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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
Nigerian billionaire Dangote proposes new East Africa refinery
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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.
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
China's DeepSeek launches new AI model
DeepSeek said the open-source model would compete with OpenAI’s and Google DeepMind’s advanced products.
Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga joins stacked StrictlyVC SF lineup for April 30 event
Surprise! StrictlyVC San Francisco, which will kick off this year’s events lineup for TechCrunch on April 30 at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center, is getting a new addition to its increasingly stacked lineup of speakers. Uber CTO Praveen Neppalli Naga will join the rest of the lineup to discuss operating at scale in the age of AI.
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 […]
Amazon-Backed Nuclear Firm X-Energy Raises $1.02 Billion in IPO
(Bloomberg) -- X-Energy Inc., a nuclear energy firm that counts Amazon.com Inc. as a backer, raised $1.02 billion in an upsized US initial public offering that priced above the marketed range.Most Read from BloombergAnthropic’s Mythos Model Is Being Accessed by Unauthorized UsersInside Alex Cooper’s Unwell: Tears, Screaming and Employees Looking for the ExitMeta Tells Staff It Will Cut 10% of Jobs in Push for EfficiencyMicrosoft Offers Buyouts to About 7% of US WorkersTrump Encourages Companies
The Men Behind Your Favorite AI Gay Thirst Traps
A viral red carpet moment shone light on a group of hunky Instagram influencers—and the followers who are too horny to care that they’re not real.
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.
Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia
Google's newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.
Alphabet Expands AI Partnerships to Boost Cloud Growth
New deals with chipmakers and software firms target enterprise AI demand.
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as "vibe working," the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to businesses. "When we first shipped Copilot, foundation models were not powerful enough to use Copilot to command the applications," admits Sumit Chauhan, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Office Product Group. "This meant Copilot was a passive partner in documents: it could answer questions but missed the mark when it was asked to take action on the canvas direc … Read the full story at The Verge.
AI security leaders gather in Washington as risks mount—and Mythos raises the stakes
Security experts debate best practices to secure AI systems in a world they admit "favors attackers."
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Amazon shares rise as Meta taps AWS Graviton for major AI expansion
Investing.com -- Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares rose 2% Friday morning after Meta announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services to deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores for agentic AI workloads.
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.
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5, bringing company one step closer to an AI ‘superapp’
OpenAI says its latest model offers increased capabilities across a broad variety of categories.
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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5, claims a "new class of intelligence" at double the API price
OpenAI has announced GPT-5.5, an agentic model designed to work through complex tasks autonomously by switching between multiple tools. The article OpenAI unveils GPT-5.5, claims a "new class of intelligence" at double the API price appeared first on The Decoder.
Talking to AI agents is one thing — what about when they talk to each other? New startup BAND debuts 'universal orchestrator'
For the past eighteen months, the corporate world has been obsessed with the "builder" phase of the generative AI revolution. Enterprises have raced to deploy autonomous agents to handle everything from customer support to complex codebase refactoring. However, as these digital workers proliferate, a new, more structural problem has emerged: fragmentation. Agents built on LangChain cannot easily hand off tasks to those built on CrewAI; a Salesforce-embedded agent has no native way to coordinate with a custom-built Python script running on a private cloud. Today, a new startup, BAND (also known as Thenvoi AI Ltd.) exited stealth with $17 million in Seed funding to provide the "interaction infrastructure" necessary to turn these isolated tools into a unified, collaborative workforce. "In order for agents to become real players in the global economy, they need ways to communicate, just like humans do," said co-founder and CEO Arick Goomanovsky in an interview with VentureBeat, continui
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 amid a shift to rapid-fire AI updates
Just weeks after its last update, OpenAI is back with GPT-5.5—promising more intuitive, agentic performance and fewer hallucinations for business users.
OpenAI says its new GPT-5.5 model is more efficient and better at coding
OpenAI just announced its new GPT-5.5 model, which the company calls its "smartest and most intuitive to use model yet, and the next step toward a new way of getting work done on a computer." OpenAI just released GPT-5.4 last month, but says that the new GPT-5.5 "excels" at tasks like writing and debugging code, doing research online, making spreadsheets and documents, and doing that work across different tools. "Instead of carefully managing every step, you can give GPT-5.5 a messy, multi-part task and trust it to plan, use tools, check its work, navigate through ambiguity, and keep going," according to OpenAI. The company also notes that … Read the full story at The Verge.
Cloneable Raises $4.6M To ‘Clone’ Expert Worker Knowledge With Agentic AI For Utilities And Infrastructure
Cloneable, a startup that uses AI to shadow human experts in heavy industries such as energy and replicate their specialized workflows into autonomous agents, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding, the company tells Crunchbase News exclusively.
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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, […]
Pudu Robotics raises nearly $150M as it targets industrial applications
Pudu plans to use the funding to develop its embodied AI, grow its product portfolio, and expand in global markets beyond service robots. The post Pudu Robotics raises nearly $150M as it targets industrial applications appeared first on The Robot Report.