AI21 Labs raises $64M to help it compete against OpenAI

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13.08.2025

AI21 Labs has raised $64 million in a funding round to help it compete against OpenAI and other NLP leaders. Competition in NLP (Natural Language Processing) is heating up. OpenAI is currently seen as the industry leader with its GPT-3 model but rivals are gaining traction. Investors see AI21 Labs...

NVIDIA and Meta CEOs: Every business will ‘have an AI’

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09.08.2025

In a fireside chat at SIGGRAPH 2024, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared their insights on the potential of open source AI and virtual assistants. The conversation...

NCSC: AI to significantly boost cyber threats over next two years

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06.08.2025

A report published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns that AI will substantially increase cyber threats over the next two years.  The centre warns of a surge in ransomware attacks in particular;...

Apple secures ‘observer’ seat on OpenAI board

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25.07.2025

Following Apple’s partnership announcement with OpenAI at WWDC last month, a new report reveals that the tech giant will secure an “observer role” on OpenAI’s board of directors. The new arrangement – set to take...

Amazon is building a LLM to rival OpenAI and Google

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23.07.2025

Amazon is reportedly making substantial investments in the development of a large language model (LLM) named Olympus.  According to Reuters, the tech giant is pouring millions into this project to create a model with a...

Algorithmia’s latest tools aim to solve ML governance challenges

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22.07.2025

Algorithmia is today debuting new reporting tools which aim to solve machine learning (ML) governance challenges. Research conducted by the company found that the number one challenge organisations are facing with their deployments is governance....

Hugging Face calls for open-source focus in the AI Action Plan

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15.07.2025

Hugging Face has called on the US government to prioritise open-source development in its forthcoming AI Action Plan. In a statement to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Hugging Face emphasised that “thoughtful...

Deepfakes are now being used to help solve crimes

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14.07.2025

A deepfake video created by Dutch police could help to change the often negative perception of the technology. Deepfakes use generative neural network architectures – such as autoencoders or generative adversarial networks (GANs) – to...

GPT-4o delivers human-like AI interaction with text, audio, and vision integration

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13.07.2025

OpenAI has launched its new flagship model, GPT-4o, which seamlessly integrates text, audio, and visual inputs and outputs, promising to enhance the naturalness of machine interactions. GPT-4o, where the “o” stands for “omni,” is designed...

Baidu deploys its ERNIE Bot generative AI to the public

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08.07.2025

Chinese tech giant Baidu has announced that its generative AI product ERNIE Bot is now open to the public through various app stores and its website. ERNIE Bot can generate text, images, and videos based...