Alibaba has released its Qwen3 model series, which achieves benchmark results on par with current top models such as DeepSeek-R1, o1, o3-mini, Grok-3, and Gemini-2.5-Pro. The two largest models in the ...

OpenAI has now officially responded to the recent controversy surrounding GPT-4o's tone. In a blog post, the company admits that the latest update pushed the model’s personality too far in a ...

Just one day after announcing its new "AI-first" strategy (see below), Duolingo has launched its largest content expansion to date. The company has released 148 new language courses, all created using ...

Researchers at the University of Zurich conducted an unauthorized experiment on the popular Reddit community r/ChangeMyView (CMV), using AI-powered accounts to test the persuasive ability of large ...

A new open-source AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI processes images, text, and videos with surprising efficiency. Kimi-VL stands out for its ability to handle long documents, complex ...

A majority of Americans hold a pessimistic outlook on the influence of artificial intelligence in news and journalism, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in summer 2024. The survey ...

Microsoft has significantly reduced its data center expansion plans, scaling back more than previously reported. The decision follows major changes in its relationship with OpenAI and underperformance ...

Duolingo is restructuring its operations to focus on generative AI for content creation and process automation. The company plans to gradually reduce reliance on contractors wherever AI can handle the ...

Munich-based Leonine Studios has integrated AI tools across its operations, from creative development to administrative tasks. The media company's AI strategy, led by manager Danilo Pejaković, aims to ...

ChatGPT did not always default to flattery. According to former Microsoft executive Mikhail Parakhin—now CTO at Spotify—the decision to make the chatbot more agreeable came after users responded ...

ChatGPT's expanding search and shopping features highlight OpenAI's drive towards monetization. However, the platform's conversational approach to information retrieval poses unique challenges for ...

Meta unveiled several new AI initiatives at its first LlamaCon developer conference, headlined by a standalone AI assistant app and a comprehensive API for its Llama language models. The Meta AI app ...