Salesforce Bets on Data Mastery with $8B Informatica Acquisition
Salesforce has announced it will acquire data management giant Informatica for approximately $8 billion. The move signals a major push by Salesforce to reinforce its AI capabilities with cleaner, better-governed data—an essential ingredient for building truly autonomous, agentic AI tools. Informatica is best known for its data integration, governance, and metadata management platforms—tools designed to […]
Odyssey’s AI Turns Video Into Living, Breathing Digital Worlds
London-based AI lab Odyssey is taking its first steps toward reshaping how we experience video content. Their newest research model doesn’t just play video—it transforms it into a world you can explore and influence in real-time. Think: early Holodeck vibes, with an experimental edge. The project started as a tool for generating AI-based environments for […]
Censorship Creep: DeepSeek’s Latest AI Raises Concerns About Free Expression
The newest AI model from DeepSeek, dubbed R1 0528, is drawing sharp criticism for what appears to be a retreat from the principles of open dialogue. AI researchers and users alike have flagged the model as increasingly restrictive—particularly on politically sensitive topics like Chinese government policies or human rights issues. Mixed signals from the model […]