Paul Mah

2 weeks ago | cdotrends.com | Paul Mah

AI is evolving so rapidly that it’s doubtful any of us can realistically claim to be fully prepared for what’s next. In the past two weeks, OpenAI released GPT-4o Image Generation—once again offered for free—aiming to revolutionize how we create and interact with visual content. Google also unveiled Gemini 2.5 Pro, now featuring built-in chain-of-thought reasoning activated with a simple toggle.

2 weeks ago | cdotrends.com | Paul Mah

OpenAI has just unveiled 4o Image Generation, and it might be the "ChatGPT moment" for cartoon artists and graphic designers everywhere. Built into the GPT-4o model, the image model is significantly better than DALL-E 3, released in October 2023. With major improvements in both output quality and prompt handling, this update sets a new bar for what AI image generation can do. And like a steadily growing list of capabilities developed at OpenAI, it is now available even for free users.

2 weeks ago | cdotrends.com | Paul Mah

Over eight in 10 (84%) leaders of FSI organizations say they fear catastrophic data loss as AI strains their data infrastructure. This comes at a time when businesses are rushing to adopt AI, cognizant of its impact on daily operations and its role in gaining a competitive edge. This was one finding of the State of BFSI Data Infrastructure in 2024 by Hitachi Vantara, which sought insights from 231 BFSI specialists, C-level executives, and IT decision-makers across 15 countries.

1 month ago | cdotrends.com | Paul Mah

Anthropic has unveiled its latest AI model. Unlike the approach taken by OpenAI and others that use specialized versions offering either traditional LLM or reasoning capabilities, Claude 3.7 Sonnet packs both under one roof in its “hybrid reasoning model.”This means Claude 3.7 Sonnet can produce normal chat responses or extended, step-by-step thinking. Anthropic says it wants to simplify the experience of using a model, and designed it such that prompting works similarly in both modes.

1 month ago | cdotrends.com | Paul Mah

Alibaba Cloud’s PolarDB has achieved 2.055 billion transactions per minute (tpmC) in the TPC-C benchmark, putting it 2.5 times higher than the previous record holder. Other records over the years were achieved by database systems from tech giants such as Oracle, IBM, and Tencent. Created by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), the TPC-C benchmark is recognized as one of the top OLTP benchmarks in the industry.