[News] AMD at CES 2025: new consumer chips for gaming, content creation and AI PCs
AMD announced its new Ryzen AI Max processor series at CES 2025, featuring up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and enhanced AI processing capabilities. The company also added more models to its Ryzen AI 300/300 PRO Series and introduced the more affordable 200/200 PRO Series.
https://dataphoenix.info/amd-at-ces-2025-new-consumer-chips-for-gaming-content-creation-and-ai-pcs/
AMD announced its new Ryzen AI Max processor series at CES 2025, featuring up to 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, RDNA 3.5 graphics, and enhanced AI processing capabilities. The company also added more models to its Ryzen AI 300/300 PRO Series and introduced the more affordable 200/200 PRO Series.
https://dataphoenix.info/amd-at-ces-2025-new-consumer-chips-for-gaming-content-creation-and-ai-pcs/
[News] Nvidia at CES 2025: announcing the RTX Blackwell 5090, "the most powerful consumer GPU ever created"
At CES 2025, Nvidia unveiled its GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards, headlined by the $2,000 RTX 5090 with 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB GDDR7 memory, promising twice the performance of previous generations in both gaming and AI applications.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-announcing-the-rtx-blackwell-5090-the-most-powerful-consumer-gpu-ever-created/
At CES 2025, Nvidia unveiled its GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards, headlined by the $2,000 RTX 5090 with 21,760 CUDA cores and 32GB GDDR7 memory, promising twice the performance of previous generations in both gaming and AI applications.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-announcing-the-rtx-blackwell-5090-the-most-powerful-consumer-gpu-ever-created/
[News] Nvidia at CES 2025: a desktop supercomputer that can run 200B parameter LLMs
Announced this Monday at CES, Nvidia's Project DIGITS personal AI supercomputer aims to put a petaflop of AI processing power in the hands of every data scientist, AI researcher and student. The small and mighty unit packs a GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and can run models of up to 200 parameters.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-a-desktop-supercomputer-that-can-run-200b-parameter-llms/
Announced this Monday at CES, Nvidia's Project DIGITS personal AI supercomputer aims to put a petaflop of AI processing power in the hands of every data scientist, AI researcher and student. The small and mighty unit packs a GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip and can run models of up to 200 parameters.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-a-desktop-supercomputer-that-can-run-200b-parameter-llms/
[News] Nvidia at CES 2025: Introducing Cosmos, the chipmaker's contribution to 'physical AI' research
At CES 2025, Nvidia announced Cosmos, an end-to-end world foundation model platform trained on 9,000 trillion tokens, designed to help developers create and test virtual environments for physical AI applications like robotics and autonomous vehicles.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-introducing-cosmos-the-chipmakers-contribution-to-physical-ai-research/
At CES 2025, Nvidia announced Cosmos, an end-to-end world foundation model platform trained on 9,000 trillion tokens, designed to help developers create and test virtual environments for physical AI applications like robotics and autonomous vehicles.
https://dataphoenix.info/nvidia-at-ces-2025-introducing-cosmos-the-chipmakers-contribution-to-physical-ai-research/
[News] Anthropic is reportedly in talks with Lightspeed and others to raise more funding
After securing a $4B investment from Amazon in November 2024, Anthropic is reportedly close to raising an additional $2B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which would value the AI company at $60B.
https://dataphoenix.info/anthropic-is-reportedly-in-talks-with-lightspeed-and-others-to-raise-more-funding/
After securing a $4B investment from Amazon in November 2024, Anthropic is reportedly close to raising an additional $2B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, which would value the AI company at $60B.
https://dataphoenix.info/anthropic-is-reportedly-in-talks-with-lightspeed-and-others-to-raise-more-funding/
[News] CES 2025: Delta announced a new AI-powered assistant is coming to its app
At CES 2025, Delta Air Lines announced Delta Concierge, an AI-powered digital assistant launching in 2025 that will provide travel assistance through the Fly Delta app, offering features like proactive notifications, natural language interaction, and real-time airport navigation guidance.
https://dataphoenix.info/ces-2025-delta-announced-a-new-ai-powered-assistant-is-coming-to-its-app/
At CES 2025, Delta Air Lines announced Delta Concierge, an AI-powered digital assistant launching in 2025 that will provide travel assistance through the Fly Delta app, offering features like proactive notifications, natural language interaction, and real-time airport navigation guidance.
https://dataphoenix.info/ces-2025-delta-announced-a-new-ai-powered-assistant-is-coming-to-its-app/
[News] Evidence shows AI data centers may be hurting the power quality for homes in the US
A Bloomberg analysis reveals that homes within 20 miles of AI data centers are experiencing dangerous levels of power grid distortions (bad harmonics), particularly in Virginia's "data center alley". Meanwhile, tech companies plan massive expansions of their data center infrastructure across the US.
https://dataphoenix.info/evidence-shows-ai-data-centers-may-be-hurthe-power-quality-for-homes-in-the-us/
A Bloomberg analysis reveals that homes within 20 miles of AI data centers are experiencing dangerous levels of power grid distortions (bad harmonics), particularly in Virginia's "data center alley". Meanwhile, tech companies plan massive expansions of their data center infrastructure across the US.
https://dataphoenix.info/evidence-shows-ai-data-centers-may-be-hurthe-power-quality-for-homes-in-the-us/
[News] Mistral AI has updated its code generation model Codestral to make it more efficient
Mistral recently announced an update to its code generation model, equipping it with a new architecture and improved tokenizer. Codestral 25.01 supports a leading 256K context length, performs strongly on popular coding benchmarks, and outperforms its rivals on fill-in-the-middle (FIM) tasks.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-ai-has-updated-its-code-generation-model-codestral-to-make-it-more-efficient/
Mistral recently announced an update to its code generation model, equipping it with a new architecture and improved tokenizer. Codestral 25.01 supports a leading 256K context length, performs strongly on popular coding benchmarks, and outperforms its rivals on fill-in-the-middle (FIM) tasks.
https://dataphoenix.info/mistral-ai-has-updated-its-code-generation-model-codestral-to-make-it-more-efficient/
[News] xAI's Aurora is being used to flood X with racist and hateful content
X users continue to take advantage of Grok's lack of guardrails to generate and flood the platform with harmful content. Reports point to a spike in the prevalence of abusive content after Grok's image generation capabilities were enhanced with Aurora, xAI's proprietary model.
https://dataphoenix.info/xais-aurora-is-being-used-to-flood-x-with-racist-and-hateful-content/
X users continue to take advantage of Grok's lack of guardrails to generate and flood the platform with harmful content. Reports point to a spike in the prevalence of abusive content after Grok's image generation capabilities were enhanced with Aurora, xAI's proprietary model.
https://dataphoenix.info/xais-aurora-is-being-used-to-flood-x-with-racist-and-hateful-content/
[News] Raspberry AI has raised a $24M Series A for its fashion design platform
Fashion design platform Raspberry AI has secured $24 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its AI technology that converts fashion sketches into instant photorealistic renderings, already used by major brands like Under Armour and MCM Worldwide.
https://dataphoenix.info/raspberry-ai-has-raised-a-24m-series-a-for-its-fashion-design-platform-2/
Fashion design platform Raspberry AI has secured $24 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its AI technology that converts fashion sketches into instant photorealistic renderings, already used by major brands like Under Armour and MCM Worldwide.
https://dataphoenix.info/raspberry-ai-has-raised-a-24m-series-a-for-its-fashion-design-platform-2/
[News] The new Tasks beta lets ChatGPT users schedule reminders and recurring actions
OpenAI has introduced a new "tasks" feature in beta for ChatGPT's paid users that enables scheduling reminders and recurring requests, marking the company's first step into AI agent capabilities.
https://dataphoenix.info/the-new-tasks-beta-lets-chatgpt-users-schedule-reminders-and-recurring-actions/
OpenAI has introduced a new "tasks" feature in beta for ChatGPT's paid users that enables scheduling reminders and recurring requests, marking the company's first step into AI agent capabilities.
https://dataphoenix.info/the-new-tasks-beta-lets-chatgpt-users-schedule-reminders-and-recurring-actions/
[News] Ukrainian startup LetsData raised $1.6M to fight malicious information operations with AI
LetsData, a cybersecurity startup born during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has raised $1.6M to expand its AI-powered information operations detection technology that analyzes content across multiple platforms and languages.
https://dataphoenix.info/ukrainian-startup-letsdata-raised/
LetsData, a cybersecurity startup born during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has raised $1.6M to expand its AI-powered information operations detection technology that analyzes content across multiple platforms and languages.
https://dataphoenix.info/ukrainian-startup-letsdata-raised/
[News] AI Highlights Review: January 7–18
A recap of our CES 2025 coverage; Anthropic reportedly looking to raise funds; data centers' impact on the elecric grid; Mistral AI updated Codestral; xAI's Aurora unsurprisingly has no guardrails; Raspberry AI's Series A; ChatGPT's new beta feature; LetsData's fundraise.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-january-7-18/
A recap of our CES 2025 coverage; Anthropic reportedly looking to raise funds; data centers' impact on the elecric grid; Mistral AI updated Codestral; xAI's Aurora unsurprisingly has no guardrails; Raspberry AI's Series A; ChatGPT's new beta feature; LetsData's fundraise.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai-highlights-review-january-7-18/
[News] Synthesia recently became the UK's most valuable generative AI company
Synthesia, a London-based AI video communications platform, has raised $180M in Series D funding led by NEA, making it the UK's most valuable generative AI media company with a $2.1B valuation and over 60,000 customers.
https://dataphoenix.info/synthesia-recently-became-the-uks-most-valuable-generative-ai-company/
Synthesia, a London-based AI video communications platform, has raised $180M in Series D funding led by NEA, making it the UK's most valuable generative AI media company with a $2.1B valuation and over 60,000 customers.
https://dataphoenix.info/synthesia-recently-became-the-uks-most-valuable-generative-ai-company/
[News] Microsoft's rStar-Math technique enhances SLMs with complex math problem-solving skills
Microsoft's new rStar-Math technique enables small AI models to outperform OpenAI's o1-preview on complex mathematical problems, achieving 90% accuracy on the MATH benchmark. This innovative approach overcomes challenges associated with alternatives such as model distillation and reward models.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsofts-rstar-math-technique-enhances-slms-with-complex-math-problem-solving-skills/
Microsoft's new rStar-Math technique enables small AI models to outperform OpenAI's o1-preview on complex mathematical problems, achieving 90% accuracy on the MATH benchmark. This innovative approach overcomes challenges associated with alternatives such as model distillation and reward models.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsofts-rstar-math-technique-enhances-slms-with-complex-math-problem-solving-skills/
[News] Don't miss your chance to join the SF Demo Night!
SF Demo Night will be back this Wednesday, January 29! Join GenAI Collective & Product Hunt for an evening of top tech demos. Building something amazing? Apply to demo or register to attend. Don't miss out!
https://dataphoenix.info/dont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-nightdont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-night/
SF Demo Night will be back this Wednesday, January 29! Join GenAI Collective & Product Hunt for an evening of top tech demos. Building something amazing? Apply to demo or register to attend. Don't miss out!
https://dataphoenix.info/dont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-nightdont-miss-your-chance-to-join-the-sf-demo-night/
[News] Microsoft Reverses Changes to Bing Image Creator Amid User Backlash
Microsoft responds to user feedback by reversing controversial changes to Bing Image Creator, ensuring a better user experience for creative AI tools.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-reverses-changes-to-bing-image-creator-amid-user-backlash/
Microsoft responds to user feedback by reversing controversial changes to Bing Image Creator, ensuring a better user experience for creative AI tools.
https://dataphoenix.info/microsoft-reverses-changes-to-bing-image-creator-amid-user-backlash/
[Data Phoenix Digest] Your Weekly Highlights of Top AI Events Happening Next Week (January 26th)
Looking for the best AI events next week? Don’t miss top conferences, webinars, and meetups. Check out our latest newsletter and plan your week with DataPhoenix.
https://dataphoenix.info/your-weekly-highlights-of-top-ai-events-happening-next-week-january-26th/
Looking for the best AI events next week? Don’t miss top conferences, webinars, and meetups. Check out our latest newsletter and plan your week with DataPhoenix.
https://dataphoenix.info/your-weekly-highlights-of-top-ai-events-happening-next-week-january-26th/
[News] Stargate, the data center project deserving of a White House event, will only serve OpenAI
OpenAI and SoftBank have announced The Stargate Project, an ambitious $500 billion private infrastructure venture backed by Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX fund to serve OpenAI's computing needs. The venture was praised by President Trump as a "declaration of confidence in America's potential."
https://dataphoenix.info/stargate-the-data-center-project-deserving-of-a-white-house-event-will-only-serve-openai/
OpenAI and SoftBank have announced The Stargate Project, an ambitious $500 billion private infrastructure venture backed by Oracle and Abu Dhabi's MGX fund to serve OpenAI's computing needs. The venture was praised by President Trump as a "declaration of confidence in America's potential."
https://dataphoenix.info/stargate-the-data-center-project-deserving-of-a-white-house-event-will-only-serve-openai/
[News] DeepSeek releases Janus-Pro, an openly available model family for computer vision tasks
DeepSeek's newly released Janus-Pro model family, featuring 1.5B and 7B parameter versions, achieves state-of-the-art performance in image understanding and generation benchmarks, making it an efficient and commercially accessible alternative to larger models like DALL-E 3.
https://dataphoenix.info/deepseek-releases-janus-pro-an-openly-available-model-family-for-computer-vision-tasks/
DeepSeek's newly released Janus-Pro model family, featuring 1.5B and 7B parameter versions, achieves state-of-the-art performance in image understanding and generation benchmarks, making it an efficient and commercially accessible alternative to larger models like DALL-E 3.
https://dataphoenix.info/deepseek-releases-janus-pro-an-openly-available-model-family-for-computer-vision-tasks/
[News] Ai2 demonstrates the scalability of its post-training recipe with the performant Tülu 3 405B
Tülu 3 is an open-source research project by the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) that provides a comprehensive open-source post-training methodology for large language models. The recently released Tülu 3 405B demonstrates that the Tülu 3 post-training recipe is both efficient and scalable.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai2-demonstrates-the-scalability-of-its-post-training-recipe-with-the-performant-tulu-3-405b/
Tülu 3 is an open-source research project by the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) that provides a comprehensive open-source post-training methodology for large language models. The recently released Tülu 3 405B demonstrates that the Tülu 3 post-training recipe is both efficient and scalable.
https://dataphoenix.info/ai2-demonstrates-the-scalability-of-its-post-training-recipe-with-the-performant-tulu-3-405b/