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Stanford HAI’s annual report highlights rapid adoption and growing accessibility of powerful AI systems
Researchers from Stanford University early today published the latest edition of their annual AI Index Report, detailing the growing influence of artificial intelligence technologies on our society and the global economy. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, has been publishing its annual reports on the state of the AI industry ...
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s latest Llama models put open-source AI in the driving seat
Meta Platforms Inc. unveiled the latest additions to its Llama family of large language artificial intelligence models on Saturday, claiming that they’re among the most powerful ever released to the public. The new models, which are part of the Llama 4 series, are available to access now through the Meta AI assistant on the web ...
Elon Musk’s DOGE aims to hack the IRS and create a single API for easy access to U.S. taxpayer data
Operatives from Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting team, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, are planning a “hackathon” event, inviting engineers to build a “mega API” that would ensure it has easy access to date from the Internal Revenue Service. According to Wired, DOGE intends to create an application programming interface that would enable IRS data ...
Cognition AI launches revamped coding assistant Devin 2.0 with much lower starting price
Cognition AI Inc., creator of the generative artificial intelligence-powered coding bot Devin, today announced a new version of that tool with more powerful capabilities, and it’s available at a much lower cost than before. It was just over a year ago that Cognition AI took the coding world by storm with the release of Devin, ...
Updated: TSMC reportedly discussing chipmaking joint venture with Intel
Updated: Troubled chipmaking giant Intel Corp. is discussing a deal with its rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to create a joint venture that will take over the running of its chip fabrication plants in the U.S. The news comes from a report in The Information that originally cited two sources saying there was a tentative agreement. ...
Red-teaming startup Yrikka launches with pre-seed funding to secure critical AI systems
Red-teaming automation startup Yrikka AI Inc. has just launched its first publicly available application programming interface after closing on a $1.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Focal and Garuda Ventures. The startup provides API access to artificial intelligence agents that can aid in red-teaming efforts to try and identify vulnerabilities in AI systems. Red-teaming ...
Penguin Solutions beats estimates and raises guidance on growing AI infrastructure demand
Shares of the artificial intelligence infrastructure management company Penguin Solutions Inc. traded higher after-hours today after it posted a solid earnings and revenue beat and raised its full year outlook. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 52 cents per share, crushing the analyst consensus estimate, which called for earnings of ...
Amazon to send 27 Kuiper communications satellites into orbit this month
Amazon.com Inc. said today it has set a date for the long-awaited launch of its first Kuiper internet satellites: They’ll will be sent into orbit on United Launch Alliance LLC’s Atlas V rocket, which is slated to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 9. The mission is a key step for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, ...
Siemens to buy life sciences R&D company Dotmatics for $5.1B
German industrial giant Siemens AG said today it will pay $5.1 billion to acquire the life sciences data startup Dotmatics in an effort to expand its artificial intelligence offerings. The company said the deal to acquire Dotmatics, officially known as GraphPad Software LLC, is expected to close in the first half of 2026, according to ...
Parasail promises to power any AI workload with on-demand access to cloud-based GPUs
Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Parasail Inc. today announced the launch of its new AI Deployment Network, a new cloud-hosted platform that provides enterprises with immediate, cost-efficient and on-demand access to powerful graphics processing units. Parasail says its AI Deployment Network is special because it allows companies to tap into a massive, contract-free pool of high-performance ...