Open-source DeepSeek-R1 uses pure reinforcement learning to match OpenAI o1 — at 95% less cost
The company developed DeepSeek-R1 by using pure reinforcement learning on top of DeepSeek-V3-Base, and matched or...
AI comes alive: From bartenders to surgical aides to puppies, tomorrow’s robots are on their way
Beyond performing tasks, machines will integrate into our social fabric, requiring us to navigate new relationships...
Anthropomorphizing AI: Dire consequences of mistaking human-like for human have already emerged
Anthropomorphizing AI creates dangerous blind spots in business decision-making beyond simple operational inefficiencies.
Microsoft AutoGen v0.4: A turning point toward more intelligent AI agents for enterprise developers
AutoGen represents Microsoft’s latest attempt to address the challenges of building multi-agent systems for enterprise applications....
Beyond RAG: How cache-augmented generation reduces latency, complexity for smaller workloads
As LLMs become more capable, many RAG applications can be replaced with cache-augmented generation that include...
Runway’s new AI image generator Frames is here, and it looks fittingly cinematic
The model excels in rendering advanced textures, natural lighting and complex compositions, providing more flexibility.
Devin 1.2: Updated AI engineer enhances coding with smarter in-context reasoning, voice integration
Devin 1.2 will help developers with accelerated workflows and less cognitive load in file searches, understanding...
AI or Not raises $5M to stop AI fraud, deepfakes and misinformation
AI or Not, an AI fraud detection platform, has raised $5 million in a seed funding...
Dizzaract Games launches in Abu Dhabi as Middle East’s largest game studio
Dizzaract Games has officially launched as the largest game development studio in the Middle East.
Microsoft just built an AI that designs materials for the future: Here’s how it works
Microsoft researchers unveil MatterGen, which accelerates scientific discovery 15X and doubles success rates for stable compounds.
Enterprises can now run real-time data through Google Cloud’s most advanced VMs
Early adopters like Couchbase are already seeing significant price-performance gains with Google Cloud's new VMs.
You can now fine-tune your own version of AI image maker Flux with just 5 images
Whether for brand-consistent marketing visuals or detailed character art, the Flux Pro Finetuning API enhances precision...
Google’s new neural-net LLM architecture separates memory components to control exploding costs of capacity and compute
Titans architecture complements attention layers with neural memory modules that select bits of information worth saving...
Not just hype — here are real-world use cases for AI agents
Here's how robotics manufacturing company Baca Systems and corporate food ordering platform ezCater are using Salesforce's...
4 bold AI predictions for 2025
Enterprises can prepare for AI becoming faster, cheaper and more capable in 2025, and take the...
Build or buy? Scaling your enterprise gen AI pipeline in 2025
Successfully scaling gen AI requires clear, high-value use cases, technological flexibility and an adaptive workforce.
Winning the war against adversarial AI needs to start with AI-native SOCs
Let's dive into the many reasons security leaders are embracing AI-native security operations centers (SOCs) as...
The path forward for gen AI-powered code development in 2025
AI-powered code development has come a long way in recent years. Here's where it's headed as...
AI factories are factories: Overcoming industrial challenges to commoditize AI
The infrastructure to support AI inherits many challenges that defined industrial factories, from power to scalability...
Purpose-built AI hardware: Smart strategies for scaling infrastructure
This article is part of VentureBeat’s special issue, “AI at Scale: From Vision to Viability.” Read more...
Edge computing’s rise will drive cloud consumption, not replace it
Successful edge AI deployments require deep integration between edge and cloud, complex orchestration and new approaches...
Borderless AI secures $32 million to challenge HR software giants with its AI-powered platform
Borderless AI launches an enterprise HR platform powered by AI that streamlines employee data management, policy...
Nvidia tackles agentic AI safety and security with new NeMo Guardrails NIMs
Nvidia is optimizing AI safety controls for multi-agent systems with minimal performance impact through new NeMo...
Botika raises $8M to change fashion photography with AI-generated fashion models
Botika, a started focused on AI-generated fashion models, has raised $8 million and launched its new...
Luma AI releases Ray2 generative video model with ‘fast, natural’ motion and better physics
Impressively, all the motions in the example videos appear lifelike and fluid — with subjects moving...
Building resilience with AI threat modeling: Lessons from the Rate Companies
Discover how AI threat modeling is helping CISOs redefine zero trust in 2025 by combating identity-based...
Forget Nvidia: Ndea wants to build AI that keeps improving on its own with ‘no bottlenecks in sight’
Unlike traditional deep learning, which interpolates between data points, program synthesis searches for discrete programs that...
Microsoft’s AutoGen update boosts AI agents with cross-language interoperability and observability
Microsoft's AutoGen for AI agents is popular among agent developers, and a new update addresses observability...
Microsoft launches Copilot Chat with AI agents; take that, Gemini!
Microsoft wants to make using Copilot a daily habit and take on Google's aggressive push of...
What’s next for agentic AI? LangChain founder looks to ambient agents
LangChain’s founder Harrison Chase is looking to advance agentic AI with the concept of ambient agents,...
Colossal raises $200M to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth, thylacine and dodo
Colossal BioSciences has raised $200 million in a new round of funding to bring back extinct...
Early days for AI: Only 25% of enterprises have deployed, few reap rewards
Vellum polled 1,250 AI developers to understand what’s happening in the AI trenches, including techniques, use...
MiniMax unveils its own open source LLM with industry-leading 4M token context
LLM MiniMax-Text-o1 is of particular note for enabling up to 4 million tokens in its context...
Hallucinations in AI: How GSK is addressing a critical problem in drug development
Hallucinations are a persistent problem in healthcare. Here's how GSK is using test-time compute scaling to...
Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing — here’s what that means for you
Google's Gemini AI achieves a milestone with simultaneous video and image processing, unlocking possibilities through AnyChat.
OpenAI’s agentic era begins: ChatGPT Tasks offers job scheduling, reminders and more
OpenAI will let some users schedule task reminders on ChatGPT, a sign the company may be...
Cerebras Systems teams with Mayo Clinic on genomic model that predicts arthritis treatment
Cerebras Systems has teamed with Mayo Clinic to create an AI genomic foundation model that predicts...
How HP sees the era of the AI PC | Alex Cho
PC makers are betting everything on the AI bandwagon. At the CES 2025 tech trade show...
Imec spins out Vertical Compute memory chip firm in $20.5M deal
Europe's Imec.xpand is spinning out memory chip firm Vertical Compute in a seed investment round worth...
The U.S. unicorns most likely to go public in 2025 | NVCA/PitchBook
A raft of U.S. unicorns -- those valued at $1 billion or more -- are likely...
Do new AI reasoning models require new approaches to prompting?
Even when it comes to non-reasoning LLMs such as Claude 3.5 Sonnet, there may be room...
Mistral’s new Codestral code completion model races up third-party charts
The newest version of Mistral's code generation model Codestral aims to be more efficient and generate...
LlamaV-o1 is the AI model that explains its thought process—here’s why that matters
LlamaV-o1, a groundbreaking AI model from MBZUAI, revolutionizes multimodal reasoning by providing transparent step-by-step explanations across...
Cybersecurity at AI speed: How agentic AI is supercharging SOC teams in 2025
Agentic AI helps SOCs automate decision-making and adapt to evolving threats, streamline workflows, and improve incident...
Up Network and DreamSmart partner on Web3 AI glasses powered by Google Gemini
Up Network, the user-powered AI agent operating system, has announced its partnership with DreamSmart to create...
In the future, we will all manage our own AI agents | Jensen Huang Q&A
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang answered all of the press questions at an event at CES 2025....
Adobe Firefly Bulk Create edits several images all at once
Adobe's new Firefly Bulk Create streamlines the tedious task of editing dozens of images for websites...
Krafton and Nvidia team up to create smarter AI characters for PUBG and inZOI
Nvidia and Krafton unveiled a groundbreaking on-device AI that will enable smarter AI characters for PUBG...
AI is set to transform education — what enterprise leaders can learn from this development
Unbound Academy will replace teachers with AI tools, representing the latest chapter in a 60-year quest...
The 13 best ideas, products and services of CES 2025 | The DeanBeat
As one of 6,000 journalists at the show, I walked around a lot to find the...