Models And Releases - AI news 2025-07-29

Acree opens up new enterprise-focused, customizable AI model AFM-4.5B trained on ‘clean, rigorously filtered data’

venturebeat.com • Jul 29, 2025

Geared toward Acree's growing list of enterprise customers and their needs and wants — specifically, a model trained without violating IP....

TL;DR

Arcee.ai opens up its AFM-4.5B model for limited free usage by small companies, providing a cost-efficient, customizable, and compliant alternative to mainstream large language models.

Key Takeaways:

AFM-4.5B is a 4.5-billion-parameter model designed for real-world enterprise use, combining cost efficiency, regulatory compliance, and strong performance in a compact footprint.
The model is available for deployment across various environments, including cloud, smartphones, and edge hardware, and is geared towards Arcee's growing list of enterprise customers and their needs.
Arcee.ai aims to carve out a new category of enterprise-ready language models with AFM-4.5B, which meets enterprise needs for speed, sovereignty, and scale through competitive benchmarks, multilingual support, strong compliance standards, and flexible deployment options.

Microsoft in talks to maintain access to OpenAI’s tech beyond AGI milestone

techcrunch.com • Jul 29, 2025

Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would give it ongoing access to the startup’s technology even if OpenAI...

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Microsoft is reportedly in advanced talks with OpenAI for a new agreement that would grant it ongoing access to OpenAI's technology, potentially clearing a key hurdle in OpenAI's transition to a fully commercial enterprise.

Key Takeaways:

Microsoft seeks a bigger stake in OpenAI's restructured company and wants to secure its ongoing access to OpenAI's tech beyond the current deal.
OpenAI aims to shake off its constraints as a mission-driven nonprofit by transitioning to a for-profit company and guaranteeing Microsoft deploys OpenAI's technology safely.
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is seeking an equity stake in OpenAI in the low- to mid-30% range.

Google’s AI Mode update adds even more tools for students

www.theverge.com • Jul 29, 2025

Google is bringing a bunch of new features to AI Mode, and is positioning the update as a way to help students study for tests or dig deeper into what...

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Google's AI Mode update adds new features, including image upload, real-time camera sharing, and PDF uploading, to enhance its search capabilities for students and users.

Key Takeaways:

Users can now upload images to AI Mode on desktop to ask questions and get answers.
Google is planning to introduce a test of real-time camera sharing in AI Mode, allowing users to point their camera at objects and ask questions aloud.
The update also includes a new 'Ask Google about this page' option in Chrome to generate an AI Overview of a webpage's content.

Yelp is creating its own AI videos about restaurants

www.theverge.com • Jul 29, 2025

Yelp is going to use AI to stitch together user-posted content about restaurants, food, and nightlife businesses to make short videos about those busi...

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Yelp is creating AI-stitched videos using user-posted content to tell compelling stories about restaurants, food, and nightlife businesses.

Key Takeaways:

Yelp is relying on multiple generative AI tools, including OpenAI LLMs, ElevenLabs, and Amazon Transcribe, to create the finished product.
Business operators and users cannot currently opt out of having their content show up in Yelp's AI-stitched videos.
Yelp aims to make 'as many videos as possible' on a nationwide scale, with the goal of telling a compelling story for each business with enough reviews, photos, and videos.

Google Workspace is rolling out a security update to stop token stealing attacks

www.theverge.com • Jul 29, 2025

Google Workspace is launching a new security measure to help prevent the same type of account takeover attack that impacted Linus Tech Tips. The featu...

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Google Workspace is rolling out a security update called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to prevent token stealing attacks and protect user accounts from account takeover attacks.

Key Takeaways:

Over 11 million Google Workspace customers can now use passkeys to add an extra layer of security.
Google Workspace has seen an 'exponential rise' in cookie and authentication token theft over the past couple of years and this trend has intensified in 2025.
The company recommends enabling passkeys and blocking bad actors from remotely stealing session cookies with the Device Bound Session Credentials feature.

Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos

www.theverge.com • Jul 29, 2025

Adobe is launching some new generative AI features for Photoshop that make it easier than ever to convincingly add or remove people and objects in pho...

TL;DR

Adobe launches new generative AI features for Photoshop, making it easier to add or remove people and objects in photographs with Harmonize, AI image upscaling, and improved object removal.

Key Takeaways:

Adobe's new 'Harmonize' feature can seamlessly blend new elements into images with just a few clicks, adjusting color, lighting, shadows, and visual tone automatically.
The AI image upscaling tool provides high-quality resolution enhancements up to eight megapixels without sacrificing image clarity.
Adobe has implemented safeguards, such as Content Credentials, to protect users and combat harmful and misleading content generated with the new features.