Event planners are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to streamline the planning of conferences, trade shows, and corporate gatherings. Below, we highlight some of the best AI-powered tools for event planning, each offering unique capabilities to enhance efficiency and attendee experience. These tools range from specialized…
A Forensic Data Method for a New Generation of Deepfakes
Although the deepfaking of private individuals has become a growing public concern and is increasingly being outlawed in various regions, actually proving that a user-created model – such as one enabling revenge porn – was specifically trained on a particular person’s images remains extremely challenging. To…
DeepSeek to open-source AGI research amid privacy concerns
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup aiming for artificial general intelligence (AGI), announced plans to open-source five repositories starting next week as part of its commitment to transparency and community-driven innovation. However, this development comes against the backdrop of mounting controversies that have drawn parallels to the…
The Friday Roundup – Video Render Settings & Editing Tips
Fast Video Render Settings Everyone Should Know – PowerDirector Over the past few years as we have all moved into working with high definition footage, many of the tasks previously executed by the CPU have transferred across to the GPU. This of course has coincided with…
SmartSuite Secures $38 Million to Drive Global Expansion and Transform Work Management
SmartSuite, the next-generation work management platform, has announced a significant global expansion, fueled by a total of $38 million in funding. The investment includes a newly secured $13 million Series A round, led by Canapi Ventures with participation from Sorenson Capital and High Alpha. This follows…
DeepSeek’s R1: A Useful Reminder
As a college educator and former IT industry veteran, I find that the hype around China’s DeepSeek R1 model is a useful reminder of three things. The first is that generative AI is no longer just about processing vast amounts of content to generate relevant responses…
Shikhil Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO of Astra Security – Interview Series
Shikhil Sharma is the Founder of Astra Security – a continuous pentesting platform. At the very onset of his career, Shikhil consulted a number of businesses, startups & banks on cyber security. After helping some top businesses secure their websites & apps, Shikhil noted how in-effective…
Perplexity AI “Uncensors” DeepSeek R1: Who Decides AI’s Boundaries?
In a move that has caught the attention of many, Perplexity AI has released a new version of a popular open-source language model that strips away built-in Chinese censorship. This modified model, dubbed R1 1776 (a name evoking the spirit of independence), is based on the…
What DeepSeek Can Teach Us About AI Cost and Efficiency
With its cute whale logo, the recent release of DeepSeek could have amounted to nothing more than yet another ChatGPT knockoff. What made it so newsworthy – and what sent competitors’ stocks into a tailspin – was how little it cost to create. It effectively threw…
Google’s AI ‘Co-Scientist’ Tool: Revolutionizing Biomedical Research
In the field of biomedical research, transforming a hypothesis into a tangible discovery is often a lengthy and expensive process. On average, developing a new drug can take over a decade and cost billions of dollars. To address these challenges, Google has introduced the AI Co-Scientist,…