
Applications

Everyone uses applications on a daily basis. Building, integrating and running them requires quite a bit from people and systems. Application development has recently undergone a huge metamorphosis. In particular, the emergence of cloud-native application development has caused fundamental changes. AI, especially GenAI, has also caused a major shift. Finally, the world’s largest OS, Microsoft Windows, also makes regular appearances on this page. You will stay up to date on all relevant application developments here.
Timeline

Meta takes on Gemini and GPT-4o with ‘early fusion’ LLM Chameleon
Meta recently presented its new early-fusion multimodal LLM Chameleon in a research paper. Using this model, ...

Azure AI Studio made generally available with GPT-4o and Phi-3-vision
Azure AI Studio has been made generally available. Enterprises can use the tool to develop and refine AI mode...

Power Automate gets new AI features for easier workflow creation
Microsoft is releasing new AI applications for its process automation platform Power Automate, part of its Po...

OpenAI deal with Reddit shows complete lack of user agency over content
OpenAI has made extensive use of forums like Reddit to train its AI models in the past. Now, it is closing a ...

KPMG: Why DevOps culture is a generative AI enabler
With generative Artificial Intelligence (gen-AI) rarely out of the technology newswires for a moment, current...

Google adds Gemini features to Google Photos app with Ask Photos
Google is further expanding the capabilities of Google Photos with Gemini's GenAI features. With the capabili...

Dutch Optimizers acquired by French Orisha
The new French owner specializes in software for construction, retail, real estate and healthcare. Optimiz...

Google Search soon to be enriched with extensive AI functionality
Google Search, the search engine that once led the company to its path to glory, will soon offer AI-powered s...

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever leaves the company
One of OpenAI's founders is leaving. Ilya Sutskever is stepping down from the role of Chief Scientist, a role...

Investor Permira acquires web host Squarespace in multi-billion dollar deal
The large US-listed web hosting company Squarespace is being acquired by the private investor Permia for an i...