Large Language Models news and trends

AI Adoption Still in ‘Very Early’ Stages, BlackRock Exec Says
artificial intelligence // December 08, 2024

Investment giant BlackRock expects 2025 to be a big year for infrastructure and cybersecurity. And the artificial intelligence (AI) boom will play a major role in those investments, Jay Jacobs, BlackRock’s U.S. head of thematic and active ETFs, told CNBC in a report published Saturday...

Meta Releases Less Expensive AI Model Aimed at Open Source Developers
Meta // December 06, 2024

Meta has unveiled a more efficient artificial intelligence (AI) model that could slash computing costs for businesses adopting AI technology. “Llama 3.3 improves core performance at a significantly lower cost, making it even more accessible to the entire open-source community,” Meta’s Vice President of Generative...

OpenAI Debuts $200-Per-Month ChatGPT Pro Plan
artificial intelligence // December 05, 2024

OpenAI has debuted a “research grade” version of its main artificial intelligence (AI) model. “As AI becomes more advanced, it will solve increasingly complex and critical problems. It also takes significantly more compute to power these capabilities,” the company wrote in its announcement Thursday (Dec....

AWS and Anthropic to Build 5x Larger Supercomputer
artificial intelligence // December 03, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic are building a supercomputer that will be five times the size and have five times the performance of the one Anthropic used to train its current generation of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Dubbed “Project Rainier,” the EC2 UltraCluster of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Meta’s Zuckerberg Touts AI Progress but Warns of ‘Serious Infrastructure’

October 30, 2024
The old saying is you’ve got to spend money to make money. For Meta, notching a third quarter earnings report with record revenues, the fact remains that the long-term artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap will require as yet undefined billions of dollars of capital investments in the next year and beyond. The read across might be […]

Walmart and Amazon Turn to GenAI and Ditch the ‘Search’ Bar

October 11, 2024
As Walmart and Amazon compete to provide the best online shopping experiences, both are increasing their use of generative AI (GenAI) to improve search offerings. The former announced Wednesday (Oct....

Anthropic’s New Feature Allows Businesses to Reuse Prompt Information

August 14, 2024
Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has debuted a new feature for its large language models (LLMs) aimed at reducing costs and improving performance for businesses using its AI. The company’s “Prompt...

GenAI Giants Unleash New Models With More Business Capabilities

July 29, 2024
In a move that’s sending ripples through the tech and business worlds, Meta Platforms has unveiled its most advanced AI models yet, challenging industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release...

Quick Reads
IBM Says Optics Breakthrough Can Enhance AI Training

December 09, 2024
IBM said new optics technology research could improve how data centers train AI models. The researchers, the tech giant said Monday (Dec.9), have come up with a new process for co-packaged optics (CPO), the next generation of optics technology, to allow for connectivity within data centers “at the speed of light” through optics to complement […]

AI Adoption Still in ‘Very Early’ Stages, BlackRock Exec Says

December 08, 2024
Investment giant BlackRock expects 2025 to be a big year for infrastructure and cybersecurity. And the artificial intelligence (AI) boom will play a major role in those investments, Jay Jacobs,...

OpenAI Debuts $200-Per-Month ChatGPT Pro Plan

December 05, 2024
OpenAI has debuted a “research grade” version of its main artificial intelligence (AI) model. “As AI becomes more advanced, it will solve increasingly complex and critical problems. It also takes...

AWS and Anthropic to Build 5x Larger Supercomputer

December 03, 2024
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Anthropic are building a supercomputer that will be five times the size and have five times the performance of the one Anthropic used to train...