Google Cloud is expanding the capabilities of its database and data analytics offerings with a series of updates announced today at the Google Cloud Next event in Tokyo.
The announcements span across multiple services including the Spanner and Bigtable databases as well as the BigQuery data analytics and Looker business intelligence platforms. The overall goal is to integrate more flexibility…
Google has just unveiled Gemma 2 2B, a compact yet powerful artificial intelligence model that rivals industry leaders despite its significantly smaller size. The new language model, containing just 2.6 billion parameters, demonstrates performance on par with or surpassing…
It’s been a while since we’ve had a fancy new AI model with the word “Turbo” to explore, but Runway is making sure it doesn’t stay that way.
The New York City-based startup that just earlier this week turned heads with its new image-to-video update for its…
Generative AI is already changing the way many of us work — and it is set to completely revolutionize some roles.
In fact, according to one bold new prediction, more than 92% of information and communication technology (ICT) jobs will either be highly or moderately transformed by AI.
This assertion comes from the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium, which has released the new comprehensive…
Despite facing controversy — as many AI model providers have lately — over its data scraping and training practices, the New York City-based startup Runway Gen-3 is plowing ahead with new marquee features for its realistic generative AI video platform.
Today, the company…
Apple has lifted the curtain on its latest artificial intelligence efforts, revealing details about new language models designed to power AI features across its devices while prioritizing user privacy and responsible development.
In a research paper published today, Apple…
Airtable, the $11 billion no-code platform unicorn, has unveiled Cobuilder, an AI-powered tool that generates customizable applications in seconds using natural language prompts. This launch could reshape the landscape of enterprise software development by allowing non-technical employees to build complex applications without coding knowledge.
Kelly O’Shaughnessy, head of core product and…
In a surprising announcement today, OpenAI has unveiled SearchGPT, a prototype AI-powered search engine that directly challenges Google’s dominance in the online search market.
This bold move signals a significant escalation in the AI search wars and could reshape how…
AI training costs are growing exponentially — IBM says quantum computing could be a solution
July 26, 2024
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that a third of nuclear power plants are in talks with tech companies to power their new data centers. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs projected that AI is going to drive a 160% increase in power usage by data centers from now…
Vanta, a startup using AI to automate security compliance, has secured $150 million in Series C funding, vaulting its valuation to $2.45 billion.
Sequoia Capital led the round, with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan joining as investors. This significant cash injection marks a pivotal moment for the four-year-old company and signals a broader shift in how businesses approach trust and security in the…
