AI News of the Day

April 8, 2025

Today's News Items
Ai2 and Google Cloud Partner to Offer Open AI Models in Vertex AI Model Garden
Yahoo Finance

Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI) announced a partnership with Google Cloud to make its portfolio of open AI models available in Vertex AI Model Garden.

IBM Stock Gains as Tech Giant Unveils Mainframe For \'AI Age\'
Investor's Business Daily

IBM stock rose around 2% as the company unveils a new mainframe for the "AI Age".

White House Addresses US Leadership in AI Amidst China's Progress
Fox News

The White House stated that the US will continue to lead in AI, but China is rapidly catching up in the AI race.

Wells Fargo's AI Assistant Reaches 245 Million Interactions
VentureBeat

Wells Fargo’s AI-powered assistant, Fargo, handled 245.4 million interactions in 2024, exceeding original projections.

Democrats Request More Information on AI Deals from Microsoft and Google
The Hill

Senate Democrats are asking Microsoft and Google for more information on their AI partnerships, citing concerns about collaboration.

White House Introduces Policies to Modernize Federal Agencies with AI
Business Today

The White House is introducing revised "America First" policies to adopt AI in federal agencies.

China Rapidly Closing Gap in Race to Human-Level AI
The Independent

A Stanford University report finds that performance differences between leading AI models built in the US and China shrank to near parity in 2024.

Quantum Computer Tunes Billion-Parameter AI Model
Interesting Engineering

A quantum computer in China has achieved a world-first by fine-tuning a billion-parameter AI model.

DeepSeek promises a new AI revolution: Efficiency through rewards
Tech News

DeepSeek plans to release them as open-source, continuing its habit of sharing breakthroughs with the community.

AI apocalypse? Google paper predicts AI could soon match human intelligence
The Economic Times

Google DeepMind's study highlights potential risks and preventive measures, AGI could emerge by 2030 and might permanently destroy humanity ```