Hackathons are different!. The good ones pull you in, stretch your thinking, and leave you with something real—regardless of the outcome. The problem is choice. It’s hard to find the right one! Too many hackathons. Too many formats. And too much noise. So this list is built with that in mind. Instea...
MANZANO: A Simple and Scalable Unified Multimodal Model with a Hybrid Vision Tokenizer
Unified multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) that can both understand and generate visual content hold immense potential. However, existing open-source models often suffer from a performance trade-off between these capabilities. We present Manzano, a simple and scalable unified framework that sub...
In software, the code documents the app. In AI, the traces do.
TL;DRIn traditional software, you read the code to understand what the app does - the decision logic lives in your codebaseIn AI agents, the code is just scaffolding - the actual decision-making happens in the model at runtimeBecause of this, the source of truth for what
Federated Learning, Part 1: The Basics of Training Models Where the Data Lives
Understanding the foundations of federated learning
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Beyond the Flat Table: Building an Enterprise-Grade Financial Model in Power BI
A step-by-step journey through data transformation, star schema modeling, and DAX variance analysis with lessons learned along the way.
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If you’re curious about trending terms like AI Agents or Agentic AI, you’re in the right place. Agentic AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to enterprise adoption. According to Gartner, over 60% of enterprise AI applications are expected to include agentic components by 2026, while more than 4...
AI Quantum Intelligence & Pic of the week (2026&01&09)
This image developed using Microsoft Copilot illustrates the attempt to have AI and Robotics understand and react to emotions and emotional context rather than just logical and data driven outputs.
The AI Gold Rush Isn’t One Race—It’s Several, and Each Industry Is Running Its Own Event
This article provides a deep dive into how differing major industries—from manufacturing to finance—are investing in AI and robotics, each with unique priorities, risks, and go‑to‑market strategies.
CES 2026 was all about “physical AI” and robots, robots, robots
After years of chatbots and image generators, AI is finally leaving the screen. At CES 2026, that shift became impossible to ignore. The annual tech showcase in Las Vegas was dominated by “physical AI” and robotics, from Boston Dynamic’s newly redesigned Atlas humanoid robot to AI-powered ice maker...
Meta and Harvard Researchers Introduce the Confucius Code Agent (CCA): A Software Engineering Agent that can Operate at Large-Scale Codebases
How far can a mid sized language model go if the real innovation moves from the backbone into the agent scaffold and tool stack? Meta and Harvard researchers have released the Confucius Code Agent, an open sourced AI software engineer built on the Confucius SDK that is designed for industrial scale ...
NVIDIA Unveils Multi-Agent Intelligent Warehouse and Catalog Enrichment AI Blueprints to Power the Retail Pipeline
Every “that was easy” shopping moment is made possible by teams working to hit shipping deadlines, scrambling to fix missing product details and striving to provide curated shopping experiences. Behind the scenes, workers are dealing with the reality of aging systems, siloed data and rising customer...
X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only after drawing the world’s ire
Elon Musk's AI company has restricted Grok's controversial AI image-generation feature to only paying subscribers on X, after the tool invited heated criticism from across the world for letting users generate sexualized images of women and children.
NyRAG: Building Production-Ready RAG Applications with Zero Code
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology almost immediately became the standard in intelligent applications. This was a result of the quickly developing field of artificial intelligence that combined large language models and external knowledge bases with different real-time access methods. R...
Cumulus Neuroscience Appoints Ricardo Sáinz Fuertes, MD as New Board Chair
Cumulus Neuroscience (Cumulus; The Company), a global digital health company focused on advancing neuroscience clinical trials and patient care through improved data, announced today that Ricardo Sáinz Fuertes, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPsych, EDTX has been appointed Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors...
Illumina Launches Scalable Software for Connected Multiomic Analysis
Integrated software, AI-driven analytics, and frictionless workflows enable customers to harness the full power of biological insights Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced the release of Illumina Connected Multiomics, a powerful cloud-based research software platform to analyze and visuali...
We’re three years into a post-ChatGPT world, and AI remains the focal point of the tech industry. In 2025, several ongoing trends intensified: AI investment accelerated; enterprises integrated agents and workflow automation at a faster pace; and the toolscape for professionals seeking a career edge ...
Unlike isolated workflow tools, Orbitype Intelligence is a chat-based orchestration layer for AI agents and workflow automation, powering AI agent environments with databases, RAG vector search, dashboards, credentials, observability, and APIs. Orbitype today announced the launch of Orbitype Intelli...
Rivvit appoints Bret Bange as Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer
Investment data management platform welcomes seasoned fintech leader to drive growth amid rapid product innovation Rivvit, an AI-powered data management and analytics platform for asset managers, today announced the appointment of Bret Bange as Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer. A results-driven ex...
New AI-native capabilities enable intuitive exploration, rule creation, and investigation, grounded in real cloud context and designed for trust and control Upwind, the leading runtime-first cloud security platform, announced today the general availability of Choppy AI, embedding new AI-powered capa...