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The Qwen team from Alibaba have just released a new version of their open-source reasoning AI model with some impressive benchmarks. Meet Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507. Over the past three months, the Qwen team has been hard at work scaling up what they call the “thinking capability” of their AI, aiming to improve both the quality and depth […]

Anthropic has built an army of autonomous AI agents with a singular mission: to audit powerful models like Claude to improve safety. As these complex systems rapidly advance, the job of making sure they are safe and don’t harbour hidden dangers has become a herculean task. Anthropic believes it has found a solution, and it’s

The White House has released its ‘AI Action Plan’, which frames the coming decade as a technological race the US cannot afford to lose. Laced with the urgent rhetoric of a new cold war, the action plan argues that securing victory in AI is nothing short of a national imperative. Trump’s foreword sets the tone,

In the halls of power in Washington, OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, warned of total job losses from AI and how national security is being rewritten. Altman positions OpenAI as not just a participant, but as the essential architect of our destiny. Holding court at the Federal Reserve’s conference for large banks, Altman clearly stated how

Google just dropped the stable version of Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite and they’ve essentially created a model that’s designed to be the workhorse for developers who need to build things at scale without breaking the bank. Building cool things with AI can often feel like a frustrating balancing act. You want a model that’s smart and

OpenAI has shaken hands with Oracle on a colossal deal to advance the former’s colossal Stargate AI data centre initiative. It’s one thing to talk about the AI revolution in abstract terms, but it’s another thing entirely to grasp the sheer physical scale of what’s being built to make it happen. The foundations of our

The implementation of the EU’s AI General-Purpose Code of Practice has exposed deep divisions among major technology companies. Microsoft has signalled its intention to sign the European Union’s voluntary AI compliance framework while Meta flatly refuses participation, calling the guidelines regulatory overreach that will stifle innovation. Microsoft President Brad Smith told Reuters on Friday, “I

Apple is taking its time with AI. While most tech companies are racing to push out AI features as fast as they can, Apple is doing the opposite. Its big announcement – Apple Intelligence – won’t arrive for most users until 2026. That’s a long delay in a market where speed seems to matter more

A criticism about AI safety from an OpenAI researcher aimed at a rival opened a window into the industry’s struggle: a battle against itself. It started with a warning from Boaz Barak, a Harvard professor currently on leave and working on safety at OpenAI. He called the launch of xAI’s Grok model “completely irresponsible,” not

The modern sales landscape is evolving rapidly. Complex buying cycles, high customer expectations, and sophisticated products have made traditional “pitch and close” tactics obsolete. Today, sales professionals must demonstrate tangible value to prospects before closing a deal. This is where proof of concept (PoC) tools take centre stage. A sales PoC is an important bridge