Akool, a startup doing AI-driven avatar content creation, announced enhancements to Akool Streaming Avatars that connect avatars with AI models. Akool has added advanced video generation technology that now seamlessly integrates with large language models (LLMs) to help model builders create dynamic, 2D lifelike avatars.
With the ability to upload a photo and provide a voice recording, customers…
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…
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 per month with an annual subscription) and arrives just a day after Anthropic introduced Claude Code, highlighting the…
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…
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…
Airbus wins $500 million contract to upgrade French Navy comms
February 26, 2025
PARIS — Airbus Defence and Space, together with Naval Group, won a contract worth as much as €480 million (US$504 million) to upgrade the communications system of the French Navy to prepare for collaborative and networked combat.
Airbus is leading an industrial consortium that will equip more than 80 vessels of the French naval forces with the RIFAN 3 network, including the aircraft carrier…
Air Force budget cuts may open old wounds with Congress
February 26, 2025
The Air Force wants to accelerate its plans to retire old and outdated aircraft to meet Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order for services to cut and reallocate a portion of their spending.
But the service’s previous efforts to cut planes like the A-10 Warthog and older…
Autonomous warehouse robot maker Ati scores $20 million Series B
February 26, 2025
Automation and warehouse robots have been changing the way we ship and store goods for decades. In a post-Altman/OpenAI world, though, we get to call that kind of autonomous operation “AI” and slap a multimillion dollar valuation on it – which is exactly what Ati…
In a reflection of growing sentiment in the US against reckless electric bike riders, one California town is preparing to enact a series of new restrictions and legal clarifications for e-bike riders.
This week, the Santa Barbara City Council will be discussing proposed changes to its city ordinances pertaining to electric bicycles.
The move has been spurred by many in the city having taken issue…
