Learn to fine-tune LFM2 with QLoRA, supervised fine-tuning, DPO, and adapter merging using TRL and PEFT on Colab.
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Microsoft’s OpenClaw-style agent appears in Teams, just like a human colleague, and automates your dull office tasks.
Microsoft Build 2026 kicked off with a keynote presentation that introduced some developer-focused Windows updates, an OpenClaw-based AI assistant called Scout, the new Majorana 2 quantum computing chip, and a Surface mini PC designed for AI developers. Microsoft also rolled out a new Android-based OS called Project Solara that’s designed for gadgets that run AI […]
Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it’s now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia’s new Arm-based RTX Spark chips, just like the Surface Laptop Ultra, and is optimized for sustained workloads and local AI tasks. […]
Microsoft just announced “Project Solara,” a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026. The company is calling it “a new platform built from the ground up to power agent-driven experiences.” It’s built on Android, not Windows. Microsoft demonstrated two concept Project Solara devices at Build today: Desk concept and badge […]
Much like Google, Microsoft is launching its own version of OpenClaw. Microsoft Scout is an always-on assistant that integrates into Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams, allowing businesses to assign a virtual assistant to employees to help with organizing calendars, expense reporting, email drafts, and much more. Unlike Copilot that lives inside […]
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scammer that appears to be coming from the same number as one of your contacts, Phone by Google will flag the call as suspicious so you can hang […]
Microsoft announced a bunch of new in-house AI models at Build 2026, including a new “flagship” model: MAI-Thinking-1. It’s an ambitious step into model development for Microsoft, which introduced its initial in-house models last year – before then, it had relied on OpenAI’s models. The two companies recently renegotiated their deal to loosen ties. According […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday creating a “voluntary framework” for AI companies to share their frontier models with the federal government before they’re released “to promote secure innovation and strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure.” The order says the US AI industry has succeeded in part “because we refuse to stifle this […]
Microsoft just kicked off Build 2026 with a keynote from CEO Satya Nadella and other company leaders. As expected, it was filled with announcements, ranging from new Surface hardware to an always-on personal assistant and updates across Microsoft’s in-house AI models. If you didn’t watch the event live, you can catch up on all the […]
OpenAI released a set of six plug-ins aimed at specific jobs: data analytics, creative production, sales, product design, equity investing, and investment banking. Available from within the Codex app, each of the new tools bundles integrations, instructions, and context to allow Codex to approximate a specific job.
After industry objections, President Trump signed a revised AI executive order requiring only voluntary prerelease government reviews of advanced models.
The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent.
As people increasingly refuse to answer calls from unknown numbers, scammers are shifting their tactics by spoofing trusted phone numbers and using AI deepfake technology to sound like authority figures, family members, or employers.
The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.
Launched at Build, Microsoft Scout is a new AI assistant meant to bring the power and flexibility of OpenClaw into the Microsoft 365 system.
The caveat is that one of the world’s most famous living directors is using the tech solely for storyboarding.
Microsoft on Tuesday took the wraps off Adaptive Spec-driven Scoring for Evaluation and Regression Testing, an open source framework for spinning up AI evaluations.
Uber’s cutback has occurred after the company had reportedly encouraged staff to use AI as much as possible.
The cybersecurity company is nearing a $300 million round led by Evolution Equity Partners.
Investors embrace zero-interest debt for options on high-growth tech stocks
Search engine’s move is a good example of how artificial intelligence has made big numbers all but meaningless
About 150 organisations will be given advanced cyber security model following requests from around the world
Documents raise questions since the advisory firm co-founded by Labour veteran represented big AI companies
President’s executive order will allow the US government to gain early access to cutting-edge models
Reports of “SaaS being dead” are misguided, writes guest author Bob Morse, who contends that AI will enable software companies to move beyond selling productivity tools to deliver knowledge-work outcomes directly, unlocking massive unmet demand for services, ultimately growing the software industry.
Already this year, more than $14.6 billion in venture investment has gone into companies in Crunchbase’s military, national security and law enforcement categories, blowing past the sector’s previous annual record of $9.6 billion raised in all of 2025.
According to a new report, the number of workers over 55 is growing, creating concerns over long-term stability and more questions.
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The EU Artificial Intelligence Act is rolling in a landscape where AI hiring tools are already generating lawsuits, congressional scrutiny and growing unease among HR leaders about using the tools to help make talent decisions. The law, which places new requirements on AI systems used in hiring, demands transparency and human oversight from companies operating […]
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With AI adoption, what begins as an effort to manage risk gradually produces what innovation struggles to survive under: bureaucracy.
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The IRS announcement means the maximum contribution is growing more slowly than medical care costs.
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For many workers, office technology issues are not rare disruptions but recurring parts of the workday that chip away at time and momentum.
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This article is from Making AI Work, MIT Technology Review’s limited-run newsletter examining how to apply LLMs across industries. To receive it in your inbox,sign up here. From accounting to design to market research and product development, there’s a staggering breadth of skills needed to run a business. A large company can hire experts to…
The global health care sector is under increasing strain. Decades of chronic underinvestment and constraints in recruitment have coincided with a surge in demand for services for aging populations. Gaps in provision are already taking a toll, with fragmented access to care and high rates of stress and burnout among staff. And it’s getting worse.…
Since its announcement in April this year, the proposed changes to billing methods on GitHub Copilot were a source of much speculation: how much more or less would a pay-a-you-use AI cost an organisation or individual compared to a flat-rate, monthly subscription? Just a day into the changeover to token-based billing for the LLM-based service, […]
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