Artificial intelligence research startup Radical AI has launched TorchSim, a next-generation PyTorch-native engine designed to dramatically accelerate atomistic simulations.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/15/2025
Artificial intelligence saw explosive growth in adoption, investment, and societal integration in 2024, but the path forward remains complex as public trust, regulation, and equitable access struggle to keep pace, according to the newly released "AI Index Report 2025."
- By John K. Waters
- 04/08/2025
IBM has acquired Hakkoda Inc., a global consultancy specializing in data modernization and artificial intelligence, the company announced this week. The acquisition is part of its push to bolster IBM Consulting’s capabilities in preparing enterprise data estates for AI-powered business operations.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/08/2025
Meta launches a new suite of AI models under its Llama 4 banner, expanding its capabilities in generative artificial intelligence and taking a direct swing at competitors such as OpenAI, Google, and xAI.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/07/2025
According to SnapLogic’s research, conducted in partnership with 3GEM and based on responses from 1,000 IT decision-makers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Australia, 50% of enterprises are already deploying AI agents, and another 32% plan to do so within the next 12 months. This isn’t a pilot wave—it’s a platform shift.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/04/2025
Cloud management startup env0 announces a new AI-powered infrastructure intelligence tool called Cloud Analyst. The product aims to turn the fog of sprawling, enterprise-scale deployments into crisp, queryable insight, minus the spreadsheets, scripts, and late-night Slack threads.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/04/2025
OpenAI said on Monday it has raised $40 billion in a landmark funding round led by Japan's SoftBank Group, marking the largest private capital funding round in tech history and valuing the artificial intelligence company at $300 billion.
- By John K. Waters
- 04/01/2025
Amazon expands access to its latest generative AI models with the launch of nova.amazon.com, a website aimed at developers and technology enthusiasts interested in building applications using its in-house foundation model family, Amazon Nova.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/31/2025
Microsoft has unveiled a major expansion of its AI-driven cybersecurity platform, introducing a suite of autonomous agents to help organizations counter rising threats and manage the growing complexity of cloud and AI security.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/26/2025
In a bid to address rising concerns over teen safety and appropriate usage, Character.AI, a popular chatbot platform, has rolled out a new "Parental Insights" feature aimed at giving parents a window into their children's activity on the platform. The feature, introduced this week, allows users under 18 to share a weekly report of their chatbot interactions directly with a parent's email address.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/26/2025
Google on Tuesday announced the release of Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift the company says, that marks a major leap in AI capability.
- By John K. Waters
- 03/25/2025
At its annual GTC 2025 conference, held last week in San Jose, California, AI giant NVIDIA showcased its growing influence by announcing several new collaborations with Microsoft, primarily centered around Microsoft's Azure AI Foundry.
Modern AI systems are under pressure to deliver "inference at scale," said Nvidia CEO and founder Jensen Huang on Tuesday during his GTC conference keynote. Luckily, his company has the hardware for that.