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Google Unveils Expanded AI Overviews and Experimental AI Mode
March 05, 2025

Google said Wednesday (March 5) that it launched two updates for its artificial intelligence features: expanded AI Overviews and a limited, experimental offering called AI Mode. “With our new AI features, people are using Google Search more than ever as they get help with new...

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AI Regulations: Virginia’s AI Act Targets ‘High Risk’ AI Systems
March 05, 2025

Virginia could be the second U.S. state to enact artificial intelligence (AI) regulations targeting high risk AI systems, after Colorado, according to the National Law Review. The Virginia State Senate recently passed the High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act, which applies to AI systems...

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Microsoft Unveils AI-Powered Voice Assistant to Alleviate Physician Burnout
March 04, 2025

Microsoft introduced a new clinical artificial intelligence assistant Monday (March 3) that combines advanced voice dictation and ambient listening with generative AI to alleviate doctors’ workflow burdens. Called Dragon Copilot, the assistant integrates Microsoft’s Dragon Medical One (DMO) speech capabilities for doctor dictation of medical...

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Anthropic Raises $3.5 Billion to Develop Next-Generation AI Systems
March 03, 2025

Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a Series E funding round to expand its artificial intelligence offerings. “With this investment, Anthropic will advance its development of next-generation AI systems, expand its compute capacity, deepen its research in mechanistic interpretability and alignment, and accelerate its international expansion,”...

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Tencent Says Its New AI Model Can Outrun DeepSeek
February 27, 2025

Chinese tech giant Tencent said its new artificial intelligence model is faster than that of DeepSeek. The company’s Hunyuan Turbo S AI model was built to respond as instantly as possible, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Feb. 27), thus distinguishing itself from the deep reasoning offered by...

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Emburse Bets on AI to Tackle Expense Management
February 26, 2025

Travel and expense solutions provider Emburse added artificial intelligence capabilities to its product suite. Emburse AI is designed to alleviate common frustration in expense and invoice management, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 26) press release. “Finance teams handle hundreds of detailed processes every day, where...

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CFOs Give External GenAI Data the Cold Shoulder, at Least for Now
February 26, 2025

If there’s a cornerstone of the finance function, it’s trust but verify. In boardrooms across corporate America, finance chiefs are getting comfortable with artificial intelligence, but only when the data is homegrown. PYMNTS Intelligence’s CAIO Report, encompassing 60 chief financial officers from U.S. firms with...

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DeepSeek Resumes Allowing AI Access Following Capacity Shortages
February 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek reportedly resumed allowing customers to access its API. The Chinese company, which rocked the tech world last month with its AI platform, suspended service earlier this month due to server capacity shortages. DeepSeek will now allow customers to top up credits...

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Anthropic Debuts Different Levels of Reasoning for Claude, Announces $3.5 Billion Fundraise
February 24, 2025

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic unveiled new features of its AI chatbot, Claude, and announced the finalization of a $3.5 billion fundraise. The newest iteration of Claude, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, is the first hybrid reasoning model available on the market, Anthropic said in a Monday (Feb....