Baidu’s ERNIE launches ‘signal a global AI race’

The launch this weekend by Baidu of a native open-source multimodal foundation model called ERNIE 4.5 and a reasoning model, ERNIE X1, could lower AI adoption barriers, intensify competition, and reshape pricing strategies across the industry, an analyst said Monday....

GCC 15 compilers move toward completion

GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 15 is moving forward as a planned update to the series, with a new front end for Cobol. The upgrade also is set to bring improvements to C and C++ development. GCC 15 is expected as a production release in late-April or early-May, said...

Combining AI and no-code for business app development

Generative AI and no-code development tools are dramatically changing the software landscape. Just as a new generation of business software is being built using AI, no-code tools place these powerful capabilities in the hands of a much wider audience than professional...