Trump says ‘very good chance’ of Ukraine ceasefire while Russia keeps caveats
Russia struck a sedate tone on Friday but acknowledged grounds for cautious optimism, after only backing the “idea” of a…
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US had ‘productive’ talks with Putin over Ukraine war, Trump says
US envoy Steve Witkoff met Putin in Moscow on Thursday where they discussed the peace process.
Trump’s 200% tariffs could have an unlikely winner — troubled beer brewers
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from Europe would serve a major blow to drinks…
Evaluating RAG applications with Amazon Bedrock knowledge base evaluation
Organizations building and deploying AI applications, particularly those using large language models (LLMs) with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, face…
Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies in Bangladesh
An angry mob set fire to the house where the rape is alleged to have taken place.
Chinese battery giant CATL posts annual revenue drop ahead of Hong Kong listing
The world’s largest electric-vehicle battery maker has filed for a listing in Hong Kong, without disclosing the exact size and…
Passengers evacuate on to wing of burning American Airlines jet
Footage shows passengers huddled on the wing of the commercial airliner, which was on the tarmac, as flames burn under…
Oil, dollars, and debt: How safe is the Middle East from the global trade war?
The blow to growth from a trade war is likely to hurt the price of oil – the mainstay of…
Kering shares plunge 12% after Demna Gvasalia named as Gucci’s artistic director
Shares of Kering plunged on Friday after the firm announced that Demna Gvasalia would take the reigns as new artistic…
UK economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% in January
The U.K.’s economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.1% in January, official figures showed on Friday.
‘Please unleash us,’ Europe’s telcos urge regulators as industry bangs drum for more mega-deals
CEOs of several European telecoms firms are calling on regulators to make it easier for them to combine their operations…
Robots, drones and AI: How next-generation tech is changing the global supply chain
Logistics companies globally are leaning into emerging technologies such as robots, drones and AI to speed up the supply chain…
A Coding Guide to Build a Multimodal Image Captioning App Using Salesforce BLIP Model, Streamlit, Ngrok, and Hugging Face
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build an interactive multimodal image-captioning application using Google’s Colab platform, Salesforce’s powerful BLIP…
Google DeepMind’s Gemini Robotics: Unleashing Embodied AI with Zero-Shot Control and Enhanced Spatial Reasoning
Google DeepMind has shattered conventional boundaries in robotics AI with the unveiling of Gemini Robotics, a suite of models built…
Private equity is heading for a shake-up, experts say: ‘This market actually is a good reset’
“You need to have your private markets beating your public market,” Gaia Investment Partners’ Serena Tan said.
Putin sets out conditions for Ukraine ceasefire
The Russian president agrees fighting must end, but calls for the removal of the “root causes” of the crisis.
Is Putin ready for a ceasefire or playing for time?
Russia is ready for a halt in fighting, says Vladimir Putin, but he says there are “nuances”.
Simular Releases Agent S2: An Open, Modular, and Scalable AI Framework for Computer Use Agents
In today’s digital landscape, interacting with a wide variety of software and operating systems can often be a tedious and…
Peace talks are in parallel universe, say Ukraine front-line troops
Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield say they don’t expect to see the war end any time soon.
How GoDaddy built a category generation system at scale with batch inference for Amazon Bedrock
This post was co-written with Vishal Singh, Data Engineering Leader at Data & Analytics team of GoDaddy Generative AI solutions…
Putin says Russia backs Ukraine ceasefire but any deal must address ‘root causes’
Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for giving “so much attention” to the prospect of a Russia-Ukraine…
Benchmarking customized models on Amazon Bedrock using LLMPerf and LiteLLM
Open foundation models (FMs) allow organizations to build customized AI applications by fine-tuning for their specific domains or tasks, while…
Russia plays hard ball over a ceasefire deal as U.S. officials head to Moscow
How can Russia evade a ceasefire agreement which the U.S. says will show whether the Kremlin is serious about ending…
Trump could be a catalyst for a global pro-crypto shift, Binance CEO says
Binance CEO Richard Teng said he expects Trump’s “pro-crypto” legislation in the U.S. to spur regulators in other parts of…
US team headed to Moscow for Ukraine talks as Putin visits Kursk
President Trump says he can “do things financially” that would be painful for Russia if the war continues.
ChatGPT-owner Open AI says it’s seeing ‘tremendous demand’ across all segments
OpenAI’s head of international strategy has said the artificial intelligence giant is seeing “tremendous demand in the market across all…
Ferrari CEO says carmaker is ‘ready’ with countermeasures as Europe’s automakers brace for tariffs
“We are watching what’s going to happen in the next month, next weeks,” said the Ferrari CEO at CONVERGE LIVE.…
‘Volatility and conflict’: Business leaders sound warnings over Trump’s tariffs
Ray Dalio warned of “fighting” between countries over tariffs, while Marc Benioff said reciprocity needs to be consistent or risk…
Alibaba Researchers Introduce R1-Omni: An Application of Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Reward (RLVR) to an Omni-Multimodal Large Language Model
Emotion recognition from video involves many nuanced challenges. Models that depend exclusively on either visual or audio signals often miss…
China’s DeepSeek moment to risks of groupthink: What tech leaders are saying on AI right now
The future of artificial intelligence is dominating discussions at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore.
Building an Interactive Bilingual (Arabic and English) Chat Interface with Open Source Meraj-Mini by Arcee AI: Leveraging GPU Acceleration, PyTorch, Transformers, Accelerate, BitsAndBytes, and Gradio
In this tutorial, we implement a Bilingual Chat Assistant powered by Arcee’s Meraj-Mini model, which is deployed seamlessly on Google…
Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO to orchestrate turnaround at struggling chipmaker, stock jumps 12%
Intel said on Wednesday that Lip-Bu Tan is taking over as CEO, three months after Pat Gelsinger resigned from the…
Exploring creative possibilities: A visual guide to Amazon Nova Canvas
Compelling AI-generated images start with well-crafted prompts. In this follow-up to our Amazon Nova Canvas Prompt Engineering Guide, we showcase…
From Mexico cartel safe house to US streets: BBC tracks deadly fentanyl targeted by Trump tariffs
One cartel member tells the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville the impact of the illegal drug is “not my problem”.
Pakistan army says 300 hostages freed from train
More than 30 militants were killed in the operation, a military spokesperson says.
Decoding the Ukraine ceasefire plan line-by-line
The US is expected to present a 30-day ceasefire proposal to Russia in the coming days.
Moscow wary of ‘jumping the gun’ after the U.S. and Ukraine unite over a ceasefire deal
The Kremlin broke silence on Wednesday, delivering its initial reaction to Kyiv and the White House’s unilateral agreement proposing a…
Porsche CEO says Volkswagen ties ‘should play a role’ amid U.S. tariff threat
Porsche is part of Volkswagen Group, which has an assembly plant and other facilities in the U.S.
It’s Russia that may now be feeling the pressure
It’s time for Russia’s intentions towards Ukraine to be tested in public, writes the BBC’s Paul Adams.
India’s inflation rate dips to cooler-than-expected 3.61% in February, below central bank’s target
The lower inflation reading could give the Reserve Bank of India room to cut rates and support its slowing economy.
Google AI Releases Gemma 3: Lightweight Multimodal Open Models for Efficient and On‑Device AI
In the field of artificial intelligence, two persistent challenges remain. Many advanced language models require significant computational resources, which limits…
Ailing Swedish EV battery firm Northvolt files for bankruptcy
Struggling electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt says it has filed for bankruptcy in Sweden.
We ‘must act’: Europe retaliates against Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports
The European Union said it would impose counter-tariffs on 26 billion euros ($28.33 billion) worth of U.S. goods starting in…
Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports take effect, Europe retaliates
The European Union announced countermeasures targeting the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports came…
A Step by Step Guide to Build an Interactive Health Data Monitoring Tool Using Hugging Face Transformers and Open Source Model Bio_ClinicalBERT
In this tutorial, we will learn how to build an interactive health data monitoring tool using Hugging Face’s transformer models,…
Hugging Face Releases OlympicCoder: A Series of Open Reasoning AI Models that can Solve Olympiad-Level Programming Problems
In the realm of competitive programming, both human participants and artificial intelligence systems encounter a set of unique challenges. Many…
Ray Dalio warns that a severe U.S. supply-demand problem could lead to ‘shocking developments’
Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio on Wednesday warned that a “very severe” U.S. supply-demand problem could lead to shocking developments.
Limbic AI’s Generative AI–Enabled Therapy Support Tool Improves Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Outcomes
Recent advancements in generative AI are creating exciting new possibilities in healthcare, especially within mental health services, where patient engagement…
Salesforce pledges to invest $1 billion in Singapore over five years in AI push
Salesforce on Wednesday announced plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years.
From Genes to Genius: Evolving Large Language Models with Nature’s Blueprint
Large language models (LLMs) have transformed artificial intelligence with their superior performance on various tasks, including natural language understanding and…