OpenAI launches a pair of AI reasoning models, o3 and o4-mini
OpenAI announced on Wednesday the launch of o3 and o4-mini, new AI reasoning models designed to pause and work through…
Month: April 2025
OpenAI debuts Codex CLI, an open source coding tool for terminals
In a bid to inject AI into more of the programming process, OpenAI is launching Codex CLI, a coding “agent” designed…
Microsoft researchers say they’ve developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs
Microsoft researchers claim they’ve developed the largest-scale 1-bit AI model, also known as a “bitnet,” to date. Called BitNet b1.58…
Deck raises $12M to ‘Plaid-ify’ any website using AI
Deck, a startup that claims to be building “the Plaid for the rest of the internet,” has raised $12 million…
Capsule captures $12M to build the next version of its AI video editor for brands
Capsule is upgrading its AI-powered video editing assistant for marketing, sales, and media teams following the close of a $12 million round of…
A dev built a test to see how AI chatbots respond to controversial topics
A pseudonymous developer has created what they’re calling a “free speech eval,” SpeechMap, for the AI models powering chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and…
Hammerspace, an unstructured data wrangler used by Meta, raises $100M at $500M+ valuation
Artificial intelligence services at their heart are massive data plays: You need data — a lot of it — to…
Grok gains a canvas-like tool for creating docs and apps
Grok, the chatbot from Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has gained a canvas-like feature for editing and creating documents and…
Nvidia H20 chip exports hit with license requirement by US government
Semiconductor giant Nvidia is facing unexpected new U.S. export controls on its H20 chips. In a filing Tuesday, Nvidia said…
AI Data Platform Hammerspace Raises $100M
AI data platform company Hammerspace announced that several venture investors have invested $100 million in growth capital in the company.…
GITEX Africa 2025: The Grand Finale Begins Today!
Day 3 Marks the Closing Chapter of Africa’s Biggest Tech Revolution 🔥 The Final Day. The Boldest Ideas. The Lasting…
Hasan Fardan Al Fardan to Share Vision on Fintech and Digital Transformation at Dubai AI Festival 2025
The Dubai AI Festival 2025 is set to host a remarkable assembly of global leaders and innovators, and among them…
Global Semiconductor Visionary Prof. Jong-Ho Lee Joins Speaker Lineup at Dubai AI Festival 2025
The Dubai AI Festival 2025 continues to attract the world’s most influential minds in science, technology, and innovation. Among this…
H.E. Younus Al Nasser to Illuminate the Future of Digital Cities at Dubai AI Festival 2025
The upcoming Dubai AI Festival 2025 will host an extraordinary lineup of global tech leaders—and among the most anticipated voices…
OpenAI may ‘adjust’ its safeguards if rivals release ‘high-risk’ AI
In an update to its Preparedness Framework, the internal framework OpenAI uses to decide whether AI models are safe and what…
OpenAI hires team behind GV-backed AI eval platform Context.ai
Context.ai, a startup building evaluations and analytics for AI models, announced Tuesday that its co-founders will join OpenAI. Context.ai plans…
Anthropic forms a new team to grow its AWS business
In a sign of Anthropic’s increasingly cozy relationship with Amazon, Anthropic has formed a new team to recruit AWS customers…
Google’s Veo 2 video generating model comes to Gemini
Google is bringing its Veo 2 video-generating AI model to users who pay for Gemini Advanced, the company’s premium AI plan. The…
Anthropic’s Claude can now read your Gmail
Anthropic announced on Tuesday that its AI chatbot, Claude, now integrates with Google Workspace, allowing it to search and reference…
Apple details how it plans to improve its AI models by privately analyzing user data
In the wake of criticism over the underwhelming performance of its AI products, especially in areas like notification summaries, Apple on Monday detailed how…