AMD price target raised to $150 by Mizuho analyst

Key Takeaways

Firmable launches tool for sales teams to access verified data

Firmable has launched its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, giving revenue teams the ability to run go-to-market activity directly from AI tools. The Firmable MCP is available now through Firmable Connect. This tool helps sales teams access verified company and contact data, improving their workflow and data accuracy. The MCP connector will be introduced in a live webinar on August 12.

Firmable introduces MCP for sales teams

Firmable's MCP gives almost any AI tool direct access to the Firmable B2B data stack. The tool has five layers working together to provide verified data, including AI-native sourcing, structure at scale, refreshed and verified data, insights at speed, and delivered action. This helps sales teams build lists of target companies and map buying committees.

Equinix names new product chief and EVP

Equinix has appointed Chris Audie as Chief Product Officer and promoted Bruce Owen to Executive Vice President, Global Markets. This move aims to strengthen Equinix's product innovation and global go-to-market execution.

Researchers develop attention orchestration for multi-agent systems

Researchers have introduced Adaptive Goal-aware Attention Orchestration (AGAO), a framework that dynamically estimates agent importance based on user objectives, graph dependencies, and computational constraints. This framework improves task effectiveness and reduces unnecessary computation in multi-agent systems.

VlogReward: a robust vlog reward model

Researchers have developed VlogReward, a robust vlog reward model that provides fine-grained multi-dimensional scores and actionable feedback for iterative refinement. This model achieves state-of-the-art results in vlog evaluation.

Mizuho raises AMD price target on AI product momentum

Mizuho analyst Vijay Rakesh raised his price target for AMD to $150 from $120, citing strong demand for the company's upcoming AI chips and expanding market opportunities.

Boy George says AI generated his genocide-denying song

Boy George has stated that his genocide-denying song was created with AI. This has sparked debate about the use of AI in music creation.

Schema-Aware Localisation for Oracle NL2SQL

Researchers have introduced Schema-Aware Localisation (SAL), a lightweight middleware layer for Oracle NL2SQL that requires no model retraining. SAL queries Oracle's USER_TAB_COLUMNS catalog to build a live schema map and injects this ground-truth context into the LLM prompt.

Allegations of AI distillation spark debate about IP theft

The use of AI distillation has sparked debate about intellectual property theft. The Trump administration has accused a Chinese startup of using this process to steal from the U.S. AI company Anthropic.

Manager training key to AI integration

A study has found that only 3% of leaders are prepared to lead amid AI adoption. Effective manager training is crucial for companies to see gains from AI investments.

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• Firmable launches MCP, giving sales teams a direct line from any AI tool to verified company and contact data
• Firmable launches MCP, giving sales teams a direct line from any AI tool to verified company and contact data
• Will Equinix's (EQIX) New AI-Focused Product Chief and Global Markets EVP Reshape Its Narrative?
• Focus Is All You Need: Adaptive Goal-aware Attention Orchestration for Multi-Agent Graph Systems
• VlogReward: Learning Multi-Dimensional Evaluation for Vlog Editing
• Mizuho Raises AMD Price Target on AI Product Momentum
• Boy George says his genocide-denying song was created with AI
• Schema-Aware Localisation (SAL): Live Schema Grounding and Hallucination Validation for Oracle NL2SQL
• Allegations of AI distillation spark debate about IP theft. But is it illegal?
• Why manager training may be the key to AI integration