Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-Trillion-Parameter AI Model
Alibaba previewed Qwen3.8-Max, a 2.4-trillion-parameter multimodal model it calls second only to Anthropic's Claude, though no benchmarks have been published.
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What Is a Tabular Foundation Model — and Why Does It Matter?
Tabular foundation models are a new class of AI that predicts outcomes from spreadsheets and databases directly — no retraining needed for every new dataset.
Read more →Georgia's Statistics Office Launches AI Chatbot and NACE Tool
Geostat says it now uses AI across data processing, methodology and software work, backed by a public chatbot and a new tool that assigns business-activity codes.
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What Is the Turing Test — and Has Any AI Actually Passed It?
The Turing Test asks whether a machine's conversation can fool a human judge. Here's how Alan Turing's 1950 thought experiment works, and what a 2025 study found when it tested GPT-4.5.
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What Is the White House's AI Early-Access Framework?
A June 2026 executive order lets the US government preview powerful AI models for up to 30 days before wider release. Here's how the framework actually works.
Read more →White House Now Decides Who Gets Access to Frontier AI Models
The Trump administration is increasingly deciding which firms can access frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reports, shifting gatekeeping from the labs to the government itself.
Read more →What Is Etched — the AI Chip Startup Chasing Nvidia?
Etched builds a chip that only runs transformer models, betting narrow focus beats Nvidia's flexibility — and investors are reportedly valuing the three-year-old startup at up to $20 billion.
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What Is an ASIC — and How Is It Different From a GPU?
ASICs are chips hardwired for one job. Here's what makes application-specific AI chips different from general-purpose GPUs, and why some AI companies build their own.
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What Is Test-Time Compute — and Why Does It Matter?
Test-time compute lets an AI model “think” longer before answering. It's reshaping how AI labs spend money — and why chipmakers are racing to build hardware for it.
Read more →AI Chip Startup Etched in Talks for $20 Billion Valuation
Chipmaker Etched is negotiating a funding round that would value it at $20 billion, quadrupling its December price, as investors chase alternatives to Nvidia for AI inference, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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What Is AI Music Generation — and How Do You Use It?
AI music generators like Suno turn a text prompt into a full song with vocals and instrumentation. Here's how the technology works and how to try it.
Read more →SAP Completes €1B Acquisition of Tabular AI Pioneer Prior Labs
SAP has finalized its purchase of Prior Labs, the German startup behind the TabPFN model, and will invest more than €1 billion over four years to build a frontier AI lab for structured business data.
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What Is the EU Digital Markets Act — and Who Must Follow It?
The EU's Digital Markets Act sets special rules for a handful of tech giants like Google and Apple, forcing them to open their platforms to rivals. Here's what it does and why.
Read more →EU Orders Google to Open Android, Search Data to Rival AI Assistants
The European Commission issued two binding Digital Markets Act rulings on July 16, forcing Google to give rival AI assistants deeper Android access and share anonymized search data with competitors.
Read more →Anthropic Reverses Fable 5 Cutoff for Max, Team Premium
Anthropic will keep Fable 5 included in Claude Max and Team Premium plans at half the usual limits starting July 20, reversing a plan to drop it from subscriptions; Pro and Team Standard users move to per-token billing.
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What Is Georgia's AI Startup Scene — and Who's Building It?
Georgia's AI startup scene is small, but a growing mix of state grants, new tech parks, and one high-profile acquisition is building real momentum behind it.
Read more →BAG Survey: 84% of Georgian Companies Are Adopting AI
A Business Association of Georgia poll of 600+ companies finds 84% are planning, piloting, or already using AI, though specialist shortages and Georgian-language gaps remain key barriers.
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What Is Google DeepMind? The AI Lab Behind Gemini and AlphaFold
Google DeepMind is Alphabet's AI research lab — the team behind AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and the Gemini model family. Here's what it is and how it formed.
Read more →DeepMind Safety Researcher Quits Over Pentagon Gemini Deal
Google DeepMind AI safety researcher Alex Turner resigned after the company signed a Pentagon Gemini deal that lacks binding limits on autonomous weapons and surveillance use.
Read more →Spectro Cloud Raises $100M Series D, Hits $260M Total Funding
AI infrastructure startup Spectro Cloud raised a $100 million Series D led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives, pushing its total funding to $260 million.
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What Is Kimi K3 — the AI Model That Spooked Chip Stocks?
Kimi K3 is a giant open-weight AI model from China's Moonshot AI. Here's what it is, who built it, and why its release rattled Nvidia and chip investors.
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