WordFinder app: Harnessing generative AI on AWS for aphasia communication
In this post, we showcase how Dr. Kori Ramajoo, Dr. Sonia Brownsett, Prof. David Copland, from QARC, and Scott Harding,…
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London’s FTSE 100 is on track for record-breaking gains — and market watchers think it may have further to run
The blue-chip index is on course for its longest-ever run of daily gains.
Trump calls on Fed once again to lower rates after solid April jobs report
President Donald Trump issued his latest call for the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, following a better-than-expected jobs…
Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China
Ireland’s privacy regulator said Friday that TikTok infringed the bloc’s GDPR data protection law over transfers of European user data…
Euro zone inflation unchanged at 2.2% in April, missing expectations for a move lower
Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting the reading to come in at 2.1% in April.
Gaza activist ship ‘attacked by drones’ off coast of Malta, NGO says
The Maltese government said a fire onboard the ship was “brought under control overnight” and that it was being monitored…
Inside the deal: Roche and Zealand Pharma’s $5.3 billion obesity drug gambit
The ballooning obesity drug market may have a new contender after Roche struck a $5.3 billion deal to develop Danish biotech Zealand…
JetBrains Open Sources Mellum: A Developer-Centric Language Model for Code-Related Tasks
JetBrains has officially open-sourced Mellum, a purpose-built 4-billion-parameter language model tailored for software development tasks. Developed from the ground up,…
Training LLM Agents Just Got More Stable: Researchers Introduce StarPO-S and RAGEN to Tackle Multi-Turn Reasoning and Collapse in Reinforcement Learning
Large language models (LLMs) face significant challenges when trained as autonomous agents in interactive environments. Unlike static tasks, agent settings…
Standard Chartered first-quarter profits beat expectations on strong growth in wealth management
Standard Chartered’s reported profit before taxation for the three months ended in March was $2.103 billion, up from $1.91 billion…
Xiaomi introduced MiMo-7B: A Compact Language Model that Outperforms Larger Models in Mathematical and Code Reasoning through Rigorous Pre-Training and Reinforcement Learning
With rising demand for AI systems that can handle tasks involving multi-step logic, mathematical proofs, and software development, researchers have…
Tracking a smuggler behind deadly Atlantic migrant crossing
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost…
Building a REACT-Style Agent Using Fireworks AI with LangChain that Fetches Data, Generates BigQuery SQL, and Maintains Conversational Memory
In this tutorial, we will explore how to leverage the capabilities of Fireworks AI for building intelligent, tool-enabled agents with…
China says it’s evaluating U.S. overtures to initiate talks on trade
The development could potentially pave the way for the world’s two largest economies to start talks to resolve a trade…
Apple shares fall as Cook says ‘very difficult’ to predict tariff costs beyond June
Apple expects tariffs to add $900 million to its costs for the current quarter, assuming no other major changes occur,…
Best practices for Meta Llama 3.2 multimodal fine-tuning on Amazon Bedrock
Multimodal fine-tuning represents a powerful approach for customizing foundation models (FMs) to excel at specific tasks that involve both visual…
DeepSeek-AI Released DeepSeek-Prover-V2: An Open-Source Large Language Model Designed for Formal Theorem, Proving through Subgoal Decomposition and Reinforcement Learning
Formal mathematical reasoning has evolved into a specialized subfield of artificial intelligence that requires strict logical consistency. Unlike informal problem…
Nvidia says Anthropic is telling ‘tall tales’ in its defense of U.S. AI chip restrictions on China
President Donald Trump is reportedly working on updating the chip restrictions, adding another layer of uncertainty to the already contentious…
Salesforce AI Research Introduces New Benchmarks, Guardrails, and Model Architectures to Advance Trustworthy and Capable AI Agents
Salesforce AI Research has outlined a comprehensive roadmap for building more intelligent, reliable, and versatile AI agents. The recent initiative…
Extend large language models powered by Amazon SageMaker AI using Model Context Protocol
Organizations implementing agents and agent-based systems often experience challenges such as implementing multiple tools, function calling, and orchestrating the workflows…
Meta AI Introduces First Version of Its Llama 4-Powered AI App: A Standalone AI Assistant to Rival ChatGPT
Meta has officially entered the standalone AI assistant arena with the launch of its new Meta AI app, unveiled at…
Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, more than expected, in latest sign of economic trouble
Initial unemployment claims posted an unexpected increase last week in a potential trouble sign for the wobbling U.S. economy.
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to leave role, US media reports
Waltz was under pressure after a journalist was mistakenly added to a group chat in which senior officials were discussing…
UK stocks choppy amid best run in 8 years; Novo Nordisk jumps 5%
The FTSE 100 ended Wednesday 0.37% higher, continuing its longest winning run since late 2016 into early 2017.
Seven takeaways from US-Ukraine resources deal
What this will and won’t change for US assistance to Ukraine, three years into the war.
Microsoft AI Released Phi-4-Reasoning: A 14B Parameter Open-Weight Reasoning Model that Achieves Strong Performance on Complex Reasoning Tasks
Despite notable advancements in large language models (LLMs), effective performance on reasoning-intensive tasks—such as mathematical problem solving, algorithmic planning, or…
Auto giants ditch financial guidance as industry reels from Trump tariff chaos
The corporate updates come shortly after Trump imposed a 25% tariff on automotive imports into the U.S. earlier in the…
Meta AI Introduces ReasonIR-8B: A Reasoning-Focused Retriever Optimized for Efficiency and RAG Performance
Addressing the Challenges in Reasoning-Intensive Retrieval Despite notable progress in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, retrieving relevant information for complex, multi-step…
A Step-by-Step Coding Guide to Integrate Dappier AI’s Real-Time Search and Recommendation Tools with OpenAI’s Chat API
In this tutorial, we will learn how to harness the power of Dappier AI, a suite of real-time search and…
Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation: Boost function calling accuracy while reducing cost and latency
Amazon Bedrock Model Distillation is generally available, and it addresses the fundamental challenge many organizations face when deploying generative AI:…
US and Ukraine inch towards critical minerals deal
Ukraine’s deputy leader is heading to Washington to sign an agreement the White House has been pushing for.
Multimodal AI on Developer GPUs: Alibaba Releases Qwen2.5-Omni-3B with 50% Lower VRAM Usage and Nearly-7B Model Performance
Multimodal foundation models have shown substantial promise in enabling systems that can reason across text, images, audio, and video. However,…
Microsoft shares jump on earnings, revenue beat as Azure cloud business grows 33%
The company’s Azure cloud growth exceeded Wall Street consensus.
Mem0: A Scalable Memory Architecture Enabling Persistent, Structured Recall for Long-Term AI Conversations Across Sessions
Large language models can generate fluent responses, emulate tone, and even follow complex instructions; however, they struggle to retain information…
Build public-facing generative AI applications using Amazon Q Business for anonymous users
Amazon Q Business is a generative AI-powered assistant that answers question, provides summaries, generates content, and securely completes tasks based…
Trump blames Biden after GDP shrinks in first quarter, says growth will ‘take a while’
President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor and defended his sweeping tariffs after new data showed the U.S. economy contracting last…
Diagnosing and Self- Correcting LLM Agent Failures: A Technical Deep Dive into τ-Bench Findings with Atla’s EvalToolbox
Deploying large language model (LLM)-based agents in production settings often reveals critical reliability issues. Accurately identifying the causes of agent…
Toxic mushroom meal was ‘terrible accident’, says woman on trial for murder
Erin Patterson admits lying to police about her relatives’ deaths, but will argue they were a “terrible accident”.
Life inside Iraq’s ‘Forbidden Zone’ controlled by Turkey
Turkey has been building military bases on Iraqi territory, the BBC finds, raising fears of an occupation.
Euro zone economy expands by better-than-expected 0.4% in the first quarter
The figure was ahead of the 0.2% forecast in a Reuters poll of economists, and comes amid severe tariff headwinds.
Germany’s economy expands by 0.2% in the first quarter, in line with expectations
A Reuters poll had projected 0.2% growth from the previous quarter.
Beyond the Hype: Google’s Practical AI Guide Every Startup Founder Should Read
In 2025, AI continues to reshape how startups build, operate, and compete. Google’s Future of AI: Perspectives for Startups report…
Tutorial on Seamlessly Accessing Any LinkedIn Profile with exa-mcp-server and Claude Desktop Using the Model Context Protocol MCP
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to harness the power of the exa-mcp-server alongside Claude Desktop to access any LinkedIn…
British bank Barclays reports profit beat in the first quarter
British bank Barclays on Wednesday reported slight beats on revenue and profit, boosted by stronger investment bank performance.
Can Coding Agents Improve Themselves? Researchers from University of Bristol and iGent AI Propose SICA (Self-Improving Coding Agent) that Iteratively Enhances Its Own Code and Performance
The development of agentic systems—LLMs embedded within scaffolds capable of tool use and autonomous decision-making—has made significant progress. Yet, most…
Swiss giant UBS posts profit beat, warns of ‘material risk’ to global growth from U.S. tariffs
UBS on Wednesday beat bottom line expectations as the lender seeks to rein in steep share declines that have cost it the…
CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: A tech boom is underway
China’s tech world isn’t getting distracted by whether the U.S. and China will talk on trade.
China’s factory activity drops to a near two-year low in April as trade tariffs bite
Recent reports suggested some tariff relief on the ground as the U.S. and China sought to blunt the economic impacts…
Trump celebrates 100 days in office by touting record and blasting foes
He tells a crowd in Michigan that he is using his presidency to deliver “profound change”.