Moonshot launched Kimi K3, a 2.8T open-source MoE model with a 1M context window! It rivals top AIs in code and vision. Weights out July 27.

We’re rebranding Initium Strategies! We’re pivoting from niche consulting to deliver custom software engineering and AI solutions.

Scroll through your LinkedIn feed for ten seconds and you’ll undoubtedly stumble upon a self-proclaimed 'AI expert' pitching "self-learning algorithms that get smarter by the minute!". It rolls off the tongue beautifully in a sales pitch or a viral post. But it’s high time we step in and bust this myth once and for all. Real-time, self-learning AI? It’s a brilliant marketing term, but a technological illusion. Here is why the industry needs to stop romanticizing code.

Last year we were just talking about it; this year, we're actually working with it. We have officially entered the era of AI agents. 🚀

Seasoned programmers will still remember the days of Assembly, C, or COBOL. (Fun trivia: COBOL is still widely used in enterprise environments, especially for processing financial transactions!) Fortunately, advancements came quickly with the introduction of C++ and Java. Toss in the rise of the internet, and it's easy to see that the profession has weathered quite a few "revolutions"—especially when you consider that every software engineer holds fierce opinions on what's actually best.

In the everlasting line-up of Google AI development, google yet again suprised us with a new model; Gemini Omni. One might say the next evolution in AI models. Starting today, Gemini Omni will be rolled out throughout the world. But what is it, and why should you be hyped?

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