VentureBeat Transformative tech coverage that matters Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:02:33 -0700 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 126020344Copyright 2025, VentureBeat VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/VB_Extended_Logo_40H.png https://venturebeat.com 144 23 Venturebeat.com OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b  https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-returns-to-open-source-roots-with-new-models-gpt-oss-120b-and-gpt-oss-20b/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015125
Enterprises can use a powerful, near topline OpenAI LLM on their hardware totally privately and securely, without sending data to the cloud.Read More]]> 3015125OpenAI returns to open source roots with new models gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b  ChatGPT rockets to 700M weekly users ahead of GPT-5 launch with reasoning superpowers https://venturebeat.com/ai/chatgpt-rockets-to-700m-weekly-users-ahead-of-gpt-5-launch-with-reasoning-superpowers/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 20:42:05 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015107
ChatGPT reaches 700 million weekly users as OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 with integrated reasoning capabilities in August 2025.Read More]]> 3015107ChatGPT rockets to 700M weekly users ahead of GPT-5 launch with reasoning superpowers Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese https://venturebeat.com/ai/qwen-image-is-a-powerful-open-source-new-ai-image-generator-with-support-for-embedded-text-in-english-chinese/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:07:53 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015096
My initial tests revealed the text and prompt adherence was not noticeably better than Midjourney, the popular proprietary AI image generatorRead More]]> 3015096Qwen-Image is a powerful, open source new AI image generator with support for embedded text in English & Chinese Why tomorrow’s best devs won’t just code — they’ll curate, coordinate and command AI https://venturebeat.com/programming-development/why-tomorrows-best-devs-wont-just-code-theyll-curate-coordinate-and-command-ai/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:05:00 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015068
AI coding requires a serious structural change. Where does that leave entry-level developers and the software industry as a whole?Read More]]> 3015068Why tomorrow’s best devs won’t just code — they’ll curate, coordinate and command AI Why the AI era is forcing a redesign of the entire compute backbone https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-the-ai-era-is-forcing-a-redesign-of-the-entire-compute-backbone/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 18:05:00 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015066
Why fulfilling the promise of AI requires a step-change in capabilities far exceeding the advancements of the internet era.Read More]]> 3015066Why the AI era is forcing a redesign of the entire compute backbone New vision model from Cohere runs on two GPUs, beats top-tier VLMs on visual tasks https://venturebeat.com/ai/new-vision-model-from-cohere-runs-on-two-gpus-beats-top-tier-vlms-on-visual-tasks/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:05:20 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015074
Cohere's Command A Vision can read graphs and PDFs to make enterprise research richer and analyze the documents businesses actually rely on.Read More]]> 3015074New vision model from Cohere runs on two GPUs, beats top-tier VLMs on visual tasks Why open-source AI became an American national priority https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-open-source-ai-became-an-american-national-priority/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:07:25 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015049
To reflect democratic principles, AI must be built in the open. If the U.S. wants to lead the AI race, it must lead the open-source AI race.Read More]]> 3015049Why open-source AI became an American national priority Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch… https://venturebeat.com/ai/google-releases-olympiad-medal-winning-gemini-2-5-deep-think-ai-publicly-but-theres-a-catch/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:39:22 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015042
The Gemini 2.5 Deep Think released to users is not that same competition model, rather, a lower performing but apparently faster version.Read More]]> 3015042Google releases Olympiad medal-winning Gemini 2.5 ‘Deep Think’ AI publicly — but there’s a catch… OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search https://venturebeat.com/ai/openai-removes-chatgpt-feature-after-private-conversations-leak-to-google-search/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:49:25 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015016
OpenAI abruptly removed a ChatGPT feature that made conversations searchable on Google, sparking privacy concerns and industry-wide scrutiny of AI data handling.Read More]]> 3015016OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search Deep Cogito goes big, releasing 4 new open source hybrid reasoning models with self-improving ‘intuition’ https://venturebeat.com/ai/deep-cogito-goes-big-releasing-4-new-open-source-hybrid-reasoning-models-with-self-improving-intuition/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:58:07 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3015002
Arora explains this as a difference between searching for a path versus already knowing roughly where the destination lies.Read More]]> 3015002Deep Cogito goes big, releasing 4 new open source hybrid reasoning models with self-improving ‘intuition’ Hard-won vibe coding insights: Mailchimp’s 40% speed gain came with governance price https://venturebeat.com/ai/hard-won-vibe-coding-insights-mailchimps-40-speed-gain-came-with-governance-price/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 21:43:50 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014995
Intuit Mailchimp's experience with vibe coding reveals governance frameworks and tool selection strategies that enterprises can apply to avoid common AI coding pitfalls.Read More]]> 3014995Hard-won vibe coding insights: Mailchimp’s 40% speed gain came with governance price Amazon DocumentDB Serverless database looks to accelerate agentic AI, cut costs https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/amazon-documentdb-serverless-database-looks-to-accelerate-agentic-ai-cut-costs/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:58:12 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014975
AWS continues to expand its serverless database offerings, aiming to help improve cost and lower operational complexity.Read More]]> 3014975Amazon DocumentDB Serverless database looks to accelerate agentic AI, cut costs You’ve heard of AI ‘Deep Research’ tools…now Manus is launching ‘Wide Research’ that spins up 100+ agents to scour the web for you https://venturebeat.com/ai/youve-heard-of-ai-deep-research-tools-now-manus-is-launching-wide-research-that-spins-up-100-agents-to-scour-the-web-for-you/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:41:50 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014969
The implication seems to be that running all these agents in parallel is faster and will result in a better and more varied set of products.Read More]]> 3014969You’ve heard of AI ‘Deep Research’ tools…now Manus is launching ‘Wide Research’ that spins up 100+ agents to scour the web for you Informatica advances its AI to transform 7-day enterprise data mapping nightmares into 5-minute coffee breaks https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/enterprise-data-fragmentation-isnt-going-away-how-informatica-has-evolved-its-ai-capabilities-to-solve-real-challenges/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014941
Informatica's data platform evolution shows how it uses AI to actually serve enterprise needs.Read More]]> 3014941Informatica advances its AI to transform 7-day enterprise data mapping nightmares into 5-minute coffee breaks LangChain’s Align Evals closes the evaluator trust gap with prompt-level calibration https://venturebeat.com/ai/langchains-align-evals-closes-the-evaluator-trust-gap-with-prompt-level-calibration/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:28:09 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014949
LangChain allows enterprises to make and calibrate a model to evaluate applications and get it close to human preferences.Read More]]> 3014949LangChain’s Align Evals closes the evaluator trust gap with prompt-level calibration ‘Subliminal learning’: Anthropic uncovers how AI fine-tuning secretly teaches bad habits https://venturebeat.com/ai/subliminal-learning-anthropic-uncovers-how-ai-fine-tuning-secretly-teaches-bad-habits/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 22:21:50 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014924
A common AI fine-tuning practice could be unintentionally poisoning your models with hidden biases and risks, a new Anthropic study warns.Read More]]> 3014924‘Subliminal learning’: Anthropic uncovers how AI fine-tuning secretly teaches bad habits Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports https://venturebeat.com/security/ibm-shadow-ai-breaches-cost-670k-more-97-of-firms-lack-controls/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 21:23:49 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014909
IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report reveals that breaches involving unauthorized AI tools now average $4.63M.Read More]]> 3014909Shadow AI adds $670K to breach costs while 97% of enterprises skip basic access controls, IBM reports Mark Zuckerberg says ‘developing superintelligence is now in sight,’ shades OpenAI and other firms focused on automating work https://venturebeat.com/ai/mark-zuckerberg-says-developing-superintelligence-is-now-in-sight-shades-openai-and-other-firms-focused-on-automating-work/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 15:11:45 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014917
So perhaps, these competing visions of superintelligence are actually far more similar than they are opposed.Read More]]> 3014917Mark Zuckerberg says ‘developing superintelligence is now in sight,’ shades OpenAI and other firms focused on automating work C8 Health started with an AI that gives anesthesiologists guidance on demand — now it’s targeting whole hospitals https://venturebeat.com/ai/c8-health-started-with-an-ai-that-gives-anesthesiologists-guidance-on-demand-now-its-targeting-whole-hospitals/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 14:23:06 +0000 https://venturebeat.com/?p=3014908
A friendly red panda avatar serves up the knowledge from the organization's own siloed databases, complete with citationsRead More]]> 3014908C8 Health started with an AI that gives anesthesiologists guidance on demand — now it’s targeting whole hospitals