Tuesday, April 15, 2025

AI

Deep Cogito emerges from stealth with hybrid AI reasoning models

A new company, Deep Cogito, has emerged from stealth with a family of openly available AI models that can be switched between “reasoning”...

A nonprofit is using AI agents to raise money for charity

Tech giants like Microsoft might be touting AI “agents” as productivity-boosting tools for corporations . But a nonprofit is trying to prove that...

IBM releases a new mainframe built for the age of AI

IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The hardware and...

Google is allegedly paying some AI staff to do nothing for a year rather than join rivals

Retaining top AI talent is tough amid cutthroat competition between Google, OpenAI, and other heavyweights. Google’s AI division, DeepMind, has resorted to...

Meta exec denies the company artificially boosted Llama 4s benchmark scores

A Meta exec on Monday denied a rumor that the company trained its new AI models to present well on specific benchmarks while...

OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altmans AI hardware startup

OpenAI is said to have discussed acquiring the AI hardware startup that former Apple design lead Jony Ive is building with OpenAI CEO...

‘You’re a war profiteer’: Pro-Palestinian protesters interfere with Microsoft anniversary occasion

Anti-Israel activists interrupted the Microsoft 50th anniversary event in Redmond on Friday, with 2 officer discussions disrupted by the software...

Metas benchmarks for its new AI models are a bit misleading

One of the new flagship AI models Meta released on Saturday, Maverick, ranks second on LM Arena, a test that has human raters...

Microsoft releases AI-generated Quake II demo, but admits limitations

Microsoft has released a browser-based, playable level of the classic video game Quake II. This functions as a tech demo for the gaming...

Meta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI models

Meta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less. ...

Latest news