Author: Advanced AI Editor

ASML, a provider of advanced chipmaking machinery, is poised to become the largest shareholder in French AI startup Mistral AI, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the situation. The Dutch company is reportedly investing €1.3bn (approximately $1.5bn) in Mistral’s latest funding round, which totals €1.7bn. This investment is anticipated to secure ASML a seat on Mistral’s board, sources told the news agency. The funding round is set to elevate Mistral’s valuation to €10bn prior to the investment, making it the most valuable AI company in Europe. ASML has refrained from commenting on the matter, while Mistral has not responded to…

The model is now available for developers across the globe via Alibaba Cloud What’s the story Alibaba has unveiled its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) model, the Qwen-3-Max-Preview. The new addition to the Qwen series comes with over one trillion parameters, making it a strong competitor in the AI space. The model is now available for developers across the globe via Alibaba Cloud and OpenRouter platforms. Following the announcement of the new AI model, the company’s shares surged 4% on the Hong Kong stock exhange. New model outperforms its predecessor and other competitors The Qwen-3-Max-Preview is a text-only model. It…

Y Combinator startup Eloquent AI has raised $7.4 million in seed funding to provide AI-fueled customer service in the financial services industry.The startup says its AI product can help with complex, regulated workflows, such as onboarding new customers and unfreezing bank cards.Eloquent was cofounded by Tugce Bulut, who previously cofounded market research startup Streetbees. Bulut left the company two years ago. Last month it went into administration and laid off all staff.Bulut is building Eloquent AI alongside Aldo Lipani, a machine learning professor at University College London. The two met at a conference in 2023 after she said she was gripped…

OpenAI is planning to launch a new job marketplace, an online platform in which businesses and employees will be matched by artificial intelligence.The company’s CEO, Sam Altman, informed TechCrunch that the platform, named OpenAI Jobs Platform, will be launched at some point during next year.The way it differs is not only the look but the motor behind it, algorithms trained to match what companies require with what applicants are capable of providing. Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, explained the idea in a blog post. She said the aim is simple: ‘help find the perfect matches’. Behind this phrase lies…

Hot Chips 25 was held August 24-26 on the Stanford University campus again this year, with many exciting and interesting presentations. I’ve noticed an overall trend with more focus being placed on overall systems rather than the socket. As the conference name suggests, there’s a history of showcasing chips, but with the increased emphasis on AI and related large-scale computing, efficiency of the total system is also of primary importance. William Starke from IBM presented, “IBM’s Power11 Processor”. IBM announced Power11 on July 8, 2025, so this was more than a chip presentation, as systems are already being shipped. Their…

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has returned to the top of the 2025-2026 BlueSky Ranking of University Rankings, a composite index that merges the world’s four most influential global league tables — Times Higher Education, QS, U.S. News & World Report, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities — into a unified list of the top 100 global universities. Released by the U.K.-based consultancy BlueSky Thinking, the ranking has been published annually since 2020. (Poets&Quants is owned by Times Higher Education.)MIT reclaims the No. 1 position from Harvard University, which slips to second. Stanford University drops to No. 3 from…

The Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Sizewell, UK, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON — Surging power demand has reignited interest in nuclear energy, but vast capital requirements and an uncertain political and regulatory climate raise questions about the sector’s fiscal capacity.Tech giants are pumping money into nuclear energy investments, looking to power energy-intensive data centers and realize their AI ambitions.AI and data centers are the “canary in the coal mine,” World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León…

Pioneering genAI platform Legora is to partner with Deloitte Legal in the UK on a range of needs, which will also see the Big Four legal arm ‘provide hands-on support for clients [in] developing and implementing … AI strategies and tools’. The move is more than a nice revenue earner for Legora, given that Deloitte has a vast client base of large corporates and thus the legal AI company gets additional access to these via Deloitte Legal and the rest of the Deloitte business in the UK.   They said: ‘Deloitte Legal and Legora share the strategic vision that AI…

Too Long; Didn’t Read:AI for customer service in Italy (2025) is mainstream: 63% of large firms plan adoption and a potential €115B productivity uplift. 4–6 week pilots can automate up to 80% of routine queries, cut processing time ~77%, boost CSAT ~45% and yield ~225% ROI. This guide matters for customer service professionals in Italy because AI is no longer hypothetical: Minsait’s “Artificial Intelligence in Italy 2025” finds 63% of large companies already adopting or planning AI and estimates a potential €115 billion productivity uplift, so IT and support teams must turn strategy into safe, measurable change; Zendesk’s Zendesk guide…

Too Long; Didn’t Read:AI prompts for customer service professionals in Gabon (2025) streamline French‑language support, enabling 24/7 personalized service, faster first response and CSAT uplift. Prioritize French ticket automation to handle nearly 600 daily tickets, hit a 4‑hour response window and increase time saved per agent. Customer service teams in Gabon are already feeling the pressure to move faster and stay personal – and well-crafted AI prompts are the shortcut that keeps conversations local, empathetic, and accurate in French and other languages. Industry research shows AI is no longer optional but “mission critical” for 24/7 personalized support and is poised…