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Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE BABA) co-founder Jack Ma appeared at Alibaba Cloud’s campus in Hangzhou on Thursday to celebrate its 15th anniversary, SCMP reports. On Wednesday, Alibaba’s cloud unit showcased its Blossom project, which aims to accelerate AI adoption by providing its clients with infrastructure, AI models, data, and other services. The company upgraded global AI tools with Qwen-Max, a new reasoning model, and $1/year developer kits. Also Read: China’s DeepSeek Teams Up With Tsinghua University To Raise AI Bar, Boost Reasoning Capabilities Alibaba committed at least 380 billion yuan ($52 billion) in cloud computing and AI infrastructure over the…

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and WhatsApp, is stepping up its efforts to transform citizen service delivery in India by partnering with State governments through its AI model Llama and the widely used WhatsApp messaging platform. Sandhya Devanathan, Meta’s India head, disclosed the plan, highlighting the company’s aim to make government services more accessible, integrated, and efficient through digital tools, as per a Moneycontrol report. Since January 2025, Meta has been working with the State government of Andhra Pradesh to streamline citizen interactions through a WhatsApp-based chatbot. This bot functions as a single-window access point for a wide range…

Integrating Claude AI with n8n’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server tools offers a powerful way to enhance task management, automate workflows, and improve communication across platforms. This combination allows you to create an AI-powered personal assistant capable of simplifying complex processes through natural language commands. By connecting Claude AI to tools like Slack, Google Calendar, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and CRM systems, you can centralize task management, optimize scheduling, and streamline communication—all while using the efficiency of AI-driven interfaces. Claude AI & n8n TL;DR Key Takeaways : Integrating Claude AI with n8n’s MCP tools enables seamless task automation, centralized management, and enhanced…

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG GOOGL Google’s DeepMind is diving into marine science with a new AI model designed to help researchers decode dolphin communication. What Happened: Earlier this week, Google DeepMind introduced DolphinGemma, an AI model trained to generate and interpret dolphin-like vocalizations. Built on Google’s open-source Gemma architecture, DolphinGemma was developed in collaboration with the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP), a nonprofit that studies Atlantic spotted dolphins in their natural habitat. Using data collected from decades of dolphin field recordings, the model can produce sequences that mimic real dolphin sounds. See Also: Google Implements Layoffs In HR And Cloud Divisions As…

Cognigy, a company leveraging AI to automate customer service, announced its U.S. headquarters’ move from San Francisco to Dallas, Texas. The DFW market offers a central location, a business-friendly ecosystem and various innovation resources, leading Cognigy to focus on expanding within the growing tech hub. Cognigy offers an AI agent platform for enterprise contact centers and says it has seen significant demand for its solution across multiple markets. The company opened offices in Berlin, London and Amsterdam in 2025 in response to this demand. At its new Dallas HQ, Cognigy plans to accelerate hiring, with several sales, marketing, customer success…

[Submitted on 22 Nov 2024 (v1), last revised 15 Apr 2025 (this version, v2)] View a PDF of the paper titled Adversarial Prompt Distillation for Vision-Language Models, by Lin Luo and 5 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Large pre-trained Vision-Language Models (VLMs) such as Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP) have been shown to be susceptible to adversarial attacks, raising concerns about their deployment in safety-critical applications like autonomous driving and medical diagnosis. One promising approach for robustifying pre-trained VLMs is Adversarial Prompt Tuning (APT), which applies adversarial training during the process of prompt tuning. However, existing APT methods are mostly…

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…

A techie took to Reddit to share his “horrible” interview experience with IBM Bengaluru. He claimed that a recruiter reached out to him for a mid-senior Application Developer role and assured him that his salary expectations would be considered. The candidate, currently earning a CTC of Rs 16 LPA, said he had clearly stated a minimum expectation of Rs 24 LPA. The recruiter, according to him, mentioned that the company’s budget was up to Rs 22 LPA, but if he performed well in the interviews, he could be offered Rs 23 LPA along with a Rs 1.4 lakh joining bonus.…

At least nine members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community have unexpectedly had their visas and immigration statuses revoked, President Sally Kornbluth said, expressing serious concern over the move. This could undermine the United States’ global scientific leadership and competitive edge, she said.In an email to the MIT community dated April 14, Ms Kornbluth said nine researchers and students had their visas and immigration permissions rescinded without prior notification. “Since April 4, nine members of our community – students, recent graduates and postdocs – have had their visas and immigration status unexpectedly revoked,” she wrote.The action, part of…

AsianFin — The global venture capital (VC) transaction volumes plunged in the first quarter of 2025, according to global research institutions Crunchbase and PitchBook-NVCA.Despite a decline in overall deal volume, artificial intelligence (AI) investments have experienced the most robust quarter in the first quarter of 2025 since mid-2022.Global VC transactions in Q1 2025 reached 7,551 deals, a 32% year-over-year decline, as per PitchBook. However, the total transaction value surged to $126.3 billion, representing a 53.46% increase compared to the same period in 2024.AI and machine learning led the charge, with 2,101 transactions worth $73.1 billion, making up 57.87% of the…