Google announced its Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Mode model, which is capable of stronger reasoning capabilities than its recently released Gemini 2.0 Flash model. The new model is available through Google’s Vertex AI platform and can be trained on text and image inputs with text outputs.
OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT search to all free users, improving speed and mobile experience. Search is now also available in Advanced Voice, allowing users to conduct searches by talking to ChatGPT.
Data and AI company Databricks announced a $10 billion funding round, valuing the company at $62 billion. The funding will be used for AI products, acquisitions, and expansion of its international go-to-market operations.
Suki Assistant, which uses Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, is now available to clinicians, providing patient summaries and answering medical reference questions. The assistant can also work with healthcare providers on documentation, coding, retrieving patient chart data, and dictation.
SandboxAQ secured a $300 million funding round, valuing the company at $5.3 billion on a pre-money basis. The new funding will be used for AI applications and to accelerate the development of Large Quantitative Models, which can be used in drug discovery and materials-science innovation.
Engineered Arts, a humanoid robotics designer and manufacturer, announced a $10 million Series A funding round. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate product refinement, manufacturing readiness, scale production, and investment in advanced business systems.
Blitzy launched its agentic platform for software development, which can build up to 300,000 lines of code in eight hours to accelerate software development for enterprises.
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/googles-thinking-model-databricks-10-100000396.html