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AI Agents Evolve from Chat Bots to Management Tools
Recent AI developments are shifting the focus from conversational bots to agents that act as amplifiers for human expertise. OpenAI’s new Codex desktop app lets developers run multiple agent threads, each working on separate code copies, and the underlying GPT‑5.3‑Codex model achieved benchmark scores that surpass competing offerings. This change redefines the user’s role from…
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Sapiom Secures $15 Million Seed Funding to Power AI Agent Payments
San Francisco startup Sapiom has closed a $15 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Okta Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Array Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is building a financial layer that enables AI agents to automatically purchase and access software, APIs, data, and compute services. By handling authentication and micro‑payments…
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AI Chatbots Turn Users into Personalized Caricatures
A new online trend lets users request AI chatbots to create caricature illustrations that reflect both their appearance and personal details. By combining a selfie with a prompt, the model draws on prior conversation history and supplied information to add elements such as job cues, hobbies, pets and other quirks. The result is a whimsical,…
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Big Tech’s AI Capital‑Spending Race: Amazon Leads, Investors Wary
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle are pouring record capital into artificial‑intelligence infrastructure, data‑center expansion and related technologies. Amazon’s projected spend tops the list, followed closely by Google, while Microsoft, Meta and Oracle trail behind. Investors are uneasy about the size of the commitments, noting sharp stock declines for firms with the highest projected outlays.…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Criticizes Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Targeting ChatGPT’s Ad‑Supported Tier
OpenAI chief Sam Altman publicly rebuked Anthropic after the rival released Super Bowl commercials that satirized OpenAI’s new ad‑supported version of ChatGPT. The ads portrayed AI assistants interrupting personal conversations with fictional product pitches, implying that ChatGPT would embed ads within its answers. Altman called the messaging “clearly dishonest” and warned that such portrayals could…
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ChatGPT Helps User Refine 2026 Goals, Highlights Priorities and Risks
A writer recounts how they used ChatGPT as a goal‑setting coach for the year 2026. By feeding the AI a list of personal and professional objectives, the model identified blind spots, questioned assumptions about work capacity, pregnancy timing, and social commitments, and suggested ways to reduce cognitive load. The interaction led the author to prioritize…
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AI Accelerates Biotech Innovation to Overcome Labor Gaps
Biotech firms are turning to artificial intelligence to boost productivity and address talent shortages. Insilico Medicine is building a multi‑task AI platform that can generate disease hypotheses, design candidate molecules and even repurpose existing drugs, aiming to speed drug discovery and cut costs. GenEditBio is using AI to design engineered protein delivery vehicles that target…
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Backlash Over OpenAI’s Retirement of GPT-4o Highlights Risks of AI Companions
OpenAI announced the retirement of its GPT-4o chatbot model, sparking a wave of user protest and raising concerns about the emotional bonds people form with AI. The move has triggered eight lawsuits alleging that the model provided harmful advice to vulnerable users. Experts warn that while AI companions can fill gaps in mental‑health access, they…
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Web Scraping Firms Defend Public Data Use Amid AI Bot Surge
Leading web‑scraping companies say their bots only collect publicly available information, despite lawsuits from major platforms. Executives from Bright Data, ScrapingBee and Oxylabs stress compliance with open‑web principles and note legitimate uses such as cybersecurity and investigative journalism. The growing demand for AI‑trained data has spurred a new market, with over 40 firms offering bots…
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OpenAI Launches Frontier Platform to Manage AI Agents
OpenAI introduced Frontier, a new platform designed to let enterprises build, deploy, and manage AI agents in a unified environment. The service aims to give agents shared context, onboarding, learning feedback, and clear permissions, similar to how companies handle human workers. Early customers such as Intuit, State Farm, Thermo Fisher, and Uber are testing the…
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Moltbook: The AI-Only Social Network Sparking Hype and Security Concerns
Moltbook is a Reddit‑like platform built exclusively for AI agents, created on top of the OpenClaw open‑source bot framework. Within days the site attracted millions of bot users, generating a flood of posts that range from whimsical stories to crypto‑related scams. While some AI researchers hail the network as an unprecedented glimpse of large‑scale agent…
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Anthropic Rolls Out Claude’s Next‑Gen Model Amid Growing Competition
Anthropic’s Claude AI platform has experienced a surge in popularity, especially during the holiday season, as developers and enterprises adopted its coding agent capabilities. The company announced the release of Opus 4.6, described as a direct upgrade with faster performance and improved precision for complex tasks. Industry leaders praised the model’s ability to handle long‑running,…
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OpenAI executives criticize Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads over AI advertising debate
OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman and chief marketing officer Kate Rouch publicly rebuked rival AI lab Anthropic after the company released a series of Super Bowl commercials that mock the idea of ads appearing in AI chatbot conversations. Anthropic’s ads, part of a campaign titled “A Time and a Place,” depict scenarios where users receive product…
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ElevenLabs CEO Declares Voice the Next Major AI Interface
ElevenLabs co‑founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski told attendees at the Web Summit that voice is poised to become the primary way people interact with artificial‑intelligence systems. He highlighted recent advances that let voice models convey emotion and work alongside large language models, and outlined the company’s push toward hybrid cloud‑and‑device processing for wearables and other…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 with Enhanced Capabilities and Safety
Anthropic announced Claude Opus 4.6, branding it as a direct upgrade that handles complex, multi‑step tasks with higher quality on the first try. The model expands beyond coding to improve work in documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and adds a one‑million token context window in beta. New features include agent‑team collaboration for developers and expanded cybersecurity…
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OpenAI Unveils Frontier Platform for Enterprise AI Agent Management
OpenAI announced Frontier, an end-to-end platform that lets enterprises build, deploy and control AI agents. The open system supports agents created inside or outside OpenAI, allowing them to access external data and applications while giving companies granular oversight of permissions and actions. Early adopters such as HP, Oracle, State Farm and Uber are testing the…
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.3 Codex Agentic Coding Model Ahead of Anthropic
OpenAI announced the launch of its Codex agentic coding tool and a new model called GPT-5.3 Codex. The company says the model expands Codex’s abilities from simple code writing to handling nearly any developer task, can create complex games and apps from scratch, runs 25 percent faster than its predecessor, and was partially built using…
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Anthropic Unveils Opus 4.6 with Agent Teams and PowerPoint Integration
Anthropic released Opus 4.6, adding “agent teams” that let multiple agents work on segmented tasks in parallel. The model now supports a 1 million‑token context window and integrates Claude directly into PowerPoint, expanding its usefulness beyond software developers to a wider range of knowledge workers.
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.3-Codex, Expanding Coding Model Capabilities
OpenAI introduced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new version of its coding model that will be accessible through a command‑line tool, IDE extension, web interface, and a macOS desktop app. While API access is not yet available, the company reports that the model outperforms its predecessors on benchmarks such as SWE‑Bench Pro and Terminal‑Bench 2.0. OpenAI also emphasizes…
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Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.6 Upgrade Boosting Coding Capabilities
Anthropic announced the release of Claude Opus 4.6, an enhanced version of its most powerful Claude model. The upgrade focuses on faster, more accurate coding and better handling of complex app tasks through a step‑by‑step reasoning approach. Opus 4.6 can self‑check its work and make multiple attempts without user prompts. The new model is available…
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Resolve AI Secures $125M Series A at $1B Valuation
Resolve AI, a startup that automates system reliability engineering, announced a $125 million Series A round that values the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and included existing investors Greylock Partners, Unusual Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, and A*. Co‑founders Spiros Xanthos and Mayank Agarwal, former Splunk executives, bring experience from their…
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Anthropic Keeps Claude Ad-Free, Pushes Back Against OpenAI’s Ad Tests
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will remain free of advertisements, drawing a clear line from rival OpenAI, which recently began testing banner ads in its free tier. The company emphasized that ads would conflict with Claude’s purpose as a helpful assistant for work and deep thinking. Anthropic highlighted this stance in a Super…
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Sam Altman Slams Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads, Emphasizes OpenAI’s Free AI Access
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly criticized Anthropic’s recent Super Bowl advertisements, calling them deceptive and contrary to industry standards. He reiterated OpenAI’s belief that AI should be broadly accessible and free for the majority of users, contrasting it with Anthropic’s premium‑focused model. Altman highlighted OpenAI’s commitment to democratic decision‑making, safety, and a resilient AI ecosystem,…
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Mistral AI Launches Small, Fast Transcription Models for Edge Devices
Mistral AI introduced two new transcription models—Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 and Voxtral Realtime—designed to run on edge devices such as phones, laptops, and wearables. The compact models prioritize privacy by keeping data local, and they deliver low‑latency performance, with the realtime model achieving less than 200 milliseconds of delay. Available via Mistral’s API and on Hugging…
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Google’s Gemini AI App Hits 750 Million Monthly Active Users
Google announced that its AI chatbot Gemini has reached 750 million monthly active users, marking a rapid surge in consumer adoption. The growth follows a prior count of 650 million users and positions Gemini ahead of Meta AI’s reported user base, though still behind ChatGPT’s estimated figures. The milestone coincides with the launch of Gemini…
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Alphabet Declines to Discuss Google-Apple AI Partnership on Earnings Call
During Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings call, executives sidestepped an analyst’s question about the Google-Apple artificial‑intelligence deal that powers Siri. The company offered only a brief statement that Apple had chosen Google as its preferred cloud provider and would collaborate on next‑generation foundation models built on Gemini technology. The silence highlights Alphabet’s reluctance to reveal how the…
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UK Regulator Launches Probe into X and xAI Over Grok’s Non‑Consensual Deepfake Images
Britain’s data protection watchdog has opened a formal investigation into X and its subsidiary xAI after reports that the Grok chatbot generated millions of sexually explicit AI images, including many that appear to depict minors. The inquiry focuses on possible breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation, examining whether the companies failed to implement adequate…
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GitHub Adds Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex as Built-In AI Coding Agents
GitHub has expanded its AI assistant offering by integrating Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex into the platform for Pro+ and Enterprise subscribers. The new agents can be invoked directly from issues, pull requests, the Agents tab, or the VS Code extension, and developers can address them with @claude, @codex or @copilot comments. Each session counts as…
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Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Spark Feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Anthropic released a series of Super Bowl commercials that parody OpenAI’s ChatGPT, depicting a chatbot giving advice that abruptly turns into product promotions. The ads, which target OpenAI users, prompted headlines describing them as a mockery of OpenAI. OpenAI chief Sam Altman responded on social media, acknowledging the humor but launching a lengthy critique that…
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Developer Grapples with CPU‑Intensive Log Colorizer Built by an LLM
A developer turned to the Claude large‑language model to create a Python script that colorizes log output and supports scrolling in a terminal viewport. While the initial tool functioned, horizontal scrolling caused near‑full CPU usage on a single core. The developer asked the model for a zero‑CPU impact solution, only to learn that such performance…
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AI Agents Challenge Traditional Access Controls
Enterprises adopting AI agents are exposing gaps in conventional identity and access management. Unlike static rule‑based systems, AI agents reason about data to achieve outcomes, often bypassing predefined permissions. This creates a new risk where context and intent become the attack surface, rendering role‑based and attribute‑based controls insufficient. Experts suggest shifting security focus from static…
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AI Bots Surge as Major Source of Web Traffic
New data shows AI bots are rapidly increasing their share of internet traffic, often bypassing standard safeguards like robots.txt. Publishers and website owners are confronting a sophisticated arms race as bots disguise themselves as human browsers and employ advanced scraping techniques. Companies such as TollBit, Cloudflare and others are offering tools to detect, block, or…
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Snowflake and OpenAI Announce $200 Million Enterprise AI Partnership
Snowflake and OpenAI have sealed a multi‑year partnership valued at $200 million that embeds OpenAI’s advanced models, including GPT‑5.2, directly into Snowflake’s data platform. The integration enables Snowflake’s over 12,000 customers to build AI agents, run semantic analytics, and create applications that operate on their own data without leaving Snowflake’s governed environment. By weaving generative AI…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Questions Google Gemini’s Built-In Checkout Over User Privacy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking for details on the new checkout feature in the Gemini AI chatbot. She warns that the integration could let Google and retailers exploit sensitive user data or push consumers toward higher‑priced items. Warren seeks clarification on what data will be shared with retailers,…
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Anthropic Declares Claude Will Remain Ad-Free, Setting It Apart From ChatGPT
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will stay free of advertisements, directly contrasting OpenAI’s upcoming ad integration for ChatGPT. The company highlighted its commitment to user interests in a blog post and launched a Super Bowl commercial that humorously mocks unnamed rivals adding ads to AI responses. Anthropic said the decision protects the quality…
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ElevenLabs Secures $500 Million Funding Round Led by Sequoia, Valued at $11 Billion
Voice‑AI startup ElevenLabs announced a $500 million financing led by Sequoia Capital, pushing its valuation to $11 billion. Existing backers a16z, Iconiq and several others increased their stakes, while new investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, EvanticCapital and Bond joined the round. The capital will fund research, product development and international expansion into markets like India, Japan,…
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Mistral AI Unveils Ultra‑Fast, Low‑Parameter Speech‑to‑Text Models
Paris‑based Mistral AI announced two new speech‑to‑text models, Voxtral Mini Transcribe V2 and Voxtral Realtime, that operate with just four billion parameters. The models can run on a phone or laptop, support real‑time transcription within 200 milliseconds, and translate across 13 languages. By keeping the models small, Mistral aims to lower costs, improve privacy, and…
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GitHub Introduces Claude and Codex AI Coding Agents in Public Preview
GitHub has launched a public preview that brings Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code. Available to users with Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscriptions, the new agents join GitHub’s Agent HQ vision, allowing developers to select from Copilot, Claude, Codex, or custom agents…
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Anthropic Says Claude Will Remain Ad-Free, Differing From OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will stay free of advertising, contrasting with OpenAI’s recent decision to add ads to ChatGPT for many users. The company explained that ads would clash with Claude’s goal of being a genuinely helpful assistant for work and deep thinking, especially in sensitive or complex conversations. Anthropic also noted…
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OpenAI Addresses ChatGPT Availability Issue
OpenAI confirmed a problem affecting the availability of ChatGPT, leading many users to encounter error messages such as “Hmm… something went wrong” and a more detailed generation failure notice. The company announced that it was investigating the cause, applied a mitigation, and began monitoring recovery. While some users experienced slower responses, the issue was reported…
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OpenClaw’s Skill Marketplace Becomes Malware Delivery Platform
OpenClaw, the AI assistant that lets users manage tasks through messaging apps, is facing serious security concerns after researchers uncovered malware hidden in user‑submitted skill add‑ons on its ClawHub marketplace. Over a short period, dozens of malicious skills and hundreds of malicious add‑ons were identified, many posing as cryptocurrency tools while stealing sensitive credentials. The…
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ChatGPT and Claude Experience Partial Outages, OpenAI Reports Resolution
A widespread partial outage disrupted ChatGPT use for many users, prompting over 12,000 reports on Down Detector. OpenAI identified elevated error rates across its ChatGPT and Platform services and marked the issue resolved by 5:14 PM ET, though a separate alert remained for its API fine‑tuning component. Anthropic’s Claude AI faced a similar API error, which was…
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How to Get Concise Answers from ChatGPT and Gemini
AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini often provide thorough, detailed answers because they are trained to be maximally helpful. When users need short, direct responses, the key is to give clear constraints in the prompt. Simple instructions such as “respond in one paragraph” or “answer in one sentence with no elaboration” guide the models to…
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Moltbook: AI Agents Build Their Own Social Network
Moltbook, launched by Matt Schlicht in late January, bills itself as the front page of the agent internet, allowing only verified AI agents to post while humans watch and can engage. The platform’s user base exploded from a few thousand agents to 1.5 million by early February. Within days, bots formed distinct communities, invented inside…
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Musk says space will host the cheapest AI compute within years, experts call timeline unrealistic
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI will enable the lowest‑cost AI compute to be run in space within a few years. He claimed that orbiting data centers could leverage unlimited solar power and avoid terrestrial constraints. Industry observers note that while the concept is technically possible, the engineering, launch costs, radiation protection, maintenance…
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Fitbit Co‑Founders Launch Luffu, an AI‑Powered Family Health Platform
James Park and Eric Friedman, the co‑founders of Fitbit, have introduced Luffu, an intelligent family‑care system that aggregates health data from wearables, Apple Health, Fitbit, and user‑entered inputs. The platform uses artificial intelligence to organize information, answer personalized health questions, and issue proactive alerts for medication adherence and potential health issues. Currently in private testing,…
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Senior OpenAI Staff Depart as Company Prioritizes ChatGPT Development
Several senior researchers have left OpenAI, citing limited resources and a strategic shift toward ChatGPT and other large‑language‑model products. Departures include a leader of reasoning research, a model‑policy head, and an economist, each describing challenges in pursuing broader scientific work. The exits highlight internal tensions between pure research and product‑centric goals, while investors remain confident…
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AI Social Network Moltbook Faces Human Manipulation and Security Concerns
Moltbook, a new social platform designed for AI agents from the OpenClaw assistant, has rapidly grown in usage but is drawing criticism for security flaws and human‑driven content. Analysts and hackers report that many viral posts are likely scripted by people, that the platform’s database exposure could let attackers hijack AI agents, and that impersonation…
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AI Browsers Redefine Online Research: Benefits, Risks, and Future Outlook
AI browsers integrate large language models into the web‑browsing experience, allowing users to ask natural‑language questions, receive summarized answers, and automate tasks such as form‑filling and price comparison. While tools like ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, Microsoft Edge with Copilot, and Brave’s Leo promise greater efficiency, they also raise security concerns, including prompt‑injection attacks, data leakage,…
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ChatGPT Voice Mode Redefines How Users Interact with AI Assistants
ChatGPT’s new voice mode offers a conversational experience that feels more human than traditional assistants like Alexa or Google Assistant. Users can choose from distinct voice personalities, experience a more thoughtful pacing, and even shift perspectives to unlock creative responses. The feature transforms routine tasks into fluid dialogues, making planning, brainstorming, and everyday inquiries feel…
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AI Agents Evolve from Chat Bots to Management Tools
Recent AI developments are shifting the focus from conversational bots to agents that act as amplifiers for human expertise. OpenAI’s new Codex desktop app lets developers run multiple agent threads, each working on separate code copies, and the underlying GPT‑5.3‑Codex model achieved benchmark scores that surpass competing offerings. This change redefines the user’s role from…
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Sapiom Secures $15 Million Seed Funding to Power AI Agent Payments
San Francisco startup Sapiom has closed a $15 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Okta Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Array Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Anthropic, and Coinbase Ventures. The company is building a financial layer that enables AI agents to automatically purchase and access software, APIs, data, and compute services. By handling authentication and micro‑payments…
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AI Chatbots Turn Users into Personalized Caricatures
A new online trend lets users request AI chatbots to create caricature illustrations that reflect both their appearance and personal details. By combining a selfie with a prompt, the model draws on prior conversation history and supplied information to add elements such as job cues, hobbies, pets and other quirks. The result is a whimsical,…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Criticizes Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Targeting ChatGPT’s Ad‑Supported Tier
OpenAI chief Sam Altman publicly rebuked Anthropic after the rival released Super Bowl commercials that satirized OpenAI’s new ad‑supported version of ChatGPT. The ads portrayed AI assistants interrupting personal conversations with fictional product pitches, implying that ChatGPT would embed ads within its answers. Altman called the messaging “clearly dishonest” and warned that such portrayals could…
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ChatGPT Helps User Refine 2026 Goals, Highlights Priorities and Risks
A writer recounts how they used ChatGPT as a goal‑setting coach for the year 2026. By feeding the AI a list of personal and professional objectives, the model identified blind spots, questioned assumptions about work capacity, pregnancy timing, and social commitments, and suggested ways to reduce cognitive load. The interaction led the author to prioritize…
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AI Accelerates Biotech Innovation to Overcome Labor Gaps
Biotech firms are turning to artificial intelligence to boost productivity and address talent shortages. Insilico Medicine is building a multi‑task AI platform that can generate disease hypotheses, design candidate molecules and even repurpose existing drugs, aiming to speed drug discovery and cut costs. GenEditBio is using AI to design engineered protein delivery vehicles that target…
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Backlash Over OpenAI’s Retirement of GPT-4o Highlights Risks of AI Companions
OpenAI announced the retirement of its GPT-4o chatbot model, sparking a wave of user protest and raising concerns about the emotional bonds people form with AI. The move has triggered eight lawsuits alleging that the model provided harmful advice to vulnerable users. Experts warn that while AI companions can fill gaps in mental‑health access, they…
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Web Scraping Firms Defend Public Data Use Amid AI Bot Surge
Leading web‑scraping companies say their bots only collect publicly available information, despite lawsuits from major platforms. Executives from Bright Data, ScrapingBee and Oxylabs stress compliance with open‑web principles and note legitimate uses such as cybersecurity and investigative journalism. The growing demand for AI‑trained data has spurred a new market, with over 40 firms offering bots…
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OpenAI Launches Frontier Platform to Manage AI Agents
OpenAI introduced Frontier, a new platform designed to let enterprises build, deploy, and manage AI agents in a unified environment. The service aims to give agents shared context, onboarding, learning feedback, and clear permissions, similar to how companies handle human workers. Early customers such as Intuit, State Farm, Thermo Fisher, and Uber are testing the…
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Anthropic Rolls Out Claude’s Next‑Gen Model Amid Growing Competition
Anthropic’s Claude AI platform has experienced a surge in popularity, especially during the holiday season, as developers and enterprises adopted its coding agent capabilities. The company announced the release of Opus 4.6, described as a direct upgrade with faster performance and improved precision for complex tasks. Industry leaders praised the model’s ability to handle long‑running,…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 4.6 with Enhanced Capabilities and Safety
Anthropic announced Claude Opus 4.6, branding it as a direct upgrade that handles complex, multi‑step tasks with higher quality on the first try. The model expands beyond coding to improve work in documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and adds a one‑million token context window in beta. New features include agent‑team collaboration for developers and expanded cybersecurity…
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OpenAI Unveils Frontier Platform for Enterprise AI Agent Management
OpenAI announced Frontier, an end-to-end platform that lets enterprises build, deploy and control AI agents. The open system supports agents created inside or outside OpenAI, allowing them to access external data and applications while giving companies granular oversight of permissions and actions. Early adopters such as HP, Oracle, State Farm and Uber are testing the…
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.3 Codex Agentic Coding Model Ahead of Anthropic
OpenAI announced the launch of its Codex agentic coding tool and a new model called GPT-5.3 Codex. The company says the model expands Codex’s abilities from simple code writing to handling nearly any developer task, can create complex games and apps from scratch, runs 25 percent faster than its predecessor, and was partially built using…
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Anthropic Unveils Opus 4.6 with Agent Teams and PowerPoint Integration
Anthropic released Opus 4.6, adding “agent teams” that let multiple agents work on segmented tasks in parallel. The model now supports a 1 million‑token context window and integrates Claude directly into PowerPoint, expanding its usefulness beyond software developers to a wider range of knowledge workers.
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OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.3-Codex, Expanding Coding Model Capabilities
OpenAI introduced GPT-5.3-Codex, a new version of its coding model that will be accessible through a command‑line tool, IDE extension, web interface, and a macOS desktop app. While API access is not yet available, the company reports that the model outperforms its predecessors on benchmarks such as SWE‑Bench Pro and Terminal‑Bench 2.0. OpenAI also emphasizes…
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Anthropic Unveils Claude Opus 4.6 Upgrade Boosting Coding Capabilities
Anthropic announced the release of Claude Opus 4.6, an enhanced version of its most powerful Claude model. The upgrade focuses on faster, more accurate coding and better handling of complex app tasks through a step‑by‑step reasoning approach. Opus 4.6 can self‑check its work and make multiple attempts without user prompts. The new model is available…
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Resolve AI Secures $125M Series A at $1B Valuation
Resolve AI, a startup that automates system reliability engineering, announced a $125 million Series A round that values the company at $1 billion. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and included existing investors Greylock Partners, Unusual Ventures, Artisanal Ventures, and A*. Co‑founders Spiros Xanthos and Mayank Agarwal, former Splunk executives, bring experience from their…
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Anthropic Keeps Claude Ad-Free, Pushes Back Against OpenAI’s Ad Tests
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will remain free of advertisements, drawing a clear line from rival OpenAI, which recently began testing banner ads in its free tier. The company emphasized that ads would conflict with Claude’s purpose as a helpful assistant for work and deep thinking. Anthropic highlighted this stance in a Super…
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Sam Altman Slams Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads, Emphasizes OpenAI’s Free AI Access
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly criticized Anthropic’s recent Super Bowl advertisements, calling them deceptive and contrary to industry standards. He reiterated OpenAI’s belief that AI should be broadly accessible and free for the majority of users, contrasting it with Anthropic’s premium‑focused model. Altman highlighted OpenAI’s commitment to democratic decision‑making, safety, and a resilient AI ecosystem,…
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Mistral AI Launches Small, Fast Transcription Models for Edge Devices
Mistral AI introduced two new transcription models—Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 and Voxtral Realtime—designed to run on edge devices such as phones, laptops, and wearables. The compact models prioritize privacy by keeping data local, and they deliver low‑latency performance, with the realtime model achieving less than 200 milliseconds of delay. Available via Mistral’s API and on Hugging…
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Google’s Gemini AI App Hits 750 Million Monthly Active Users
Google announced that its AI chatbot Gemini has reached 750 million monthly active users, marking a rapid surge in consumer adoption. The growth follows a prior count of 650 million users and positions Gemini ahead of Meta AI’s reported user base, though still behind ChatGPT’s estimated figures. The milestone coincides with the launch of Gemini…
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Alphabet Declines to Discuss Google-Apple AI Partnership on Earnings Call
During Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings call, executives sidestepped an analyst’s question about the Google-Apple artificial‑intelligence deal that powers Siri. The company offered only a brief statement that Apple had chosen Google as its preferred cloud provider and would collaborate on next‑generation foundation models built on Gemini technology. The silence highlights Alphabet’s reluctance to reveal how the…
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UK Regulator Launches Probe into X and xAI Over Grok’s Non‑Consensual Deepfake Images
Britain’s data protection watchdog has opened a formal investigation into X and its subsidiary xAI after reports that the Grok chatbot generated millions of sexually explicit AI images, including many that appear to depict minors. The inquiry focuses on possible breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation, examining whether the companies failed to implement adequate…
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GitHub Adds Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex as Built-In AI Coding Agents
GitHub has expanded its AI assistant offering by integrating Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex into the platform for Pro+ and Enterprise subscribers. The new agents can be invoked directly from issues, pull requests, the Agents tab, or the VS Code extension, and developers can address them with @claude, @codex or @copilot comments. Each session counts as…
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Anthropic’s Super Bowl Ads Spark Feud with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Anthropic released a series of Super Bowl commercials that parody OpenAI’s ChatGPT, depicting a chatbot giving advice that abruptly turns into product promotions. The ads, which target OpenAI users, prompted headlines describing them as a mockery of OpenAI. OpenAI chief Sam Altman responded on social media, acknowledging the humor but launching a lengthy critique that…
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Developer Grapples with CPU‑Intensive Log Colorizer Built by an LLM
A developer turned to the Claude large‑language model to create a Python script that colorizes log output and supports scrolling in a terminal viewport. While the initial tool functioned, horizontal scrolling caused near‑full CPU usage on a single core. The developer asked the model for a zero‑CPU impact solution, only to learn that such performance…
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AI Bots Surge as Major Source of Web Traffic
New data shows AI bots are rapidly increasing their share of internet traffic, often bypassing standard safeguards like robots.txt. Publishers and website owners are confronting a sophisticated arms race as bots disguise themselves as human browsers and employ advanced scraping techniques. Companies such as TollBit, Cloudflare and others are offering tools to detect, block, or…
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Snowflake and OpenAI Announce $200 Million Enterprise AI Partnership
Snowflake and OpenAI have sealed a multi‑year partnership valued at $200 million that embeds OpenAI’s advanced models, including GPT‑5.2, directly into Snowflake’s data platform. The integration enables Snowflake’s over 12,000 customers to build AI agents, run semantic analytics, and create applications that operate on their own data without leaving Snowflake’s governed environment. By weaving generative AI…
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Questions Google Gemini’s Built-In Checkout Over User Privacy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has written to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking for details on the new checkout feature in the Gemini AI chatbot. She warns that the integration could let Google and retailers exploit sensitive user data or push consumers toward higher‑priced items. Warren seeks clarification on what data will be shared with retailers,…
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Anthropic Declares Claude Will Remain Ad-Free, Setting It Apart From ChatGPT
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will stay free of advertisements, directly contrasting OpenAI’s upcoming ad integration for ChatGPT. The company highlighted its commitment to user interests in a blog post and launched a Super Bowl commercial that humorously mocks unnamed rivals adding ads to AI responses. Anthropic said the decision protects the quality…
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ElevenLabs Secures $500 Million Funding Round Led by Sequoia, Valued at $11 Billion
Voice‑AI startup ElevenLabs announced a $500 million financing led by Sequoia Capital, pushing its valuation to $11 billion. Existing backers a16z, Iconiq and several others increased their stakes, while new investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, EvanticCapital and Bond joined the round. The capital will fund research, product development and international expansion into markets like India, Japan,…
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Mistral AI Unveils Ultra‑Fast, Low‑Parameter Speech‑to‑Text Models
Paris‑based Mistral AI announced two new speech‑to‑text models, Voxtral Mini Transcribe V2 and Voxtral Realtime, that operate with just four billion parameters. The models can run on a phone or laptop, support real‑time transcription within 200 milliseconds, and translate across 13 languages. By keeping the models small, Mistral aims to lower costs, improve privacy, and…
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GitHub Introduces Claude and Codex AI Coding Agents in Public Preview
GitHub has launched a public preview that brings Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s Codex AI coding agents directly into GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code. Available to users with Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscriptions, the new agents join GitHub’s Agent HQ vision, allowing developers to select from Copilot, Claude, Codex, or custom agents…
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Anthropic Says Claude Will Remain Ad-Free, Differing From OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Anthropic announced that its AI chatbot Claude will stay free of advertising, contrasting with OpenAI’s recent decision to add ads to ChatGPT for many users. The company explained that ads would clash with Claude’s goal of being a genuinely helpful assistant for work and deep thinking, especially in sensitive or complex conversations. Anthropic also noted…
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OpenAI Addresses ChatGPT Availability Issue
OpenAI confirmed a problem affecting the availability of ChatGPT, leading many users to encounter error messages such as “Hmm… something went wrong” and a more detailed generation failure notice. The company announced that it was investigating the cause, applied a mitigation, and began monitoring recovery. While some users experienced slower responses, the issue was reported…
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OpenClaw’s Skill Marketplace Becomes Malware Delivery Platform
OpenClaw, the AI assistant that lets users manage tasks through messaging apps, is facing serious security concerns after researchers uncovered malware hidden in user‑submitted skill add‑ons on its ClawHub marketplace. Over a short period, dozens of malicious skills and hundreds of malicious add‑ons were identified, many posing as cryptocurrency tools while stealing sensitive credentials. The…
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ChatGPT and Claude Experience Partial Outages, OpenAI Reports Resolution
A widespread partial outage disrupted ChatGPT use for many users, prompting over 12,000 reports on Down Detector. OpenAI identified elevated error rates across its ChatGPT and Platform services and marked the issue resolved by 5:14 PM ET, though a separate alert remained for its API fine‑tuning component. Anthropic’s Claude AI faced a similar API error, which was…
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How to Get Concise Answers from ChatGPT and Gemini
AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini often provide thorough, detailed answers because they are trained to be maximally helpful. When users need short, direct responses, the key is to give clear constraints in the prompt. Simple instructions such as “respond in one paragraph” or “answer in one sentence with no elaboration” guide the models to…
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Musk says space will host the cheapest AI compute within years, experts call timeline unrealistic
Elon Musk announced that SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI will enable the lowest‑cost AI compute to be run in space within a few years. He claimed that orbiting data centers could leverage unlimited solar power and avoid terrestrial constraints. Industry observers note that while the concept is technically possible, the engineering, launch costs, radiation protection, maintenance…
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Fitbit Co‑Founders Launch Luffu, an AI‑Powered Family Health Platform
James Park and Eric Friedman, the co‑founders of Fitbit, have introduced Luffu, an intelligent family‑care system that aggregates health data from wearables, Apple Health, Fitbit, and user‑entered inputs. The platform uses artificial intelligence to organize information, answer personalized health questions, and issue proactive alerts for medication adherence and potential health issues. Currently in private testing,…
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Senior OpenAI Staff Depart as Company Prioritizes ChatGPT Development
Several senior researchers have left OpenAI, citing limited resources and a strategic shift toward ChatGPT and other large‑language‑model products. Departures include a leader of reasoning research, a model‑policy head, and an economist, each describing challenges in pursuing broader scientific work. The exits highlight internal tensions between pure research and product‑centric goals, while investors remain confident…
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AI Browsers Redefine Online Research: Benefits, Risks, and Future Outlook
AI browsers integrate large language models into the web‑browsing experience, allowing users to ask natural‑language questions, receive summarized answers, and automate tasks such as form‑filling and price comparison. While tools like ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, Microsoft Edge with Copilot, and Brave’s Leo promise greater efficiency, they also raise security concerns, including prompt‑injection attacks, data leakage,…
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ChatGPT Voice Mode Redefines How Users Interact with AI Assistants
ChatGPT’s new voice mode offers a conversational experience that feels more human than traditional assistants like Alexa or Google Assistant. Users can choose from distinct voice personalities, experience a more thoughtful pacing, and even shift perspectives to unlock creative responses. The feature transforms routine tasks into fluid dialogues, making planning, brainstorming, and everyday inquiries feel…