Anthropic has launched a new marketplace for tools built on its Claude large language models (LLMs) that analysts say could help streamline procurement hurdles, which often slow the adoption of generative AI for enterprises. Called Claude Marketplace, the platform currently has a limited set of partners, including Replit, Lovable Labs, GitLab, Snowflake, Harvey AI, and

The Ruby language has been around since 1995 and still gets regular releases. But the language has dropped to 30th place in this month’s Tiobe index of language popularity, with Python cited as a reason for Ruby’s drop. Ruby was the Tiobe language of the year in 2006, having displayed the highest growth rate in

Enterprises are under intense pressure to deliver AI outcomes that are visible, measurable, and repeatable without blowing up their cloud budgets. That’s why neoclouds have arrived at exactly the right moment. By neoclouds, I’m referring to GPU-centric, purpose-built cloud services that focus primarily on AI training and inference rather than on the sprawling catalog of general-purpose services

In the era of support apps and chatbots, telephony continues to hold strong as the backbone of customer communication, and voice AI is entering the call center scene to further streamline customer interaction.  However, this means developers are suddenly being confronted with a whole new set of challenges, foremost among them the difficulty of bridging the

One of the most poweful collaborations between AI and tech giants, Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard for connecting AI agents. We need standards like MCP to orchestrate communication between AI agents, AI assistants, LLMs, and other resources. Such standards are also critical for developing more complex agentic workflows. The MCP protocol enables two

MariaDB, the company behind the open-source fork of MySQL, is planning to acquire in-memory computing middleware provider GridGain to bolster its platform for high-performance data and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The database provider is planning to infuse its relational database with the California-headquartered startup’s in-memory technology, which it says will enable its database offerings to

OpenAI’s head of robotics, Caitlin Kalinowski, has resigned over the company’s contract with the US Department of War, saying key safeguards around domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons were not adequately reviewed before the agreement was signed. “Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence organization comprised of the non-profit OpenAI, Inc. and several for-profit subsidiaries. The company is perhaps best known for its ChatGPT chatbot, which launched in 2022, kicking off a period of massive disruption in the tech industry and beyond. A complicated and increasingly contentious relationship with Microsoft, ongoing legal issues over

Microsoft has added agentic AI capabilities to Microsoft 365 Copilot to improve its usefulness for office workers — including its own version of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork. Microsoft’s AI assistant has, so far, failed to attract significant business demand since launching more than two years ago, at least compared to its other products. Only 3% of

The human and environmental costs of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East are bad enough on their own, but there are other impacts likely to be felt. Along with most financial markets, Apple’s shareholders are no doubt spooked by the conflict, which threatens to metastasize to the detriment of the region and the world.