Microsoft and OpenAI probe alleged data theft by DeepSeek

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating a potential breach of the AI firm’s system by a group allegedly linked to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. According to Bloomberg, the investigation stems from suspicious data extraction activity detected in late 2024 via OpenAI’s application programming interface (API), sparking broader…

Qwen 2.5-Max outperforms DeepSeek V3 in some benchmarks

Alibaba’s response to DeepSeek is Qwen 2.5-Max, the company’s latest Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) large-scale model. Qwen 2.5-Max boasts pretraining on over 20 trillion tokens and fine-tuning through cutting-edge techniques like Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). With the API now available through Alibaba…

The ‘Secret Routes’ That Can Foil Pedestrian Recognition Systems

A new research collaboration between Israel and Japan contends that pedestrian detection systems possess inherent weaknesses, allowing well-informed individuals to evade facial recognition systems by navigating carefully planned routes through areas where surveillance networks are least effective. With the help of publicly available footage from Tokyo,…

BOW Secures £4M Seed Round to Revolutionize Robotics Software

BOW, the trailblazing universal robotics software company, has secured £4 million in a seed funding round led by Northern Gritstone. The round included co-investors Finance Yorkshire and Praetura Ventures, as part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II. This pivotal investment will accelerate the development of…

Turbologo Review: Pro Logos in Minutes (Without a Designer)

Did you know that consistent branding can boost a company’s revenue by up to 33%? Yet, creating a professional logo often feels out of reach for many small businesses due to time, cost, and design hurdles. But that’s where Turbologo steps in. It’s an AI logo…

Alan Ranger, VP of Marketing at Cognigy – Interview Series

Alan Ranger is the VP of Marketing at Cognigy, with a career spanning 30 years, Alan has held a variety of sales, marketing and leadership roles, both in start-up and large enterprise software companies. Before joining Cognigy, he led global market development at LivePerson where, during…