Hugging Face, the AI startup valued at over $4 billion, has introduced FastRTC, an open-source Python library that removes a major obstacle for developers when building real-time audio and video AI applications.
“Building real-time WebRTC and Websocket applications is very difficult to get right in Python,” Freddy Boulton, one of FastRTC’s creators, said in an announcement on X.com. “Until…
Microsoft has introduced a new class of highly efficient AI models that process text, images, and speech simultaneously while requiring significantly less computing power than existing systems. The new Phi-4 models, released today, represent a breakthrough in the development…
Google makes Gemini Code Assist free with 180,000 code completions per month as AI-powered dev race heats up
February 26, 2025
Google DeepMind has released a free version of its AI-powered coding assistant, Gemini Code Assist, expanding access to advanced coding tools for developers worldwide.
This launch follows the October 2024 debut of Gemini Code Assist Enterprise ($45 per month per user or $19…
How big U.S. bank BNY manages armies of AI agents
February 26, 2025
The financial services industry is one of the most regulated sectors. It also manages huge amounts of data. Conscious of a need for caution, financial companies have slowly added generative AI and AI agents to their stables of services.
The industry is no stranger to automation. But use of the term “agent” has been muted. And understandably, many in the industry took a very cautious stance…
OpenAI drops Deep Research access to Plus users, heating up AI agent wars with DeepSeek and Claude
February 26, 2025
OpenAI announced today that it is rolling out its powerful Deep Research capability to all ChatGPT Plus, Team, Education and Enterprise users, significantly expanding access to what many experts consider the company’s most transformative AI agent since the original…
Segwise today announced that it’s launching a new feature for its AI-based user acquisition platform: New creative analytics and insights features, specifically the Creative Analytics AI Agent. This new agent uses AI to help mobile game and app developers track the…
Intel is launching its new Intel Xeon 6 processors with performance-cores, offering better performance across data center workloads and up to two times higher performance in AI processing.
The company has new Xeon 6 processors for network and edge applications with built-in Intel vRAN. Boost deliver up to 2.4 times the capacity for radio access network (RAN) workloads.
It’s an important launch…
Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet takes aim at OpenAI and DeepSeek in AI’s next big battle
February 25, 2025
Anthropic just fired a warning shot at OpenAI, DeepSeek and the entire AI industry with the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet, a model that gives users unprecedented control over how much time an AI spends “thinking” before generating a response. The release, alongside the…
The rise of browser-use agents: Why Convergence’s Proxy is beating OpenAI’s Operator
February 24, 2025
A new wave of AI-powered browser-use agents is emerging, promising to transform how enterprises interact with the web. These agents can autonomously navigate websites, retrieve information, and even complete transactions – but early testing reveals significant gaps between…
Medical training’s AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone
February 21, 2025
Patient data records can be convoluted and sometimes incomplete, meaning doctors don’t always have all the information they need readily available. Added to this is the fact that medical professionals can’t possibly keep up with the barrage of case studies, research papers, trials and other cutting-edge developments coming out of the industry.
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has come…
