Author name: Christian Schmidt

What’s It About? Trip planning is becoming significantly more efficient thanks to artificial intelligence: instead of spending hours browsing different platforms, AI-powered systems deliver suitable offers for flights, accommodations, and activities in just a few minutes. This is made possible by intelligent algorithms that access up-to-date booking databases and perform price comparisons automatically. Services like […]

What’s It About? Microsoft has unveiled a new type of AI agent operating under the name Scout. Unlike previous AI assistants, Scout works continuously in the background and carries out tasks independently, without requiring users to provide constant instructions. The agent is deeply integrated into the Microsoft 365 environment and is designed to handle recurring

What’s It About? Microsoft has announced a new premium notebook designed to push the Surface product line to a new performance level. The Surface Laptop Ultra is built on Nvidia’s RTX Spark platform and comes packed with cutting-edge hardware. The 15-inch device is slated for a fall release and is being positioned as the most

What’s It About? Cisco researchers have uncovered serious weaknesses in the security architecture of large language models. The central finding: current evaluation methods capture the actual risk only inadequately, as they are based on single requests. Realistic attack scenarios, however, work with sequential, strategically built inputs — so-called multi-turn attacks. This method achieves dramatically higher

What’s It About? Nvidia has unveiled a new processor called RTX Spark, designed specifically for Windows-based laptops and desktop systems. The chip combines a powerful Arm-based CPU with a Blackwell-generation GPU and is manufactured using an advanced 3-nanometer process at TSMC. With more than 70 billion transistors, the system is designed to reach petaflop-level computing

What’s It About? Artificial intelligence is increasingly changing how mid-sized companies operate. The technology delivers its full potential not through the use of isolated tools, but through systematic integration into existing business processes. Six areas are particularly well-suited for getting started with AI-powered automation: sales, invoicing, marketing, accounting, HR management, and customer service. Digitalizing these

What’s It About? As AI agents become increasingly integrated into IT processes, a new operational approach is emerging: AgenticOps combines proven methods from DevOps, AIOps, and ModelOps to address the specific requirements of autonomous AI systems. The focus is on the safe and efficient management of AI agents in production environments, extending established IT service

What’s It About? At the AWS Summit in Hamburg, attended by around 8,800 visitors, three prominent German companies presented their approaches to cloud adoption. DeepL, Schufa, and Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) showcased concrete use cases that illustrate how Amazon Web Services is being deployed in Germany — despite ongoing geopolitical debates about US-based cloud providers. The

What’s It About? At IBM Research’s Swiss location, a novel convergence of two future technologies is taking shape: quantum computing meets artificial intelligence. The team led by research director Alessandro Curioni is pursuing the goal of tackling challenges that cannot be overcome with conventional methods. The research aims to bring about fundamental changes in computer

Integrating artificial intelligence into software products can backfire: many companies implement AI features without real added value, putting user acceptance at risk.