Perplexity AI has unveiled a hybrid inference system that automatically decides, mid-task, whether to process data on a user’s local device or route it to cloud-based AI models. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the technology at Computex 2026 during Intel’s keynote, using confidential deal documents to show the system in …
Nvidia’s new Nemotron 3 Ultra has claimed the top spot among open AI models from the United States. Maximilian Schreiner reports for The Decoder that the model scores 48 points on the Artificial Analysis intelligence ranking, putting it clearly ahead of other open US models. For comparison, Google’s Gemma 4 31B scores 39 points, Nvidia’s …
Nvidia has announced the DGX Station for Windows, a deskside workstation it describes as the world’s first deskside AI supercomputer. Mike Wheatley reports for SiliconANGLE that the system was unveiled at GTC Taipei alongside the Computex conference and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of 2026. The machine is built around Nvidia’s GB300 …
Mistral AI used its first-ever company conference in Paris to announce a major expansion into industrial engineering, a new data center south of the French capital, and a rebranding of its consumer assistant. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the moves collectively signal the three-year-old startup’s ambition to become the preferred AI provider for enterprises …
Canadian AI company Cohere has unveiled Command A+, a large language model designed for complex reasoning, document processing, and autonomous workflows. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that the model is available for free on Hugging Face under an Apache 2.0 license, making it the first Cohere model that anyone can use, modify, and commercialize without …
Alibaba has released Qwen3.7-Max, a proprietary AI model built specifically for autonomous, long-running tasks. The model is available exclusively through Alibaba Cloud’s paid API and is not open source, marking a significant shift from the company’s previous approach. The Qwen Team, Alibaba’s AI research group, says the model completed a continuous 35-hour engineering task entirely …
Mistral has launched remote coding agents and a new AI model called Mistral Medium 3.5, marking a significant step toward autonomous software development. Mistral explains that the system allows coding tasks to run in the cloud without requiring a developer to stay at their computer. The new model is a dense 128-billion-parameter system with a …
Nvidia has launched Nemotron 3 Nano Omni, an open AI model that combines text, vision and audio processing in a single system. Most existing AI agent systems rely on separate models for each modality, which increases latency and cost. Nvidia says its new model eliminates that fragmentation. The model uses a hybrid mixture-of-experts architecture with …
Mistral AI has launched Workflows, a production-grade orchestration platform designed to help businesses deploy AI reliably across critical operations. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that the Paris-based company, valued at approximately $13.8 billion, released the product in public preview as part of its Studio platform. Workflows allows engineers to define, run, and monitor multi-step AI …
Xiaomi has launched two new open source artificial intelligence models: MiMo-V2.5 and MiMo-V2.5-Pro. Carl Franzen reports for VentureBeat that both models are available under the permissive MIT License, meaning businesses and developers can use, modify, and deploy them commercially without restrictions. The models are designed for so-called agentic tasks, where an AI system autonomously completes …