Alibaba introduces QVQ-Max, an AI model designed for visual reasoning. It goes beyond text to see, understand, and think about visual content like images and videos. This marks a step towards AI that integrates sight with comprehension, unlocking new applications across various fields by interpreting visual data more like humans do.
Alibaba Cloud unveils Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, an open-source multimodal AI model handling text, image, audio, and video. It offers real-time responses, challenging global competitors like OpenAI and Google, aiming to boost accessibility, creativity, and Alibaba's cloud ecosystem. This release signifies a major step in generative AI.
Elon Musk merges social media platform X into his AI venture, xAI. The deal values X at $33 billion effectively, below the purchase price but showing recovery. Musk cites synergy between X's data and xAI's models, aiming for an $80 billion combined valuation amidst X's recent turbulence and Musk's AI ambitions and political ties.
Researchers exploit Google Gemini's fine-tuning API to automate potent prompt injection attacks. This 'Fun-Tuning' method uses leaked training data signals, bypassing manual effort and significantly increasing attack success rates against closed-weight models like Gemini, posing new security challenges.
Paris-based Mistral AI releases Mistral Small 3.1, an open-source model under Apache 2.0. It boasts a 128k token context window and fast inference, challenging proprietary giants like Google's Gemma 3 and OpenAI's GPT-4o Mini. The model emphasizes fine-tuning capabilities and strengthens Mistral's growing AI ecosystem, offering a powerful, accessible alternative.
Alibaba Cloud introduces Qwen 2.5 Omni, a powerful open-source AI model. Featuring omnimodal capabilities (text, image, audio, video) and real-time speech generation via its 'Thinker-Talker' architecture, it challenges proprietary systems and aims to democratize advanced AI agent development, offering high performance and accessibility.
OpenAI's GPT-4o update sparked a viral trend, enabling users to easily generate images in Studio Ghibli's beloved style. This phenomenon flooded social media, highlighting AI's cultural influence and accessibility. It also raises discussions on AI's role in creativity, copyright, and the future of art, demonstrating technology's intersection with popular culture.
AI chatbots offer convenience but collect user data. Discover which popular tools like Google's Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok gather the most personal information, based on privacy disclosures. Understand the privacy trade-offs in the AI era.
Japan Airlines introduces the JAL-AI Report app, using Microsoft's on-device Phi-4 SLM. This tool helps cabin crew quickly document inflight events, reducing administrative time by up to two-thirds. The AI generates and translates reports offline, freeing attendants for passenger care. It's part of JAL's wider strategy to integrate AI across operations.
Alibaba introduces Qwen 2.5 Omni, a flagship multimodal AI challenging competitors. It processes text, images, audio, and video, enabling real-time text and natural speech generation via its 'Thinker-Talker' architecture. Notably, Alibaba has open-sourced this advanced model, aiming for broad adoption and cost-effective AI agent development.
