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At its inaugural LlamaCon AI developer conference on Tuesday, Meta announced an API for its Llama series of AI models: the Llama API. Available in limited preview, the Llama API lets developers explore and experiment with products powered by different Llama models, per Meta. Paired with Meta’s SDKs, it allows developers to build Llama-driven services, tools and applications. Meta didn’t immediately share the API’s pricing with TechCrunch. The rollout of the API comes as Meta looks to maintain a lead in the fiercely competitive open model space. While Llama models have racked up more than a billion downloads to date,…
Anthropic, the AI startup behind the Claude family of models, released a new report as part of their Economic Index Research. The latest report suggests that Anthropic’s products, the web-based conversational AI platform Claude.ai and the coding agent tool Claude Code, are increasingly being used to automate coding processes, rather than simply using them as assistants. The company analysed 5 lakh coding-related interactions across both products. Anthropic reported that 79% of conversations on Claude Code involved “automation”, where the AI directly completed tasks. The remaining 21% were categorised as “augmentation”, where the AI collaborated with users to enhance their capabilities.…
Tesla revealed some new Semi fleet data, as well as a new feature the truck will have, and expanded on plans for infrastructure at the ACT Expo today in Los Angeles. The Tesla Semi is one of the company’s most anticipated releases, and although it has already made its way into several company fleets, other companies are waiting for the automaker to fulfill their orders. Tesla recently reaffirmed its mass production date of late 2025, hoping to build 50,000 Semi units annually at a new factory in Reno, Nevada. At the ACT Expo, Tesla revealed some new details about the…
P-1 AI, a startup that has been operating in stealth mode, announced on Monday that it has raised $23 million, led by Radical Ventures. The startup aims to build an AI agent called ‘Archie’, which will automate tasks typically performed by humans in the physical domain. The startup was founded by Aleksa Gordić, a former researcher at Google DeepMind, along with Paul Eremenko, a former CTO of Airbus, among others. “Our vision is simple: we want to build an engineering AGI (artificial general intelligence) for the real world to help us design airplanes, Dyson spheres, cars, HVAC (heating, ventilation and…
[Submitted on 18 Mar 2025 (v1), last revised 27 Apr 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Unlocking the Potential of Unlabeled Data in Semi-Supervised Domain Generalization, by Dongkwan Lee and 2 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:We address the problem of semi-supervised domain generalization (SSDG), where the distributions of train and test data differ, and only a small amount of labeled data along with a larger amount of unlabeled data are available during training. Existing SSDG methods that leverage only the unlabeled samples for which the model’s predictions are highly confident (confident-unlabeled samples), limit…
Researchers from Stanford University early today published the latest edition of their annual AI Index Report, detailing the growing influence of artificial intelligence technologies on our society and the global economy. The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, known as Stanford HAI, has been publishing its annual reports on the state of the AI industry since 2017. This year’s edition, the eighth, is the “most comprehensive” report to date, spanning more than 430 pages. The authors say it’s arriving at a critical juncture as the influence of AI across society rapidly accelerates with the emergence of increasingly capable and sophisticated…
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., April 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — VOC.AI, a North America leader in AI-driven customer service solutions and intelligent insights, announced today the successful completion of a new multi-million-dollar funding round. The investment was led by Shanda Grab Ventures, in partnership with Northern Light Venture Capital and Starting Gate Fund. Unique Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor. VOC.AI AI-Powered CSR for E-Commerce Brands VOC.AI Customer Reviews The funding will accelerate the development of VOC.AI’s AI-enabled agents and support its mission to boost workforce efficiency through…
By default, Google Photos now uses Gemini AI to search through your photo library. This is thanks to a new feature called Ask Photos that rolled out late last year. While this feature is great for locating specific photos, it’s not as fast as the older search option, so it’s not ideal for every search, especially more general ones. If you’re tired of using Gemini’s slower search in Google Photos for Android, there’s a shortcut that helps you return to the classic search functionality.As spotted by 9to5Google, you can long-press the search button (which is labelled Ask and is located…
[Image from Pixabay]The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative recently announced the establishment of the Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub to drive children’s healthcare innovation. Launched in collaboration with the Boston-based Charles H. Hood Foundation — which has committed $15 million toward the effort over the next five years — the hub will focus on developing technologies and treatments tailored specifically for children, meeting unmet needs in pediatric medicine. Leveraging MIT’s life science strengths, the hub will provide seed funding and strategic support for bold, high-impact research projects with the potential to transform children’s healthcare. In addition to supporting researchers with…
Between 2013 and 2024, global private sector investment in artificial intelligence (AI) has surged, with a few countries leading the charge. Recent data reveals that 12 nations accounted for the bulk of global AI funding during this period, underscoring a growing international race for technological leadership. The United States leads by a wide margin, raising $471 billion—more than the rest of the world combined. China follows with $119 billion, while the United Kingdom, Canada, and Israel round out the top five with $28 billion and $15 billion each, respectively. Read also: Top countries leading in artificial intelligence patents This concentrated…