Mistral AI has pulled back the curtain on Magistral, their first model specifically built for reasoning tasks. Magistral arrives in two flavours: a 24B parameter open-source version called Magistral Small that anyone can tinker with, and a beefier enterprise edition, Magistral Medium, aimed at commercial applications…
OpenAI’s second largest paying market gets its own office: The South Korean story
When ChatGPT’s user base exploded from 980,000 to over 10 million in South Korea within a year—an eleven-fold increase that outpaced growth in any other market—OpenAI’s executives knew they had discovered something extraordinary. This wasn’t just viral adoption; it was a powerful market signal that drove the company to fast-track…
TSMC reports record AI chip demand amid Trump tariff uncertainty
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) finds itself at the centre of a perfect storm: unprecedented AI chip demand that it cannot fully satisfy, escalating trade tensions that threaten its business model, and geopolitical risks that expose the fragility of global semiconductor supply chains. Speaking at TSMC’s…
Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping user data to train AI
Reddit is taking Anthropic to court, accusing the artificial intelligence company of pulling user content from the platform without permission and using it to train its Claude AI models. The lawsuit, filed in a California state court, claims Anthropic made more than 100,000 unauthorised requests to…
Apple opens core AI model to developers amid measured WWDC strategy
Apple has opened its foundational AI model to third-party developers for the first time, allowing direct access to the on-device large language model that powers Apple Intelligence. The move, announced at this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference, represents a significant shift in Apple’s traditionally closed ecosystem approach to Apple…
Business Software and the Urgency of Adopting Agentic AI
By delivering tools online via subscription model, Software as a Service (SaaS) changed the way enterprises worked. Still, the capabilities were limiting for some, so vertical SaaS added industry-specific functionality. Then came artificial intelligence (AI) and advancements such as robotic process automation (RPA), which would use…
Stopping AI from Spinning Stories: A Guide to Preventing Hallucinations
AI is revolutionizing the way nearly every industry operates. It’s making us more efficient, more productive, and – when implemented correctly – better at our jobs overall. But as our reliance on this novel technology increases rapidly, we have to remind ourselves of one simple fact:…
ChatGPT’s Memory Limit Is Frustrating — The Brain Shows a Better Way
If you’re a ChatGPT power user, you may have recently encountered the dreaded “Memory is full” screen. This message appears when you hit the limit of ChatGPT’s saved memories, and it can be a significant hurdle during long-term projects. Memory is supposed to be a key…
‘Protected’ Images Are Easier, Not More Difficult, to Steal With AI
New research suggests that watermarking tools meant to block AI image edits may backfire. Instead of stopping models like Stable Diffusion from making changes, some protections actually help the AI follow editing prompts more closely, making unwanted manipulations even easier. There is a notable and…
UK tackles AI skills gap through NVIDIA partnership
The UK is cementing its position as Europe’s AI powerhouse through partnerships with players like NVIDIA to tackle issues like the skills gap. The UK continued to outpace continental rivals both in freshly funded AI startups and overall private investment throughout 2024. Since 2013, UK AI…