OpenAI has made its premium ChatGPT Plus subscription free for all college students in the United States and Canada through the end of May, a move announced Thursday that intensifies the competition with rival Anthropic for dominance in higher education.
The offer gives millions of students free access to OpenAI’s $20-per-month premium service just as they prepare for final exams, providing…
How Amex uses AI to increase efficiency: 40% fewer IT escalations, 85% travel assistance boost
April 3, 2025
In a Nutshell
American Express revolutionizes internal IT support with generative AI in its chatbot, reducing escalations by 40%. Travel counselors benefit from AI recommendations, boosting efficiency. Further applications include colleague assist with 96% accuracy and…
The tool integration problem that’s holding back enterprise AI (and how CoTools solves it)
April 3, 2025
Researchers from the Soochow University of China have introduced Chain-of-Tools (CoTools), a novel framework designed to enhance how large language models (LLMs) use external tools. CoTools aims to provide a more efficient and flexible approach compared to existing methods.
Beyond generic benchmarks: How Yourbench lets enterprises evaluate AI models against actual data
April 3, 2025
Every AI model release inevitably includes charts touting how it outperformed its competitors in this benchmark test or that evaluation matrix. Model repository Hugging Face launched Yourbench, an open-source tool where developers and enterprises can create their own benchmarks to test model performance against their internal data.
However, these benchmarks often test for general capabilities. For…
Runway AI Inc. launched its most advanced AI video generation model today, entering the next phase of competition to create tools that could transform film production. The new Gen-4 system introduces character and scene consistency across multiple shots — a capability that…
Emergence AI’s new system automatically creates AI agents rapidly in realtime based on the work at hand
April 2, 2025
Another day, another announcement about AI agents.
Hailed by various market research reports as the big tech trend in 2025 — especially in the enterprise — it seems we can’t go more than 12 hours or so without the debut of another way to make, orchestrate (link…
Imagine if a large team of 200 people could hold a thoughtful real-time conversation in which they efficiently brainstorm ideas, share knowledge, debate alternatives and quickly converge on AI-optimized solutions. Is this possible — and if so, would it amplify their collective intelligence?
There is a new generative AI technology, conversational swarm intelligence (or simply hyperchat), that…
Gartner forecasts gen AI spending to hit $644B in 2025: What it means for enterprise IT leaders
April 1, 2025
Make no mistake about it, there is a lot of money being spent on generative AI in 2025.
Analyst firm Gartner released a new report today forecasting that global gen AI spending will hit $644 billion in 2025. That figure represents a 76.4% year-over-year increase over gen AI…
$40B into the furnace: As OpenAI adds a million users an hour, the race for enterprise AI dominance hits a new gear
April 1, 2025
In a move that surprised the tech industry Monday, OpenAI said it has secured a monumental $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, catapulting its valuation to an unprecedented $300 billion — making it the largest private equity investment on record. The landmark…
OpenAI announced plans to release its first “open-weight” language model since 2019, marking a dramatic strategic shift for the company that built its business on proprietary AI systems.
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, revealed the news in a post on X on Monday. “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months,” Altman wrote.
