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Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
Alibaba Group Holding's Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) model is powering the world's top 10 open-source large language models (LLMs), according to collaborative machine-learning platform and community Hugging Face. The latest Open LLM Leaderboard by Hugging Face showed that all of the top-ranked models were trained and developed on the updated open-source versions of Qwen, part of the Tongyi Qianwen LLM family built by Alibaba's cloud computing services and AI arm. Hangzhou-based Alibaba owns
The Microsoft-backed startup will release a GPT-5 model as a comprehensive AI system that will incorporate o3 along with other technologies, he said in a post on X. OpenAI had unveiled o3 and o3 mini models in December 2024. The generative AI pioneer aims to merge the o-series and GPT-series models in a bid to create AI systems that can utilize all available tools and handle variety of tasks.
OpenAI is keen to collaborate with China, according to chief executive Sam Altman, in a 180-degree turn for the company nearly eight months after tightening measures that barred the mainland and other "unsupported countries and territories" from accessing ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence (AI) services. "We'd like to work with China," Altman told Sky News on the sidelines of the Paris AI Action Summit, held from February 10 to 11 in the French capital, according to a clip from the in
Investment in data centres and cloud infrastructure is still needed despite DeepSeek challenging the cost efficiency of large AI models, Baidu CEO Robin Li said on Tuesday. Li's comments come as Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has gained global attention for developing language models that match the performance of leading systems like OpenAI's GPT while using significantly less computing power, raising questions about the necessity of massive AI infrastructure spending.
DeepSeek just proved you don't need billions to build powerful AI--so why are tech giants doubling down on spending?
After luxury companies invested billions in China’s market, the country’s consumers turned to new pricey purchases.
Ex-Meta employees have said they weren’t low performers, yet were laid off anyway.
The stars revealed they were smitten with each other on Barrymore’s talk show
The deal Donald Trump brokered with Russia to release American school teacher Marc Fogel on Tuesday was, in fact, a prisoner swap—even though the president had tried to suggest otherwise. The Russian man freed in the deal is Alexander Vinnik, 45, who stands accused of laundering billions through the digital currency exchange website he ran, an unnamed U.S. official told The New York Times on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Kremlin told reporters earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. had released
“We’re living in a different world,” said Harry Enten on “News Central.”
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The former TVB actress says that marriage is not the be-all end-all
Both tested negative for drugs
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is proposing an exchange of seized territory with Russia as part of any potential negotiations to end the war. Ukraine holds control of a small pocket of Russian territory, parts of Kursk Oblast, captured during a surprise incursion in August. Zelensky, in an interview with The Guardian, said he planned to…
Former Vice President Mike Pence took issue Tuesday with President Trump saying Ukraine “may be Russian someday.” “Mr. President, Ukraine will only ‘be Russian someday’ if the United States abandons them to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s brutal invasion. As you just said, ’When America is Strong the World is at Peace.’ Stand Firm,” Pence said…
Pep Guardiola had a plan with his Norwegian striker at the centre, but it was no match for Carlo Ancelotti’s aura
Singer Makiyo shares update on Dee's well-being while being mindful of the family's privacy
Xi Jinping built the smart city of Xiongan as a showcase for China’s technological prowess. But WSJ’s Jonathan Cheng finds it remains largely empty, raising questions about the limits of Xi’s rule.
Two years after losing her husband, Sabrina Chae decided to eat the last meal he ever made, still stored in the freezer, in an emotional TikTok
"By the end of the experiment, one of the 'ordinary-looking' women was crying."