LAI #122: Word Embeddings Started in 1948, Not With Word2Vec
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. Good morning, AI enthusiasts! This week, we’re covering what happens when AI labs sit across the table from governments, why most AI-generated writing still sounds the same (and how to fix it), …
Part 19: Data Manipulation in Statistical Profiling
Author(s): Raj kumar Originally published on Towards AI. Statistical profiling sits at the intersection of data validation and analytical insight. In banking operations, descriptive statistics are not academic exercises. They are diagnostic tools that surface anomalies in payment flows, quantify credit portfolio …
TAI #199: Gemma 4 Brings a Credible US Open-Weight Contender Back to the Table
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie This week, Google DeepMind released Gemma 4, and I think this is the most consequential US open-weight release in quite a while. China has …
TAI #198: Real-Time Speech AI Gets Serious: Google and OpenAI Race to Own the Voice Layer
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie Real-time speech AI has been progressing quietly for the past year, but the past few weeks have delivered enough to warrant a dedicated look. …
Part 9: Data Manipulation in Data Merging and Joins
Author(s): Raj kumar Originally published on Towards AI. Every analysis that combines data from multiple sources faces the same fundamental question: how should these datasets align? Which records match? What happens when they don’t? These aren’t just technical decisions. They shape what …
TAI #195: GPT-5.4 and the Arrival of AI Self-Improvement?
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie Two stories dominated this week that look unrelated but tell the same story. On Wednesday, OpenAI released GPT-5.4, its most work-oriented frontier model to …
The Footnote That Runs the World-Johan Jensen Died in 1925. He’d Never Seen a Computer. Stable Diffusion Runs His Math Every Second
Author(s): DrSwarnenduAI Originally published on Towards AI. The Footnote That Runs the World His name was Johan. Lets pay our homage today!This article explores the significant yet often unrecognized contributions of Johan Jensen, a telephone engineer whose mathematical insights have become foundational …
🤖 AI Agents in 2026: From Chatbots to Systems That Actually Do Things
Author(s): AbhinayaPinreddy Originally published on Towards AI. 🤖 AI Agents in 2026: From Chatbots to Systems That Actually Do Things The Problem Nobody Talks About You’ve probably used an AI chatbot and felt the excitement crash into disappointment. You type: “Refactor this …
TAI #194: AI Goes Macro; Job Loss Fears, Military Usage, OpenAI $110B Raise
Author(s): Towards AI Editorial Team Originally published on Towards AI. What happened this week in AI by Louie This week brought a series of developments that signal AI is quickly becoming more than just a technology story: AI’s revenue, its politics, and …
The $4.99 Million Blind Spot: Why Chat May Be Your Best Security Layer
Author(s): Sergey Andreychenko Originally published on Towards AI. Your CTO has root access to production. Your DevOps engineer can delete your database. Your security lead knows every password. SOC2 won’t stop them. ISO27001 won’t stop them. Your $200K/year PAM solution won’t stop …