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Chinese tech giants like Alibaba (BABA), Tencent (TCEHY), and ByteDance have placed over $16 billion in orders for Nvidia’s (NVDA) H20 AI chips during the first quarter of 2025, according to The Information. The rush in demand comes amid concerns that the U.S. may soon ban the sale of these chips to China. While Nvidia has not commented, these orders could significantly boost revenue if the company manages to deliver the chips before any restrictions take effect.Don’t Miss Our End of Quarter Offers:The H20 is currently allowed in China, but it’s less powerful than Nvidia’s Blackwell chips, which are banned…

Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) suffer from high computational costs due to their massive size and the large number of visual tokens. In this paper, we investigate layer-wise redundancy in MLLMs by introducing a novel metric, Layer Contribution (LC), which quantifies the impact of a layer’s transformations on visual and text tokens, respectively. The calculation of LC involves measuring the divergence in model output that results from removing the layer’s transformations on the specified tokens. Our pilot experiment reveals that many layers of MLLMs exhibit minimal contribution during the processing of visual tokens. Motivated by this observation, we propose ShortV,…

Robert Legato – the respected VFX innovator who won Oscars for “Titanic,” “Hugo” and “The Jungle Book” – has joined Stability AI at chief pipeline architect. In doing so, he reteams with James Cameron, an influential board member for the AI firm. Legato is credited with creating the virtual cinematography pipeline for Cameron’s “Avatar,” which went on to surpass the director’s “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all time with $2.8 billion at the worldwide box office. Legato’s pioneering work has also included “Apollo 13,” “The Aviator,” and the virtual production of “The Lion King.” He’s also held roles…

If you are interested in building your very own local deep research AI assistant, you might be interested in Google’s Gemma 3 AI models. They represent a significant advancement in artificial intelligence, offering a compact yet robust solution tailored for local deployment. Derived from the larger Gemini series, these models combine high performance with a strong emphasis on privacy and accessibility. Featuring multimodal capabilities, support for 140 languages, and the ability to generate structured outputs, Gemma 3 is engineered to meet diverse AI research assistant and productivity demands. These models are open source and optimized for local use, allowing you…

Paris-based artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI said today it’s open-sourcing a new, lightweight AI model called Mistral Small 3.1, claiming it surpasses the capabilities of similar models created by OpenAI and Google LLC. It’s a move that’s likely to escalate the race to develop powerful yet low-cost large language models. Mistral Small 3.1 is able to process text and images with just 24 billion parameters, which means it’s only a fraction of the size of many of the most advanced models around, but still able to compete with them. In a blog post, Mistral explained that Mistral Small 3.1 offers…

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The entire AI landscape shifted back in January 2025 after a then little-known Chinese AI startup DeepSeek (a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based quantitative analysis firm High-Flyer Capital Management) launched its powerful open source language reasoning model DeepSeek R1 publicly to the world, besting the performance of U.S. tech giants such as Meta. As DeepSeek usage spread rapidly among researchers and enterprises, Meta was reportedly sent into panic mode upon learning that this new R1 model had been trained for a…

The past week was a whirlwind of AI-related news, with tech giants Microsoft Corp. MSFT, Alibaba Group Holding BABA, and OpenAI making significant strides in the field. From AI roasting tech leaders to the unveiling of new AI models, the week was filled with exciting developments. Let’s dive into the top stories. Microsoft’s AI Copilot Roasts Tech Leaders In a humorous twist during Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary celebrations, the company’s AI assistant, Copilot, took the opportunity to roast tech leaders Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Steve Ballmer. The event was part of a special interview designed to celebrate Microsoft’s legacy. Read the full article here. Alibaba…

SUZHOU, China, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On 26 March, Suzhou Pudu Co-Intelligence Technology Company, a joint venture between Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) and Baidu Group, was launched as China’s first AI-focused joint venture co-founded by Baidu and a university. AI+education: Redefining learning Through AI-driven innovation, Pudu Co-Intelligence seeks to transform the whole education value chain, empower industrial evolution and cultivate localised service ecosystems. The company will soon launch the Pudu Co-Intelligence AI Forum, bringing together Baidu’s chief scientists, XJTLU’s AI researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders to share their thinking on cutting-edge technologies, AI research, interpretation of relevant policies, and personal experience…

Major Chinese technology companies, including Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), Tencent (TCEHY), and ByteDance (BDNCE), have reportedly placed more than $16 billion in orders for Nvidia’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) H20 AI server chips during the first quarter of 2025, according to The Information. The surge in demand is tied to concerns over a potential U.S. ban on exports of the chip to China. These orders could benefit Nvidia financially but only if the company can fulfill them before any new export restrictions take effect. Nvidia generated $17.11 billion in sales from China in its fiscal year ended January 26, accounting for about 13% of its…

We missed this earlier: Social media conglomerate Meta is involved in revenue-sharing agreements with hosts of its Llama Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, revealed court filings related to an ongoing copyright lawsuit, Kadrey vs. Meta. While the case itself deals with Meta’s alleged usage of a vast quantity of data from pirated e-books to train Llama, proceedings before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on March 21 saw plaintiffs’ attorneys noting that the company “shares a percentage of the revenue” that the AI model hosts generate from Llama users. The court redacts the names of the…