2025

2025 is here and investment in AI and software development is booming. Outsourcing software development has become important for businesses striving to remain competitive. However, building and maintaining an in-house software development team can be costly, time-consuming, and resource-intensive. As a result, many organisations are turning to outsourced software development companies to meet their...

2025 is here and investment in AI and software development is booming. Outsourcing software development has become important for businesses striving to remain competitive. However, building and maintaining an in-house software development team can be costly, time-consuming, and resource-intensive. As a result, many organisations are turning to outsourced software...

Next week marks the beginning of a new era for AI regulations as the first obligations of the EU AI Act take effect. While the full compliance requirements won’t come into force until mid-2025, the initial phase of the EU AI Act begins February 2nd and includes significant prohibitions on specific AI applications. Businesses across the globe that operate in the EU...

Microsoft and OpenAI are investigating a potential breach of the AI firm’s system by a group allegedly linked to Chinese AI startup DeepSeek. According to Bloomberg, the investigation stems from suspicious data extraction activity detected in late 2024 via OpenAI’s application programming interface (API), sparking broader concerns over international AI...

Alibaba’s response to DeepSeek is Qwen 2.5-Max, the company’s latest Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) large-scale model. Qwen 2.5-Max boasts pretraining on over 20 trillion tokens and fine-tuning through cutting-edge techniques like Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) and Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF). With the API now available through Alibaba Cloud and...

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Gov, a specially designed version of its AI chatbot tailored for use by US government agencies. ChatGPT Gov aims to harness the potential of AI to enhance efficiency, productivity, and service delivery while safeguarding sensitive data and complying with stringent security requirements. “We believe the US government’s adoption of...

Ericsson has launched Cognitive Labs, a research-driven initiative dedicated to advancing AI for telecoms.  Operating virtually rather than from a single physical base, Cognitive Labs will explore AI technologies such as Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), Active Learning, and Large-Scale Language Models (LLMs).  According to Ericsson, these innovations form the...

DeepSeek is grappling with service disruptions and restricting new account sign-ups to combat what it describes as “large-scale malicious attacks.” The Chinese firm’s chat app, which recently soared to the top of Apple’s App Store, issued a notice on its website stating that only users with China-based phone numbers (+86) would be permitted to register for...

OpenAI, the powerhouse behind ChatGPT, is ramping up efforts to dominate the enterprise market with a suite of AI tools tailored for business users. The company recently revealed its plans to introduce a series of enhancements designed to make AI integration seamless for companies of all sizes. This includes updates to its flagship AI agent technology, expected to...

OpenAI has unveiled Operator, a tool that integrates seamlessly with web browsers to perform tasks autonomously. From filling out forms to ordering groceries, Operator promises to simplify repetitive online activities by interacting directly with websites through clicks, typing, and scrolling. Designed around a new model called the Computer-Using Agent (CUA),...