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DataRobot buys Aqnostiq to advance AI agent development with dynamic compute orchestration
DataRobot Inc., which offers tools for developing artificial intelligence and machine learning models that cater to both experts and novices, said today it has snapped up a Toronto-based startup called Agnostiq Inc. The acquisition will enable DataRobot to facilitate and scale the development of so-called AI agents by offering tools that enhance its compute orchestration ...
Sam Altman pledges more openness as OpenAI works toward AGI
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has written an essay on his personal blog today that spells out how his company intends to ensure that “everyone on Earth” will be able to leverage artificial general intelligence to fulfill their goals and expand their creativity. Part of that plan entails “strange-sounding ideas” like giving everyone a “compute budget” ...
Databricks buys the AI-powered data migration startup BladeBridge
Databricks Inc. has snapped up a startup called BladeBridge Inc., which offers tools for migrating enterprise data warehouses. The big-data company said Wednesday it plans to integrate its technology with its own platform. The goal is to help companies move their workloads to its Structured Query Language analytics product Databricks SQL more easily. BladeBridge’s platform ...
One of Elon Musk’s key DOGE team members, Marko Elez, quits after being outed as a racist
A key staff member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned earlier today after he was linked by the Wall Street Journal to a profile on X that had made a number of racist posts, advocating for eugenics and the destruction of Israel and Gaza. The DOGE staffer has been identified as Marko Elez, ...
Amazon’s stock drops as cloud revenue comes up short and it doubles AI spending
Amazon.com Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations on fourth-quarter earnings and revenue today, but sales in its all-important cloud computing business came up short, and guidance for the current quarter was light. As a result, investors were less than satisfied, and Amazon’s stock fell more than 4% in the late-trading session, erasing a slight gain earlier ...
Lightning AI moves into the AI marketplace with ready-made enterprise applications
Lightning AI, which provides tools for developing artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, is getting into the business of packaging those models into ready-made enterprise applications with the launch of Lightning AI Hub. It’s a marketplace where developers and other users can find prebuilt AI applications that are ready to be deployed at the click ...
Qualcomm and Arm shatter Wall Street’s targets, but investors aren’t too happy
Shares of Qualcomm Inc. and Arm Holdings Plc headed south in late-trading today, even though both chipmakers delivered solid quarterly earnings and revenue beats and provided optimistic guidance for the current quarter. In the case of Qualcomm, it delivered stellar results, with fiscal first-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation coming to $3.41 per ...
Report: Amazon tipped to ship revamped Alexa AI updates later this month
Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa team is inviting journalists to attend a big product event in New York City later this month, where it’s expected to announce more advanced artificial intelligence capabilities for its popular digital assistant. One of Amazon’s key Alexa executives, Panos Panay, who is senior vice president of devices and services at the company, ...
Juniper’s revenue and profit rises on strong demand for AI networks
Juniper Networks Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations and notched up a higher profit today as it posted its preliminary fourth-quarter financial results. The report came as the company prepares to face down the U.S. Justice Department in a legal tussle over its pending $14 billion acquisition by its rival Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. The company, ...
AMD’s data center revenue comes up short, leaving investors dismayed
Investors bailed on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. late today after the chipmaker reported lower-than-expected revenue in its key data center segment, despite posting solid results overall. The company revealed fourth-quarter earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of $1.09 per share on record-breaking revenue of $7.66 billion, up 12% from a year earlier. The results came ...