Writer has launched its new AI language model, Palmyra X 004, which seemingly excels in function calling and workflow execution for businesses. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the model outperforms competitors like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Meta by nearly 20% on Berkeley’s Tool Calling Leaderboard, achieving a score of 78.76%. Palmyra X 004 achieves …
Braintrust, a startup specializing in evaluating AI products, has secured $36 million in Series A funding. The company, founded by Ankur Goyal, helps businesses improve the accuracy of their AI tools. According to Forbes contributor Alex Konrad, Braintrust already boasts clients such as Airtable, Brex, Instacart, and Stripe. Braintrust’s software evaluates and monitors the performance …
Anthropic has launched a new, more affordable batch processing API for businesses. According to a VentureBeat report by Michael Nuñez, the new Message Batches API allows companies to process up to 10,000 queries asynchronously within a 24-hour window, at half the cost of standard API calls. Both input and output tokens are 50% cheaper compared …
Vera AI has launched a new platform called “AI Gateway” to help companies deploy artificial intelligence safely and efficiently, reports Michael Nuñez for VentureBeat. The platform offers customizable safeguards and model routing capabilities. “We’ve focused ourselves squarely on the last mile problems, which (…) are actually quite hard,” explains Liz O’Sullivan, CEO and co-founder of …
OpenAI introduces a new feature called “Canvas” for ChatGPT. The new interface allows users to edit text and code directly next to the chat window. Canvas is initially available for ChatGPT Plus and Teams users, later also for Enterprise and Edu customers. The function aims to simplify writing and programming with AI assistance. With Canvas, …
Apple has developed a new AI model called Depth Pro that could revolutionize how machines perceive 3D vision. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that Depth Pro can generate detailed 3D depth maps from single 2D images in a fraction of a second, without relying on traditional camera data. The system outperforms previous models in speed …
Black Forest Labs has released a new, faster text-to-image model called Flux 1.1 Pro, reports Carl Franzen for VentureBeat. According to an independent benchmark, the model outperforms other AI image generators in terms of visual quality and speed. It generates images six times faster than its predecessor, with improved image quality and accuracy. Flux 1.1 …
DeepMind has developed a new technique called SCoRe that significantly improves the self-correction abilities of large language models (LLMs). Ben Dickson reports this in an article for VentureBeat. SCoRe uses self-generated data and enables LLMs to use their internal knowledge to identify and correct errors. In tests, SCoRe significantly outperformed other self-correction methods. The technique …
Nvidia has released a powerful open-source AI model that rivals proprietary systems from industry leaders like OpenAI and Google. The model, called NVLM 1.0, demonstrates exceptional performance in vision and language tasks while also enhancing text-only capabilities. Michael Nuñez reports on this development for VentureBeat. The main model, NVLM-D-72B, with 72 billion parameters, can process …
Mostly AI has introduced a new feature for generating synthetic texts. The tool allows companies to use confidential data such as emails and conversations for AI training without privacy concerns. As reported by Shubham Sharma, the platform generates a version of proprietary information free from personally identifiable data. This enables businesses to train and optimize …