Microsoft has announced the formation of Core AI, a new engineering division focused on the development of AI-powered applications, marking a strategic push to integrate AI across its software ecosystem.
A new study focused how when and how knowledge workers engage in critical thinking while using Generative AI (GenAI) has found that workers with higher confidence in the technology tend to employ less critical thinking to AI-generated outputs than workers with higher confidence in personal skills, who tended to apply more critical thinking to verify, refine, and critically integrate AI responses.
Researchers at Meta’s FAIR lab have unveiled Continuous Concept Mixing (CoCoMix), a novel pretraining framework designed to improve the efficiency and reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs).
- By John K. Waters
- 02/14/2025
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has weighed in on DeepSeek AI’s disruptive debut, warning that the revolutionary AI model is “rewriting the rules” of AI development. The remarks come as cloud security firm Wiz disclosed a major data leak in DeepSeek’s platform, raising concerns about security vulnerabilities in the cutting-edge system.
OpenAI has abandoned plans to release its anticipated o3 model, opting instead for a "simplified" product lineup centered on its upcoming GPT-5, CEO Sam Altman announced.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/12/2025
Google has launched Gemini 2.0, a major upgrade to its flagship AI platform, designed to empower enterprise users and developers with advanced multimodal capabilities and enhanced performance.
OpenAI's new Deep Research feature enhances ChatGPT with the capabilities of a "research analyst," because of its ability to automate time-consuming research by retrieving, analyzing, and synthesizing online information.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/08/2025
Some of the world's leading cloud service providers are now making the open-source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model available on their platforms, including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.
- By John K. Waters
- 02/04/2025
Technology stocks plummeted globally on Monday as concerns grew over the potential disruption caused by a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model. The news prompted widespread selloffs from Tokyo to New York, with major AI leaders like Nvidia taking significant hits.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/27/2025
OpenAI launches "Operator," an AI agent designed to perform web-based tasks autonomously using its own browser. Currently available as a research preview for Pro users in the United States, the tool aims to automate everyday activities such as filling out forms, ordering groceries, and even creating memes.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/23/2025
Google has reportedly committed to a new investment of more than $1 billion in generative AI startup Anthropic, expanding its stake in one of Silicon Valley’s leading artificial intelligence firms, according to a source familiar with the matter.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/22/2025
OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle on Tuesday unveiled a new venture, Stargate, through which they aim to build a massive AI infrastructure network across the United States. The initiative, which was announced at the White House with President Donald Trump, has been described as the "largest AI infrastructure project in history."
- By John K. Waters
- 01/21/2025
Meta AI has announced the release of LeanUniverse, an open-source machine learning (ML) library designed to address the growing challenges of managing datasets in large-scale machine learning projects.
- By John K. Waters
- 01/20/2025