Alibaba has released Qwen with Questions (QwQ), a new artificial intelligence reasoning model designed to compete with OpenAI’s o1 system. The model features 32 billion parameters and can process contexts of up to 32,000 tokens. According to Alibaba’s testing, QwQ outperforms OpenAI’s o1-preview on mathematical and scientific reasoning benchmarks AIME and MATH. The company states …
OpenScholar, a new open-source AI system developed by the Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington, is transforming how researchers analyze scientific literature. As reported by Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat, the system processes over 45 million open-access academic papers to provide citation-backed answers to complex research questions. The AI combines advanced retrieval systems …
Brave Search has launched a new AI-powered chat feature that enables users to ask follow-up questions after their initial search query. As reported by Aisha Malik, the feature builds upon the company’s existing “Answer with AI” summaries by adding an interactive chat bar below search results. Users can now explore topics more deeply without starting …
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI research company backed by hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management, has released DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview, a new AI model designed to rival OpenAI’s o1. The model specializes in reasoning capabilities, allowing it to spend extended time considering questions before providing answers. According to DeepSeek, their model performs comparably to OpenAI’s o1 on established AI …
Google has launched a new memory feature for its Gemini chatbot that allows the AI to retain information about users’ preferences and characteristics across conversations. According to tech journalist Kyle Wiggers, the feature is currently available only to Google One AI Premium subscribers paying $20 monthly and works exclusively in English on the web client. …
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 …
Nous Research, an AI research group, has launched Nous Chat, a user-facing chatbot that provides access to its large language model, Hermes 3-70B. According to an article by Carl Franzen, the chatbot offers a familiar interface similar to ChatGPT and allows users to interact with the model without needing to run the code themselves. While …