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AI-powered search engine Perplexity has introduced a new shopping feature that enables direct purchases through its platform for Pro subscribers in the United States. As reported by Ivan Mehta, the service integrates with various sellers, including Shopify merchants, to provide product recommendations, pricing details, and one-click checkout capabilities. The feature displays visual cards with product …
Alibaba Cloud has launched an upgraded version of its Qwen2.5-Turbo AI model that can now process contexts of up to one million tokens, equivalent to approximately 1.5 million Chinese characters or 10 full-length novels. The improved model achieves 93.1 points on the RULER long text evaluation benchmark, surpassing GPT-4’s score of 91.6. According to Alibaba, …
French AI startup Mistral has unveiled Pixtral Large, a new 124-billion-parameter language model, alongside major updates to its Le Chat platform, reports Carl Franzen. The new model features advanced multimodal capabilities, including image processing and optical character recognition, while maintaining a significant context window of 128,000 tokens. The model is available for research purposes through …
Anthropic has launched new developer tools to automate and improve AI prompt engineering in its developer console. According to VentureBeat reporter Michael Nuñez, the suite includes a “Prompt Improver” that automatically refines instructions for the Claude AI model, applying best practices and chain-of-thought reasoning techniques. The company claims the tools increased accuracy by 30% in …
OpenAI has enhanced its ChatGPT desktop applications with significant new features, including third-party app integration for Mac users. According to product lead Alexander Embiricos, as reported by Emilia David for VentureBeat, Plus and Teams subscribers can now directly access VS Code, Xcode, Terminal, and iTerm2 from within ChatGPT. The update responds to observed user behavior …
Google has released a standalone Gemini AI chatbot application for iPhone users worldwide. Tech journalist David Pierce reports that the free app offers text, voice, and camera-based interactions with the AI assistant. The app’s main feature is Gemini Live, an interactive conversational mode similar to ChatGPT’s voice capabilities, which appears in the iPhone’s Dynamic Island …
DeepL, a German AI translation company, has introduced DeepL Voice, a new service that provides real-time text translations of spoken conversations and video content. As reported by Ingrid Lunden, the service currently supports voice input in 13 languages and can output translations in all 33 languages supported by DeepL’s text translator. The system displays translations …
A San Francisco-based startup Fastino has unveiled new task-optimized AI models that run efficiently on standard CPUs without requiring expensive GPUs. As reported by Sean Michael Kerner, the company has secured $7 million in pre-seed funding from investors including Microsoft’s Venture Fund M12 and Insight Partners. Fastino’s models differ from traditional large language models by …
DataRobot has launched its Enterprise AI Suite, a comprehensive platform that combines predictive and generative AI capabilities to help enterprises convert AI investments into measurable business outcomes. As Sean Michael Kerner reports, the new platform addresses the challenge that 90% of AI projects fail to move from prototype to production, according to DataRobot’s research. The …
Box has unveiled two major AI-focused products: Box AI Studio for creating custom AI agents and Box Apps for building no-code enterprise applications. CEO Aaron Levie announced these tools at the BoxWorks event as part of the company’s expansion from file sharing into intelligent content management, VentureBeat reports. Box AI Studio, built on partnerships with …