Google is reportedly planning to heavily invest in artificial intelligence (AI) education. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s efforts are said to be concentrated on professionals working in the technology and allied fields as well as regulators and lawmakers who will determine…
Hugging Face Introduces Compact Versions of SmolVLM Vision Language Model That Can Run on Consumer Laptops
Hugging Face introduced two new variants to its SmolVLM vision language models last week. The new artificial intelligence (AI) models are available in 256 million and 500 million parameter sizes, with the former being claimed as the world’s smallest vision model…
DeepSeek’s iOS App Overtakes ChatGPT on App Store, Tech Leaders React to the Open-Source AI Model’s Rise
DeepSeek for iOS has overtaken OpenAI’s ChatGPT to top the App Store’s “Top free apps” chart in the US. The eponymous Chinese company released the open-source DeepSeek-R1 artificial intelligence (AI) model last week, which outperforms OpenAI’s o1 AI model in several…
Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta to Spend Up to $65 Billion on AI in 2025
Mark Zuckerberg plans to invest as much as $65 billion (roughly Rs. 5,61,908 crore) on projects related to artificial intelligence in 2025. Zuckerberg’s announcement comes days after OpenAI, SoftBank Group Corp. and Oracle Corp. announced a $100 billion (roughly Rs. 8,64,404 crore)…
Apple Enlists Veteran Software Executive Kim Vorrath to Help Fix AI and Siri
Apple has moved Kim Vorrath artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) division this week, according to people with knowledge of the matter. She’ll be a top deputy to AI chief John Giannandrea
OpenAI Updates Canvas With o1 AI Model Support, Expands to ChatGPT App for macOS
OpenAI announced several upgrades for its Canvas feature on Saturday. The sandbox-styled pop-up window that allows users to work alongside the chatbot to make inline edits, formatting, and coding was first released in October 2024 in early beta. It was then…