Category: AI Category


  • AI speech model cuts healthcare transcription errors

    Deepgram has unveiled Nova-3 Medical, an AI speech-to-text (STT) model tailored for transcription in the demanding environment of healthcare. Designed to integrate seamlessly with existing clinical workflows, Nova-3 Medical aims to address the growing need for accurate and efficient transcription in the UK’s public NHS and private healthcare landscape. As electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine,…

  • Less is more: How ‘Chain of Draft’ could cut AI costs by 90% while improving performance

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A team of researchers at Zoom Communications has developed a breakthrough technique that could dramatically reduce the cost and computational resources needed for artificial intelligence systems to tackle complex reasoning problems, potentially transforming how enterprises deploy…

  • Anthropic raises $3.5 billion, reaching $61.5 billion valuation as AI investment frenzy continues

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Anthropic closed a $3.5 billion series E funding round, valuing the AI company at $61.5 billion post-money, the firm announced today. Lightspeed Venture Partners led the round with a $1 billion contribution, cementing Anthropic’s status as…

  • Google launches free Gemini-powered Data Science Agent on its Colab Python platform

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More AI agents are all the rage, but how about one focused specifically on analyzing, sorting, and drawing conclusions from vast volumes of data? Today, Google announced that its Data Science Agent, a new, free AI assistant…

  • Opera introduces browser-integrated AI agent

    Opera has introduced “Browser Operator,” a native AI agent designed to perform tasks for users directly within the browser. Rather than acting as a separate tool, Browser Operator is an extension of the browser itself—designed to empower users by automating repetitive tasks like purchasing products, completing online forms, and gathering web content. Unlike server-based AI…

  • The first AI scientist writing peer-reviewed papers

    The newly-formed Autoscience Institute has unveiled ‘Carl,’ the first AI system crafting academic research papers to pass a rigorous double-blind peer-review process. Carl’s research papers were accepted in the Tiny Papers track at the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR). Critically, these submissions were generated with minimal human involvement, heralding a new era for AI-driven…

  • Micron launches new memory chips to keep up with AI processing

    Micron announced its first 1y (1-gamma) DDR5 memory chip samples this week, and it says this is part of its contribution to systems that keep up with AI processing. The company said being the first to market with 1y samples proves Micron’s continued technology and manufacturing leadership — and the Boise, Idaho-based company is extending…

  • 2025 has already brought us the most performant AI ever: What can we do with these supercharged capabilities (and what’s next)?

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The latest AI large language model (LLM) releases, such as Claude 3.7 from Anthropic and Grok 3 from xAI, are often performing at PhD levels — at least according to certain benchmarks. This accomplishment marks the…

  • Weak cyber defenses are exposing critical infrastructure — how enterprises can proactively thwart cunning attackers to protect us all

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Direct attacks on critical infrastructure get a lot of attention, but the bigger danger often lies in something less visible: The poor cybersecurity practices of the businesses that keep these systems running. According to the Cybernews…

  • GPT-4.5 for enterprise: Do its accuracy and knowledge justify the cost?

    Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The release of OpenAI GPT-4.5 has been somewhat disappointing, with many pointing out its insane price point (about 10 to 20X more expensive than Claude 3.7 Sonnet and 15 to 30X more costly than GPT-4o). However,…