Fractal Launches Fathom-R1-14B Reasoning Model on DeepSeek for $499
Fractal’s new model outperforms competitors like o1-mini and o3-mini, with performance close to o4-mini levels.
OpenAI to Buy Jony Ive’s AI Devices Startup for $6.4Bn
The purchase is by far OpenAI’s largest and comes weeks after the company agreed to buy AI-assisted coding tool Windsurf for $3 billion.
Meta Launches Program to Encourage Startups to Use its Llama AI...
The company used a version of its Llama 4 Maverick model “optimised for conversationality” to achieve a high score on LM Arena, but released a different version of Maverick publicly.
Slack Launches New Employee-Facing Experience for Agentforce
With a simple @ mention, employees can bring Agentforce into the flow of work to ask questions and trigger actions that move work forward for everyone.
Qualcomm Announces Data Centre CPUs
Qualcomm originally entered the data centre market at the end of 2017, with the launch of its first server CPU, the Centriq 2400.
From AI Mode to Gemini’s Deep Think: Key Highlights from Google...
Using AI mode, Google is now planning to power the end-to-end AI search with a custom Gemini 2.5 model.
Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle, and OpenAI Join UAE-US AI Campus
Earlier this month, OpenAI launched 'Stargate for Countries,' looking for up to 10 countries to partner with on regional megacampuses.
Nvidia Launches ‘Lepton’ AI Platform
Users of DGX Cloud Lepton can access GPU compute capacity for both on-demand and long-term computing within specific regions.
Nvidia, Foxconn Plan Taiwanese AI Supercomputer
Researchers from TSMC will also have access to the supercomputer, while Foxconn will use it to accelerate automation and efficiency across smart cities, electric vehicles, and manufacturing.
Nvidia to Sell NVLink Fusion to Speed AI Chip Communication
CEO Jensen Huang, unveiled several new generations of AI chips, including the Blackwell Ultra, which will be available later this year.
