Meta says its Llama AI models have been downloaded 1.2B times
In mid-March, Meta said that its “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads, up from 650 million downloads as…
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Google’s NotebookLM expands its AI podcast feature to more languages
Google’s AI-based note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM is making its Audio Overviews feature available in 76 new languages, the company announced on…
Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons
Google on Tuesday is releasing three new AI experiments aimed at helping people learn to speak a new language in…
WhatsApp Launches Private Processing to Enable AI Features While Protecting Message Privacy
Popular messaging app WhatsApp on Tuesday unveiled a new technology called Private Processing to enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in…
Credo AI, IBM Collaborate to Advance AI Compliance for Global Enterprises
Credo AI, a global pioneer of the AI governance category and a leading provider of trustworthy AI governance software, today…
Instilling Foundational Trust in Agentic AI: Techniques and Best Practices
With artificial intelligence advancing and becoming increasingly autonomous, there is a growing shared responsibility in the way trust is built…
DOJ Google Antitrust Case Wraps With Generative AI in Spotlight
The US Justice Department’s proposed fixes for Google’s illegal monopoly in the online search market are more likely to spur…
Facebook parent Meta Platforms launches standalone AI assistant app
After integrating Meta AI into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger, Meta is rolling out a stand-alone AI app. Unveiled at Meta’s LlamaCon event…
UPS Considering Partnership With Robotics Startup Figure AI
UPS and Figure AI are reportedly considering a partnership in which the robotics startup’s humanoid robots would perform some tasks in the logistics…
Samsung Expands Direct Access to AI Assistant With Side Button on Galaxy A Series
Samsung Electronics today announced that select Galaxy A series devices will soon support AI assistant activation through the side button, bringing…
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI
Duolingo will “gradually stop using contractors to do work that AI can handle,” according to an all-hands email sent by…
Web Summit Rio 2025 Day Two: AI, Innovation, and Global Collaboration Take Center Stage
Rio de Janeiro, April 29, 2025 — As the second day of Web Summit Rio 2025 unfolds at Riocentro, the…
AI Supercomputers May Run Into Power Constraints by 2030
While companies building artificial intelligence (AI)-powered supercomputers are likely to be able to get the chips and capital they need,…
FedEx CEO Bets on Smarter Logistics and Using Robots to Load Trucks
FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said Thursday (April 24) that the logistics giant is using advanced data analytics and AI to navigate complex global…
Amazon and Walmart Battle for the Hybrid Shopper
As the digital and physical worlds of commerce continue to intertwine, Amazon and Walmart are reinventing themselves at a blistering pace. What was once…
Alibaba unveils Qwen 3, a family of ‘hybrid’ AI reasoning models
Chinese tech company Alibaba on Monday released Qwen 3, a family of AI models the company claims matches and in some cases…
Hugging Face releases a 3D-printed robotic arm starting at $100
Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable…
OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT search with shopping features
OpenAI is updating ChatGPT search, its web search tool in ChatGPT, to give users an improved online shopping experience, the company…
Google shifts Android news to a virtual event ahead of its I/O developer conference
News about Android is being relegated to a side show at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, next month. On Monday, the…
Lightrun grabs $70M using AI to debug code in production
AI-based coding has exploded in popularity on the promise that it will make developers’ jobs faster and easier. But AI…