Meta’s $14.8 billion investment in Scale AI – and the hiring of the startup’s CEO – is drawing attention to how US regulators will handle acquihire-style deals under the Trump administration. The deal gives Meta a 49% nonvoting stake in Scale AI, which hires gig workers…
Ericsson and AWS bet on AI to create self-healing networks
Ericsson’s Cognitive Network Solutions has joined forces with AWS to develop AI technologies for self-healing mobile networks. Behind every text message and video call lies a complex system that telecom companies spend billions maintaining. This partnership between Ericsson and AWS aims to make those networks not…
The concerted effort of maintaining application resilience
Back when most business applications were monolithic, ensuring their resilience was by no means easy. But given the way apps run in 2025 and what’s expected of them, maintaining monolithic apps was arguably simpler. Back then, IT staff had a finite set of criteria on which to…
Unlock the other 99% of your data – now ready for AI
For decades, companies of all sizes have recognized that the data available to them holds significant value, for improving user and customer experiences and for developing strategic plans based on empirical evidence. As AI becomes increasingly accessible and practical for real-world business applications, the potential value…
DeepCoder-14B: The Open-Source AI Model Enhancing Developer Productivity and Innovation
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing how software is developed. AI-powered code generators have become vital tools that help developers write, debug, and complete code more efficiently. Among these new intelligent assistants, DeepCoder-14B is gaining attention not only for its strong technical abilities but also for its…
The Sequence Radar #664: The Gentle Singularity Is Already Here
Plus a major AI move by Meta AI and new releases from Apple, Mistral and OpenAI….
Breaking the Sales Plateau with Agentic AI
Surpassing the limits of practice In the realm of skill development — whether in music, sports, or sales — practitioners often encounter a performance plateau: a point where progress stalls despite continued effort. This phenomenon, commonly referred to as the ceiling effect, presents a major challenge…
The Influencer AI Review: This AI Replaces Influencers
69% of consumers say they trust recommendations from influencers over information from a brand. But what if that influencer isn’t real? I’m not talking about some clunky 3D avatar or robotic CGI face. I’m talking about AI digital personalities: completely customizable, hyper-realistic, and always available to…
6 New ChatGPT Projects Features You Need to Know
ChatGPT Projects just received its most significant update since launch, and the implications for productivity are substantial. OpenAI upgraded the Project feature, adding several important tools that should improve your productivity while using the chatbot. For those using Projects to organize research, manage code repositories, or…
AI-Generated Code Is Here to Stay. Are We Less Safe as a Result?
Coding in 2025 isn’t about toiling over fragments or spending long hours on debugging. It’s a whole ’nother vibe. AI-generated code stands to be the majority of code in future products and it has become an essential toolkit for the modern developer. Known as “vibe coding”,…