Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Microsoft to discontinue Skype after more than 20 years

By Maria Deutscher Feb 28, 2025

Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to discontinue Skype and direct the service’s users to Microsoft Teams, its flagship communications platform. Skype will officially shut down on May 5. The service is winding down 22…

AI

Meta reportedly planning to launch standalone Meta AI app

By Maria Deutscher Feb 28, 2025

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to release a mobile version of its Meta AI artificial intelligence assistant. The app is expected to debut in the second quarter, CNBC reported late Thursday. Meta AI is a ChatGPT-like…

AI

OpenAI expands LLM lineup with new general-purpose GPT-4.5 model

By Maria Deutscher Feb 27, 2025

OpenAI today introduced GPT-4.5, a general-purpose large language model that it describes as its largest yet. The ChatGPT developer provides two LLM collections. The models in the first collection are geared toward reasoning tasks…

AI

CalypsoAI launches cybersecurity leaderboard for AI models

By Maria Deutscher Feb 27, 2025

Startup CalypsoAI Inc. on Wednesday launched the CalypsoAI Security Leaderboard, an index that ranks the cybersecurity of popular artificial intelligence models. The company ranked the algorithms using its flagship product, a software toolkit called…

Infra

IBM completes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition following regulatory approvals

By Maria Deutscher Feb 27, 2025

IBM Corp. today closed its acquisition of infrastructure automation provider HashiCorp Inc. for $6.4 billion. The companies originally expected to finalize the deal by the end of 2024. The delay likely relates to the…

Infra

Pure Storage tops earnings expectations but guidance tanks shares

By Maria Deutscher Feb 26, 2025

Pure Storage Inc. today reported fourth-quarter financial results that topped the market’s revenue and profit expectations. Despite the strong results, the company’s stock was down almost 8% in after-hours trading. The selloff may be…

AI

Microsoft releases new Phi models optimized for multimodal processing, efficiency

By Maria Deutscher Feb 26, 2025

Microsoft Corp. today expanded its Phi line of open-source language models with two new algorithms optimized for multimodal processing and hardware efficiency. The first addition is the text-only Phi-4-mini. The second new model, Phi-4-multimodal,…

AI

Amazon debuts LLM-powered Alexa+ with expanded automation features

By Maria Deutscher Feb 26, 2025

Amazon.com Inc. today debuted Alexa+, a major upgrade of its voice assistant that uses artificial intelligence large language models to automate complex tasks. Executives demonstrated the service’s capabilities at an event in New York.…

Cloud

UK antitrust regulator approves IBM’s $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

By Maria Deutscher Feb 25, 2025

The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has approved IBM Corp.’s proposed acquisition of HashiCorp Inc. for $6.4 billion. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, announced the decision today. The regulatory milestone comes nearly a year…

AI

Google launches free Gemini Code Assist tier for individuals

By Maria Deutscher Feb 25, 2025

Google LLC today made Gemini Code Assist, its artificial intelligence programming assistant, available at no charge for individual developers. The new free tier supports up to 6,000 requests per day or 180,000 per month.…

Maria Deutscher

Microsoft to discontinue Skype after more than 20 years

Meta reportedly planning to launch standalone Meta AI app

OpenAI expands LLM lineup with new general-purpose GPT-4.5 model

CalypsoAI launches cybersecurity leaderboard for AI models

IBM completes $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition following regulatory approvals

Pure Storage tops earnings expectations but guidance tanks shares

Microsoft releases new Phi models optimized for multimodal processing, efficiency

Amazon debuts LLM-powered Alexa+ with expanded automation features

UK antitrust regulator approves IBM’s $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition

Google launches free Gemini Code Assist tier for individuals

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