Nvidia and Elon Musk’s xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft and BlackRock to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US, the companies said on Wednesday, as a global race to dominate the nascent technology intensifies. The group, formed last year with a goal to initially invest more than $30 billion in AI-related projects, … Read more
Mistral Small 3.1 artificial intelligence (AI) model was released on Monday. The Paris-based AI firm introduced two open-source variants of the latest model — chat and instruct. The model comes as the successor to the Mistral Small 3, and offers improved text performance and multimodal understanding. The company claims that it outperforms comparable models such … Read more
Meta has reportedly begun testing its first in-house chipsets that will be used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. As per the report, the company has deployed a limited number of processors to test the performance and sustainability of the custom chipsets, and based on how well the tests go, it will begin large-scale production … Read more
Global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners expects artificial intelligence (AI) to disrupt its investment roadmaps, with a disproportionate share of its new $350 million India-dedicated fund likely to flow into opportunities in this new-age technology that promises to transform businesses. The firm that has backed companies such as Swiggy, BigBasket, Urban Company, Pharmeasy, Cashify … Read more
You think you’re in control when scrolling through your social media feeds, but think again. Social media platforms, like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X and many more have become testing grounds for constant marketing experiments, where users unknowingly participate in targeted campaigns, according to research from the UBC Sauder School of Business. Due to the algorithms … Read more
Grok can now be summoned in the top level replies on posts on X (formerly known as Twitter), and the chatbot will respond to users. When the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot is tagged in the reply to a post, it already comes with the contextual understanding of the content, and can answer queries to even … Read more
Fintech startup Perfios, which provides financial data analysis software, said on Monday it has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-based debt collection company CreditNirvana for an undisclosed sum. This is the Bengaluru-based company’s second acquisition in just over a month, after it purchased financial crime management firm Clari5 in February to bolster its fraud detection capabilities. “This … Read more
Taiwan’s Foxconn said on Monday it has launched its first large language model and plans to use the technology to improve manufacturing and supply chain management. The model, named “FoxBrain,” was trained using 120 of Nvidia’s H100 GPUs and completed in about four weeks, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer said in a statement. The … Read more
WASHINGTON: The US State Department will use artificial intelligence to revoke visas of foreign students who it perceives as supporters of Palestinian Hamas militants, Axios reported on Thursday, citing senior State Department officials. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January to combat antisemitism and has pledged to deport non-citizen college students and others … Read more
A US judge on Tuesday denied billionaire Elon Musk’s request for a preliminary injunction to pause OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit model but agreed to a fast-track trial in the fall of this year, the latest turn in the high-stakes legal fight. Musk does not have “the high burden required for a preliminary injunction” to … Read more
San Francisco: Alphabet’s Google launched an experimental version of its search engine on Wednesday that completely eliminates its classic 10 blue links in favor of an AI-generated summary. The new feature, available to subscribers of Google One AI Premium, can be accessed via the results page for any search query by clicking on a tab … Read more
Lenovo on Sunday showcased its latest portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered devices at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona. Among the highlights was the ThinkBook “Codename Flip” AI PC concept. It sports an outward folding OLED display which enables users to choose between five different modes, including a Clamshell Mode for traditional tasks. … Read more