Author: Art Ryan

Google Classroom introduced a new AI-powered feature designed to help teachers generate questions. Launched on Monday, this tool lets educators create a list of questions based on specific text input. Using this text-dependent question-generation tool, which utilizes Gemini, teachers can either upload files from Google Drive or manually enter text for the AI to generate questions. They can then export the questions into a Google Doc or Google Form. Educators can choose from a variety of filters, including the grade level, the number of questions, and the type of questions (such as multiple choice or open-ended). Additionally, there is an option for teachers…

Meta announced on Monday that it’s going to train its AI models on public content, such as posts and comments on Facebook and Instagram, in the EU after previously pausing its plans to do so in response to regulatory pressure due to data privacy concerns. The company will start training its AI on users’ content in the EU this week, it said. Users’ interactions with Meta AI will also be used to train its models. The announcement comes after a limited version of Meta AI launched in the EU last month, well after its debut in the U.S. and other global markets. While Meta has been training…

Nvidia said on Monday that it has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test AI chips in Arizona and Texas as part of an effort to move a portion of its production to the U.S. The chipmaker said the production of its Blackwell chips has started at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona, and that Nvidia is building “supercomputer” manufacturing plants in Texas — with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas. In Arizona, Nvidia is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations, the company added. Mass production at the Houston…

Social media users have been uploading photos of themselves to AI tools to see what they’d look like as dolls or action figures — and then sharing the results for fun. How can I make an AI action figure? The trend centers around AI image generators such as OpenAI’s DALL-E and Midjourney, which can transform a simple selfie into a stylized, doll-like portrait. Users often appear with oversized heads, glossy eyes and plastic-like skin textures — mimicking the look of toys, collectibles or animated characters. The posts are largely playful, often using hashtags like #AIbarbie, #AIactionfigure and #StarterPack. Some show users styled as fashion dolls,…

Meta will train its artificial intelligence (AI) models with its European users’ public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot, the firm said on Monday. The decision represents a major volte-face from the Facebook and Instagram owner, which has previously appeared wary of the European Union’s stringent regulations on the use of personal data. People based in the EU who use Meta platforms can opt out of having their data used for generative AI training purposes, the social networking giant said. That means everything from Instagram photo captions to Facebook comments could soon be fair game for Meta AI, which the Mark Zuckerberg-owned company hopes will overtake market-leader ChatGPT.…

NVIDIA is working with its manufacturing partners to design and build factories that, for the first time, will produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers entirely in the U.S. Together with leading manufacturing partners, the company has commissioned more than a million square feet of manufacturing space to build and test NVIDIA Blackwell chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas. NVIDIA Blackwell chips have started production at TSMC’s chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona. NVIDIA is building supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas, with Foxconn in Houston and with Wistron in Dallas. Mass production at both plants is expected to ramp up in the…

The Dubai AI Festival 2025 continues to attract influential voices from across the global AI landscape, and among its standout speakers is Hanneke Krekels, a leading force behind AMD’s AI strategy and ecosystem expansion. Renowned for her expertise in high-impact strategic operations and her dedication to cross-sector innovation, Krekels is poised to deliver key insights into how AI can be scaled globally and responsibly. Expanding AMD’s Vision for AI Innovation In her current role, Hanneke Krekels leads the expansion of AMD’s global AI strategy, focusing on building and strengthening the company’s AI ecosystem capabilities. She plays a pivotal role in…

On Monday, HP announced that its latest generation of OmniBook AI PCs is now available for pre-order in India, starting at Rs 78,999. The new OmniBook lineup consists of four models, all powered by the latest Intel Lunar Lake and AMD Strix Point and Kracken Point processors, each featuring a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that offers up to 55 TOPs of AI performance. Among the four, the HP OmniBook Ultra 14 is a 14-inch thin-and-light notebook priced at Rs 186,499. Similarly, the HP OmniBook X Flip costs Rs 114,999, while the HP OmniBook 7 and the HP OmniBook 5 are the…

Dubai, UAE – April 2025 – Alacrity, a trailblazing developer of AI-driven scheduling software, will be featured as an exhibitor at the Dubai AI Festival 2025, taking place on April 23–24 at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. With a unique focus on reinforcement learning and real-time adaptive optimization, Alacrity is transforming how factories and manufacturing facilities approach efficiency, resource allocation, and intelligent planning. Reinventing Industrial Scheduling Through AI Alacrity leverages advanced reinforcement learning algorithms to dynamically optimize factory scheduling, adapting in real time to disruptions, resource availability, and fluctuating demands. The result is a smarter, more responsive production environment that reduces downtime,…

Dubai, UAE – April 2025 – CreateBytes, a dynamic multidisciplinary studio delivering solutions at the crossroads of AI, design, technology, marketing, and product engineering, will be one of the featured exhibitors at the Dubai AI Festival 2025, happening on April 23–24 at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. With a future-focused approach and a diverse portfolio, CreateBytes is helping businesses turn complexity into clarity through integrated, end-to-end digital transformation. Building the Future, One Byte at a Time In a fast-evolving digital landscape, modern businesses require more than standalone tools—they need holistic solutions that bridge innovation and execution. CreateBytes delivers exactly that by combining…

Dubai, UAE – April 2025 – SleekFlow, the leading AI-powered Omnichannel Conversation Suite, will be a featured exhibitor at the highly anticipated Dubai AI Festival 2025, taking place on April 23–24 at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. With its all-in-one platform for personalized, real-time customer engagement, SleekFlow is setting new standards in how businesses connect, converse, and convert across digital messaging channels. Transforming Conversations into Conversions In an era where communication is fragmented across apps, platforms, and devices, SleekFlow delivers a unified experience powered by artificial intelligence. The platform seamlessly integrates WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, live chat, SMS, and more into a…

The Dubai AI Festival 2025 proudly welcomes His Excellency Salem Humaid AlMarri, Director General of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), as a keynote speaker. With over two decades of transformative leadership in the UAE National Space Programme, H.E. AlMarri is a pioneering force in space exploration, satellite technology, and international space collaboration. Two Decades of Shaping the UAE’s Space Future H.E. AlMarri’s journey with MBRSC is closely intertwined with the rise of the UAE as a bold and innovative spacefaring nation. His extensive career has been dedicated to envisioning and executing landmark missions that place the UAE among…

The Dubai AI Festival 2025 is proud to welcome Dr. Avinash Ramtohul, a distinguished thought leader and innovator in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and cybersecurity, as one of its keynote speakers. With an illustrious career spanning over 27 years across the Middle East and Africa, Dr. Ramtohul brings a wealth of experience, global insight, and academic excellence to this premier gathering of AI pioneers and tech visionaries. A Lifelong Journey in IT Excellence Currently serving as the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation in Mauritius, Dr. Ramtohul has been at the helm of several global IT firms, leading…

Africa’s Digital Breakthrough Begins Now in Marrakech 🚀 The Future Has Arrived—Welcome to GITEX Africa From April 14 to 16, 2025, the eyes of the tech world are firmly set on Marrakech, Morocco, as GITEX Africa 2025 officially opens its doors today. This isn’t just a tech event—it’s the launchpad for a digital revolution that will shape the future of the continent and beyond. Africa is no longer emerging—it’s leading. Countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa are setting the pace in global innovation, fueled by dynamic startup ecosystems, record-breaking VC investments, and a generation of visionary young minds.…

OpenAI may soon require organizations to complete an ID verification process in order to access certain future AI models, according to a support page published to the company’s website last week. The verification process, called Verified Organization, is “a new way for developers to unlock access to the most advanced models and capabilities on the OpenAI platform,” reads the page. Verification requires a government-issued ID from one of the countries supported by OpenAI’s API. An ID can only verify one organization every 90 days, and not all organizations will be eligible for verification, says OpenAI. “At OpenAI, we take our responsibility seriously…

Researchers at Together AI and Agentica have released DeepCoder-14B, a new coding model that delivers impressive performance comparable to leading proprietary models like OpenAI’s o3-mini. Built on top of DeepSeek-R1, this model gives more flexibility to integrate high-performance code generation and reasoning capabilities into real-world applications. Importantly, the teams have fully open-sourced the model, its training data, code, logs and system optimizations, which can help researchers improve their work and accelerate progress. Competitive coding capabilities in a smaller package The research team’s experiments show that DeepCoder-14B performs strongly across several challenging coding benchmarks, including LiveCodeBench (LCB), Codeforces and HumanEval+. “Our model demonstrates strong performance across…

NTT Research announced at its annual Upgrade event that it has started a new AI basic research group, dubbed the Physics of Artificial Intelligence Group. Physical AI has become a big deal in 2025, with Nvidia leading the charge to create synthetic data to pretest self-driving cars and humanoid robotics so they can get to market faster. NTT Research is launching its Physic of Artificial Intelligence (PAI) Group to get on board. NTT Research’s new independent group is spinning off of its Physic of Intelligence (PHI) Lab to advance our understanding of the “black box” of AI for better trust and safety outcomes.…

ConductorAI Corporation (“ConductorAI”), a pioneering dual-use software company specializing in AI-enabled approvals, today announced $15 million in Series A funding led by Lux Capital with participation from Altman Capital, Haystack Ventures, Sunflower Capital, Humba Ventures, Also Capital, Forward Deployed VC, and Abstract. With government employees drowning in paperwork and policy, and outsiders struggling to navigate bureaucracy, ConductorAI’s platform is transforming how agencies handle approvals–reducing weeks-long processes to minutes. This approach enables employees to spend more time applying critical thinking, less time Ctrl+F’ing through thousands pages of guidance, and accelerates the administration of government services. According to a recent study by…

Company finances are the hidden, beating heart of a business. Suppliers and workers don’t see the behind-the-scenes details of how they get paid, just that the money flows into their bank accounts (or, increasingly, digital wallets). But as enterprises increasingly adopt artificial intelligence (AI) to help them manage their financial operations, it’s turning the rapidly evolving technology into the equivalent of a corporate pacemaker, automating and regulating the smooth flow of billions of dollars in disbursements. In the process, AI is becoming a profit center that helps businesses streamline their payment processes, ensure disbursements flow on time — and in the right amount — and better manage their capital. A…

Dubai, UAE – April 2025 – Zensible, the world’s first Total Experience (Tx) company in Human Resources, is set to exhibit at the groundbreaking Dubai AI Festival 2025, taking place on April 23–24 at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. As the only company unifying employee, user, and business experience under one intelligent HR platform, Zensible is pioneering a new category in the AI-driven workplace experience revolution. Total Experience: The Future of HR Zensible’s Total Experience (Tx) approach goes beyond traditional HR tech by combining employee experience (EX), user experience (UX), customer experience (CX), and multi-channel engagement into a unified ecosystem—powered by artificial…