All articles by Refna Tharayil
Refna Tharayil
US Department of Commerce unveils new AI safety and security guidelines
The new AI safety measures have arrived 270 days after US President Joe Biden made an Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development of AI.
EU and Singapore finalise Digital Trade Agreement negotiations
The digital trade agreement will lay the foundations for more efficient cross-border data exchanges between the two jurisdictions.
UK to invest in quantum research hubs to drive advances in cybersecurity, healthcare, and transport
The quantum hubs will, it is hoped, support the development of secure communication networks, faster medical scanners, and next-generation navigation systems.
Vodafone’s Q1 FY25 operating profit increases by 43% to €1.5bn
The British telecommunications company’s total revenue in the reported quarter ended 30 June 2024 was €9.04bn, an increase of 2.8% YoY, compared to €8.79bn reported in the same quarter of FY2024
Microsoft and Lumen partner to drive AI innovation and digital transformation
Additionally, Microsoft has selected Lumen Technologies to enhance its network capacity and capability to meet the growing demands on its data centres driven by AI
Mistral unveils new large language model Mistral Large 2
Mistral Large 2 features a 128k context window and supports multiple languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Hindi, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
IBM’s net income for Q2 2024 increases by 16% to $1.8bn
The US technology company’s total revenue for the reported quarter remained flat at around $15.8bn, compared to revenue of $15.5bn earned in Q2 2023
US, UK, and EU tackle generative AI competition challenges in joint statement
The statement by the world’s leading competition regulators acknowledged the disruptive potential of AI models while noting their capacity to foster innovation and economic growth.
Meta rolls out new open-source AI large language model Llama 3.1
Llama 3.1 has been designed to drive new applications and modelling approaches, including synthetic data generation to improve and train smaller models.
Google’s parent Alphabet reports 29% surge in Q2 2024 net income
Alphabet’s revenues for Q2 2024 were up by 13.5% to $84.74bn, driven by growth in its search and cloud segments, compared to $74.6bn in Q2 2023