direct industry investment, as part of broader cost-cutting measures ahead of the autumn budget.
Since taking office, the government has been reviewing AI-related expenditures and has...
Amazon is gearing up to roll out a revamped version of its Alexa voice assistant, which is expected to be available this October, right before the US shopping rush.
Internally referred to as "Remarkable," the new technology will be powered by Anthropic's Claude AI models. Sources...
IDC has revised its global smartphone shipments forecast 2024, projecting a 5.8% year-on-year (YoY) growth to 1.23 billion units. The market intelligence firm's optimistic outlook is driven by strong growth in affordable Android devices across emerging markets and substantial interest in...
Is there a problem nowadays that AI cannot solve? In all honesty, there are not many it seems. By using algorithms and ploughing through copious amounts of data and applying learnings absorbed from them, AI can spot patterns and build instruction manual-like approaches to tackle certain...
The California State Assembly has approved the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act (SB 1047).
The bill, which has sparked intense debate in Silicon Valley and beyond, aims to impose a series of safety measures on AI companies operating within...
The demand for content is as high as ever in today’s digital world, with businesses, individuals, and marketers seeking fresh, engaging content to connect with their audiences. This increasing demand has resulted in the rise of AI-powered content writing tools, raising concerns from human...
AI hardware startup Cerebras has created a new AI inference solution that could potentially rival Nvidia's GPU offerings for enterprises.
The Cerebras Inference tool is based on the company's Wafer-Scale Engine and promises to deliver staggering performance. According to sources, the...
Chinese internet search provider Baidu has updated its Wikipedia-like Baike service to prevent Google and Microsoft Bing from scraping its content.
This change was observed in the latest update to the Baidu Baike robots.txt file, which denies access to Googlebot and Bingbot...
Chinese organisations are utilising cloud services from Amazon and its competitors to gain access to advanced US AI chips and capabilities that they cannot otherwise obtain, according to a Reuters report based on public tender documents.
In a comprehensive investigation, Reuters...
To ensure AI systems reflect local values and regulations, nations are increasingly pursuing sovereign AI strategies; developing AI utilising their own infrastructure, data, and expertise. NVIDIA is lending its support to this movement with the launch of four new NVIDIA NIMs.
These...
Three authors have filed a lawsuit against AI startup Anthropic, alleging the firm used their copyrighted works without permission to train its Claude language models.
Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson filed a complaint in a California court, accusing...
OpenAI has added its voice to the growing chorus of tech leaders and politicians opposing a controversial AI safety bill in California. The company argues that the legislation, SB 1047, would stifle innovation and that regulation should be handled at a federal level.
In a letter sent...