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Artificial intelligence

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

9 hours ago

The AI divide putting open weights models in spotlight

Open weights AI models are evolving from research projects to serious enterprise products, highlighting a growing divide between enterprise and frontier AI.

fromTNW | Apps

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models in direct challenge to OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models that compete directly with OpenAI, marking a significant shift in its AI strategy.

Microsoft released 3 new AI models, ramping up competition with its close partner, OpenAI

Microsoft has launched three in-house AI models, signaling a move towards independence from OpenAI.

AI Cloud Provider Coreweave Secures Anthropic Agreement for Claude Workloads

Coreweave signed a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to provide cloud infrastructure for AI model development and deployment.

CoreWeave Rockets 12% on Anthropic Deal: Two Landmark Contracts in Two Days for the AI Cloud King

CoreWeave stock surged 12% after announcing a multiyear agreement with Anthropic for cloud computing capabilities for AI models.

fromTNW | Anthropic

CoreWeave signs multi-year Anthropic deal as nine of ten top AI model providers join its platform

CoreWeave secured a multi-year deal with Anthropic for Nvidia GPU access, expanding its AI infrastructure capabilities significantly.

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22 hours ago

AI Cloud Provider Coreweave Secures Anthropic Agreement for Claude Workloads

Coreweave signed a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to provide cloud infrastructure for AI model development and deployment.

CoreWeave Rockets 12% on Anthropic Deal: Two Landmark Contracts in Two Days for the AI Cloud King

CoreWeave stock surged 12% after announcing a multiyear agreement with Anthropic for cloud computing capabilities for AI models.

fromTNW | Anthropic

CoreWeave signs multi-year Anthropic deal as nine of ten top AI model providers join its platform

CoreWeave secured a multi-year deal with Anthropic for Nvidia GPU access, expanding its AI infrastructure capabilities significantly.

Law

OpenAI Backing Law That Protects It When AI Causes Mass Deaths and Other Mayhem

Media industry

OpenAI's TBPN deal shows how talent, media, and influence are collapsing into one | Fortune

fromDigiday

OpenAI has quietly launched its ads manager as it races to build out its ads business

OpenAI launched an ads manager, enabling real-time performance monitoring and optimization for advertisers, marking a significant step in its advertising business expansion.

fromEngadget

London startup

OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan

London startup

fromwww.bbc.com

OpenAI pauses UK data centre deal over energy costs and regulation

OpenAI is pausing its UK data centre project due to high energy costs and regulatory concerns.

fromThe Globe and Mail

OpenAI reportedly projecting $2.5-billion in ad revenue this year

OpenAI anticipates $2.5 billion in ad revenue for 2023, aiming for $100 billion by 2030, driven by user growth and ad integration.

Law

fromFuturism

4 hours ago

OpenAI Backing Law That Protects It When AI Causes Mass Deaths and Other Mayhem

Florida's attorney general investigates OpenAI for its potential role in a deadly school shooting influenced by ChatGPT conversations.

Media industry

OpenAI's TBPN deal shows how talent, media, and influence are collapsing into one | Fortune

OpenAI's acquisition of TBPN reflects a shift in valuing integrated media, talent, and distribution as interconnected assets.

fromDigiday

OpenAI has quietly launched its ads manager as it races to build out its ads business

OpenAI launched an ads manager, enabling real-time performance monitoring and optimization for advertisers, marking a significant step in its advertising business expansion.

London startup

fromEngadget

OpenAI 'pauses' its Stargate UK data center plan

OpenAI is pausing the Stargate UK project due to high energy costs and regulatory issues, despite recognizing the potential for AI in the UK.

London startup

fromwww.bbc.com

OpenAI pauses UK data centre deal over energy costs and regulation

OpenAI is pausing its UK data centre project due to high energy costs and regulatory concerns.

fromThe Globe and Mail

OpenAI reportedly projecting $2.5-billion in ad revenue this year

OpenAI anticipates $2.5 billion in ad revenue for 2023, aiming for $100 billion by 2030, driven by user growth and ad integration.

The AI code wars are heating up

AI tools like GitHub Copilot are transforming software development by simplifying coding processes and enabling users to build software with minimal coding knowledge.

fromwww.npr.org

US news

How AI is getting better at finding security holes

Artificial intelligence

Anthropic leases data center capacity from CoreWeave

fromExchangewire

Scaling Success: How AI is Reshaping Publisher Deals

AI is transforming publisher deals by enabling advertisers to find new audiences at scale while maintaining relevance and performance.

5 hours ago

Meta Platforms Finally Releases Muse Spark. Is the AI Model Worth the Wait?

Big Tech's AI arms race intensifies as companies invest heavily, with Meta's Muse Spark launch boosting its stock despite initial delays.

fromDevOps.com

Zencoder Adds OpenClaw Alternative to AI Coding Portfolio - DevOps.com

Zencoder's Zenflow Work automates various developer tasks, enhancing efficiency beyond just code generation.

fromThe Verge

7 hours ago

The AI code wars are heating up

AI tools like GitHub Copilot are transforming software development by simplifying coding processes and enabling users to build software with minimal coding knowledge.

fromwww.npr.org

US news

How AI is getting better at finding security holes

Anthropic leases data center capacity from CoreWeave

Anthropic signed a multi-year contract with CoreWeave for data center space to meet the growing demand for its Claude AI models.

fromExchangewire

Scaling Success: How AI is Reshaping Publisher Deals

AI is transforming publisher deals by enabling advertisers to find new audiences at scale while maintaining relevance and performance.

5 hours ago

Meta Platforms Finally Releases Muse Spark. Is the AI Model Worth the Wait?

Big Tech's AI arms race intensifies as companies invest heavily, with Meta's Muse Spark launch boosting its stock despite initial delays.

fromDevOps.com

Zencoder Adds OpenClaw Alternative to AI Coding Portfolio - DevOps.com

Zencoder's Zenflow Work automates various developer tasks, enhancing efficiency beyond just code generation.

Intuit was an AI pioneer. Why its stock became a SaaSpocalypse casualty | Fortune

Being an early adopter of AI does not guarantee protection against market panic, as shown by Intuit's stock performance during the SaaSpocalypse.

Anthropic is close to overtaking OpenAI on this measure of AI business spending

Anthropic is rapidly increasing its business spending on AI, potentially surpassing OpenAI within two months.

Startup companies

2 hours ago

Intuit was an AI pioneer. Why its stock became a SaaSpocalypse casualty | Fortune

Being an early adopter of AI does not guarantee protection against market panic, as shown by Intuit's stock performance during the SaaSpocalypse.

Anthropic is close to overtaking OpenAI on this measure of AI business spending

Anthropic is rapidly increasing its business spending on AI, potentially surpassing OpenAI within two months.

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#amazon

Amazon creates 'Project Houdini' to make data center delays disappear

Amazon's Project Houdini aims to speed up data center construction by moving processes to factories, addressing AI demand and capacity constraints.

AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load

Amazon's chip business could generate ~$50 billion annually if sold independently, highlighting significant demand and growth potential.

Amazon creates 'Project Houdini' to make data center delays disappear

Amazon's Project Houdini aims to speed up data center construction by moving processes to factories, addressing AI demand and capacity constraints.

AWS ponders selling its home-grown chips by the rack-load

Amazon's chip business could generate ~$50 billion annually if sold independently, highlighting significant demand and growth potential.

The "SaaS-Pocalypse" Continues: Cloudflare, ServiceNow, CrowdStrike Under Fire as Anthropic Rewrites the Rules

The release of Anthropic's AI security product has significantly impacted investor confidence in enterprise software companies, leading to sharp stock declines.

fromThe Verge

Cloudflare made a WordPress for AI agents

Cloudflare announced a new open-source system, called EmDash, that's supposed to address the 'core problems that WordPress cannot solve' - and they want to do it by allowing AI agents to take control of your website.

Web design

Digital life

fromComputerworld

Google's new AI app is a glimpse of the future

Offline AI tools like Google's AI Edge Eloquent provide essential functionality for users with limited connectivity.

fromZDNET

Intellectual property law

I asked 5 data leaders about how they use AI to automate - and end integration nightmares

Strong processes and AI integration are essential for businesses to effectively utilize data.

fromWIRED

OpenAI Backs Bill That Would Limit Liability for AI-Enabled Mass Deaths or Financial Disasters

OpenAI supports an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability for serious harms caused by AI models, marking a shift in its legislative strategy.

Data science

fromMedium

Reasons Why an AI Conference is the Right Idea for Your Career

Good AI conferences focus on practical implementation and real-world applications rather than theoretical concepts or hype.

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones

Microsoft is redesigning datacenters in conflict-prone regions due to Iranian attacks targeting Middle Eastern facilities linked to US military operations.

Silicon Valley

2 weeks ago

Microsoft is picking up a Texas data center project OpenAI didn't want, in a telling sign of how far they've drifted apart | Fortune

Microsoft is taking over a Texas data center project after OpenAI declined to pursue it, positioning both companies as neighbors in AI development.

World news

Microsoft hints at bit bunkers for war zones

Microsoft is redesigning datacenters in conflict-prone regions due to Iranian attacks targeting Middle Eastern facilities linked to US military operations.

Silicon Valley

2 weeks ago

Microsoft is picking up a Texas data center project OpenAI didn't want, in a telling sign of how far they've drifted apart | Fortune

Microsoft is taking over a Texas data center project after OpenAI declined to pursue it, positioning both companies as neighbors in AI development.

I can't help rooting for tiny open source AI model maker Arcee | TechCrunch

Arcee has released Trinity Large Thinking, a 400B-parameter open-source LLM aimed at providing a competitive alternative to Chinese models.

fromFuturism

8 hours ago

OpenAI's Latest Thing It's Bragging About Is Actually Kind of Sad

The AI industry faces significant delays and cancellations in data center projects, impacting ambitious computing capacity goals.

#ai-infrastructure

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Google Cloud deepens AI infrastructure partnership with Intel across Xeon and custom chips

Google Cloud and Intel are enhancing their AI infrastructure partnership, focusing on CPU deployment and custom chip co-development.

Bloomberg: Broadcom's Google deal proves AI infrastructure demand competing with Nvidia

The Broadcom-Google deal signifies a major shift in AI infrastructure competition, enhancing revenue visibility and growth potential for both companies.

3 weeks ago

Cisco and Nvidia lower barrier to secure, full-stack AI infrastructure

Cisco and Nvidia expanded the Cisco Secure AI Factory to deliver a complete, integrated, and secure AI stack enabling faster customer adoption of AI infrastructure.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

Google Cloud deepens AI infrastructure partnership with Intel across Xeon and custom chips

Google Cloud and Intel are enhancing their AI infrastructure partnership, focusing on CPU deployment and custom chip co-development.

Bloomberg: Broadcom's Google deal proves AI infrastructure demand competing with Nvidia

The Broadcom-Google deal signifies a major shift in AI infrastructure competition, enhancing revenue visibility and growth potential for both companies.

3 weeks ago

Cisco and Nvidia lower barrier to secure, full-stack AI infrastructure

Cisco and Nvidia expanded the Cisco Secure AI Factory to deliver a complete, integrated, and secure AI stack enabling faster customer adoption of AI infrastructure.

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AWS launches Agent Registry for managing AI agents

AWS introduces the Agent Registry to centralize AI agent management and reduce chaos in organizations deploying numerous agents.

AWS targets AI agent sprawl with new Bedrock Agent Registry

AWS introduces Agent Registry to help enterprises manage and govern AI agents effectively.

AWS: Agents shouldn't be secret, so we built a registry

AWS Agent Registry enhances visibility and control over AI agents in corporate environments.

AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict | TechCrunch

Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI reflects its experience managing conflicts of interest in competitive partnerships.

AWS launches Agent Registry for managing AI agents

AWS introduces the Agent Registry to centralize AI agent management and reduce chaos in organizations deploying numerous agents.

AWS targets AI agent sprawl with new Bedrock Agent Registry

AWS introduces Agent Registry to help enterprises manage and govern AI agents effectively.

AWS: Agents shouldn't be secret, so we built a registry

AWS Agent Registry enhances visibility and control over AI agents in corporate environments.

AWS boss explains why investing billions in both Anthropic and OpenAI is an OK conflict | TechCrunch

Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI reflects its experience managing conflicts of interest in competitive partnerships.

Google's Scion Gives Developers a Smarter Way to Run AI Agents in Parallel - DevOps.com

Scion is an experimental orchestration testbed for managing concurrent AI agents, preventing conflicts and enhancing collaboration.

How OpenAI's Codex figured out how to use Adobe software

AI agents are evolving to autonomously navigate and operate software, exemplified by Codex automating photo denoising in Adobe Lightroom.

Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees

AI agents may require their own identities and licenses, potentially expanding software revenue despite concerns about reduced human interaction.

Anthropic will let your agents sleep on its couch

Anthropic's Managed Agents service simplifies the deployment of AI agents for ongoing business tasks, enhancing scalability and reducing complexity.

fromDevOps.com

Google's Scion Gives Developers a Smarter Way to Run AI Agents in Parallel - DevOps.com

Scion is an experimental orchestration testbed for managing concurrent AI agents, preventing conflicts and enhancing collaboration.

How OpenAI's Codex figured out how to use Adobe software

AI agents are evolving to autonomously navigate and operate software, exemplified by Codex automating photo denoising in Adobe Lightroom.

Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy software licenses, just like employees

AI agents may require their own identities and licenses, potentially expanding software revenue despite concerns about reduced human interaction.

Anthropic will let your agents sleep on its couch

Anthropic's Managed Agents service simplifies the deployment of AI agents for ongoing business tasks, enhancing scalability and reducing complexity.

The Hidden Security Risks of Shadow AI in Enterprises

Shadow AI poses significant risks by allowing unregulated use of AI tools that can expose sensitive data and weaken security controls.

#artificial-intelligence

fromeLearning Industry

Leading AI Companies Driving Enterprise Adoption

Leading AI companies are essential for effective enterprise adoption, focusing on strategy and integration to drive measurable impact.

fromComputerWeekly.com

Business intelligence

Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success | Computer Weekly

fromwww.housingwire.com

Human expertise in an AI world: Why partnership still wins

Organizations are successfully integrating human expertise with AI to create usable solutions faster than traditional development methods.

fromeLearning Industry

Leading AI Companies Driving Enterprise Adoption

Leading AI companies are essential for effective enterprise adoption, focusing on strategy and integration to drive measurable impact.

fromComputerWeekly.com

Cisco: Network readiness a determining factor for AI success | Computer Weekly

Two-thirds of industrial organizations have adopted AI in live operations, with infrastructure and security being crucial for successful transformation.

fromwww.housingwire.com

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Human expertise in an AI world: Why partnership still wins

Organizations are successfully integrating human expertise with AI to create usable solutions faster than traditional development methods.

Google and Intel deepen AI infrastructure partnership | TechCrunch

Google Cloud and Intel expand partnership to enhance AI infrastructure and develop processors, focusing on Xeon processors and custom IPUs.

#broadcom

Software development

Broadcom combines AI and automation in Automic V26

Broadcom's Long-Term Google TPU Deal Is Bigger Than It Looks for AI Infrastructure

Broadcom's long-term agreement with Alphabet for custom TPUs enhances revenue visibility and positions the company for significant growth in AI semiconductor revenue.

Broadcom combines AI and automation in Automic V26

Broadcom's Automic Automation V26 integrates AI into business processes while emphasizing control and governance to mitigate risks associated with unpredictability.

Broadcom's Long-Term Google TPU Deal Is Bigger Than It Looks for AI Infrastructure

Broadcom's long-term agreement with Alphabet for custom TPUs enhances revenue visibility and positions the company for significant growth in AI semiconductor revenue.

more#broadcom

fromComputerWeekly.com

Hyperscaler datacentres set to dominate by 2031 | Computer Weekly

Hyperscalers are projected to dominate global datacentre capacity, reaching 67% by 2031, driven by AI growth.

Information security

Anthropic is testing the Mythos AI model for cybersecurity

Claude Mythos is a new frontier model by Anthropic with strong cybersecurity capabilities, focusing on both detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities.

Cisco strengthens AI observability Splunk by acquiring Galileo

Galileo provides AI teams with tools to evaluate the quality of AI outputs, detect errors before they reach end users, and continuously improve the behavior of AI agents in production.

DevOps

Google Brings MCP Support to Colab, Enabling Cloud Execution for AI Agents

Google's Colab MCP Server allows AI agents to interact with Colab, enabling offloading of compute-intensive tasks to a cloud environment.

Google Cloud Highlights Ongoing Work on PostgreSQL Core Capabilities

Google Cloud has made significant technical contributions to PostgreSQL, enhancing logical replication, upgrade processes, and system stability.

Google taps Intel for another round of custom network chips

Google continues collaboration with Intel for SmartNICs, opting for established technology over developing its own solutions like AWS's Nitro NICs.

Nutanix won't give AI free rein: infrastructure remains a human endeavor

Nutanix focuses on facilitating AI workloads while maintaining human oversight in IT management, emphasizing minimal changes for infrastructure administrators.

Networks that brought us here won't carry us into AI future

Network infrastructure must evolve to support the demands of agentic AI, making a refresh a strategic necessity for organizations.

Venture

1 month ago

OpenAI Secures AWS Distribution for Frontier Platform in $110B Multi-Cloud Deal

OpenAI secured $110 billion in funding with Amazon investing $50 billion as exclusive distributor for Frontier, splitting cloud strategy between Azure for stateless APIs and AWS for stateful runtime environments.

AWS turns its S3 storage service into a file system for AI agents

S3 Files simplifies access to Amazon S3, enhancing its role as a primary data layer for AI and modern applications.

At a major AI conference, the consensus was clear: Anthropic is the new favorite in Silicon Valley

Anthropic has emerged as the preferred AI company among VCs at HumanX, surpassing OpenAI's previous dominance in the industry.

The digital sovereignty dilemma is a false choice - here's how enterprises can have both | Fortune

Organizations must ensure digital sovereignty by balancing local control with global technology access to remain resilient and competitive.

Uber's Hive Federation Decentralizes 16K Datasets and 10+ PB for Zero-Downtime Analytics at Scale

Uber redesigned its Hive data warehouse to decentralize datasets, enhancing scalability, security, and operational autonomy for teams.

fromTNW | Artificial-Intelligence

6 days ago

IBM and Arm partner to run AI software on mainframes, no date yet

IBM and Arm collaborate to enable Arm-based software on IBM Z and LinuxONE mainframes for enterprise transactions.

#ai-security

fromAxios

Scoop: OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new model over cybersecurity risk

Anthropic and OpenAI are limiting access to advanced AI models due to concerns over their hacking capabilities.

fromFast Company

Did Anthropic just soft-launch the scariest AI model yet?

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model shows potential for dangerous cyber exploits, raising concerns about its misuse in the wrong hands.

fromAxios

Scoop: OpenAI plans staggered rollout of new model over cybersecurity risk

Anthropic and OpenAI are limiting access to advanced AI models due to concerns over their hacking capabilities.

fromFast Company

Did Anthropic just soft-launch the scariest AI model yet?

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview model shows potential for dangerous cyber exploits, raising concerns about its misuse in the wrong hands.

more#ai-security

fromThe Cipher Brief

America's AI Strategy Is Fighting the Last War

Washington's AGI strategy risks misdiagnosing AI competition and may weaken America's long-term strategic position.

Azure's new AI modernization tools

Microsoft's Azure Copilot aids in application migration and modernization, addressing technical debt and improving cloud infrastructure management.

fromThe New Yorker

Sam Altman's Trust Issues at OpenAI

Sam Altman shifted his stance on A.I. safety, striking a deal with the Pentagon despite previously supporting a more cautious approach.

OpenAI's chief scientist says AI is getting close to being as good as a human research intern

OpenAI aims to develop AI systems that can function like research interns by 2026 and fully autonomous researchers by 2028.

fromNextgov.com

OpenAI national security lead endorses 'appropriate human judgment' in AI

Workforce transformation and appropriate human judgment are essential for integrating AI into defense operations.

Meta's Muse Spark: a smaller, faster AI model for broad app deployment

The model's other capabilities, including support for multimodal inputs, multiple reasoning modes, and parallel sub-agents for complex queries, could help enterprises build faster, task-focused AI for customer support, automation, and internal copilots without relying on heavier models.

Artificial intelligence

#anthropic

fromSilicon Canals

Why Anthropic is locking in 3.5 gigawatts of compute years before it comes online - Silicon Canals

Anthropic signed a major deal with Google and Broadcom for 3.5 gigawatts of compute capacity, signaling consolidation in the AI industry.

6 days ago

Artificial intelligence

Anthropic closes door on subscription use of OpenClaw

fromSilicon Canals

Why Anthropic is locking in 3.5 gigawatts of compute years before it comes online - Silicon Canals

Anthropic signed a major deal with Google and Broadcom for 3.5 gigawatts of compute capacity, signaling consolidation in the AI industry.

6 days ago

Anthropic closes door on subscription use of OpenClaw

Anthropic restricts Claude subscriptions for third-party tools like OpenClaw to manage service demand and optimize performance.

more#anthropic

Meta is developing open-source versions of its next frontier AI models

Meta is working on two proprietary frontier models: Avocado, a large language model, and Mango, a multimedia file generator. The open-source variants are expected to be made available at a later date.

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch

Microsoft AI released three foundational AI models for text, voice, and image generation, emphasizing human-centered design and competitive pricing.