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OpenAI’s Sora

OpenAI’s Sora

Sora serves as a foundation for AI that understands and simulates reality, an important step towards developing models that can interact with the physical world.

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Gemini 2.0

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, a model that represents the next step in Google’s ambition to revolutionize AI.

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Gemini 2.0
Machine unlearning

Machine unlearning: Researchers make AI models ‘forget’ data

Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) have developed a method to enable large-scale AI models to selectively “forget” specific classes of data.

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Google’s Vision For The Future: GenAI, Quantum, Shopping, XR, Gaming

Giants move slowly. But when they finally do, everything around them either trembles, crumbles, or scrambles to latch on and survive. The decentralized and agile world of information technology allows for frequent, explosive innovation.

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Google's Vision
Meta FAIR

Sharing new research, models, and datasets from Meta FAIR

Meta FAIR is releasing several new research artifacts that highlight our recent innovations in developing agents, robustness and safety, and architectures that facilitate machine learning.

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Malaysia launches national AI office for policy, regulation

Malaysia launched on Thursday a national artificial intelligence office aimed at shaping policies and addressing regulatory issues, as it looks to establish itself as a regional hub for AI development.

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Malaysia AI Office
Saudi AI Ecosystem

Saudi Arabia Launches $100B Initiative to Develop AI Ecosystem

Saudi Arabia has announced it is launching a $100 billion-backed initiative to develop an extensive AI ecosystem in the country spanning innovation, infrastructure and talent development through its named Project Transcendence.

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Stakeholders discuss the strategic visioning of Mauritius’ ICT Sector for the next five years

A consultative workshop on “Strategic Visioning of the ICT Sector”, an initiative of the Ministry of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, opened this morning at the InterContinental Resort in Balaclava. The objective is to chart the way forward of the ICT and innovation sectors in Mauritius for the next five years.

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Mauritius ICT Sector
“The playing field is poised to become a lot more competitive, and businesses that don’t deploy AI and data to help them innovate in everything they do will be at a disadvantage.”
Paul Daugherty
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer @ Accenture

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