SCRAsana, a work management platform, has introduced AI Studio, a new feature for creating AI agents for workflow management. As Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer at Asana, explained to VentureBeat, users can now integrate multiple custom AI agents directly into their workflows without any coding knowledge. The aim is to relieve employees of routine tasks, …
Anthropic has unveiled an updated version of its AI model Claude 3.5 Sonnet. According to the company, the model can now control desktop applications and perform PC tasks. It uses a new “Computer Use” feature, which is in public beta. Anthropic emphasizes that the technology is still error-prone and recommends developers initially test it only …
Stability AI has unveiled its latest family of image generation models: Stable Diffusion 3.5. According to the company, it includes three variants – Large, Large Turbo and Medium – that are said to be characterized by improved adaptability and versatility. The Large variant with 8 billion parameters is available immediately, while the Medium model is …
Startup CrewAI is launching “CrewAI Enterprise,” a new platform that allows companies to create and deploy teams of AI agents. As founder João Moura told VentureBeat, the system greatly simplifies the creation and deployment of multi-agent systems. The platform is based on CrewAI’s popular open source framework and allows users to develop AI agents with …
Genmo has launched Mochi 1, an open-source AI model for generating high-quality videos from text prompts. You can try it for free on this page. According to VentureBeat, Genmo is claiming performance that rivals leading proprietary models like Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha and Luma AI’s Dream Machine. Available under the Apache 2.0 license, Mochi 1 allows …
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which the company claims is the world’s fastest mobile CPU. The chipset features Qualcomm’s second-generation Oryon CPU and is said to usher in a new era of on-device AI. As Dean Takahashi reports for VentureBeat, the processor enables complex multimodal AI applications directly on the smartphone, with a …
Appen’s 2024 State of AI Report reveals that while generative AI adoption has surged by 17%, companies face significant challenges in data quality and management, VentureBeat writes. The report, based on a survey of over 500 U.S. IT decision-makers, indicates a 10% increase in bottlenecks related to data sourcing, cleaning, and labeling. As AI models …
The AI image generation software ComfyUI has been released in version 1.0 and now offers a desktop version for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Background: ComfyUI allows you to implement complex image generation pipelines directly on your own computer. Unlike cloud-based solutions, the software provides full control over the process and your own data. The brand …
Microsoft unveils new autonomous AI agents for its Dynamics 365 business applications, Todd Bishop reports for GeekWire. These agents are designed to autonomously complete tasks and oversee business processes. The announcement came during Microsoft’s “AI Tour” stop in London. Microsoft describes the agents as functioning like new apps in an AI-powered world, working on behalf …
IBM has launched its Granite 3.0 large language models (LLMs), expanding its enterprise AI offerings, Sean Michael Kerner reports for VentureBeat. The new open-source models, available under the Apache 2.0 license, are designed for various enterprise applications, including customer service, IT automation, and cybersecurity. IBM claims the models outperform competitors like Google and Anthropic, having …