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Three reasons why DeepSeek’s new model matters
On Friday, Chinese AI firm DeepSeek released a preview of V4, its long-awaited new flagship model. Notably, the model can process much longer prompts than its last generation, thanks to a new design that helps it handle large amounts of text more efficiently. Like DeepSeek’s previous models, V4 is open source, meaning it is available…
GPT 5.5 sets new record in proofreading benchmark
Stock Market Today, April 24: S&P 500 and Nasdaq Set New Highs on Tech Surge
General AI
VAST Data CEO discusses AI startup's new $30B valuation
Private AI infrastructure company VAST Data has powered ahead to a new valuation of $30 billion after raising over $1 billion in its latest Series B funding round. VAST Data founder and CEO Renen Hallak speaks with Asking for a Trend's Josh Lipton about this news, where he plans to put the money to work, and who could be his firm's biggest rivals in the next phase of the AI Revolution and major data center projects.
Google CEO says 75% of company's new code is AI-generated
Meta targets similar levels by midyear.
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI, Autonomy And Biotech Top The Ranks
This week, just half of the top 10 rounds crossed the $100 million mark, which is somewhat unusual in this high-flying era for venture megarounds. Nonetheless some large checks did get written, led by Amazon’s $5 billion investment and partnership deal with Anthropic.
Show HN: Harmonic Progression Podcast on Humans, AI and Tech News
Article URL: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Q03ytkssZxw2YUKzwUkKZ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47893331 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
Alphabet Shares Expected to Reach New Highs on AI Tailwinds, Oppenheimer Says
Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) shares are expected to reach new highs as Google's AI-powered Search's pote
DeepSeek previews new AI model that ‘closes the gap’ with frontier models
DeepSeek says both models are more efficient and performant than DeepSeek V3.2 due to architectural improvements, and have almost "closed the gap" with current leading models, both open and closed, on reasoning benchmarks.
NYSE Content Update: AI Company Vast Data Announces $30 Billion Valuation
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today's NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins.
China's DeepSeek launches new AI model
DeepSeek said the open-source model would compete with OpenAI’s and Google DeepMind’s advanced products.
AI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human Trials
Isomorphic Labs president Max Jaderberg said at WIRED Health in London that the startup has built a “broad and exciting pipeline of new medicines.”
Google to invest up to $40B in Anthropic in cash and compute
Google plans up to $40B investment in Anthropic as AI rivals race to secure massive compute capacity, following the limited release of its powerful, cybersecurity-focused Mythos model.
Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI
Apple’s sold-out Mac mini is spawning marked-up eBay listings as demand surges for the compact desktop, now favored for running local AI models and tools.
Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets
Era thinks that we will see many form factors of AI hardware, including glasses, rings, and pendants.
Nigerian billionaire Dangote proposes new East Africa refinery
The new crude oil refinery in Tanzania would replicate the output of his giant plant in Lagos.
DeepSeek unveils its newest model at rock-bottom prices and with ‘full support’ from Huawei chips
The narrow gap between DeepSeek and leading U.S. models, as well as its low prices, raises questions about OpenAI and Anthropic's competitive moat.
Upstart’s new millennial CEO, a Yale dropout, thinks AI can make every American 10% richer
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AutoFlight completes first 2-ton-class eVTOL tea delivery in China
AutoFlight has successfully completed China’s first 2-ton-class eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China. The trial deployed AutoFlight’s CarryAll (V2000CG) – a fully autonomous, unmanned eVTOL aircraft – to transport fresh spring tea between Anshun and Guiyang, two Guizhou cities approximately 120 […]
Victory Giant Surges in Debut After Biggest Hong Kong Listing This Year
(Bloomberg) -- Victory Giant Technology Huizhou Co., a Chinese supplier to Nvidia Corp., surged 50% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising $2.6 billion in the city’s largest listing in seven months.Most Read from BloombergUS Reduces Marijuana Restrictions in Lift to Ailing IndustryAnthropic’s Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized UsersMeta Tells Staff It Will Cut 10% of Jobs in Push for EfficiencyInside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the ExitMicro
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OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro in the API
Article URL: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47894000 Points: 12 # Comments: 1
LLM research on Hacker News is drying up
Article URL: https://dylancastillo.co/til/llm-research-on-hacker-news-is-dying.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47893860 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Infor launches new AI orchestration tools as research highlights scaling challenges
Infor has introduced new capabilities across its AI portfolio, alongside research suggesting many businesses are still struggling to scale artificial intelligence beyond pilot stages. The company’s April release includes updates to its Infor Velocity Suite and the limited availability of an enhanced Infor Agentic Orchestrator. The announcement is supported by findings from the Infor Enterprise […]
Kollmorgen launches layout analysis tool to improve mobile robot performance
Kollmorgen has introduced a new software tool designed to help companies plan and optimize the movement of automated vehicles and mobile robots inside factories and warehouses. Called the NDC Layout Assistant, the tool is aimed at improving how routes are designed for automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots. (NDC stands for Navigation and Driving […]
China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US rivals including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. DeepSeek says V4 marks a major improvement over prior models, especially in coding, a capability that has become central to AI agents and helped drive the success of tools like ChatGPT Codex and Claude Code. The release is also a milestone for China's chip industry, with DeepSeek explicitly highlighting compatibility with domestic Huawei technology. The release comes a year after DeepSeek rattl … Read the full story at The Verge.
ComfyUI hits $500M valuation as creators seek more control over AI-generated media
ComfyUI, whose tools give creators more control over AI image, video, and audio generation, just raised $30 million.
DeepSeek-V4 arrives with near state-of-the-art intelligence at 1/6th the cost of Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5
The whale has resurfaced. DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup offshoot of High-Flyer Capital Management quantitative analysis firm, became a near-overnight sensation globally in January 2025 with the release of its open source R1 model that matched proprietary U.S. giants. It's been an epoch in AI since then, and while DeepSeek has released several updates to that model and its other V3 series, the international AI and business community has been largely waiting with baited breath for the follow-up to the R1 moment. Now it's arrived with last night's release of DeepSeek-V4, a 1.6-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model available free under commercially-friendly open source MIT License, which nears — and on some benchmarks, surpasses — the performance of the world’s most advanced closed-source systems at approximately 1/6th the cost over the application programming interface (API). This release—which DeepSeek AI researcher Deli Chen described on X as a "labor of love" 484 days a
Meta Partners with AWS on Graviton Chips to Power Agentic AI
Article URL: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/04/meta-partners-with-aws-on-graviton-chips-to-power-agentic-ai/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891390 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
Robotics
Star Robotics unveils new security robot with improved autonomy and navigation
Star Robotics has launched Watchbot 2, the latest version of its autonomous robot designed for security surveillance and inspection. The new system was introduced during a livestreamed event on April 16, with the company positioning it as a significant upgrade aimed at improving reliability and performance in real-world environments such as data centers, power facilities, […]