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…
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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…
Implementing Text-to-Speech TTS with BARK Using Hugging Face’s Transformers library in a Google Colab environment
Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology has evolved dramatically in recent years, from robotic-sounding voices to highly natural speech synthesis. BARK is an…
Ukraine ready to accept 30-day ceasefire with Russia
President Zelensky said it was now up to the US to convince Russia to agree to the truce.
Ontario’s Ford suspends U.S. electric surcharge, says Lutnick agrees to trade talks
President Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada beginning April 2.
Final ruling bars far-right Georgescu from Romanian vote
Calin Georgescu loses a bid to overturn a ruling barring him from participating in next May’s vote.
Benchmarking Amazon Nova and GPT-4o models with FloTorch
Based on original post by Dr. Hemant Joshi, CTO, FloTorch.ai A recent evaluation conducted by FloTorch compared the performance of…
Trump raises Canadian steel, aluminum tariffs to 50% in retaliation for Ontario energy duties
President Donald Trump ordered his administration to raise tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports by an additional 25%.
L’Oreal CEO plays down the impact of U.S. tariffs, says he’s ‘not overly concerned’
L’OrealCEO Nicolas Hieronimus said he is “not overly concerned” over the impact of White House tariffs on L’Oreal.
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida to step down on April 1, planning officer Espinosa named successor
Nissan’s Chief Planning Office Ivan Espinosa will be Nissan’s fourth CEO in eight years.
Volkswagen posts 15% fall in annual profit amid restructuring, expects revenue to rise in 2025
The carmaking giant said it expects to see revenue growth in 2025.
STORM (Spatiotemporal TOken Reduction for Multimodal LLMs): A Novel AI Architecture Incorporating a Dedicated Temporal Encoder between the Image Encoder and the LLM
Understanding videos with AI requires handling sequences of images efficiently. A major challenge in current video-based AI models is their…
Moscow and region hit by ‘massive’ drone attack – Russian officials
At least one person is killed in the overnight attack Russian officials say – coming hours ahead of key talks…
Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI
Mainland Chinese investors are piling into the Hong Kong stock market at record volumes as its tech-heavy Hang Seng Index…
China’s $41 billion plan to boost consumption is just a start as deflationary pressures deepen
Chinese policymakers have increasingly acknowledged the need to counter deflationary pressure at home.
DOGE chief Musk says he’s running his businesses ‘with great difficulty,’ as Tesla shares tank
Musk said he expected to realize $1 trillion in government savings for the Trump administration.
Delta Air Lines slashes earnings outlook on weaker U.S. demand, sending shares lower
Delta Air Lines cut its first-quarter revenue and profit forecasts, citing weaker consumer and corporate travel demand.
Rubio says Ukraine partial ceasefire plan ‘has promise’ ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia
Russia has previously rejected a temporary ceasefire, calling it an attempt to buy time.
Transforming financial analysis with CreditAI on Amazon Bedrock: Octus’s journey with AWS
Investment professionals face the mounting challenge of processing vast amounts of data to make timely, informed decisions. The traditional approach…
Revolutionizing Code Generation: µCODE’s Single-Step Approach to Multi-Turn Feedback
Generating code with execution feedback is difficult because errors often require multiple corrections, and fixing them in a structured way…
Amazon Bedrock announces general availability of multi-agent collaboration
Today, we’re announcing the general availability (GA) of multi-agent collaboration on Amazon Bedrock. This capability allows developers to build, deploy,…
US expects ‘substantial progress’ in peace talks with Ukraine
Ukraine is under US pressure to accept a quick truce to end the war with Russia, with US-Ukrainian talks set…
Volkswagen and Stellantis evade Trump’s 25% tariffs, while BMW braces for impact
Some European car manufacturers may be able to avoid new U.S. tariffs, at least temporarily.