Author: Advanced AI Bot

Last summer, mining startup KoBold made a splash when it said it had discovered in Zambia one of the world’s largest copper deposits in more than a decade. Now, another startup, Earth AI, exclusively told TechCrunch about its own discovery: promising deposits of critical minerals in parts of Australia that other mining outfits had ignored for decades. While it’s still not known whether they are as large as KoBold’s, the news suggests that future supplies of critical minerals are likely to emerge from a combination of field data parsed by artificial intelligence. “The actual, real frontier [in mining] is not…

Last updated March 26Today we’re introducing Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent AI model. Our first 2.5 release is an experimental version of 2.5 Pro, which is state-of-the-art on a wide range of benchmarks and debuts at #1 on LMArena by a significant margin.Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before responding, resulting in enhanced performance and improved accuracy.In the field of AI, a system’s capacity for “reasoning” refers to more than just classification and prediction. It refers to its ability to analyze information, draw logical conclusions, incorporate context and nuance, and make informed decisions.For a…

Today, we’re excited to announce AI Labyrinth, a new mitigation approach that uses AI-generated content to slow down, confuse, and waste the resources of AI Crawlers and other bots that don’t respect “no crawl” directives. When you opt in, Cloudflare will automatically deploy an AI-generated set of linked pages when we detect inappropriate bot activity, without the need for customers to create any custom rules.AI Labyrinth is available on an opt-in basis to all customers, including the Free plan. Using Generative AI as a defensive weapon AI-generated content has exploded, reportedly accounting for four of the top 20 Facebook posts…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.London-based artificial intelligence start-up Synthesia is offering company stock to the human actors it uses to generate digital “avatars” of people, in a radical move for the AI industry that rethinks how workers are compensated for helping to train the cutting-edge technology.The company, which hit a $2.1bn valuation this year, announced on Tuesday that it is creating a pool of company shares at present worth $1mn through which it will reward actors with equity in return for the use of their likeness…

Last May, I told you how 3D printers still aren’t easy enough for the mass market, but Bambu Lab had built the easiest yet. Now, instead of making it easier, Bambu is building its biggest and most sophisticated model to date — a Swiss Army knife of 3D printers that can also cut, draw, and etch.The new Bambu H2D, which starts at $1,899, has two 3D printing nozzles and a much bigger bed, but it also comes with a modular attachment system. Plug in a blade, and it dices through paper and vinyl. Plug in a pen, and it’ll draw…

Otter, the AI-powered automated transcription service, is launching a trio of artificial intelligence agents that aim to provide quick assistance and boost productivity during calls and meetings. The most notable is the aptly named Otter Meeting Agent, a voice-activated meeting assistant that’s capable of using company data to answer questions and complete tasks.Otter says its new Meeting Agent is a “transformative evolution” of the existing AI meeting chatbot it already offers. As such, the video Otter released demonstrating some of the Meeting Agent features shows off some text-based capabilities that the older AI assistant already provided, such as “attending” online…

Customer support software is evolving quickly thanks to AI. The tools on this list combine traditional help desk capabilities (like ticketing, knowledge bases, and multi-channel support) with powerful artificial intelligence to automate responses, assist agents, and improve customer satisfaction. Below is a comparison of some of the leading platforms, followed by detailed insights into each. We’ve prioritized AI-first solutions, but also included a few established help desks that have notable AI features.Freshdesk is a widely-used help desk platform that has embraced AI through its Freddy AI suite. It offers omni-channel support (email, chat, phone, social) in one inbox, helping teams…

Waymo announced that Washington, DC will be its next robotaxi city. The company aims to launch its Waymo One ridehailing service in the nation’s capitol in 2026 — though it acknowledged that it will first need to change the city law prohibiting fully autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. Currently, companies that want to test autonomous vehicles in DC are required to have a human driver behind the steering wheel in case something goes wrong. Tech advocates have been pressing the city council to loosen the restrictions to allow fully autonomous vehicles on public roads. A spokesperson for the DC transportation…

In the latest round of corporate restructuring, IBM is laying off approximately 9,000 employees across multiple locations in the US. The employees who are likely to exit comprise a quarter of staff working on the corporation’s Cloud Classic operation, according to a report by The Register.Teams that are at risk of the axe are believed to consist of those responsible for consulting, corporate social responsibility initiatives, sales, cloud infrastructure offerings, and people who report to IBM’s CIO and work on internal systems. It is also being claimed that 10 per cent of the Cloud group (which is not the same…

DeepSeek today released an improved version of its DeepSeek-V3 large language model under a new open-source license. Software developer and blogger Simon Willison was first to report the update. DeepSeek itself didn’t issue an announcement. The new model’s Readme file, a component of code repositories that usually contains explanatory notes, is currently empty. DeepSeek-V3 is an open-source LLM that made its debut in December. It forms the basis of DeepSeek-R1, the reasoning model that propelled the Chinese artificial intelligence lab to prominence earlier this year. DeepSeek-V3 is a general-purpose model that isn’t specifically optimized for reasoning, but it can solve…