The European Union launched the EuroStack initiative on 13th February 2025, offering a comprehensive €300 billion strategy to establish Europe's digital independence over the next decade. The plan addresses the critical situation in which more than 80% of Europe's digital infrastructure and technologies come from imports,
Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a pivotal subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) that focuses on the interaction between computers and human language. By enabling machines to understand, interpret, and generate human language, NLP bridges the gap between human communication and computational systems. This essay explores the fundamentals of NLP, its
OpenAI announced on 25th February 2025 that it is making its Deep Research feature available to all paying ChatGPT users. The advanced research tool, which is based on the o3 model and was previously accessible only to Pro users, is now available to Plus (for $20 per month), Team, Edu,
The New York Times officially introduced AI tools in its newsroom in February 2025, which assist staff in creating summaries, editing, coding, and writing. The newspaper announced via an internal email that both product development and editorial staff will receive AI training, and they have introduced an internal AI tool
Anthropic unveiled the Claude 3.7 Sonnet model on 24th February 2025, the first hybrid reasoning model on the market with a novel thinking capability. This new feature allows the model to dedicate more time and computational resources to solving complex problems whilst making the thinking process visible to users.
According to a recent report by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH), Facebook and YouTube's moderation practices significantly impact Hungarian users' content. Automatic content filtering performed by algorithms is often opaque, and in many cases, it is unclear to users what rules form the basis for
OpenAI and the Guardian Media Group announced their comprehensive collaboration on 14th February 2025, through which ChatGPT's 300 million weekly users will gain direct access to the Guardian's journalistic content. The agreement ensures appropriate compensation for the Guardian and authentic source attribution for its content on
According to the plan unveiled in January by the Centre for Future Generations research institute, a €35 billion initial investment would create an international research centre for European artificial intelligence development. In line with former ECB President Mario Draghi's comprehensive technology report, the proposal suggests establishing an institution
Neural networks represent one of the most significant developments in machine learning, offering computational models inspired by the biological neural networks of animal brains. As specialised models within the broader machine learning paradigm, neural networks have evolved from theoretical constructs to practical tools that drive modern artificial intelligence applications. This
Google removed its previous policy prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence for weapons purposes in February 2025, coinciding with the release of its annual Responsible AI report. The company's new AI principles are built on three main pillars: bold innovation, responsible development and deployment, and progress based on
The development of large language models has accelerated in recent months. The HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics has now introduced the PULI LlumiX model, which is a system optimised for the Hungarian language, continuously pre-trained and fine-tuned for instruction following. A detailed presentation of the model can be found
The first international AI safety report was published on 29th January 2025 by 96 international experts led by Yoshua Bengio, documenting artificial intelligence's social, economic, and environmental impacts with concrete data. The document jointly endorsed at the 2023 Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit provides a scientific foundation for
