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AMD invests $20M in AI-powered drug discovery company Absci
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today announced that it has invested $20 million in Absci Corp., a company using artificial intelligence to develop new medicines. AMD will also partner with the company to support its research efforts. Absci launched in 2011 to develop proteins with therapeutic applications. In 2018, the company debuted a system called SoluPro ...
Microsoft open-sources its Phi-4 small language model
Microsoft Corp. today released the code for Phi-4, a small language model that can generate text and solve math problems. The company first detailed the model last month. Initially, Phi-4 was only accessible through Microsoft’s Azure Foundry artificial intelligence development service. The model is now downloadable on Hugging Face, a popular website for hosting open-source ...
AWS to invest at least $11B in new Georgia data centers
Amazon Web Services Inc. will spend at least $11 billion to grow its data center capacity in Georgia. The cloud giant detailed the plan on Tuesday. It’s the latest in a series of multibillion-dollar data centers investments announced by AWS over the past few quarters. It also mirrors a recent data center building boom, mostly ...
Anthropic reportedly raising up to $2B at $60B valuation
OpenAI rival Anthropic PBC is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in new funding, multiple publications reported today. CNBC and the Wall Street Journal cited sources as saying that investment could value the company at $60 billion. That’s more than three times the valuation Anthropic received last year in a funding round led by Menlo ...
Trump announces Emirati businessman will invest $20B in US data centers
President-elect Donald Trump today announced that Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani will invest $20 billion to build new data centers in the U.S. The investment could eventually “somewhat more than double,” Trump stated during a Mar-a-Lago press conference. Sajwani is the founder of DAMAC Properties, a major property development company based in the United Arab Emirates. ...
Meta announces broad changes to fact-checking, content moderation policies
Meta Platforms Inc. plans to make a set of sweeping changes to its fact-checking and content moderation policies, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced in a video released this morning. In 2016, Meta launched a program that relied on third-party fact-checking organizations to review user content on Facebook. The company’s initial partner roster included more than 90 such ...
NXP introduces Arm-based MCX L chips for industrial devices
NXP Semiconductors NV today debuted a new chip family, the MCX L series, for powering industrial devices such as factory sensors. Netherlands-based NXP is primarily known as a supplier of vehicle processors. Its silicon is used for a variety of tasks ranging from engine management to downloading over-the-air software updates. NXP is also active in ...
1Password acquires Trelica to extend its cybersecurity capabilities
Password management provider 1Password today announced that it has acquired cybersecurity startup Trelica Ltd. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Toronto-based 1Password, officially AgileBits Inc., is backed by $920 million in venture funding. It provides a popular password manager of the same name that is used by several million consumers. In addition to login ...
AMD debuts AI-optimized laptop processor that can run large language models
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today debuted a laptop processor series that can run artificial intelligence models faster than some standalone graphics cards. The company detailed the chips at CES alongside several other additions to its product lineup. Those other processors are optimized for gaming laptops, handheld gaming devices and desktops. Laptop-hosted LLMs The Ryzen AI ...
Intel introduces new Core Ultra 200 laptop processors
Intel Corp. today expanded its product portfolio with more than a dozen new processors geared toward the laptop market. The chips are joining the company’s Core Ultra 200 product line, which debuted last year. It includes not only laptop processors but also desktop-focused silicon. Some of the chips in the series are based on compute ...