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Microsoft beefs up Azure’s arsenal of generative AI development tools
Microsoft Corp. is trying to make life easier for generative artificial intelligence developers, with a host of updates to its developer tooling today. The software and cloud giant said the updates should help teams build more capable and knowledgeable AI models, including dedicated copilots, that can fulfill a wider range of enterprise-related tasks. The announcements at ...
Stanford HAI says generative AI model transparency is improving, but there’s a long way to go
Researchers from Stanford University today published an update to their Foundation Model Transparency Index, which looks at the transparency of popular generative artificial intelligence models such as OpenAI’s GPT family, Google LLC’s Gemini models and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Llama series. The FMTI, which was first published in October, is designed to assess the transparency of ...
IBM pivots to focus on code generation with open-source Granite generative AI models
IBM Corp. today made clear its intention to stay at the forefront of generative artificial intelligence development, announcing a host of updates to its year-old watsonx platform, including a new family of open-source Granite models. It also launched an initiative called InstructLab, which aims to accelerate the contributions of the open-source community to generative AI ...
Zoom delivers earnings beat and lifts its full-year guidance, but investors are unimpressed
Zoom Video Communications Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter profit, earnings and sales that came in just ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, assisted by the rollout of artificial intelligence across more of its products, but the company’s near-term forecast came up light, sending its stock slightly lower in extended trading today. The company reported net income for ...
Google’s Project Gameface lets people control Android devices using gestures and facial expressions
Google LLC is bringing a host of new accessibility upgrades to Android, with the headline feature something known as Project Gameface, which uses artificial intelligence to translate facial expressions and gestures into on-screen actions. Project Gameface was first conceived as a kind of hands-free mouse for gamers, but Google quickly realized that the technology behind ...
Cloud developer tools startup Replit lays off 20% of its workforce amid generative AI push
Developer tooling startup Replit Inc., which has emerged at the forefront of the push toward generative artificial intelligence coding, has announced it’s letting go of 30 of its staff, or just under 20% of its total workforce. The news came via an email from Replit Chief Executive Amjad Masad to the company’s employees, which was posted ...
OpenAI agrees to deal with Reddit to scrape its content for AI training
In the latest development in the war for data among artificial intelligence model builders, ChatGPT is getting a new source of up-to-date content thanks to a deal between OpenAI and Reddit Inc. that was announced today. The partnership will enable OpenAI’s large language models, including GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, to “better understand and showcase Reddit content, ...
Ampere to integrate its CPUs with Qualcomm’s cloud-based AI chips for running large models
Chipmaker Ampere Computing LLC, which makes powerful, Arm-based computer chips for smartphones and data center servers, said today it’s partnering with Qualcomm Inc. on a new joint solution that will enable enhanced artificial intelligence inference at lower costs. The new partnership was announced today during an annual update (below) that saw Ampere detail its 2024 ...
Elastic’s new Search AI Lake enables highly scalable vector search for generative AI apps
Enterprise search technology provider Elastic N.V. is hoping to make the data essential for generative artificial intelligence as well as security and observability workloads more accessible with the launch of its new Search AI Lake service. Announced today, Elastic Search AI Lake is a radically different offering from existing Elasticsearch deployments. It decouples storage from ...
Despite revenue drop, Cisco beats expectations and ups full-year forecast, sending stock higher
Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. delivered a solid third-quarter earnings and revenue beat even as its overall sales fell substantially from the same period one year earlier. It also bumped up its revenue guidance for the fiscal year ending in July, saying customers have almost worked through the inventory glut that was blamed for its ...
