Google’s recent announcement of an AI Futures Fund shows the company wants to invest in AI startups. It sees itself as providing capital, early access to AI models yet to reach production, and support for startups from experts at the company. This is not Google’s first…
The Sequence Knowledge #540 : Learning About Instruction Following Benchmarks
How to evaluate one of most widely used capabilities of LLMs?…
Theom Secures $20M Series A to Revolutionize Data Governance in the AI Era
Theom, the company redefining data governance and security for the AI era, announced today it has raised $20 million in Series A funding to accelerate its mission of securing sensitive enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and generative AI platforms. The funding round was led by Wing…
Beyond Benchmarks: Why AI Evaluation Needs a Reality Check
If you have been following AI these days, you have likely seen headlines reporting the breakthrough achievements of AI models achieving benchmark records. From ImageNet image recognition tasks to achieving superhuman scores in translation and medical image diagnostics, benchmarks have long been the gold standard for…
Why Language Models Get ‘Lost’ in Conversation
A new paper from Microsoft Research and Salesforce finds that even the most capable Large Language Models (LLMs) fall apart when instructions are given in stages rather than all at once. The authors found that performance drops by an average of 39 percent across six tasks…
Time Tracking Has a Reputation Problem. Can AI Change That?
Time tracking has long been a source of tension in the workplace. Sure, on paper, it promises more focus and better productivity. In practice, however, it often becomes just another task or, even worse, a subtle form of oversight. And when you add clunky or intrusive…
The Rise of Agentic AI: A Strategic Three-Step Approach to Intelligent Automation
Like many, I love good advice. But sometimes, I need help to get something done. The next rev of AI — agentic AI — will move us from advice to getting stuff done. It will enable businesses that harness it to take a transformative leap forward….
Alexey Sheremetyev, Founder and Chief Product Officer at Planner 5D – Interview Series
Alexey Sheremetyev, co-founder, Chief Product Officer, brings a relentless drive for innovation and a passion for convenient designing solutions to his role. New product ideas, business relations and customer happiness are key priorities for Alexey. Planner 5D is a design platform that enables users of all…
Pippit AI Review: I Made a Viral Ad in Five Minutes
What if your next viral video didn’t need a script, a camera, or even a team? Small business owners spend an average of around 6 to 10 hours weekly on content and social media marketing. If you’re wearing all the hats (CEO, creative director, social media…
The Sequence Radar #539: Keep an Eye on Alibaba’s ZeroSearch
The new model represents a major milestone in information retrieval….
