Author: Advanced AI Editor

If the five most-valuable U.S. technology companies want to buy startups, they can certainly afford to do so. Today, the Big Five — Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon — have a combined market capitalization of more than $16 trillion. They’ve also got close to $400 billion in cash on the books between them. Even with that massive spending power, however, the largest tech companies have not bought many startups this year. Per Crunchbase data, they’ve disclosed just 10 deals to purchase private seed or venture-funded companies. This doesn’t reflect a change in M&A appetite. Rather, It’s a continuation of…

When Seth Winterroth left his job at GE Ventures to help launch Eclipse Ventures in 2015, robotics was on his mind. Or more specifically, the number of early-stage robotics startups that were struggling to launch due to lack of interest. “These are teams that had just finished their postdocs at Waterloo, or CMU, or MIT, and were starting robotics companies, and the refrain that I continually heard from the startups was, ‘hey, we’re having a really hard time raising institutional venture capital,’” Winterroth told TechCrunch. “At the time in Silicon Valley, most venture capital was going into the very mature…

Microsoft continues down the warpath, making cuts both big and small across its organization for the fifth month in a row. The Microsoft layoffs this time are minor, with only around 42 jobs being axed in Redmond. The link between the Microsoft job cuts and the company’s AI investments is clear to see, but the evidence doesn’t soften the blow for employees. Microsoft layoffs, for the fifth month in a row, add to the consistent anxiety that employees are operating under, fearful of what’s to come next. While downsizing announcements are never easy on employees, the prolonged cuts at the…

With the rapid development of artificial intelligencetechnology, user expectations for AI interaction experiences continue to rise. Recently, the highly anticipated Harmony version of Doubao announced a comprehensive upgrade of its voice interaction capabilities, bringing users a more convenient and intelligent AI dialogue experience. This update not only reflects Doubao’s continuous innovation in technology but also indicates the immense potential of AI voice interactionin mobile applications. Voice Interaction Upgrade: Doubao Creates a ‘Speak Without Touching’ Experience The core of this upgrade lies in enhancing voice interaction features. Users can now engage in voice conversations with Doubao by pressing and holding the…

Recently, Chuanwang Media announced that its cloud-network integration technology platform “Chuanwang Cloud” has connected with DeepSeek-R1and Tencent Hunyuanlarge models, aiming to empower its “First Screen News” client and “Spicy Community” platform through AIGCcapabilities. This move marks a significant step for traditional media to actively embrace cutting-edge technology in the wave of AIand explore innovative paths for content production and user experience. Transformation of Content Platforms Supported by Large Models The upgrade of “Chuanwang Cloud” is an important step in the intelligent transformation of traditional media. By integrating DeepSeek-R1and Tencent Hunyuan, Chuanwang Media is expected to achieve breakthroughs in content creation,…

Florian and Esther discuss the language industry news of the past few weeks, beginning with a recap of SlatorCon Silicon Valley 2025, where the duo noted strong localization buyer and user turnout, and tech-focused discussions across presentations and panels.One key highlight was Cohere’s well-timed launch of Command A Translate, which allowed Kelly Marchisio to share details on building multilingual LLMs. Esther notes that Cohere’s multilingual models focus on high-quality coverage of about 20 languages rather than attempting hundreds.Florian turns to the Apertus launch in Switzerland, where EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Swiss Supercomputing Centre released a multilingual model trained on…

On September 12, during Tosda’s global open day event, the company officially launched its first wheeled humanoid robot, marking an important step in the field of domestic embodied intelligence. This robot is equipped with the Zhipu AIlarge model, aimed at addressing long-standing industry pain points such as slow debugging and difficult adaptation in flexible production. This initiative not only enriches the AI robotproduct line but also provides new ideas for the intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry. Zhipu AI Empowerment: The Technological Support Behind the Robot The most striking feature of this wheeled humanoid robot is its incorporation of the…

Good Morning! In the latest shake-up since President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center, two more key staffers have been laid off. Canadian artist Armand Vaillancourt is demanding San Francisco officials cease and desist from deaccessioning and potentially destroying the 1971 city fountain that bears his name. Two Nazi-looted still life paintings by 17th-century Dutch artist Abrosius Bosschaert are believed to have surfaced from an abandoned safety deposit box.  The Headlines MORE KENNEDY CENTER CUTS. The Kennedy Center has fired the head of its jazz programming, as well as the last member of its social impact team, reports the Washington Post. Kevin Struthers, senior…

The emergence of long-context language models with context windows extending to millions of tokens has created new opportunities for sophisticated code understanding and software development evaluation. We propose LoCoBench, a comprehensive benchmark specifically designed to evaluate long-context LLMs in realistic, complex software development scenarios. Unlike existing code evaluation benchmarks that focus on single-function completion or short-context tasks, LoCoBench addresses the critical evaluation gap for long-context capabilities that require understanding entire codebases, reasoning across multiple files, and maintaining architectural consistency across large-scale software systems. Our benchmark provides 8,000 evaluation scenarios systematically generated across 10 programming languages, with context lengths spanning 10K…

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) just lit up the tape, surging over 7% in Hong Kong after a flurry of AI-driven moves repositioned the tech giant at the center of China’s machine-learning arms race. The company raised $3.2 billion in convertible bonds to bankroll what could be the country’s largest AI infrastructure investment, with fresh upgrades to its Qwen series models aiming to compete with DeepSeek and OpenAI. According to The Information, both Alibaba and Baidu have begun swapping out Nvidia GPUs for in-house chips in AI traininga move that, if scaled, could help ease the weight…