Author: advancedainews

GPT-4, OpenAI’s first big upgrade to ChatGPT months after unleashing it on the world, is on its way out. A changelog the company published on Thursday said the model will be retired from ChatGPT on April 30. GPT-4o, which has been available since last May, will fully replace it.Despite GPT-4’s significance in modern AI’s brief but world-changing history, its sunsetting isn’t a great loss for customers. OpenAI says GPT-4o improves on it in writing, coding and STEM. Recent upgrades have boosted the newer model further, enhancing its instruction following, problem-solving and conversational flow. The company describes the multimodal GPT-4o as…

It might be around that time of year when you’re starting to figure out your summer vacation plans. Google has revealed some new features that can help with that, including a handy AI-powered one for Maps.If you turn on the new screenshot list, Gemini can automatically recognize locations that are mentioned in screenshots you take in the app. You can then save the places you’re interested in to a list. These saved spots will appear on the map, and you can share the list with your travel companions. This feature will be available on iOS in English in the US…

Midjourney has released the alpha version of V7, which it says is an “entirely new” AI image generation model and is much smarter at processing your text prompts. The image quality of its output is noticeably higher, the Midjourney team says, and can create better textures, bodies and hands. AI image generators typically struggle with creating accurate depictions of hands, but based on photos posted by some users on their socials, V7 is capable of spitting out some photorealistic images of human hands.The new model comes with a feature called “Draft Mode,” which can render images at half the speed…

International Business Machines Corporation IBM is scheduled to report first-quarter 2025 earnings on April 23. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for sales and earnings is pegged at $14.45 billion and $1.42 per share, respectively. Earnings estimates for IBM for 2025 have declined to $10.73 per share from $10.77 over the past 60 days, while the same for 2026 have decreased to $11.51 from $11.59. Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The cloud and data platform delivered a four-quarter earnings surprise of 6.1%, on average, beating estimates on each occasion. In the last reported quarter, the company pulled off an…

International Business Machines Corporation IBM and Microsoft Corporation MSFT are two of the leading players in the global cloud computing industry. IBM offers cloud and data solutions that aid enterprises in digital transformation. In addition to hybrid cloud services, the company provides advanced information technology solutions, computer systems, quantum computing and supercomputing solutions, enterprise software, storage systems and microelectronics.On the other hand, Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform offers several hybrid solutions that can host applications and workloads and provide security and operational tools for hybrid environments. Azure hybrid services range from virtualized hardware that hosts traditional IT apps and databases to…

Photo: Adam Gray (Getty Images) Shaken by geopolitical shocks, the S&P 500 was flat last week and the Nasdaq nosed just into the red — but the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished significantly lower, weighed down by a double blow from UnitedHealth (UNH) and Nvidia (NVDA). UnitedHealth slashed its full-year forecast after a rough quarter, sending shares tumbling over 20% and dragging the larger index lower. Nvidia also stumbled, dropping nearly 7% after reports of a new U.S. clampdown on AI chip exports to China. Thursday’s further drop pushed Nvidia’s market cap below $2.5 trillion, bringing its total loss to…

Nvidia (NVDA) stock fell 5.5% midday Monday after a report from Reuters said Chinese tech giant Huawei is set to begin shipping advanced AI chips as soon as next month, after Trump’s new export rules effectively banned the company from selling its H20 chips in China. NasdaqGS – Nasdaq Real Time Price • USD As of 1:00:27 PM EDT. Market Open. Huawei’s new 910C chips are reportedly competitive with Nvidia’s H100 AI chips, which are two generations behind its latest Blackwell chips. The H100 GPUs (graphics processing units) were banned from export to China by the US government in 2022.…

Amazon (AMZN) stock fell as much as 4% in early trading Monday after Raymond James (RJF) downgraded shares to Overperform from a Strong Buy. NasdaqGS – Nasdaq Real Time Price • USD As of 10:53:33 AM EDT. Market Open. Analyst Josh Beck cited headwinds from President Donald Trump’s recently-enacted tariffs and risks related to Amazon’s hefty capital investments — the company is set to spend more than $100 billion in the 2025 fiscal year as it goes all-in on artificial intelligence. Beck lowered his price target on Amazon stock to $195 from $275. The analyst also trimmed his estimates for…

Nvidia (NVDA) on Monday said it will produce up to $500 billion of AI infrastructure in the US within the next four years as the tech industry looks to bolster its domestic manufacturing footprint in the face of Trump’s approach to trade policy and desire to onshore more US heavy industry. As part of this $500 billion commitment to the AI supply chain, Nvidia said it is building two new supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas in partnership with contract manufacturers Foxconn (2354.TW) and Wistron (3231.TW). Nvidia expects to mass-produce supercomputers at those sites in 12 to 15 months. The chipmaker…

Palantir (PLTR) stock rose 4.6% on Monday after NATO announced it had finalized the acquisition of an AI military system from the Denver-based defense tech firm. Details of the deal were not disclosed, but NATO said it would begin using Palantir’s technology — the Maven Smart System NATO (MSS NATO) — in the next 30 days. MSS uses AI to compile and analyze data for “battlespace awareness and planning,” including the identification of military targets. Palantir stock had gained as much as 9% before forfeiting some of these gains in morning trade alongside a broader market decline. NasdaqGS – Delayed…