Google's new Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models boast enhanced thinking capabilities, enabling advanced AI applications, while Veo 2 offers high-quality video generation from text and image prompts, and the Live API allows developers to build real-time interactive applications.
BrowseComp, a novel AI benchmark, evaluates web browsing skills by posing 1,266 complex queries requiring synthesis of information across multiple websites, with a deep research model achieving 51.5% accuracy, surpassing other models' performance on this challenging task.
Google aims to merge its AI models Gemini and Veo, combining Gemini's multimodal capabilities with Veo's understanding of real-world physics learned from YouTube data, to create an enhanced universal digital assistant with improved physical world comprehension.
YouTube throws its weight behind the 'No Fakes Act' to combat unauthorized AI-generated replicas, allowing individuals to request removal while balancing innovation, as it expands its pilot program enabling creators to detect and remove AI copies of themselves.
AI agents' energy usage varies based on model size, modality, and output length, necessitating a balance between performance and sustainability through efficient model selection, open-source frameworks, and task-appropriate approaches.
Google has unveiled Ironwood, a colossal seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) designed for inference, boasting unparalleled computational power over 24 times greater than the world's largest supercomputer, marking a groundbreaking leap in energy-efficient inference capabilities.
IBM has launched the z17 mainframe, engineered specifically for AI and generative AI workloads, featuring high-capacity Telum II processors, compatibility with IBM's Spyre accelerator chips, and new performance management and operating system tools.
Nvidia, a leader in AI chips, faces challenges navigating Trump's trade tensions and tariffs that threaten its global supply chain and exports to China, prompting CEO Jensen Huang to fortify the company's dominance through expanding research and talent pipelines worldwide.
The AI market, encompassing technologies like computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing, is poised for explosive growth, projected to soar from $244.22 billion in 2025 to an astonishing $1.01 trillion by 2031, with the United States leading the charge.
Meta unveils Llama 4 Behemoth, one of the most powerful multimodal AI language models, as part of its Llama 4 release, reinforcing its massive investment in AI with plans to spend up to $65 billion by 2025.