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Anthropic reveals system prompts that guide its Claude AI models’ behavior
Anthropic PBC, one of the major rivals to OpenAI in the generative artificial intelligence industry, has lifted the lid on the “system prompts” it uses to guide its most advanced large language models, such as Claude 3.5 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Claude Haiku. It’s an intriguing move that positions Anthropic as a bit more ...
Luca Maestri to step down as Apple CFO next year
Apple Inc. said today that its longtime Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri will step down from the role in a transition that will take place at the start of next year, to be replaced by another Apple executive, Kevan Parekh. Maestri (pictured) won’t depart the company completely. Instead, he will take on the role of head ...
Startup FuriosaAI debuts RNGD chip for LLM and multimodal AI inference
FuriosaAI Inc., a semiconductor startup that’s laser-focused on artificial intelligence, has unveiled a new accelerator chip it says is geared for large language models and multimodal AI. Its new chip is called RNGD, pronounced “Renegade,” and it was unveiled at the Hot Chips 2024 conference in Stanford University today. It’s sampling to early access customers ...
IBM unveils new Telum II AI processor set to power its next-generation mainframe systems
IBM Corp. today revealed the specifications of its upcoming Telum II Processor, which is set to power the next generation of its iconic mainframe systems and boost their relevance in the artificial intelligence processing industry. Details of the new chip were unveiled at the Hot Chips 2024 event taking place at Stanford University this week. The ...
Workday’s stock flopped, then popped on confident long-term growth forecast
Workday Inc.’s stock soared more than 11% in extended trading today after it delivered a solid earnings and revenue beat, announced a new $1 billion stock buyback plan and provided an upbeat long-term forecast. The shares initially lost ground late today after the human resources and financial software developer posted guidance for the next quarter ...
AI21 Labs’ updated hybrid SSM-Transformer model Jamba gets longest context window yet
OpenAI rival AI21 Labs Ltd. today lifted the lid off of its latest competitor to ChatGPT, unveiling the open-source large language models Jamba 1.5 Mini and Jamba 1.5 Large. The new models are based on an alternative architecture that enables them to ingest much longer sequences of data, so they can better understand context compared ...
Agribusiness AI startup Ceres Imaging rebrands as Ceres AI after closing on late-stage funding
Agricultural imagery and data analytics provider Ceres Imaging Inc. has announced it’s rebranding itself as Ceres AI after closing on a Series D round of funding and appointing a new chairman. Ceres AI is an imaging and data company that’s looking to popularize precision farming techniques and help farmers improve their crop yields. It does ...
Salesforce’s newest AI agents help to filter out sales prospects and train salespeople
Salesforce Inc. is cranking out yet more artificial intelligence agents, this time for its flagship customer relationship management platform. The new agents include the Einstein Sales Development Rep, or Einstein SDR, and the Einstein Sales Coach Agent, and they’re designed to aid sales representatives in a variety of ways. The Einstein SDR Agent is designed ...
Chip design software firm Synopsys delivers record revenue as AI accelerates demand
Silicon chip design software maker Synopsys Inc. delivered third-quarter earnings and revenue above expectations today and then issued strong guidance, sending its stock higher in after-hours trading. The company, one of the leaders in the electronic design automation software industry, reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $3.43 per share, well ahead ...
Snowflake beats expectations but stock falls on fears of decelerating revenue growth
Updated: Shares of the cloud data warehouse giant Snowflake Inc. were battered and bruised in extended trading today, even though the company delivered solid second-quarter results and guidance that came in above expectations. The company’s stock fell more than 7% after-hours, with analysts saying that its likely shareholders are concerned over the possibility of a ...