Articles Tagged "AI Infrastructure"

llama.cpp Lands Three Audio Models in 48 Hours

llama.cpp Lands Three Audio Models in 48 Hours

Three separate PRs merged into llama.cpp between April 11-13 add MERaLiON-2, Gemma 4's Conformer encoder, and Qwen3-Omni/ASR - making local voice AI inference practical on consumer hardware for the first time.

Microsoft Pledges $5.5B for Singapore AI and Cloud

Microsoft Pledges $5.5B for Singapore AI and Cloud

Microsoft commits $5.5B to Singapore's cloud and AI infrastructure through 2029, one day after a separate $1B+ Thailand pledge, as Brad Smith tours Asia cementing Microsoft's position as the West's preferred AI infrastructure partner in the region.