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Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs
Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone.
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...
6 days until TechCrunch All Stage kicks off in Boston — and up to $475 in ticket savings disappear
In just 6 days, the doors to TechCrunch All Stage swing open in Boston’s SoWa Power Station — and your chance to save up to $475 slams shut. This isn’t...
Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 last night, calling it the ‘smartest AI in the world’ — what businesses need to know
Musk did not apologize nor did he accept responsibility for Grok's antisemitic, sexually offensive, and conspiratorial remarks.
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...
5 days until TechCrunch All Stage — save up to $475 before prices rise
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Former Intel CEO launches a benchmark to measure AI alignment
Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger created a new benchmark to test for AI model's alignment with aspects of human flourishing.
Knox lands $6.5M to compete with Palantir in the federal compliance market
While highly sought after, federal software contracts frequently come with a hidden cost: Achieving government SaaS security compliance, known as FedRAMP, can take years and require substantial resources. Achieving this...
LGND wants to make ChatGPT for the Earth
LGND has raised $9 million to convert geographic data into vector embeddings to power AI models that understand the Earth.
AWS doubles down on infrastructure as strategy in the AI race with SageMaker upgrades
AWS upgraded its SageMaker platform to offer more observability and streamlined functions to make AI model inference and training easier.