The irony isn’t lost on Google’s leadership: even the architects of artificial intelligence find themselves navigating its transformative effects. “You know, things are never quiet,” remarked Shweta Maniar, global director of healthcare and life sciences at Google Cloud in a recent interview, recalling how Silicon Valley giants vowed to disrupt healthcare among other industries. “I…
This week in AI research: Enterprise firms warming up to autonomous agents, Sora debuts
This week, Meta’s unveiled of a “concept-predicting” language model and AI-powered Metaverse avatars. Meanwhile, industry leaders are forecasting autonomous AI agents by 2025. Deloitte has projected that by 2025, 25% of enterprises using generative AI will deploy such agents, expanding to 50% by 2027. Also this week, OpenAI finally opened up its video creation tool…
AI agents: The next big thing in science — eventually?
If you read much about AI, you’ve likely noticed the growing number of models capable of “reasoning” and acting autonomously. This isn’t just about chatbots; it’s transforming scientific discovery. Google DeepMind recently launched a 15-day weather forecasting agent, bringing new levels of accuracy to complex atmospheric modeling. OpenAI’s latest reasoning model, o1, has demonstrated potential…
This week in AI research: High-stakes investments and job cuts amid market cooling signals
From AMD cutting 4% of its workers as it continues an AI push to LAMs, AI continues to shake up the technology landscape. While a Reuters report suggests that genAI progress may be cooling, several prominent figures such as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have refuted it. OpenAI explores novel…