Microsoft Builds A Compact AI Model That Decides When To Think

Microsoft's Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B uses careful data curation and selective reasoning to compete with models trained on ...
GitHub

DVEFormer: Efficient Prediction of Dense Visual Embeddings via Distillation and RGB-D Transformers

This repository contains the code to our paper "Efficient Prediction of Dense Visual Embeddings via Distillation and RGB-D Transformers" (Accepted at IROS 2025) The repository includes code for ...

Microsoft built Phi-4-reasoning-vision-15B to know when to think — and when thinking is a waste of time

B, an open-weight multimodal vision AI model designed to deliver strong math, science, document and UI reasoning with far ...

Vadzo Imaging Unveils World’s First 13MP Autofocus USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Camera for High-Speed Industrial Imaging

Ultra Fast 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Camera Type C | Onsemi AR1335 Color Camera | ROI Based Autofocus and Auto Exposure | ...
VentureBeat

AI inference costs dropped up to 10x on Nvidia's Blackwell — but hardware is only half the equation

Lowering the cost of inference is typically a combination of hardware and software. A new analysis released Thursday by Nvidia details how four leading inference providers are reporting 4x to 10x ...
TechCrunch

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at a valuation of about $2.5 billion, according to four people with knowledge of the deal. Should ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background

I hate Discord with the intensity of a supernova falling into a black hole. I hate its ungainly profusion of tabs and voice channels. I regret its cybersecurity breaches. I resent that the PRs use it ...
Microsoft

Maia 200: The AI accelerator built for inference

Today, we’re proud to introduce Maia 200, a breakthrough inference accelerator engineered to dramatically improve the economics of AI token generation. Maia 200 is an AI inference powerhouse: an ...
TechCrunch

Inference startup Inferact lands $150M to commercialize vLLM

The creators of the open source project vLLM have announced that they transitioned the popular tool into a VC-backed startup, Inferact, raising $150 million in seed funding at an $800 million ...
The Hill

House rebuffs Venezuela war powers resolution after floor drama

The House on Thursday narrowly voted down a Democratic-led war powers resolution designed to block President Trump from using military force in Venezuela without explicit approval from Congress.
Wall Street Journal

Nvidia Invests $150 Million in AI Inference Startup Baseten

Baseten, a startup specializing in AI inference, has raised $300 million at a $5 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter, more than doubling its valuation.