AI News
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's AI News section.
Meta Launches Meta Spirit LM, an Open Source Language Model for Speech and Text Integration
The new model allows users to generate more natural-sounding speech and demonstrates the capability to learn tasks across different modalities, including ASR, TTS, and speech classification.
Siddharth Jindal ·
MSDE Partners with Meta, Sarvam AI to Launch AI Assistant, Five VR/MR Centers of Excellence
Under the collaboration, an AI chatbot powered by Meta’s Llama model will be integrated into the SID Portal.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Microsoft Launches Inference Framework to Run 100B 1-Bit LLMs on Local Devices
BitNet.cpp can run a 100B BitNet b1.58 model on a single CPU, achieving processing speeds comparable to human reading, at 5-7 tokens per second.
Siddharth Jindal ·
DevRev Launches SaaS 2.0 with AI Agents for Enterprise
The new "Conversational AI Builder" allows businesses to design custom AI agents through a no-code interface, ensuring up to 95% accuracy in completing tasks.
Mohit Pandey ·
‘OpenAI’s o1 Model Was Almost Named GPT-5,’ Reveals Sam Altman
Hinting at the upcoming release of GPT-5.
Aditi Suresh ·
Wipro Trains 44,000 Employees in Advanced AI
Pallia emphasised that he believes all Wipro employees should adopt an AI-first mindset, have the right skill set, and use the right tool set in their work for all clients.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Ex-Oracle and Google Engineers’ AI Startup Raises $7 mn Funding From Accel
Simplismart’s inference engine optimisations enabled Llama 3.1 8B to achieve a throughput of over 440 tokens per second.
Mohit Pandey ·
Infosys is Finally Building Small Language Models and Multi-Agent Framework
Parekh also shared a notable case involving building a multi-agent framework for a client, where the agents handle specific business processes almost entirely on their own.
Mohit Pandey ·
DataStax Announces DataStax AI Platform Built with NVIDIA AI
Reduces AI Development Time by 60%; Handles AI Workloads 19x Faster;Enterprises Can Create AI That Increases In Accuracy As Customers Engage
Shalini Mondal ·
Okta Launches Customer Identity Cloud for GenAI Applications
The new features allow Okta customers to implement secure identity standards more easily for typical patterns in GenAI applications, improving the process of handling sensitive user data and permissions
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google Announces AI Collaborations For Healthcare, Sustainability, and Agriculture in India
“At Google, we’re not just building AI but shaping a future where AI benefits everyone,” said Dr. Manish Gupta.
Mohit Pandey ·
Meta Unveils CoTracker3 to Improve Tracking Using Pseudo Labelling Real Videos
CoTracker3 is equipped to self-label parts of the data, increasing the quality and quantity of training information without requiring fully annotated datasets.
Tanisha Bhattacharjee ·
SurveyMonkey Establishes GCC in Bengaluru to Boost AI and Product Innovation
With the launch of their Bengaluru office, SurveyMonkey is hiring professionals to join their team.
Aditi Suresh ·
Jensen Huang and Mukesh Ambani to Discuss India’s AI Future at NVIDIA AI Summit in Mumbai
Huang’s visit marks a continuation of NVIDIA’s collaboration with Indian companies, including Reliance, Tata, and Infosys, to enhance India’s AI startup ecosystem and reskill the IT workforce.
Siddharth Jindal ·
84% of Consumers Make Purchases Based on AI-Driven Recommendations, says Shiprocket Report
India’s eCommerce export market is presently valued at approximately $3-4 billion but is expected to surge to $200-300 billion by 2030.
Vidyashree Srinivas ·
AI-Powered Budy.bot Raises $4.2 Mn to Simplify Sales and Marketing Chaos for Companies
According to Grand View Research, the chatbot market is set to reach over $3.9 billion globally by 2030.
Vidyashree Srinivas ·
Zerodha Announces $1M FLOSS Fund to Support Open Source Projects
“An alternate vision is very difficult for me to comprehend, and a non-FOSS path to building technology, let alone an organisation, has never seemed logical,” said Kailash Nadh, CTO of Zerodha.
vandana.nair ·
Mistral AI Launches Ministral 3B and 8B Models for Edge Computing
Benchmarks indicate that the Ministral models outperform competitors, including Gemma 2 2B and Llama 3.2 3B and Llama 3.1 8B
Siddharth Jindal ·
Lenovo Unveils Next-Gen Neptune Cooling System to Power NVIDIA Blackwell
Regarding the ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune, Huang said, “Tell me this isn’t beautiful. To an engineer, this is sexy.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
Google Announces $15 Million Funding to Train the Government Workforce in AI
America needs an AI-ready workforce, says the U.S. Department of Energy.
Sanjana Gupta ·