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Microsoft Edge Lets Developers Add AI to Web Apps Without the Cloud

Microsoft is upgrading its Edge browser with new AI capabilities. At this year’s Build conference, the company unveiled a set of AI APIs allowing developers to seamlessly integrate AI features into their web apps, powered by models built directly into the browser. This experimental API set includes methods for prompting and generating content. These are […]

Artificial Intelligence

Why ServiceNow Named Its Lightweight AI Models ‘Apriel’

When ServiceNow first released its Apriel family of small language models, I was curious about the origin of the name. I initially guessed it might be a twist on the word “April,” perhaps rooted in the Latin word aperire, meaning “to open.” But the company didn’t offer an official explanation at the time. So at […]

Artificial Intelligence

Ai2 Unveils the Tiniest OLMo 2 Model, Built for Local and Efficient AI Use

Nonprofit AI lab Ai2 has released a new variation of its open-source language model. Previously, OLMo 2 was available in three sizes—7B, 13B, and 32B—but now there’s a 1B version, the smallest member of the model family. The company claims it outperforms Google’s Gemma 3 1B and Meta’s Llama 3.2 1B. OLMo 2 came onto […]

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s New Phi-4 Variants Show Just How Far Small AI Can Go

Microsoft is doubling down on small language models with new Phi-4 variants that aim to prove a bold idea: small AI can think big. The new Phi-4-reasoning, Phi-4-reasoning-plus, and Phi-4-mini-reasoning models are optimized for complex tasks, such as math and coding, and outperform much larger models while running on devices with limited resources. While we […]