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OpenAI has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model called o3, which the company says demonstrates advanced reasoning capabilities compared to its predecessors. The model, set to launch in early 2025, is part of a new family that includes both o3 and a smaller version called o3-mini. The model’s name skips “o2” due to trademark considerations … Read more
OpenAI has significantly expanded ChatGPT’s desktop application integration features, allowing the AI assistant to work with a broader range of software tools. According to VentureBeat reporter Emilia David, the expansion includes support for multiple integrated development environments (IDEs), terminals, and text applications. The update enables ChatGPT to interact with popular development tools like MatLab, the … Read more
The AI coding assistant Cursor has secured $100 million in Series B funding, reaching a post-money valuation of $2.6 billion. According to Marina Temkin of TechCrunch, the funding round was led by returning investor Thrive Capital, with Andreessen Horowitz also participating. The investment comes just four months after Cursor’s $60 million Series A round. The … Read more
Backflip has developed an AI-powered platform that converts text prompts, sketches, and photos into 3D designs. As reported by Charles Rollet for TechCrunch, the startup has secured $30 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and New Enterprise Associates. The technology aims to simplify computer-aided design, reducing hours of specialized work to minutes. … Read more
Google has released a new artificial intelligence model called Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, designed to enhance reasoning capabilities in complex problem-solving tasks. The model, available through Google’s AI Studio platform, is described by the company as being optimized for multimodal understanding, reasoning, and coding across fields including programming, math, and physics. The new model … Read more
Stability AI has released its latest text-to-image generation model, Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large, on Amazon’s Bedrock service. As reported by Sean Michael Kerner for VentureBeat, this marks AWS as the only public cloud service offering Stability AI’s flagship models. The integration allows enterprises to access multiple AI models through a single unified API, meeting the … Read more
Startup Patronus AI has developed a breakthrough AI evaluation model that achieves comparable results to much larger systems while using significantly fewer computational resources. As reported by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the new open-source model named Glider uses only 3.8 billion parameters yet matches or exceeds the performance of GPT-4 on key benchmarks. The model … Read more
Salesforce has introduced Agentforce 2.0, a significant upgrade to its artificial intelligence platform that enables AI agents to perform complex reasoning and autonomous actions in enterprise environments. As reported by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the new system represents a major shift from traditional chatbots to more sophisticated AI assistants. The platform’s core innovation is the … Read more
OpenAI has introduced a new way to interact with ChatGPT through a toll-free number (1-800-CHATGPT) and WhatsApp messaging service. According to the company’s official explanation, users in the United States and Canada can now call 1-800-242-8478 to speak with ChatGPT, while international users can access the service via WhatsApp messaging. The service is available without … Read more
Google has introduced FACTS Grounding, a new benchmark system to evaluate how accurately large language models (LLMs) use source material in their responses. The benchmark comprises 1,719 examples across various domains including finance, technology, and medicine. The FACTS team at Google DeepMind and Google Research developed the system, which uses three frontier LLM judges – … Read more