Google’s DataGemma specializes in statistics

Google is introducing two new AI models called DataGemma, which are designed to answer statistical questions more accurately. The models, based on the Gemma family, use data from Google’s Data Commons platform. As Shubham Sharma reports in an article for VentureBeat, the models use two different approaches: Retrieval Interleaved Generation (RIG) and Retrieval Augmented Generation …

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10 AI tools for copywriting

In a new article on the Hootsuite website, Sarah Israel presents what she believes are the “10 best AI tools for copywriting” in 2024. These tools can help with various tasks such as brainstorming, writing social media posts, or search engine optimization. Among the offerings featured are OwlyWriter AI, ChatGPT, and HubSpot Content Writer. The …

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Salesforce unveils Agentforce: AI Agents for customer service and more

Salesforce has now officially unveiled Agentforce, a previously announced suite of AI-powered autonomous agents. These are designed to assist human employees in various business areas such as sales, marketing, commerce, and customer service. According to Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Agentforce represents the “third wave” of AI, moving beyond trending models and generative AI. At the …

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OpenAI o1 impresses with surprisingly strong performance for some tasks

OpenAI has unveiled a new family of AI models called “o1”. It was previously known as “Project Strawberry” and had led to all kinds of speculation and high expectations. The first two versions, o1-preview and o1-mini, use a reasoning method known as “chain of thought” to solve complex tasks. This technique allows the models to …

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Adobe previews video AI capabilities for Firefly

Adobe plans to add AI-powered video generation to its Firefly software later this year. As Maxwell Zeff reports for TechCrunch, three new features – Generative Extend, Text to Video, and Image to Video – will initially be available in the beta version of Premiere Pro and on a free website. Generative Extend allows users to …

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Pixtral 12B: Mistral’s first multimodal model

French AI startup Mistral has released its first multimodal model, Pixtral 12B. In other words, it has 12 billion parameters and can process both images and text. It is based on Mistral’s existing text model Nemo 12B and is said to be able to answer questions about any number of images of any size. Pixtral …

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Workspaces for Claude help manage AI

Anthropic is introducing “Workspaces”, a new feature for managing AI systems in enterprises. The startup enables the creation and control of multiple isolated environments for Claude AI implementations, Michael Nuñez reports on VentureBeat. Companies can now set spending and usage limits, group API keys, and control access through user roles. The feature addresses key challenges …

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SuperNova is a new model for enterprise use

Arcee AI has introduced SuperNova, a customizable language model with 70 billion parameters for enterprises. It can be used in a company’s own infrastructure and be customized, as James Thomason reports at VentureBeat. SuperNova is based on Meta’s Llama 3.1-70B Instruct architecture and uses a novel retraining process. It aims to provide an alternative to …

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DeepSeek V2.5 celebrated as new open source champion

DeepSeek-V2.5 is the new champion among open source AI models. DeepSeek itself is an offshoot of the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management. The new model combines natural language processing and programming capabilities into one seemingly powerful system. According to Carl Franzen of VentureBeat, DeepSeek-V2.5 outperforms its predecessors in almost all benchmarks. The model offers …

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ServiceNow announces AI agents for enterprises

ServiceNow is introducing a library of customizable AI agents for businesses. The company is planning updates to its Now Assist AI platform that will allow customers to integrate AI agents into their workflows. As Emilia David reports for VentureBeat, companies can use the new Now Assist Skill Kit to develop their own prompts and skills …

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