Apple Can ‘Distill’ Google’s Big Gemini Model
Before we get to today’s column, we wanted to flag OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s major reorg, the company’s new "Spud” model and its decision to shut down the Sora video app and application programm...
Meta Launches Meta Small Business
Meta Platforms is launching Meta Small Business, a company-wide initiative to drive AI adoption and support entrepreneurship, Axios reported. In a memo sent to employees on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerb...
Meta Platforms to Lay Off Hundreds
Meta Platforms will lay off a few hundred people across the company on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter, part of a broader effort to overhaul the company for work in the AI ...
AMD-Backed Vultr Seeks $1 Billion for AI Cloud Push
Vultr, one of the oldest independent cloud providers, is seeking to raise at least $1 billion in new capital so it can compete with a growing list of startups scrambling for cash to meet the surging d...
Chinese Authorities Bar Manus Cofounders From Leaving Country
Chinese authorities barred Manus’ cofounders from leaving the country while regulators review Meta Platforms’ $2 billion acquisition of the AI agent startup, the Financial Times reported. Cofounde...
Closing the knowledge gap with agent skills
To bridge the gap between static model knowledge and rapidly evolving software practices, Google DeepMind developed a "Gemini API developer skill" that provides agents with live documentation and SDK ...
