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IBM debuts new Granite 3.2 family of models that include reasoning when you want it
Continuing its mission to carve out a niche in the enterprise artificial intelligence market, IBM Corp. today introduced a new family of its Granite AI models that include experimental reasoning capabilities, vision and forecasting capabilities. As with every release, IBM is opening up its models under the permissive open-source Apache 2.0 license. All Granite models ...
Akool unleashes enhancements to its AI human 3D avatars connected to LLMs
Akool Inc., a developer of artificial intelligence-driven lifelike human video avatars using cutting-edge technology, today announced enhancements to its interactive capability that allows developers to connect large language models, helping model builders create dynamic conversational experiences. Founded in 2022, Akool has been at the forefront of creating vivid experiences using lifelike avatars that look and ...
Adobe unveils Photoshop iPhone app with numerous free features
Adobe Inc. is making its Photoshop image editing tool more accessible than ever with a mobile version available today on Apple Inc.’s iPhone that brings professional level post-processing to smartphones. Photoshop is best known for being among the best-in-class image editing software, with tools that include layering, masking, filters and capabilities such as artificial intelligence-powered ...
WilsonAI raises $1.7M in pre-seed funding for ‘AI paralegal’
WilsonAI Co., the provider of an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for in-house legal operations, said today it has raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of what the company calls an AI paralegal that companies can “hire” for their teams. The company was founded in 2024 by Chief Executive Gus Neate, formerly a ...
Spore.Bio raises $23M to cut microbiology testing to minutes from days using AI
Paris-based Spore.Bio, a startup that developed an artificial intelligence-driven method for detecting pathogens, said today it has raised $23 million in early-stage funding to reinvent microbiology testing. The company’s Series A funding round was led by Singular and joined by Point 72, 1st Kind Ventures, Station F and Lord David Prior. Returning investors LocalGlobe, No ...
Nvidia uses AI to release Signs, a sign language teaching platform
To increase accessibility to American Sign Language learning, Nvidia Corp. today announced the launch of a new artificial intelligence-powered platform that offers instruction day and night. The platform is called Signs, a teaching platform developed in partnership with Nvidia, the American Society for Deaf Children and the creative agency Hello Monday. It’s an interactive web ...
Decentralized protocol leaders join forces to launch HumanAIx AI infrastructure alliance
OORT, a decentralized blockchain-based cloud computing platform for artificial intelligence, today announced the launch of HumanAIx, a global alliance for decentralized protocols to build better AI infrastructure. HumanAIx will be an open protocol where partners will connect together, each contributing a critical component – validation, storage, compute and data — to form a decentralized AI ...
Augury raises $75M for AI-driven industrial equipment health and repair process optimization
Israel-based Augury Inc., a provider of internet of things sensors and artificial intelligence to predict machine repairs, today announced it has raised $75 million in a late-stage funding round. Lightrock led the Series F round, with returning investors participating including Insight Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Munich Re Venture Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures and ...
British legaltech startup Luminance raises $75M for contract AI assistant
London-based legal artificial intelligence startup Luminance Technologies Ltd. today announced it has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round led by Point72 Investments. The funding for Luminance comes amid a flurry of investments directed at AI legaltech startups and businesses. New investors Forestay Capital, RPS Ventures and Schroders Capital participated in the round, ...
Elon Musk’s xAI unveils Grok-3 with advanced reasoning capabilities
Elon Musk’s xAI Corp. late Monday night announced the launch of Grok-3, the latest in the company’s family of large language models. The company says the AI model is a significant leap in power over its previous Grok-2 LLM that includes “reasoning models” to mimic human thinking. During a livestream announcement, xAI researchers said that ...