First-of-its-kind model that combines spatial planning and visual reasoning to enable safer, more adaptable robot control Ai2 (The Allen Institute for AI) today announced the release of MolmoAct 7B, a breakthrough embodied AI model that brings the intelligence of state of the art AI models into the physical world. Instead of reasoning through language and converting

Money’s tight, markets are wild, and everyone’s talking about these AI bots like they’re the second coming of Warren Buffett with a caffeine addiction. But where do you even begin when trying to pick a bot that won’t drain your wallet—or your soul? Look, I’ve been there. You scroll through pages of polished websites promising

Ever had that moment where you’re sipping your lukewarm coffee at 2 a.m., eyes half-shut, wondering if the AI detector you’re using actually knows what it’s doing—or if it’s just flipping a digital coin? Been there. Lately, I’ve been knee-deep in testing a whole buffet of AI detection tools. Some are flashy. Others are about

Rubrik has announced Agent Rewind, software that provides visibility into agent actions and enables enterprises to undo agent mistakes by rewinding changes to applications and data. Announced August 12, Agent Rewind combines Predibase AI infrastructure (acquired by Rubrik in June) with Rubrik recovery capabilities, enabling enterprises to embrace agentic AI confidently, according to Rubrik. Users

Many modern development teams incorporate devops, site reliability engineering (SRE), and platform engineering — or at least they claim to. But figuring out what each of these buzzwords actually means can be a slippery proposition, and at first glance they cover much of the same ground.   We spoke to a number of developers and

Last week I talked about connascence, a measure of the coupling of code. We all agree that loosely coupled code is good, but what that means isn’t always clear. Connascence helps us reason about how code is coupled. You can’t decouple your code if you don’t understand how code couples together, right? Of course, modules of

Svelte introduced the idea of using a compiler to optimize and transform specialized syntax into front-end components. The idea has caught on with a variety of frameworks, including React. In this style of reactive development, using a compiler lets the framework be more flexible and streamlined in its definitions. Svelte, the originator, uses the idea

Autonomous bots acting as virtual shoppers for consumers and businesses are likely to be common by within the next two to three years — but online retailers are nowhere near ready for what’s coming. The arrival of bot shoppers is going to force a change in how retail sales are conducted at all stages of

Need to create and share a presentation? If so, you probably turn to the most popular presentation application in the world, Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. Microsoft sells Office under two models: Individuals and businesses can pay for the software license up front and own it forever (what the company calls the “perpetual” version of the

Workday on Tuesday released new research that reveals that, despite the fact AI agents are gaining ground in the workplace, employees are still looking for what the company described as “clear boundaries.” A spokesperson said, “we wanted to cut through the hype to understand what people really think about AI agents in the workplace and