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ServiceNow and Nvidia Unveil Apriel 2.0, a Compact Open Model Made for Regulated Industries
ServiceNow and Nvidia have introduced Apriel 2.0, the latest version of their jointly-developed Apriel Nemotron open model. It boasts improved reasoning, native support for multimodal input, and built-in data and safety guardrails. However, unlike its predecessor, which was a general-purpose foundation model, Apriel 2.0 is explicitly designed for autonomous and semi-autonomous agents operating in regulated […]
Adobe Firefly Adds AI-Powered Soundtrack and Speech Generation
First, there was image generation in Adobe Firefly. Then came video, sound effects, and audio translation. Now, Adobe is adding two new capabilities to its generative AI platform: soundtrack and speech creation. “The introduction of the Generate Soundtrack application and model from Adobe…is the first model that allows you to generate instrumental soundtrack that you […]
Vercel Deepens Its AI Push With New Tools That Build Reliability and Intelligence Into Software
Vercel, the cloud platform for front-end developers, is expanding deeper into AI. The company has rolled out a series of tools designed to help developers build faster, more reliable, and more secure AI applications. Among them: enhancements to the company’s agent that now empower it to investigate anomaly alerts, a new open-source kit that bakes […]
Salesforce ‘Reimagines’ Itself in Slack
Salesforce is using this year’s Dreamforce conference to unveil a sweeping transformation: It’s rebuilding itself around Slack, turning the team communication app into the front door for its AI-driven vision of the “agentic enterprise.” Some of the bold steps Salesforce is taking to make this reality include natively embedding some of its CRM apps into […]
Salesforce’s Agentforce 360 Aims to Help Companies Escape ‘AI Pilot Purgatory’
Welcome to the era of the agentic enterprise. At this year’s Dreamforce event, Salesforce is unveiling Agentforce 360, a major upgrade to its agentic development platform. The company says it brings together humans, AI agents, apps, and data to help organizations forge stronger connections with customers, employees, and suppliers. “What we want to see is […]
Salesforce Buys Apromore to Give AI Agents a Map of Business Operations
Salesforce continues its shopping spree of AI startups to bolster its Agentforce platform. Today, the company is announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire process mapping firm Apromore. This is Salesforce’s sixth business it has purchased, and it plans to incorporate its expertise in process intelligence and optimization into its CRM platform. […]
Meet the 40 Startups Named to AWS’ 2025 Generative AI Accelerator
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected the startups that will participate in its generative AI accelerator (GAIA). The third cohort comprises a diverse mix of companies from software, life sciences, healthcare, media and entertainment, finance, professional services, manufacturing, cybersecurity, legal, robotics, and education sectors—all with one thing in common: they are utilizing AI. “This year’s […]
SAP Recasts Joule as an Agentic AI Platform Driving Workflow Automation
When SAP launched Joule more than two years ago, its natural language AI copilot, the goal was like with every other bot of its type: to help people be more productive and drive better business outcomes. Integrated into the company’s broader portfolio of apps, Joule addressed basic tasks, such as answering questions, retrieving data, and […]
Salesforce Opens App-Building to Everyone with Agentforce Vibes AI
Salesforce is telling developers—or anyone who has a software idea—that there’s no excuse for not building an app on its platform. Ahead of Dreamforce, the enterprise tech firm is unveiling Agentforce Vibes, its vibe coding solution. But unlike what’s available through Anthropic’s Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Vercel, Lovable, or Replit, Salesforce brags that its platform […]
Google Makes Jules More Flexible With CLI and API for Developer Workflows
Google is making it easier for developers to use its AI coding agent to build apps. The company is adding a command-line interface (CLI) and previewing an API that could bring the GitHub Copilot rival directly into a developer’s preferred system or workflow. First introduced in 2024, Jules was an experimental AI agent developed by […]