Author: Advanced AI Editor
Tue 29th Apr, 2025Cisco has announced the launch of Foundation AI, an open-source reasoning model designed specifically for IT security applications. This innovative tool is engineered to seamlessly integrate into existing security frameworks, enabling businesses to swiftly and accurately address queries with its robust architecture featuring eight billion parameters. Developed under the guidance of Cisco’s Chief Product Officer, Jeetu Patel, Foundation AI was trained using a dataset comprising 200 billion tokens based on the Llama 3 framework. The objective behind this development was to create a compact yet powerful model suitable for smaller operational environments, capable of running on Nvidia…
Researchers from the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), MIT’s Media Lab, the Brazilian university UFABC, and the pandemic prevention non-profit SecureBio have found that leading artificial intelligence models can outperform experienced, PhD-level virologists in troubleshooting complex laboratory procedures. The findings, detailed in a new study introducing the Virology Capabilities Test (VCT), demonstrate AI’s proficiency in specialized scientific tasks but also highlight serious dual-use concerns, suggesting these tools could lower the barrier for creating dangerous biological agents. The VCT benchmark, consisting of 322 questions and detailed further in its research paper, was designed specifically to measure an AI’s ability to assist…
Perplexity AI has introduced its chatbot on the instant messaging platform WhatsApp. With WhatsApp integration, Perplexity eliminates the need for sign-ups or logins, allowing users to access its services instantly — unlike its native app which requires account creation. Users can ask questions, conduct research, summarize information and create custom images at no cost, through the messaging app. Competitors like OpenAI have also adopted a similar approach, and Perplexity has already launched this service for Telegram, where users can access the chatbot under the name “ask plexbot.” Perplexity had also previously made itself available on the social media platform X…
RESTON, Va., April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a leading information technology partner for governments worldwide, and Moveworks, the leading agentic artificial intelligence (AI) assistant for enterprises, are collaborating to increase the efficiency of government workers in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Steve Hull, Leidos Digital Modernization Sector president (left) and Bhavin Shah, Moveworks CEO and Co-Founder (right). (Photo/Leidos) Agentic AI helps people do their work better and faster as a digital personal assistant that knows how to make decisions and automate daily work processes. As commercial organizations are embracing it, the Leidos-Moveworks partnership will allow government agencies to…
By Brett Chalmers, Opus 2. In the high-stakes litigation environment, the margin for error is razor-thin. Legal teams are managing immense pressure—professionally, financially, and reputationally. Each case presents a binary outcome: win or lose. Having only a few advantages isn’t enough in this high-risk, high-reward landscape. Litigation teams need every possible edge. Now, add AI to the mix. Legal professionals are facing a wave of AI-powered technology. The market has never been more saturated or confusing, from brand-new tools promising revolutionary results to trusted platforms layering in intelligent capabilities. There’s a real sense of urgency among law firms to integrate these solutions, but with urgency comes risk. Making…
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…
In the era of generative AI, new large language models (LLMs) are continually emerging, each with unique capabilities, architectures, and optimizations. Among these, Amazon Nova foundation models (FMs) deliver frontier intelligence and industry-leading cost-performance, available exclusively on Amazon Bedrock. Since its launch in 2024, generative AI practitioners, including the teams in Amazon, have started transitioning their workloads from existing FMs and adopting Amazon Nova models. However, when transitioning between different foundation models, the prompts created for your original model might not be as performant for Amazon Nova models without prompt engineering and optimization. Amazon Bedrock prompt optimization offers a tool…
IoT Analytics has released new analysis identifying the top 10 enterprise generative AI applications, highlighting that customer issue resolution accounts for the largest proportion of deployments within companies implementing this technology. The findings are derived from a review of 530 documented generative AI projects across 68 common business activities. According to IoT Analytics, the technology is being employed throughout numerous business functions, with a pronounced focus on improving operational efficiency and effectiveness. Customer support departments have emerged as the predominant area for enterprise generative AI deployment. The research indicates that 49% of examined projects fall within customer support, and of…
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…