Image: IBM ARMONK, N.Y., February 26, 2025 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced additions to its Granite portfolio of large language models, intended to deliver small, efficient enterprise AI. The new Granite 3.2 models include: A new vision language model (VLM) for …
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February 25, 2025, Boston — Global telcos are eager for generative AI solutions but are struggling to make them work, with only half of use cases meeting business goals, according to a new report from the consulting firm Altman Solon …
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By Kailash Thiyagarajan In the ever-evolving world of retail, providing personalized and timely product recommendations is crucial to driving customer engagement and maximizing conversion rates. Traditional recommendation systems, while effective to an extent, face significant limitations adapting to rapidly changing …
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AUSTIN, TX – February 25, 2025 – Imandra Inc., a neurosymbolic reasoning AI startup, today announced ImandraX, the latest release of its Imandra automated reasoning engine. The company said ImandraX marks an advancement in AI-driven logical reasoning, introducing powerful reasoning …
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https://orionx.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/HPCNB_20250224.mp3 A good late February morning to you! Here’s a rapid (7:05) review of recent news from the world of HPC-AI, including: – New in-house-manufactured Microsoft quantum processing unit: Majorana 1 – DARPA’s US2QC quantum program – (Funding) and harnessing …
Problems associated with GPU deployment – interminable order wait times, high prices and, particularly, dire need – are leading to new GPU access strategies. An article in today’s Wall Street Journal, “Your Gaming PC Could Help Train AI Models,” reports …
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For enterprise data teams, GenAI expectations are sky-high, and a new survey of data and analytics executives by Wakefield Research on behalf of data copilot company Prophecy finds that management often leads the charge. A quarter of executives (25 percent) …
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SAN FRANCISCO, February 20, 2025 — AI acceleration cloud complany Together AI announced a $305 million Series B investment led by General Catalyst and co-led by Prosperity7. The round saw participation from institutional and strategic investors including Salesforce Ventures, DAMAC Capital, …
20th February 2025, London — Twin Path Ventures, a UK pre-seed investor in AI-first startups, has received support from British Business Investments for its strategy to invest in UK-based tech founders building and launching AI-powered solutions. British Business Investments, a …
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WEST tokamak run by the CEA © L. Godart/CEA Feb. 18, 2025 — French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for more than 22 minutes, a 25 percent improvement …
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