Pentagon strikes classified AI deals with OpenAI, Google, and Nvidia — but not Anthropic
… This builds upon deals with OpenAI and xAI, which have already reached agreements with the Pentagon for the “lawful” use of their AI systems. …
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Microsoft to unveil new AI models and Windows improvements at Build
… The reasoning model is one of several new models I’m expecting to hear about at Build, including MAI-Image-2.5 and MAI-Image-2.5-Flash. Suleyman teased the MAI-Image-2.5 release last week, promising more at Build. …
These are the first Nvidia RTX Spark laptops
… Display: 15-inch mini-LED PixelSense Ultra touchscreen with HDR Brightness: Up to 2,000 nits Ports: HDMI, USB-C, USB-A, SD card, headphone Asus ProArt Image: The upcoming Nvidia Spark-powered Asus ProArt laptops have notably dropped the wheel-like dialpad on the touchpad that was used to cycle thro… …
Windows is back on the Microsoft menu
… Microsoft announced a slew of new or expanded AI initiatives at Build this week. MAI-Thinking-1, Microsoft’s first reasoning model, was the main addition, along with six other new models focused on image, voice, transcription, and coding. …
Nvidia announces RTX Spark as ‘the most efficient PC chip ever built’
… Maybe it doesn’t matter that Nvidia isn’t sharing proof to back up its claims. Back in 2020, Apple didn’t share any proof when it announced Apple Silicon. …
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
… The future outlook for the rest of Surface still feels uncertain, nearly three years after Panay announced his departure. …
This could be Windows’ M1 moment — but expect it to cost a ton
… The lineups announced so far for the fall includes the Surface Laptop Ultra, Dell XPS 16, Asus ProArt P14 and P16, Lenovo Yoga Pro 9n, MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI Plus, HP OmniBook Ultra and OmniBook X 14, and unnamed models from Acer and Gigabyte. …
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
… Having an AI software stack means being able to deploy AI agents into that data to better organize it — with fewer concerns about leakage than there would be with general-purpose third-party LLMs. “Training AI models on public data is the largest, fastest-growing business in history,” Ellison said … …