Author: Advanced AI Editor

Beta testing your apps, games, and App Clips is even better with new enhancements to TestFlight. Updates include: Redesigned invitations. TestFlight invitations now include your beta app description to better highlight new features and content your app or game offers to prospective testers. Apps and games with an approved version that’s ready for distribution can also include their screenshots and app category in their invite. We’ve also added a way for people to leave feedback if they didn’t join your beta, so you can understand why they didn’t participate. Tester enrollment criteria. You can choose to set criteria, such as device…

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) has launched upgraded versions of its Ernie artificial intelligence models, intensifying its push in China’s fast-evolving AI landscape. At a developer conference held in Wuhan, CEO Robin Li introduced Ernie 4.5 Turbo and Ernie X1 Turbo—marking a significant step in the company’s AI development roadmap. Ernie 4.5 Turbo is Baidu’s flagship foundation model, now integrated with Baidu Cloud and enhanced with expanded memory, stronger reasoning, and reduced hallucinations. The Ernie X1 series, first released in March, is Baidu’s leading reasoning model designed for more complex AI tasks. Li showcased the advanced capabilities of 4.5 Turbo, emphasizing its support…

ServiceNow has reported robust financial performance for the first quarter of 2025, posting a 19% year-over-year increase in subscription revenues to $3.005 billion, or 20% in constant currency.  Total revenues increased by 18.5% to $3.088 billion, meeting expectations and surpassing all of the top four Indian IT firms, including TCS, Infosys, HCLTech, and Wipro, in their Q4 FY25 reports released this fortnight. In a powerful Q1 analyst call, ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott left no doubt about where the company sees its future: enterprise AI.  Throughout a wide-ranging call covering financial performance, strategic acquisitions, and government engagement, AI remained the unifying…

Zhipu CEO Zhang Peng TMTPOST — Beijing-based Zhipu AI has officially entered the IPO pipeline, becoming the first among China’s “Big Model Six Tigers” to begin listing preparations, according to a regulatory filing published by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Monday. The company, which evolved from Tsinghua University’s computer science department and is known for its ChatGLM and GLM large models, is being counseled by China International Capital Corporation (CICC). The listing process began with internal preparations in April, with formal counseling expected to run from August to October this year. This timeline suggests a potential IPO filing…

A new proposal in the state of California would allow initial testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks, as Tesla and others aim to bring their driverless technologies to market with Class 8 trucks and other large vehicles. On Friday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said that it’s proposing self-driving vehicle tests be allowed on public roads for heavy-duty trucks and other large vehicles, as detailed in a report from Reuters. The news comes as heavy-duty vehicles about 10,001 pounds are currently unable to utilize public self-driving tests in California, as well as others such as Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas.…

C3.ai experienced a 14% increase in its stock price over the past week, likely spurred by its recent collaboration with Arcfield to enhance Enterprise AI solutions for defense and intelligence. This partnership underscores the company’s dedication to advancing AI technology, potentially strengthening its service offerings. Meanwhile, broader market trends showed mixed movements with the Dow Jones down, S&P 500 steady, and Nasdaq gaining, amid tariff uncertainty. As the market saw a 4% rise over the same period, C3.ai’s price movement aligns with the general upward market trend, albeit boosted by the positive sentiment around its recent announcement. We’ve identified 2…

China’s leading tech firms, including ByteDance, Alibaba (HK:9988), and Tencent (HK:0700), have reportedly stockpiled close to one million units of Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) H20 AI chips in anticipation of tightened U.S. export restrictions, according to Nikkei Asia. The bulk purchases—valued at over $12 billion—aimed to secure nearly a year’s supply before the April export ban took effect. The H20 chip, a scaled-down version of Nvidia’s high-performance H100, is tailored to meet U.S. export controls and is widely used for AI inference tasks. Demand for AI computing in China is soaring, driven by the rapid growth of AI-powered applications like DeepSeek, now…

Emerging technology, when first being presented to the public-at-large, is bound to get people fearful and protective of the status quo. Such is the current case with AI and its practical application in multiple industries, particularly in the space of visual media arts, but rather than turn away, renowned filmmaker and technological innovator James Cameron is choosing to lean in. Last year, he joined the board of the generative AI company Stability AI and during a recent interview on the “Boz to the Future” podcast, he explained how the tech’s ability to shorten VFX workflow could truly be a game-changer…

One pressing question at the artificial-intelligence (AI) summit in Paris this week was this: is Mistral AI’s assistant a cat, or a chat? Called Le Chat and developed by a French startup as a competitor to ChatGPT, it launched as a smartphone app on February 6th. To the English speaker, Le Chat looks like a French twist on AI chat, which it conducts in English (and other languages). Yet at the jamboree President Emmanuel Macron plugged it using a soft “sh”, rendering Le Chat distinctly feline. Arthur Mensch, Mistral’s 32-year-old boss, says his baby is indeed four-legged. Look carefully at…

Shanghai, China–(Newsfile Corp. – April 27, 2025) – At the 21st Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2025), ARCFOX, a premium intelligent new energy vehicle (NEV) brand, unveiled a series of forward-looking models and cutting-edge technologies. In addition to the debut of the ARCFOX αS5 ULTRA, the brand also celebrated the world premiere of the all-new ARCFOX T1, a pure-electric A-segment SUV. ARCFOX further introduced its first-ever Robotaxi-the ARCFOX αT5-demonstrating its breakthroughs in intelligent driving and high-performance architecture, while reinforcing its accelerated global strategy.The newly launched 2025 ARCFOX αS5 ULTRA is built on a fully integrated 800V high-voltage platform…