AI Revolution

Ant Group is relying on Chinese-made semiconductors to train artificial intelligence models to reduce costs and lessen dependence on restricted US technology, according to people familiar with the matter. The Alibaba-owned company has used chips from domestic suppliers, including those tied to its parent, Alibaba, and Huawei Technologies to train large language models using the…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Augment Code, an AI coding assistant startup, unveiled its new “Augment Agent” technology today, designed to tackle the complexity of large software engineering projects rather than simple code generation. The company claims its approach represents a…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More American Express is a giant multinational company with roughly 80,000 employees, so as you can imagine, something’s always coming up with IT — whether it be a worker struggling with WiFi access or dealing with a…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The sleeping giant has awoken! For a while, it seemed like Amazon was playing catchup in the race to offer its users — particularly the millions of developers building atop Amazon Web Services (AWS)’s cloud infrastructure…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Researchers from the Soochow University of China have introduced Chain-of-Tools (CoTools), a novel framework designed to enhance how large language models (LLMs) use external tools. CoTools aims to provide a more efficient and flexible approach compared…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Every AI model release inevitably includes charts touting how it outperformed its competitors in this benchmark test or that evaluation matrix.  However, these benchmarks often test for general capabilities. For organizations that want to use models…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Zencoder unveils its next-generation AI coding and unit testing agents today, positioning the San Francisco-based company as a formidable challenger to established players like GitHub Copilot and newcomers like Cursor. The company, founded by former Wrike…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Uplimit unveiled a suite of AI-powered learning agents today designed to help companies rapidly upskill employees while dramatically reducing administrative burdens traditionally associated with corporate training. The San Francisco-based company announced three sets of purpose-built AI…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Anthropic introduced Claude for Education today, a specialized version of its AI assistant designed to develop students’ critical thinking skills rather than simply provide answers to their questions. The new offering includes partnerships with Northeastern University,…

Gladia, an AI transcription and audio intelligence provider, launched Solaria, a next-gen automatic speech recognition (ASR) model designed to redefine real-time communications for call centers and other voice-first platforms. Solaria now empowers businesses to enhance and expand their customer service operations with AI-powered voice technology that delivers unmatched language coverage—supporting 40+ languages previously inaccessible with…