Financial firms ramp up artificial intelligence and open source investment

The latest Nvidia State of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services report shows the sector rapidly moving from pilots to large scale deployment, with most firms reporting clear revenue gains, cost savings, and a growing reliance on open source models.
How to run visual generative artificial intelligence locally on Nvidia RTX PCs

Nvidia outlines how creators can use RTX PCs and ComfyUI to run modern visual generative artificial intelligence models like FLUX.2 and LTX-2 locally for image, video and 3D-guided workflows, while managing GPU memory and performance.
Nvidia Drive AV helps mercedes benz cla secure top euro ncap safety award

The mercedes benz cla has been named euro ncap’s best performer of 2025 after combining traditional crash protection with nvidia drive av powered driver assistance to achieve the year’s top overall safety score. The result highlights how artificial intelligence based active safety is reshaping how vehicles are evaluated and trusted on the road.
Yann LeCun launches Advanced Machine Intelligence to pursue world models beyond large language models

Turing Award winner Yann LeCun has left Meta to launch Advanced Machine Intelligence, a Paris-headquartered startup that bets on world models and open-source platforms instead of large language models as the path to human-level intelligence.
Yann LeCun backs world models as lithium demand and climate tech surge

Yann LeCun is leaving Meta to pursue a contrarian vision for artificial intelligence focused on world models, as rising lithium prices and new low carbon cement technologies highlight the shifting landscape of climate and energy tech.
Can ChatGPT Health surpass the era of Dr. Google for medical advice

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT Health tool aims to give more personalized and context-aware health guidance than traditional web search, but its promise is tempered by concerns over safety, misinformation, and overreliance on chatbots instead of doctors.
Artificial general intelligence predictions converge on earlier timelines

Surveys of 8,590 researchers, entrepreneurs, and forecasters show expectations for artificial general intelligence shifting from mid-century to as early as the late 2020s, even as experts debate whether scaling current models will be enough or new architectures are required.
SambaNova draws new major investors and ongoing Intel interest

SambaNova Systems is attracting fresh large-scale investment interest, including continued attention from Intel, as the chip and infrastructure startup outperforms its sales targets and secures sovereign artificial intelligence contracts.
Intel warns of supply constraints for artificial intelligence data center chips as turnaround meets new hurdles

Intel is struggling to meet demand for server processors used alongside artificial intelligence accelerators, issuing a cautious outlook that sent its shares sharply lower despite signs of strengthening product demand.
Fine-tuning embedding models with Unsloth

Unsloth introduces a FastSentenceTransformer based workflow that speeds up fine-tuning of embedding and related models while keeping them fully compatible with popular deployment tools and frameworks.