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Alibaba debuts Qwen3.8-Max model with 2.4T parameters
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. today debuted a new addition to its Qwen series of open-source large language models. Qwen3.8-Max is the Chinese e-commerce giant’s most capable LLM to date. It features 2.4 trillion parameters, about seven times more than the Qwen3.5 model that Alibaba released in February. The LLM activates 95 billion of its parameters ...
NXP reportedly in talks to acquire vehicle chip supplier Ambarella
NXP Semiconductors NV is reportedly in talks to buy Ambarella Inc., a fellow provider of vehicle chips. The Financial Times today cited sources as saying that other industry players could also make bids. The report didn’t divulge any other details, notably what sale price Ambarella is seeking. The company had a market capitalization of about ...
Anthropic discloses that Claude hacked three organizations during internal tests
Three of Anthropic PBC’s large language models carried out successful cyberattacks during routine internal tests. The company detailed the breaches on Thursday. A few days earlier, rival OpenAI Group PBC disclosed a similar incident. Two of the company’s LLMs escaped from an isolated sandbox that was being used to evaluate their cybersecurity capabilities. They subsequently hacked ...
Nscale buys AI infrastructure optimization startup Anyscale for reported $1.65B
Data center builder Nscale Global Holdings Ltd. today announced plans to acquire Anyscale Inc., a venture-backed provider of artificial intelligence software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bloomberg cited a source as saying that Nscale is paying $1.65 billion. In March, the company raised $2 billion from a consortium that included Nvidia Corp. and ...
Google DeepMind debuts Gemini Robotics 2 model series for humanoid robots
Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence research lab today debuted a family of models optimized to power humanoid robots. Google DeepMind says that the Gemini Robotics 2 series enables multiple autonomous machines to collaborate on a task. According to the company, it can automate chores that comprise hundreds of steps. Many humanoid robots feature a so-called dual-system ...
Check Point Software drops 8%+ on mixed second quarter results
Shares of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. closed 8.2% lower today after it posted mixed second quarter earnings. The cybersecurity provider generated $260 million in adjusted operating income during the three months ended June 30. That translated into adjusted earnings of $2.55 per share, 10 cents more than what analysts polled by Zacks had forecasted. The ...
Cloud observability startup Groundcover raises $100M in funding
Groundcover Inc., a startup with a platform for monitoring cloud environments, today announced that it has raised $100 million in funding. One Peak led the Series C round. It was joined by Morgan Stanley, Zeev Ventures, Angular Ventures, Heavybit and Jibe. CTech reported that the deal values Groundcover at $500 million. Many observability tools charge ...
OpenAI opens new ChatGPT for Academic Researchers program to 100,000 scientists
OpenAI Group PBC today launched a program that will give 100,000 researchers free access to ChatGPT’s advanced features. ChatGPT for Academic Researchers is part of a $250 million OpenAI initiative designed to support scientific projects. The initiative also includes several other programs. Last May, OpenAI made $50 million worth of artificial intelligence resources available to ...
GlobalFoundries to receive $300M in federal funding for silicon photonics research
The U.S. government will provide GlobalFoundries with $300 million in funding to support its silicon photonics research. The U.S. Commerce Department committed to providing the capital in a letter of intent that was announced today. As part of the transaction, the government will take a 1% stake in GlobalFoundries. The development comes two months after ...
Meta to build $14B El Paso data center campus with BlackRock
Meta Platforms Inc. today announced plans to build an artificial intelligence data center campus in El Paso, Texas. The project is a collaboration with BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager. The two companies plan to invest $14 billion in the campus. Meta and BlackRock expect to finalize their joint venture agreement in the coming ...