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U.S. Education Department Releases New AI Toolkit for Schools Amid Growing Demand for Federal Guidance

The U.S. Department of Education has issued a comprehensive 74-page toolkit to help K-12 education leaders safely and effectively incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into their districts.

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Last Week in AI: Hyperscience, Cohere, Zencoder, Genmo, Asana, and More

This edition of our roundup of AI products and services announced last week that didn't make splashy headlines, but should be on your radar, includes Zencoder's AI Agents, Hyperscience's Hypercell platform, Cohere's Aya Expanse, Genmo's Mochi 1, Asana's AI Studio, and more.

Microsoft Introduces AI Agent Building Tools as 'New Apps for an AI-Powered World'

Next month at its Ignite conference, Microsoft plans to roll out a public preview of a new feature within Copilot Studio, allowing users to create autonomous AI "agents" designed to handle routine tasks.

IBM Unveils Advanced AI Models, Pushes Boundaries of Enterprise AI

IBM today announced the release of its most advanced family of AI models to date, Granite 3.0, at its annual TechXchange event. The new models were developed to provide a combination of performance, flexibility, and autonomy that outperforms or matches similarly sized models from leading providers on a range of benchmarks.

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Last Week in AI: Akamai, Familia.AI, Vertiv, H2O.ai, Preamble and More

This edition of our roundup of AI products and services announced last week that didn't make headlines, but should be on your radar includes Akamai's Behavioral DDoS Engine, Familia.AI's AI-powered family app, DeepSeek-AI's Janus, Preamble's system for mitigating prompt injection threats, and more.

OpenAI Releases 'Early Version' of ChatGPT Windows App

Windows users can now download the desktop version of ChatGPT, but only if they're already paying for it.

Hugging Face Launches Gradio 5 with AI Powered App Creation and Enhanced Security

Hugging Face unveils version 5 of its Gradio open-source platform for building machine learning (ML) applications. The new release introduces a suite of features focused on expanding access to AI, including a novel AI-powered app creation tool, enhanced web development capabilities, and bolstered security measures.

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After Executive Exodus, OpenAI Nabs One of Microsoft's Top AI Scientists

Sébastien Bubeck, a Microsoft Distinguished Scientist and its vice president of artificial intelligence, is leaving the company for OpenAI.

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Juniper Launches Platform for AI-Native Networking, Security Management

Juniper Networks announces a new solution that integrates security and networking management under a unified cloud and artificial intelligence engine.

OpenAI's Swarm Framework: An Experimental Tool for Multi-Agent AI Networks

OpenAI unveiled a new open-source framework last week designed to simplify the development and management of multi-agent AI systems that can collaborate autonomously to perform tasks. Dubbed "Swarm," the experimental release hints at a future where artificial intelligence will not only answer questions but also complete complex tasks on behalf of users, both online and in real-world applications.

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Last Week in AI: ZenaDrone, TestSprite, SuperNova-Medius, Palmyra X 004, More

This edition of our roundup of AI products and services announced last week that didn't make headlines, but should be on your radar includes ZenaTech's ZenaDrone, TestSprite's automated test platform, Arcee AI's SuperNova-Medius, new chips from AMD, and more.

Google Releases FRAMES Dataset to Enhance AI’s Factuality and Reasoning Capabilities

Google releases FRAMES, a new evaluation dataset designed to test the performance of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems in handling complex queries that involve factual accuracy, retrieval precision, and reasoning, according to a report published last week.

OpenAI Unveils Realtime API, Enabling Low-Latency, Multimodal Experiences for Developers

OpenAI launches the public beta of its Realtime API, which is designed for developers who want to incorporate natural, low-latency, multimodal interactions into their applications. Now accessible to all paid developers, the API enables real-time speech-to-speech conversations with minimal lag, providing a more seamless and interactive experience, the company said.

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