Topic: ai

Feb 28, 2025: 10 AI updates from the past week

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI.  OpenAI announces research preview of GPT-4.5 OpenAI is calling GPT-4.5 … continue reading

IBM’s next generation Granite models are now available

IBM has released the next generation models in its Granite family: Granite 3.2 8B Instruct, Granite 3.2 2B Instruct, Granite Vision 3.2 2B, Granite-Timeseries-TTM-R2.1, Granite-Embedding-30M-Sparse, and new model sizes for Granite Guardian 3.2. Granite 3.2 8B Instruct and Granite 3.2 2B Instruct provide chain of thought reasoning that can be toggled on and off. According … continue reading

Anthropic releases Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

Anthropic made two major announcements today: the release of Claude 3.7 Sonnet and a research preview for an agentic coding tool called Claude Code. Claude Sonnet is the company’s medium cost and performance model, sitting in between the smaller Haiku model and the most powerful Opus models.  According to Anthropic, Claude 3.7 Sonnet is the … continue reading

MongoDB acquires Voyage AI for its embedding and reranking models

MongoDB has announced it is acquiring Voyage AI, a company that makes embedding and reranking models. This acquisition will enable MongoDB’s customers to build reliable AI-powered applications using data stored in MongoDB databases, according to the company. MongoDB went on to explain that AI-powered applications are prone to hallucinations because of their probabilistic nature, and … continue reading

Feb 21, 2025: Development tools that have recently added new AI capabilities

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI.  OpenAI expands Operator to more countries Operator is now available … continue reading

From search to conversational AI: How vector databases are powering smarter applications

With AI making its way into code and infrastructure, it’s also becoming important in the area of data search and retrieval. I recently had the chance to discuss this with Steve Kearns, the general manager of Search at Elastic, and how AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) can be used to build smarter, more reliable … continue reading

DeepSeek Unpacked: Security, Innovation, and What’s Next

DeepSeek has taken the tech world by storm for the past month after it was revealed that the company’s models were trained for a fraction of the cost of other top models while still delivering competitive performance in many areas. Not only were they cheaper to train, but they’re also cheaper to run, making DeepSeek’s … continue reading

Boomi launches new API management solution to help companies deal with API sprawl

The integration company Boomi today announced a new API management solution that empowers organizations to control API sprawl. Organizations that are utilizing generative AI have about five times as many APIs as those who aren’t, according to IDC’s API Sprawl and AI Enablement report from December 2024.  “APIs have become the backbone of AI-driven innovation, … continue reading

JetBrains AI Assistant can now use local LLMs

JetBrains has announced an update to its AI Assistant that enables it to use local models so that developers under strict data privacy and compliance rules can work with it.  To enable this feature, users will need to enable LM Studio under “Third-party AI providers” in the AI Assistant settings. LM Studio provides an interface … continue reading

The future of embedded analytics and how it’s shaping decision making

Embedded analytics is poised for significant transformation, driven by advancements in AI, data visualization, and the increasing demand for data-driven decision-making. The growing emphasis on data-driven strategies has put embedded analytics in a central role for improving operational efficiency, customer experiences, and overall business performance. The future of embedded analytics will be defined by its … continue reading

Anthropic releases dataset that provides insight into how AI is influencing labor market

Anthropic has published the Anthropic Economic Index in an attempt to understand how AI is impacting labor markets.  The report details how AI is actually being used by workers today, which tasks it’s being used for, and how worker salary influences AI use.  Anthropic decided to group AI use by occupational tasks rather than occupations, … continue reading

Feb 7, 2025: Development tools that have recently added new AI capabilities

Software companies are constantly trying to add more and more AI features to their platforms, and it can be hard to keep up with it all. We’ve written this roundup to share updates from 10 notable companies that have recently enhanced their products with AI.  Google announces Gemini 2.0 Flash, Flash-Lite, and Pro Gemini 2.0 … continue reading

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