The South Korean government spent 1.2 trillion won ($850m) on developing AI textbooks for schools, but the national programme has been rolled back after just four months, amid allegations of inaccurate texts, concerns about privacy, and increased workloads on staff and pupils. Writing in Rest Of…
The Sequence Opinion #738: Breaking CUDA’s Spell: Can AMD Build a Second Ecosystem for AI?
The OpenAI-AMD partnership has highlighted some potential vectors for competing with NVIDIA….
Trillion-parameter AI model from Ant Group targets reasoning benchmarks with dual release strategy
Ant Group has entered the trillion-parameter AI model arena with Ling-1T, a newly open-sourced language model that the Chinese fintech giant positions as a breakthrough in balancing computational efficiency with advanced reasoning capabilities. The October 9 announcement marks a significant milestone for the Alipay operator, which has been…
MHRA fast-tracks next wave of AI tools for patient care
Healthcare regulator MHRA is fast-tracking new AI tools that promise to dramatically improve patient care. The wait for medical test results can stretch from days, to weeks, or even months. That wait period is often filled with worry and it always feels like an eternity. But…
The Sequence AI of the Week $737: Tiny Loops, Big Brains: Inside Samsung’s Small Model that has Taken the AI World By Storm
Tiny recursion models are one of the most innovative AI techniques that shows the potential of small models….
NVIDIA GPUs to power Oracle’s next-gen enterprise AI services
Oracle and NVIDIA have expanded their partnership to make enterprise AI services more available, powerful, and practical. The announcements, made during Oracle AI World, cover everything from monstrously powerful new hardware to deeply integrated software that aims to put AI at the very core of a…
Cisco: Only 13% have a solid AI strategy and they’re lapping rivals
If you’ve ever thought companies talk more than act when it comes to their AI strategy, a new Cisco report backs you up. It turns out that just 13 percent globally are actually prepared for the AI revolution. However, this small group – which Cisco calls…
How Huawei is building agentic AI systems that make decisions independently
In a cement plant operated by Conch Group, an agentic AI system built on Huawei infrastructure now predicts the strength of clinker with over 90% accuracy and autonomously adjusts calcination parameters to cut coal consumption by 1%—decisions that previously required human expertise accumulated over decades This…
Salesforce commits $15 billion to boost AI growth in San Francisco
Salesforce plans to invest $15 billion in San Francisco over the next five years to help businesses adopt AI. The move underscores the company’s push to stay competitive as AI becomes central to enterprise software. Founded and headquartered in San Francisco since 1999, Salesforce has been…
Meta and Oracle choose NVIDIA Spectrum-X for AI data centres
Meta and Oracle are upgrading their AI data centres with NVIDIA’s Spectrum-X Ethernet networking switches — technology built to handle the growing demands of large-scale AI systems. Both companies are adopting Spectrum-X as part of an open networking framework designed to improve AI training efficiency and…