Google’s open MedGemma AI models could transform healthcare

Instead of keeping their new MedGemma AI models locked behind expensive APIs, Google will hand these powerful tools to healthcare developers. The new arrivals are called MedGemma 27B Multimodal and MedSigLIP and they’re part of Google’s growing collection of open-source healthcare AI models. What makes these…

Tencent improves testing creative AI models with new benchmark

Tencent has introduced a new benchmark, ArtifactsBench, that aims to fix current problems with testing creative AI models. Ever asked an AI to build something like a simple webpage or a chart and received something that works but has a poor user experience? The buttons might…

Apple loses key AI leader to Meta

Apple is nursing a fresh wound this week after losing one of its most crucial AI leaders to Meta. Ruoming Pang, the executive who oversaw Apple Intelligence, has jumped ship to join Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs. Pang wasn’t just any Apple employee. He led a 100-strong…

Tencent Hunyuan3D-PolyGen: A model for ‘art-grade’ 3D assets

Tencent has released a model that could be quite literally game-changing for how developers create 3D assets. The new Hunyuan3D-PolyGen model is Tencent’s first attempt at delivering what they’re calling “art-grade” 3D generation, specifically built for the professionals who craft the digital worlds we play in….

UK and Singapore form alliance to guide AI in finance

The UK and Singapore are laying the groundwork for what might become a blueprint for international AI cooperation in finance. For their tenth annual Financial Dialogue, representatives from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority and Singapore’s Monetary Authority met in London earlier this week alongside fintech companies…

OpenAI rejects Robinhood’s unauthorised tokenised shares

Robinhood has begun offering tokenised shares in private companies, sparking backlash from OpenAI as one of the targeted firms. During an event in Cannes on Monday, Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev displayed what he described as “stock tokens” for OpenAI and SpaceX. The move forms…